This list is limited to individuals whose baptismal rite's date and/or location is known.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Abigail Adams |
First Lady |
11-Nov-1744 |
28-Oct-1818 |
Wife of US President John Adams |
| Douglas Adams |
Author |
11-Mar-1952 |
11-May-2001 |
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| John Adams |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1735 |
4-Jul-1826 |
2nd President of the U.S. |
| Louisa Adams |
First Lady |
12-Feb-1775 |
15-May-1852 |
Wife of US President John Quincy Adams |
| Samuel Adams |
Politician |
27-Sep-1722 |
2-Oct-1803 |
Brewer led the Boston Tea Party |
| Menachem Begin |
Head of State |
16-Aug-1913 |
9-Mar-1992 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 1977-82 |
| David Ben-Gurion |
Head of State |
16-Oct-1886 |
1-Dec-1973 |
First Prime Minister of Israel |
| Eva Braun |
First Lady |
6-Feb-1912 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife |
| James Buchanan |
Head of State |
23-Apr-1791 |
1-Jun-1868 |
15th US President, 1857-61 |
| Edward George Bulwer-Lytton |
Novelist |
25-May-1803 |
18-Jan-1873 |
The Last Days of Pompeii |
| Ted Bundy |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1946 |
24-Jan-1989 |
Serial killer, blamed pornography |
| Robert Burns |
Poet |
25-Jan-1759 |
21-Jul-1796 |
Most beloved Scottish poet |
| Lord Byron |
Poet |
22-Jan-1788 |
19-Apr-1824 |
English romantic poet |
| John C. Calhoun |
Politician |
18-Mar-1782 |
31-Mar-1850 |
US Vice President, champion of the South |
| Camillo Benso di Cavour |
Activist |
10-Aug-1810 |
6-Jun-1861 |
Genius behind a united Italy |
| Thomas Chalmers |
Religion |
17-Mar-1780 |
30-May-1847 |
Free Church of Scotland |
| Samuel Chase |
Judge |
17-Apr-1741 |
19-Jun-1811 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1796-1811 |
| Henry Clay |
Politician |
12-Apr-1777 |
29-Jun-1852 |
American statesman and orator |
| Christopher Columbus |
Explorer |
1451 |
20-May-1506 |
Rediscovered the New World |
| Aleister Crowley |
Religion |
12-Oct-1875 |
1-Dec-1947 |
Wickedest man in the world |
| Father Damien |
Religion |
3-Jan-1840 |
15-Apr-1889 |
Attended to lepers at Molokai |
| Moshe Dayan |
Politician |
20-May-1915 |
16-Oct-1981 |
Israeli military leader |
| Lady Diana |
Royalty |
1-Jul-1961 |
31-Aug-1997 |
Princess of Wales |
| Stanley Ann Dunham |
Relative |
29-Nov-1942 |
7-Nov-1995 |
Mother of President Barack Obama |
| Elizabeth Edwards |
Relative |
3-Jul-1949 |
7-Dec-2010 |
Wife of ex-Senator John Edwards |
| Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| Michael Faraday |
Physicist |
22-Sep-1791 |
25-Aug-1867 |
Discovered electrical induction |
| David Farragut |
Military |
5-Jul-1801 |
14-Aug-1870 |
America's first admiral |
| Anne Frank |
Victim |
12-Jun-1929 |
Mar-1945 |
The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Diplomat |
17-Jan-1706 |
17-Apr-1790 |
American founding father |
| Frederick the Great |
Royalty |
24-Jan-1712 |
17-Aug-1786 |
King of Prussia 1740-86 |
| Sigmund Freud |
Psychiatrist |
6-May-1856 |
23-Sep-1939 |
Die Traumdeutung |
| Mahatma Gandhi |
Activist |
2-Oct-1869 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Proselytizer of nonviolence |
| David Garrick |
Actor |
19-Feb-1717 |
20-Jan-1779 |
Manager of Drury Lane Theatre |
| Elbridge Gerry |
Politician |
17-Jul-1744 |
23-Nov-1814 |
Patron saint of Gerrymandering |
| Edward Gibbon |
Historian |
8-May-1737 |
16-Jan-1794 |
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Goethe |
Author |
28-Aug-1749 |
22-Mar-1832 |
Most influential German writer |
| Oliver Goldsmith |
Author |
10-Nov-1730 |
4-Apr-1774 |
The Vicar of Wakefield |
| Henry Grattan |
Politician |
3-Jul-1746 |
6-Jun-1820 |
Legislative independence for Ireland |
| Button Gwinnett |
Politician |
1735 |
19-May-1777 |
Most valuable signature |
| John Hancock |
Politician |
23-Jan-1737 |
8-Oct-1793 |
First signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| William Henry Harrison |
Head of State |
9-Feb-1773 |
4-Apr-1841 |
9th US President, 1841 |
| Sally Hemings |
Relative |
1773 |
1835 |
Thomas Jefferson's slave mistress |
| Patrick Henry |
Politician |
29-May-1736 |
6-Jun-1799 |
Patriot and Governor of Virginia |
| Adolf Hitler |
Head of State |
