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Saint Faith (Latin Sancta Fides, French Sainte Foy, Spanish Santa Fe) is a saint who reportedly lived in Gaul (now France) in the late 3rd century, called "Virgin and Martyr" in traditional lists of saints. A girl or young woman from Agen in Aquitaine, she was arrested during persecutions of Christians by the Roman empire and refused to make pagan sacrifices even under torture. - Don C. Faith Jr.
Don C. Faith, Jr. was a soldier in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 27 through December 1, 1950. - Angella Faith
Angella Faith (AKA Angela Faith, Margie) is an American porn star and bondage model born August 2, 1960. According to her website, she has a BS in Business Management and a teaching credential (assumedly in California). She's active as a model, stripper, and escort in Marina del Rey, California. - Sheila Faith
(Irene) Sheila Faith (born Irene Sheila Book, June 3, 1928) is a British politician and dental surgeon. She served one term each in the House of Commons and European Parliament as a Conservative. She is a native of Newcastle upon Tyne and attended Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central High School and the University of Durham. - William Faith
William Faith is a gothic/punk music artist. Born William Coulter, he has also performed under the name Billy Bones. He is a former member of the gothic bands Mephisto Walz, Rozz Williams' Christian Death, Shadow Project, briefly The Sex Gang Children, and punk band Wreckage, and he is probably most well-known as a founding member of Faith and the Muse. A longtime member of the Los Angeles gothic rock scene, Faith has also produced records for other bands. - Percy Faith
Percy Faith was a band-leader, orchestrator and composer, known for his lush arrangements of pop standards. He is often credited with creating the "easy listening" or "mood music" format which became staples of American popular music in the 1950s and continued well into the 1960s. Though his professional orchestra-leading career began at the height of the swing era, Faith refined and rethought orchestration techniques, including use of large string sections, … - Sally A. Faith
Sally A. Faith (born July 21, 1945) is a not-for-profit fundraiser and Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives. She has one son, Howard, and is a resident of St. Charles, Missouri. She was born in Fresno, California, and is a 1963 graduate of Lee Academy High School. She has since then taken classes at St. Charles Community College, Maryville University's Weekend College, Lindenwood University, and University of Missouri-St. Louis. - Adam Faith
Terence (Terry) Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith (23 June 1940, East Acton, West London - 8 March 2003, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) was an English singer, actor and financial journalist. He was born at 4 Churchfield Road, East Acton, West London, and was unaware that his real surname was Nelhams-Wright until he applied for a passport and obtained his birth certificate. He was known as Terry Nelhams in early life. - Tyler Faith
Tyler Faith (born April 3, 1975) is an American pornographic actress. Tyler Faith has been an adult actress since 2002, working for Pleasure Productions, Jill Kelly Productions. Tyler is now the CEO of her own company, Team Tyler Productions. She is currently engaged to her business partner,KSEXradio.com's Program Director, Wankus. Originally from Boston, Faith began her career nearly ten years ago when she worked as a house dancer in Stoughton, MA. - Faith
Faith, a bipedal female dog, was born in December of 2002 with only three legs; two fully-developed hind legs and a deformed front leg, which was amputated soon after birth. Her owner, Jude Stringfellow, refused to have her put to sleep as the employees at the veterinary hospital indicated she should. Instead, using a spoon with peanut butter as an incentive, Jude taught Faith to hop and later walk on her two hind legs. - George Michael
Georgios-Kyriacos Panayiotou (born June 25, 1963), better known as George Michael, is an English singer-songwriter who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo Wham!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. His biggest commercial success to date was in 1987 with his debut solo album "Faith" which has sold to date well over the 20 million mark worldwide. - Amy Welborn
Amy Welborn is a Catholic author, columnist, and speaker. She writes a popular Catholic-themed blog, Open Book. She is married to Michael Dubruiel, a Catholic author and speaker. Her books include: * "De-Coding Da Vinci," which examines the historical accuracy of Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code". * "Here. Now. A Catholic Guide to the Good Life," targeted toward teens and young adults who have questions about Catholicism and faith in general. - Os Guinness
Os Guinness is a writer and social critic living in McLean, Virginia. Born in China during World War II where his parents were medical missionaries, he is the great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness, the famous Dublin brewer. He started school at a boarding school in China, and remained there until 1951 when the communists forced most foreigners to leave. Since then he has lived mostly in England, Switzerland, and the United States. - Rebecca Hagelin
