Aaron Messiah

male, deceased (1940)
Aaron Messiah was an early 20th century European architect. Messiah was court architect to Léopold II of Belgium, but his most famous work was the V...
George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel

male, deceased (1759)
George Frideric Handel was a German-born British Baroque composer who was a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios. Born in...
Sun Myung Moon

Sun Myung Moon

male, 89 years old
A prolific orator, Reverend Moon has the power to keep his audi-ence spellbound. Every time I heard him, I was overwhelmed by the flair and fervor...
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

male, deceased (1908)
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, a religious figure from Qadian, India, was the founder of the Ahmadiyya religious movement in Islam. He claimed to be the...
Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew

male
Saint Andrew, called in the Orthodox tradition "Protocletos", or the "First-called", is a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter....
Michael Costa

Michael Costa

male, deceased (1884)
Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa was an Italian-born conductor and composer. He was born in Naples as Michaele Andrea Agniello Costa, to a family,...

Theudas

Theudas (died c. 46 AD) was a Jewish rebel who probably claimed to be the Messiah. His name, if a Greek compound, may mean "gift of God", although...

Zechariah

male
According to the Gospel of Luke, Zechariah ("Zacharias" in the King James Version of the Bible) was a priest of the line of Abijah, during the...
Christian Martyrs

Christian Martyrs

male
A Christian martyr is one who, without seeking his own death or any harm to others, is murdered or put to death for his religious faith or...
David Perry

David Perry

male, 42 years old
David Perry (born 1967) is a Northern Irish game developer who has created dozens of computer games, the best known of which include "Earthworm...