Activists, politicians, and military figures

Activists

Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone (December 13, 1882 – January 10, 1985) was a Muscogee singer, performer, and Native American activist, born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, within the Muscogee Nation. She was born to Cherokee and Creek parents and stood o ...

(1882-1985) – Native American singer and activist * Bonnie Carroll – President and founder of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) *

Henry Hyde Champion Henry Hyde Champion (22 January 1859 – 30 April 1928) was a socialist journalist and activist, regarded as a leading figure in the early political organisations of the British labour movement. From a middle-class background, he was an early ...

(1859-1928) –Socialist activist and journalist *

Vida Goldstein Vida Jane Mary Goldstein (pron. ) (13 April 186915 August 1949) was an Women's suffrage in Australia, Australian suffragist and social reformer. She was one of four female candidates at the 1903 Australian federal election, 1903 federal election ...

(1869-1949) – Australian suffragette and social reformer. * Sallie Holley (1818-1893) – Abolitionist and educator * Olive Moorman Leader (1852-1930) – temperance reformer, suffragist, educator, and human rights activist * Muriel Matters (1877-1969) – Australian suffragist and educator * Roy Olmstead (1886-1966) – Former bootlegger turned anti-alcoholism activist * Nettie Rogers Shuler (1862-1939) – American suffragist and author * Marietta T. Webb (1864-1951) – Civil rights activist

Elected officials

* Nancy Witcher Astor (1879-1964) – second female Member of Parliament to be elected but the first to take her seat, serving from 1919 to 1945 * Fred B. Balzar (1880-1934) – 15th Governor of Nevada * Owen Brewster (1888-1961) – 54th Governor of Maine, member of the United States House of Representatives and Senate * Jocelyn Burdick (1922-2019), United States Senator * Clarence A. Buskirk (1842-1926) – 10th Indiana Attorney General, traveling lecturer who promoted Christian Science in various countries *

Ralph Lawrence Carr Ralph Lawrence Carr (December 11, 1887September 22, 1950) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 29th Governor of Colorado from 1939 to 1943. During World War II, he defended the rights of American citizens of Japanese desce ...

(1887-1950) – 29th Governor of Colorado * Thelma Cazalet-Keir (1899-1989) – British Conservative Member of Parliament * Thomas M. Davis – Member of the United States House of Representatives * David Dreier – Member of the United States House of Representatives *

Bob Goodlatte Robert William Goodlatte (; born September 22, 1952) is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist who served in the United States House of Representatives representing from 1993 to 2019. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was ...

– Member of the United States House of Representatives * William Higgs (politician) (1862-1951) – Australian Senator and member of the House of Representatives, Treasurer of Australia * Gustav A. Hoff (1852-1930), American businessman and Mayor of Tucson. * Scott McCallum – 43rd Governor of Wisconsin * Charles H. Percy (1919-2011) – United States Senator from Illinois * Lamar S. Smith – Member of the United States House of Representatives * Victor Cazalet (1896-1943) – British Conservative Member of Parliament * Margaret Wintringham (1879-1955) – Second woman to take her seat as a British Member of Parliament * John D. Works (1847-1928) – United States Senator from California, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court

Other political and military figures

* Mary Bartelme (1866-1954) – pioneering American judge and lawyer, referred to as "America's only woman judge" *

John Ehrlichman John Daniel Ehrlichman (; March 20, 1925 – February 14, 1999) was an American political aide who served as White House Counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon. Ehrlichman was an important infl ...

(1925-1999) – Counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs *

Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth Paul Henry Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth (3 February 1909 – 29 June 1984) was a British diplomat. He was List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to India, British High Commissioner to India, 1960 to 1965, then Permanent Under-Secre ...

(1909-1984) – British diplomat and politician * Thomas P. Griesa (1930-2017) – United States district judge * H.R. Haldeman (1926-1993) – White House Chief of Staff * Cecil Harcourt (1892-1959) - British naval officer, ''de facto'' governor of

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, (18 April 1882 – 12 December 1940) was a British politician, British Ambassador to the United States and editor of various journals. He was private secretary to Prime Minister David Lloyd George ...