20-Apr-1889 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45 |
| Francis Hopkinson |
Author |
2-Oct-1737 |
9-May-1791 |
The Ballad of the Kegs |
| Washington Irving |
Author |
3-Apr-1783 |
28-Nov-1859 |
Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Steve Irwin |
Naturalist |
22-Feb-1962 |
4-Sep-2006 |
The Crocodile Hunter |
| Stonewall Jackson |
Military |
21-Jan-1824 |
10-May-1863 |
Robert E. Lee's "right arm" |
| Thomas Jefferson |
Head of State |
13-Apr-1743 |
4-Jul-1826 |
3rd US President, 1801-09 |
| Jesus Christ |
Religion |
c. 4 BC |
7-Apr-30 AD |
Carpenter, evangelist |
| Joan of Arc |
Religion |
6-Jan-1412 |
30-May-1431 |
Maid of Orleans, burned at the stake |
| Pope John Paul II |
Religion |
18-May-1920 |
2-Apr-2005 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005 |
| Samuel Johnson |
Lexicographer |
18-Sep-1709 |
13-Dec-1784 |
A Dictionary of the English Language |
| Benito Juárez |
Head of State |
21-Mar-1806 |
18-Jul-1872 |
President of Mexico, 1861-72 |
| Marquis de Lafayette |
Military |
6-Sep-1757 |
20-May-1834 |
French revolutionary in America |
| Richard Henry Lee |
Politician |
20-Jan-1732 |
19-Jun-1794 |
Author of the 10th Amendment |
| Francis Lewis |
Politician |
21-Mar-1713 |
30-Dec-1802 |
Signatory to Declaration of Independence |
| Justus Liebig |
Chemist |
12-May-1803 |
18-Apr-1873 |
Reformed pedagogy of chemistry |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1809 |
15-Apr-1865 |
16th US President, 1861-65 |
| David Livingstone |
Explorer |
19-Mar-1813 |
1-May-1873 |
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? |
| Mary Magdalene |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Early follower of Jesus Christ |
| Golda Meir |
Head of State |
3-May-1898 |
8-Dec-1978 |
Fourth Prime Minister of Israel |
| Robert Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1734 |
7-May-1806 |
Financed the Revolutionary War |
| Napoleon III |
Royalty |
20-Apr-1808 |
9-Jan-1873 |
Emperor of France, 1852-70 |
| Lord Nelson |
Military |
29-Sep-1758 |
21-Oct-1805 |
Most celebrated British admiral |
| George Peabody |
Business |
18-Feb-1795 |
4-Nov-1869 |
American businessman, philanthropist |
| Daniel Pearl |
Journalist |
10-Oct-1963 |
21-Feb-2002 |
Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter |
| Hiram Powers |
Sculptor |
29-Jun-1805 |
27-Jun-1873 |
American neoclassical sculptor |
| Elvis Presley |
Singer |
8-Jan-1935 |
16-Aug-1977 |
Rock and roll icon |
| George Read |
Government |
18-Sep-1733 |
21-Sep-1798 |
Signed the US Constitution |
| Paul Revere |
Military |
1-Jan-1735 |
10-May-1818 |
One if by land, two if by sea... |
| Joshua Reynolds |
Painter |
16-Jul-1723 |
23-Feb-1792 |
English portraitist |
| Benjamin Rush |
Politician |
4-Jan-1746 |
19-Apr-1813 |
Signed Declaration of Independence |
| Carl Sagan |
Astronomer |
9-Nov-1934 |
20-Dec-1996 |
Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos |
| Friedrich von Schiller |
Playwright |
10-Nov-1759 |
9-May-1805 |
Wallenstein |
| Sir Walter Scott |
Author |
15-Aug-1771 |
21-Sep-1832 |
Ivanhoe |
| William Henry Seward |
Politician |
16-May-1801 |
10-Oct-1872 |
Mastermind behind Seward's Folly |
| William Shakespeare |
Playwright |
23-Apr-1564 |
23-Apr-1616 |
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth |
| Roger Sherman |
Politician |
19-Apr-1721 |
23-Jul-1793 |
Architect of the Connecticut Compromise |
| George Stephenson |
Engineer |
9-Jun-1781 |
12-Aug-1848 |
Early railroad builder |
| William Makepeace Thackeray |
Novelist |
18-Jul-1811 |
24-Dec-1863 |
Vanity Fair |
| Leo Tolstoy |
Author |
9-Sep-1828 |
20-Nov-1910 |
Russian novelist |
| Martin Van Buren |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1782 |
24-Jul-1862 |
8th US President, 1837-41 |
| George Washington |
Head of State |
22-Feb-1732 |
14-Dec-1799 |
1st US President, 1789-97 |
| Daniel Webster |
Politician |
18-Jan-1782 |
24-Oct-1852 |
The completest man |
| John Wesley |
Religion |
17-Jun-1703 |
2-Mar-1791 |
Founder of Methodism |
| James Wilson |
Judge |
14-Sep-1742 |
28-Aug-1798 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98 |
| Oliver Wolcott |
Politician |
1-Dec-1726 |
1-Dec-1797 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1796-97 |
| William Wordsworth |
Poet |
7-Apr-1770 |
23-Apr-1850 |
English romantic poet laureate |