Rebecca Hagelin has championed the pro-family message in both Washington and around the nation for some twenty years. She is a vice president of The Heritage Foundation ( Heritage.org ) whose vision is to "Create an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity and civil society flourish." Her weekly column, "Heart Beat", appears on WorldNetDaily.com and Townhall.com and is characterized by its exploration of social and cultural issues through the eyes of a mother. - Krista Tippett
Krista Tippett is the host of "Speaking of Faith", a weekly radio show carried on many public radio stations around the United States. Speaking of Faith is a radio show covering topics related to human faith in the broadest sense. It is the equivalent of a mix of university survey courses in comparative religions, ethics, theology and the interplay of other fields of human endeavor with issues of faith. - Leonardo Boff
Leonardo Boff was born 14 December 1938 in Concórdia, Santa Catarina state, Brazil. He is a theologian, philosopher and writer, known for his active support for the rights of the poor and excluded. He currently serves as Professor Emeritus of Ethics, Philosophy of Religion and Ecology at the University of Rio de Janeiro. - Anthony de Mello
Fr. Anthony de Mello, S.J. (1931-1987) was a Jesuit priest and psychotherapist who became widely known for his books on spirituality. He hosted many spiritual retreats and was considered by some a gifted public speaker. Father de Mello was born in Santa Cruz, a suburb of Mumbai in India. He traveled to many countries to study and later to teach, most notably Spain and the United States. De Mello established a prayer center in India. He died suddenly in 1987. - Satguru
Satguru or Sadguru means "true guru". (Sanskrit सदगुरू sat=true), literally: true teacher. The title means that his students have faith that the guru can be trusted and will lead them to moksha, enlightenment or inner peace. It is based on a long line of Hindu philosophical understandings of the importance of knowledge and that the teacher, guru, is the sacred conduit to self-realization. - Mary Whitehouse
Mary Whitehouse CBE (13 June 1910 – 23 November 2001) was a British campaigner for her values of morality and decency, derived principally from her Christian religious beliefs, focusing her efforts in particular on the broadcast media where she felt these values were lacking. She was the founder and first president of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association. - Andrew Schwab
Andrew "Macabre" Schwab is an American singer, songwriter, and author. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist for the rock group Project 86. With Project 86, he has released six albums and on his own has written one autobiography chronicling his life on the road with the band. He has also released two compilations of his own poetry, humorous stories, rants, and insights on life. Schwab is an outspoken Christian who firmly roots himself in his faith. - Chucky Thompson
Chucky Thompson (born Carl E. Thompson) is an African American hip hop/R&B record producer. Thompson was a member of Bad Boy Entertainment's "Hitmen" team of in-house producers during the 1990s, and worked with Bad Boy mogul Sean Combs on material for artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., Ma$e, and TLC. He was responsible for album productions for such projects as Mary J. Blige's "My Life" and Faith Evans' debut "Faith". - John Lodge
John Lodge (born John Charles Lodge, 20 July, 1945, in Birmingham, England) is best known as bass guitar player, singer, and current member of the Moody Blues. He also collaborated with fellow Moody Blues member Justin Hayward on the 1975 album "Blue Jays", and released a solo album, "Natural Avenue" in 1977. During the 1970s, he produced the band, Trapeze. Lodge has been married to his first and only wife Kirsten since 1968, … - George Müller
George Müller, a Christian evangelist and coordinator of orphanages in Bristol, England, cared for over 100,000 orphans in his life. He was well-known for his constant faith in God and for providing an education to the children under his care, to the point where he was accused of raising the poor above their natural station in life. - Jana Stanfield
Jana Stanfield is an American singer-songwriter whose songs typically deal with spirituality, faith, and healing. She often performs in New Thought and New Age related venues, and at health conferences. In 2006, she made her Carnegie Hall debut. Her music has been recorded by many other artists, including Reba McEntire, Suzy Bogguss, John Schneider, Andy Williams, Greg Tamblyn, Amber Pennington, Gary Morris, Karen Taylor-Good, Kenny Loggins, Megon McDonough, Tim Bays, … - Walter Hilton
Walter Hilton (d. 24 March1396) was an English Augustinian mystic. Little is known of his life. He was the head of a house of Augustinian Canons at Thurgarton Priory, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire. He was closely in touch with the Carthusians, though not a member of that order. His spiritual writings were widely influential during the fifteenth century in England. The most famous of these is the "Scala Perfectionis", or "Ladder of Perfection", in two books, … - Terence Fisher
Terence Fisher (February 23, 1904 - June 18, 1980), was a film director who worked for Hammer Films. He was born in Maida Vale, a district of London, England. Fisher was arguably one of the most influential horror directors of the second half of the 20th century. He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full Technicolor, and the gore, sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, while mild by modern standards, were unprecedented in his day. - James W. Fowler