(1882-1940) – British politician, diplomat and newspaper editor *

Egil Krogh Egil "Bud" Krogh Jr. (; August 3, 1939 – January 18, 2020) was an American lawyer who became infamous as an official of the Nixon administration and who was imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal. He was a Senior Fellow on Ethics and ...

(1939-2020) – American lawyer, United States Under Secretary of Transportation * Maurice Mansergh (1896-1966) - British admiral,

Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth The Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Plymouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the admiral's command. Between 1845 and 1896, this offi ...

* Ursula Mueller – UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in OCHA * Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore (1841-1907) – Scottish peer, politician, explorer, author, and teacher of Christian Science * Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore (1871-1962) – British soldier and politician * David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie (1893-1968) - Scottish peer, soldier, and courtier *

Henry Paulson Henry "Hank" Merritt Paulson Jr. (born March 28, 1946) is an American investment banker and financier who served as the 74th United States secretary of the treasury from 2006 to 2009. Prior to his role in the Department of the Treasury, Paulson ...

– 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury * Stansfield Turner (1923-2018) – Admiral and former CIA Director * William Hedgcock Webster – Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1978 to 1987 and Director of Central Intelligence (CIA) from 1987 to 1991

Business

* J. Robert Atkinson (1887-1964) – founder of the

Braille Institute of America The Braille Institute of America (BIA) is a nonprofit organization with headquarters in Los Angeles providing programs, seminars and one-on-one instruction for the blindness, visually impaired community in Southern California. Funded almost enti ...

* D. G. M. Bernard (1888-1975) - Banker in England, Hong Kong, and the Middle East. * B. F. Brisac (1858-1940) – American business executive and humanitarian * Dorothy Harrison Eustis (1886-1946) – founder of The Seeing Eye *

Antony Fisher Sir Antony George Anson Fisher (28 June 1915 – 8 July 1988), nicknamed AGAF, was a British businessman and think tank founder. He participated in the formation of various neoliberal organisations during the second half of the 20th century, ...

(1915-1988) – British businessman and think tank founder * Lionel Fraser (1895-1965) – British banker * Bette Nesmith Graham (1924-1980) – inventor of Liquid Paper and mother of Mike Nesmith *

Martha Matilda Harper Martha Matilda Harper (September 10, 1857 – August 3, 1950) was an American businesswoman, entrepreneur, and inventor who launched modern retail franchising and then built an international network of 500 franchised hair salons that emphasized ...

(1857-1950) – American businesswoman and inventor who launched modern retail franchising * Robert Hotung (1862-1956), Businessman and philanthropist from British Hong Kong * Ben Weingart (1888-1980) – American real estate investor and developer * Charles Wyly (1933-2011), American businessman * Sam Wyly, American businessman

Arts and entertainment

Artists

* Hilda Carline (1889-1950) – British post-impressionist painter *

Joseph Cornell Joseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 – December 29, 1972) was an American visual artist and filmmaker, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage. Influenced by the Surrealists, he was also an avant-garde experimental filmma ...

(1903-1972) – American artist and film maker * Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960) – English artist and muralist, employed as an official war artist during World War II * Fougasse (1887-1965) – British cartoonist *

Mina Loy Mina Loy (born Mina Gertrude Löwy; 27 December 1882 – 25 September 1966) was a British-born artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps, and bohemian. She was one of the last of the first-generation modernists to ...

(1882-1996) – British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps, and bohemian * Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981) – British painter * Violet Oakley (1874-1961) – American artist known for murals and work in stained glass * Marcellus E. Wright Sr. (1881-1962) – American architect who designed the Altria Theater

Authors

Richard Bach Richard David Bach (born June 23, 1936) is an American writer. He has written numerous flight-related works of fiction and non-fiction. His works include '' Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' (1970) and '' Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Mes ...

