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This list is limited to individuals whose baptismal rite's date and/or location is known. <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/369/000026291/">Abigail Adams</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1744</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1818</tt></td> <td>Wife of US President John Adams</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/731/000023662/">Douglas Adams</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-2001</tt></td> <td>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/222/000044090/">John Adams</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1735</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-1826</tt></td> <td>2nd President of the U.S.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/813/000126435/">Louisa Adams</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1775</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1852</tt></td> <td>Wife of US President John Quincy Adams</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/732/000048588/">Samuel Adams</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1722</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1803</tt></td> <td>Brewer led the Boston Tea Party</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000032025/">Menachem Begin</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1992</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Israel, 1977-82</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000056457/">David Ben-Gurion</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1973</tt></td> <td>First Prime Minister of Israel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/298/000024226/">Eva Braun</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1945</tt></td> <td>Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000031984/">James Buchanan</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1791</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1868</tt></td> <td>15th US President, 1857-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/976/000084724/">Edward George Bulwer-Lytton</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1803</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1873</tt></td> <td>The Last Days of Pompeii</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/775/000028691/">Ted Bundy</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1989</tt></td> <td>Serial killer, blamed pornography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/850/000024778/">Robert Burns</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1759</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1796</tt></td> <td>Most beloved Scottish poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/856/000024784/">Lord Byron</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1788</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1824</tt></td> <td>English romantic poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/902/000043773/">John C. Calhoun</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1782</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1850</tt></td> <td>US Vice President, champion of the South</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/514/000092238/">Camillo Benso di Cavour</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1810</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1861</tt></td> <td>Genius behind a united Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/959/000104647/">Thomas Chalmers</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1780</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1847</tt></td> <td>Free Church of Scotland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/032/000180489/">Samuel Chase</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1741</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1811</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1796-1811</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/813/000049666/">Henry Clay</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1777</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1852</tt></td> <td>American statesman and orator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/033/000045895/">Christopher Columbus</a></td> <td><center>Explorer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1451</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1506</tt></td> <td>Rediscovered the New World</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/100/000030010/">Aleister Crowley</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1947</tt></td> <td>Wickedest man in the world</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/949/000096661/">Father Damien</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1840</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1889</tt></td> <td>Attended to lepers at Molokai</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/946/000024874/">Moshe Dayan</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1981</tt></td> <td>Israeli military leader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/688/000026610/">Lady Diana</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-1997</tt></td> <td>Princess of Wales</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/942/000342913/">Stanley Ann Dunham</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1995</tt></td> <td>Mother of President Barack Obama</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/996/000161513/">Elizabeth Edwards</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-2010</tt></td> <td>Wife of ex-Senator John Edwards</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/302/000022236/">Albert Einstein</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1955</tt></td> <td>Theory of relativity</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/111/000024039/">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1969</tt></td> <td>34th US President, 1953-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/571/000024499/">Michael Faraday</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Sep-1791</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1867</tt></td> <td>Discovered electrical induction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/050/000094765/">David Farragut</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1801</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1870</tt></td> <td>America's first admiral</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/937/000026859/">Anne Frank</a></td> <td><center>Victim</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jun-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Mar-1945</tt></td> <td>The Diary of Anne Frank</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/578/000026500/">Benjamin Franklin</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1706</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1790</tt></td> <td>American founding father</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/218/000092939/">Frederick the Great</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1712</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1786</tt></td> <td>King of Prussia 1740-86</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/736/000029649/">Sigmund Freud</a></td> <td><center>Psychiatrist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1939</tt></td> <td>Die Traumdeutung</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/653/000065458/">Mahatma Gandhi</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-1948</tt></td> <td>Proselytizer of nonviolence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/423/000087162/">David Garrick</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1717</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1779</tt></td> <td>Manager of Drury Lane Theatre</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/640/000050490/">Elbridge Gerry</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1744</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1814</tt></td> <td>Patron saint of Gerrymandering</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/012/000084757/">Edward Gibbon</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1794</tt></td> <td>Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/962/000024890/">Goethe</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1749</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Mar-1832</tt></td> <td>Most influential German writer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/646/000095361/">Oliver Goldsmith</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1730</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1774</tt></td> <td>The Vicar of Wakefield</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000103624/">Henry Grattan</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1746</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1820</tt></td> <td>Legislative independence for Ireland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/162/000052006/">Button Gwinnett</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1735</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1777</tt></td> <td>Most