Dr. James W. Fowler III, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Theology and Human Development at Emory University, was director of both the Center for Research on Faith and Moral Development and the Center for Ethics until he retired in 2005. He is a minister in the United Methodist Church. He is best known for his book "Stages of Faith" published in 1981 in which he sought to develop the idea of a developmental process in faith. - Sally Oldfield
Sally Oldfield (born in August 1947 in Dublin, Ireland) is a folk singer and the sister of composers Mike Oldfield and Terry Oldfield. Oldfield and her siblings were raised in the Roman Catholic faith of their mother, Maureen. After spending her childhood partly in Dublin and partly in Reading, Berkshire, Oldfield joined the Royal Academy of Dancing at the age of twelve to study ballet dancing. However, she quit dancing only four years later. - Onesimus
Onesimus (d. ca. 90-95) (also called Onesimus of Byzantium and The Holy Apostle Onesimus in some Eastern Orthodox churches) was a servant to Philemon of Colossae, a man of Christian faith. Eventually, Onesimus transgressed against Philemon and fled to the site of Paul the Apostle's imprisonment (most probably Rome or Ephesus) to escape punishment for a theft he had committed, there, … - Deon Estus
Deon Estus is an American bassist and singer, best known as the bass player of Wham. In 1989, Estus released a solo album titled "Spell" and scored a US #3 Billboard Hot 100 hit pop single, "Heaven Help Me". Deon also played with Marvin Gaye. He toured China with Wham, did Rock in Rio, and George Michael's "Faith" tour. He recorded two albums with Brainstorm as a teenager, scoring a hit with "Popcorn." - Passion Bearer
In the Russian Orthodox Christianity, a passion-bearer is a person who faces his or her death in a Christ-like manner. Unlike martyrs, passion-bearers are not explicitly killed for their faith, though they hold to that faith with piety and true love of God. simple:Passion bearer - Pluto Shervington
Pluto Shervington, also known as Pluto (born Leighton Shervington, 13 August 1950, Kingston, Jamaica), is a reggae musician, vocalist, engineer and producer. - Jean Guitton
Jean Guitton was a French Catholic philosopher and theologian. Born in Saint-Étienne, he studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École normale supérieure in Paris. He finished his philosophy studies in the early 1920s and later became a professor in many famous French universities. During World War II, he was made a war prisonner by the Nazis. In the 1954, he earned a literary award from the Académie Française. - Lex Hixon
Lex Hixon, Ph.D. (born Alexander Paul Hixon), (Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi) (1941-1995), an accomplished poet, philosopher and spiritual practitioner and teacher, extensively explored the truth of the great religious traditions. He documented these explorations in nine books and many articles and teachings given to various groups. Most of his writing focuses on his conviction that all of the great religions are true. - Sarah Hagan
Sarah Margaret Hagan (born May 24, 1984) is an American television and movie actress. Hagan was born in Austin, Texas. She has been acting since the age of six, when her mother first signed her up for musical theater. Hagan was first involved with theater companies such as Houston's Playhouse 1960, the Houston Grand Opera (where she sang in the children's chorus), the Crighton Playhouse, the Houston Music Hall and the Bitter Truth Theater. - Faith Rockefeller Model
Faith Rockefeller Model (May 30, 1909-July 2, 1960) is a daughter of Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878-1934) and granddaughter of Standard Oil co-founder William Rockefeller (1841-1922). Model was born and died in the city of Greenwich, Connecticut. She married a Belgian, Jean Model, on May 7, 1941 and the couple had three children: Robert, Jeanette, and Richard. The Faith Rockefeller Model Center for the Arts at Elon University in Elon, … - Eliza Patricia Dushku
Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American film actress, who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as "True Lies", "The New Guy", "Bring It On", and "Wrong Turn". She is also well known for her acting on television, such as her recurring appearances on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" as Faith, as well as the main character in the series "Tru Calling". - Paul Dubois
Paul Dubois was a significant French sculptor and painter. He was born at Nogent-sur-Seine. He studied law to please his family, and art to please himself, and finally adopted the latter, and placed himself under Toussaint. After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts, Dubois went to Rome. His first contributions to the Paris Salon (1860) were busts of "The Countess de B". - Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (25 January, 1743 - 10 March, 1819), was a German philosopher who made his mark on philosophy by coining the term nihilism and promoting it as the prime fault of Enlightenment thought and Kantianism. Instead of speculative reason, he advocated faith (or "belief", "Glaube" in German) and revelation (though he differed from the religious meaning in that he took this to be rational). - Faith Hill
Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally by her first married name Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her marriage to fellow country singer Tim McGraw. Hill's "soulful and rasping voice" and talent for picking songs have helped her to sell over 30 million records and accumulate 11 number one singles on the Country charts.
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