– author of ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull '' * Andrew Clements (1949-2019) – American author of children's books, including Frindle * Willis Vernon Cole (1882-1939) – American poet and author, Christian Science practitioner tried for practising medicine *Heather Vogel Frederick – former journalist & editor, American historical fiction, fantasy, & contemporary fiction author of at least 20 books for young readers * Sibyl Marvin Huse (1866-1939) — American author of religious books and teacher/Reader of Christian Science * Godfrey John (d. about 2003) – Welsh poet and Christian Science teacher * William D. McCrackan (1864-1923) – writer, author of ''The Rise of the Swiss Republic'' *

J. D. Salinger Jerome David Salinger ( ; January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American author best known for his 1951 novel '' The Catcher in the Rye''. Salinger published several short stories in '' Story'' magazine in 1940, before serving in World Wa ...

(1919-2010)– American writer best known for his novel ''The Catcher in the Rye'' *

Danielle Steel Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer, best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling living author and one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time, with over 800 milli ...

– American author

Entertainment figures

* Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) – Singer * Kenny L. Baker (1912-1985) – singer and actor *

Valerie Bergere Valerie Bergere (born Valerie Zenobia de Beaumont Lieb, February 8, 1867 – September 16, 1938) was a French-born American actress who had a near fifty-year career in theatre and cinema. She began in the chorus of a touring opera company before ...

(1867-1938)– French-born actress of stage and screen * Carol Channing (1921-2019) – American actress, singer, dancer, and comedian * Juanin Clay (1949-1995) – American actress with roles in ''

WarGames ''WarGames'' is a 1983 American techno-thriller film directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, and starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy. Broderick plays David Lightman, a ...

'' and '' The Legend of the Lone Ranger'' *

Joan Crawford Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway theatre, Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion-picture cont ...

(190?-1977)– American film and television actress *

Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a big band singer in 1937, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey ...

(1922-2019) – American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist * Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) – Canadian-American actress *

Robert Duvall Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor. With a career spanning seven decades, he is regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. He has received an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a British Academy Film Awards ...

– American actor * Georgia Engel (1948-2019) – American film, television, and stage actress *

Edith Evans Dame Edith Mary Evans (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for Edith Evans – stage and film roles, her work on the West End theatre, West End stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and t ...

(1888-1976) - actress *

Horton Foote Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and the film, '' ...

(1916-2009) – playwright and screenwriter *

Kelsey Grammer Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained fame for his role as the psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1984–1993) and its spin-off ''Frasier'' (1993–2004, and again F ...

– actor * Charlotte Greenwood (1890-1977) – actress and dancer *

Joyce Grenfell Joyce Irene Grenfell (''née'' Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English diseuse, singer, actress and writer. She was known for the songs and monologues she wrote and performed, at first in revues and later in her solo show ...

(1910-1979) – English comedian, singer, actress, monologist, scriptwriter and producer * Corinne Griffith (1894-1979) – American actress, producer, author and businesswoman * David Liebe Hart – puppeteer, actor, singer and painter *

Howard Hawks Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter of the Classical Hollywood cinema, classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American ...

(1896-1977) – film director * Peter Horton – actor *

Bud Jamison William Edward "Bud" Jamison (February 15, 1894 – September 30, 1944)Okuda, Ted, and Edward Watz. 1999. The Columbia Comedy Shorts: Two-reel Hollywood Film Comedies 1933–1958'. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. . was an American film actor. ...

(1894-1944) – actor active from 1915 to 1944 *

Leatrice Joy Leatrice Joy (born Leatrice Johanna Zeidler; November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985) was an American actress most prolific during the silent film era. Early life Joy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to dentist Edward Joseph Zeidler. She at ...

(1893-1985) – silent film star *

Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor. Initially a stage actor, he later found fame as a Leading actor, leading man in films in a wide variety of genres, including Comedy film, comedies, dramas, action fi ...

(1959-2025) – American actor *Matt Lauria (1982- ) -- American actor * Eve McVeagh (1919-1997) – American actress * Martin Melcher (1915-1968) – producer, third husband of Doris Day *

Conrad Nagel John Conrad Nagel (March 16, 1897 – February 24, 1970) was an American film, stage, television and radio actor. He was considered a famous matinée idol and leading man of the 1920s and 1930s. He was given an Honorary Academy Award in 1940, a ...