valuable signature</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000049089/">John Hancock</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1793</tt></td> <td>First signer of the Declaration of Independence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/886/000031793/">William Henry Harrison</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1773</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1841</tt></td> <td>9th US President, 1841</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000026541/">Sally Hemings</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1773</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1835</tt></td> <td>Thomas Jefferson's slave mistress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/916/000027835/">Patrick Henry</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-May-1736</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1799</tt></td> <td>Patriot and Governor of Virginia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000025122/">Adolf Hitler</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1945</tt></td> <td>Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000102977/">Francis Hopkinson</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1791</tt></td> <td>The Ballad of the Kegs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/815/000031722/">Washington Irving</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1783</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1859</tt></td> <td>Legend of Sleepy Hollow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/577/000022511/">Steve Irwin</a></td> <td><center>Naturalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-2006</tt></td> <td>The Crocodile Hunter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000050446/">Stonewall Jackson</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1824</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1863</tt></td> <td>Robert E. Lee's "right arm"</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/909/000031816/">Thomas Jefferson</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1743</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-1826</tt></td> <td>3rd US President, 1801-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/774/000027693/">Jesus Christ</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 4 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-30 AD</tt></td> <td>Carpenter, evangelist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/635/000055470/">Joan of Arc</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1412</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1431</tt></td> <td>Maid of Orleans, burned at the stake</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/366/000022300/">Pope John Paul II</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-2005</tt></td> <td>Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/413/000085158/">Samuel Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Lexicographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1709</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1784</tt></td> <td>A Dictionary of the English Language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000091672/">Benito Juárez</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1806</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1872</tt></td> <td>President of Mexico, 1861-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/934/000049787/">Marquis de Lafayette</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1757</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1834</tt></td> <td>French revolutionary in America</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/925/000049778/">Richard Henry Lee</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1732</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1794</tt></td> <td>Author of the 10th Amendment</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/976/000051823/">Francis Lewis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1713</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1802</tt></td> <td>Signatory to Declaration of Independence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000100575/">Justus Liebig</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1803</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1873</tt></td> <td>Reformed pedagogy of chemistry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000024260/">Abraham Lincoln</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1809</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1865</tt></td> <td>16th US President, 1861-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/287/000092011/">David Livingstone</a></td> <td><center>Explorer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1813</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1873</tt></td> <td>Dr. Livingstone, I presume?</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/672/000030582/">Mary Magdalene</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 1st c. AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 1st c. AD</tt></td> <td>Early follower of Jesus Christ</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/947/000024875/">Golda Meir</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1978</tt></td> <td>Fourth Prime Minister of Israel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/134/000049984/">Robert Morris</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1734</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1806</tt></td> <td>Financed the Revolutionary War</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/347/000086089/">Napoleon III</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1808</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1873</tt></td> <td>Emperor of France, 1852-70</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/448/000026370/">Lord Nelson</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1758</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1805</tt></td> <td>Most celebrated British admiral</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/664/000097373/">George Peabody</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1795</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1869</tt></td> <td>American businessman, philanthropist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/306/000022240/">Daniel Pearl</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-2002</tt></td> <td>Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/141/000206520/">Hiram Powers</a></td> <td><center>Sculptor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1805</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1873</tt></td> <td>American neoclassical sculptor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/363/000024291/">Elvis Presley</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1977</tt></td> <td>Rock and roll icon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/757/000206139/">George Read</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1733</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1798</tt></td> <td>Signed the US Constitution</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/367/000049220/">Paul Revere</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1735</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1818</tt></td> <td>One if by land, two if by sea...</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/898/000084646/">Joshua Reynolds</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1723</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1792</tt></td> <td>English portraitist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/598/000114256/">Benjamin Rush</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1746</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1813</tt></td> <td>Signed Declaration of Independence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/324/000022258/">Carl Sagan</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1996</tt></td> <td>Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/298/000094016/">Friedrich von Schiller</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1759</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1805</tt></td> <td>Wallenstein</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/897/000031804/">Sir Walter Scott</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1771</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1832</tt></td> <td>Ivanhoe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/014/000049864/">William Henry Seward</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1801</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1872</tt></td> <td>Mastermind behind Seward's Folly</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/454/000022388/">William Shakespeare</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1564</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1616</tt></td> <td>Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth</td> </tr> 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