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Michael Servetus
September 29, 1509 or 1511- October 27, 1553 (Renaissance)
Michael Servetus was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation, the portion of the human circulatory system that interacts with the lungs. He described his view of it in his work "Christianismi Restitutio" in 1553. He is...
Moses
Between 14th and 16th century BC
Moses was the prophet who led the captive Israelites out of Egypt during the Exodus. He later becamet the leader of the Israelites and brought the Law to them in the form of the Torah. He is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and is central to...
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
August 26, 1910 - September 5, 1997 (Modern Era)
No Christian figure of the twentieth century evokes such conflicting views as Mother Teresa. Elevated quickly to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church, she is viewed by some others as a charlatan. Her help for the poor in Calcutta is praised by most, and by...
Muhammad
570 CE - June 8, 632 CE (Early Medieval)
Muhammad is known as rasul Allah, or God's Messenger to the Arabs, and to all of humanity. Most of what we know about him comes from the Quran, and biographies written in the century after his death. Muhammad's father died before he was born, and his mother...
Myles Munroe
April 20, 1954 - November 9, 2014
Myles Munroe was a Bahamian evangelist and minister. He founded and led the founded and led the Bahamas Faith Ministries International and Myles Munroe International. He was also the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the International...
N.T. Wright
December 1 1948 - Present (Modern Era)
Nicholas Thomas Wright was born in 1948 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. He was the Bishop of Durham from 2003 to 2010 after which he became the Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St. Mary's College in the University of St....
Nadia Bolz-Weber
April 22 1969 - Present (Modern Era)
Nadia Bolz-Weber grew up in Colorodo Springs and began getting tattoos when she was 17. She began struggling with alcohol and drug abuse around the same time, and she remained an addict for roughly 10 years. She became sober in 1996 and has remained that way...
Nathan H. Knorr
1905 - 1977
Nathan Homer Knorr was the third president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, becoming so in January of 1942, replacing Joseph Frankin Rutherford, who served in the position since 1917.
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Norman Vincent Pele
May 31, 1898 - December 24, 1993
Norman Vincent Peale was best known for his work with ideas about positive thinking. He was one of the early proponents of the idea and catapulted it into the public consciousness with his best-selling book "The Power of Positive Thinking." The book was a...
Oral Roberts
January 24 1918 – December 15 2009 (Modern Era)
Granville Oral Roberts was born in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma in 1918. He was ordained in both the United Methodist and Pentecostal Holiness churches and worked to bring Pentecostalism into mainstream Christianity in America. As a preacher, he emphasized...
Pat Robertson
March 22 1930 - Present (Modern Era)
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson was not a serious Christian until after he failed the New York bar exam and led him to months of what he described as disappointment, embarrassment and unemployment. After converting to Christianity, he began working as a...
Patrick of Ireland
trad. 387 - c. 493 (Early Medieval)
Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, which is a bit ironic as he was not Irish. Born to Roman citizens, probably in England near the Scottish border (though possibly in Wales), his own account is that Patrick was captured by pirates at 16 and sold into...
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