(1897-1970) – actor *

Antoinette Perry Mary Antoinette "Tony" Perry (June 27, 1888June 28, 1946) was an American actress, producer, director and administrator, known for her work in theatre, she was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing and is the namesake of the To ...

(1888-1946) – Broadway director, mentor and actress; namesake of the Tony Awards *

Mary Pickford Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American film actress and producer. A Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, pioneer in the American film industry with a Hollywood care ...

(1892-1979) – Canadian-American actress; co-founder of the film studio United Artists; one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences *

Ginger Rogers Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer and singer during the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starri ...

(1911-1995) – American actress, dancer, and singer * Lilia Skala (1896-1994) – Austrian-American architect and actress best known for playing the Mother Superior in '' Lilies of the Field'' *

Jean Stapleton Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013) was an American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker, the perpetually optimistic and devoted wif ...

(1923-2013) – actress, best known for playing Edith Bunker * W. S. Van Dyke (1889-1943) – director of films, including ''

The Thin Man ''The Thin Man'' (1934) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in a condensed version in the December 1933 issue of '' Redbook''. It appeared in book form the following month. A film series followed, featuring the main ...

'' *

King Vidor King Wallis Vidor ( ; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, ...

(1889-1982) – director, producer, and screenwriter who won an

Academy Honorary Award The Academy Honorary Award – instituted in 1950 for the 23rd Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award, which was first presented at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929) – is given annually by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Mot ...

* Anna May Wong (1905-1961) – American actress, considered to be the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star *

Alfre Woodard Alfre Woodard ( ; born November 8, 1952) is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Scree ...

– actress who won awards for roles in ''

Miss Evers' Boys ''Miss Evers' Boys'' is an American made-for-television drama starring Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne that first aired on February 22, 1997, and is based on the true story of the four-decade-long Tuskegee Syphilis Study. It was directed by ...

'', ''

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'', '' Memphis Beat'' * Alan Young (1919-2016) – English–American actor

Musicians

Cornelius Bumpus Cornelius Bumpus (May 7, 1945 – February 3, 2004) was an American woodwind, brass and keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California. Biography Bumpus began his musical career playing alto saxophone at ten for his school band, and b ...

(1945-2004) – jazz musician, member of the Doobie Bros. and Steely Dan * Blanche Calloway (1902-1978) – bandleader;

Cab Calloway Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the Swing music, swing era. His niche ...

's sister * Alberta Neiswanger Hall (1870-1956) – composer of children's songs and composed musical settings for '' The Songs of Father Goose'' * Lionel Hampton (1908-2002) – jazz musician *

Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, folk music, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock music, rock, heartland r ...

– rock musician *

Kay Kyser James Kern Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985), known as Kay Kyser, was an American bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s. Early years Kyser was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of pharmacists Emily Royster Kyser ...

(1905-1985) – American bandleader and radio personality, later a Christian Science practitioner and active promoter * Everett Lee (1916-2022) – Conductor *

Michael Nesmith Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was best known as a member of the Monkees and co-star of their The Monkees (TV series), TV series of the same name (1966–1968) ...

(1942-2021) – member of

The Monkees The Monkees were an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. The band consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones (musician), Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. Spurred by the success of ''The Monkees (TV series), Th ...

, * Ruth Barret Phelps (1899-1980) – theater and church organist, later organist at the Mother Church *

Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

(1891-1953) – Russian Soviet composer, pianist and conductor

Sports

Athletes/sportspeople

* Harold Bradley Jr. (1929-2021), Football player, actor, singer, and visual artist * Adin Brown – U.S. association football player * Rowland George (1905–1997), Olympic rower; oldest surviving British Olympic gold medalist upon his death. *Haley Henderson (1984), American Ballet Dancer - worked for Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet San Jose, Ballet West (SLC) * Nile Kinnick (1918-1943) – American college football player and Heisman Trophy winner *Lauren McFall Gardner -- Synchronized Swimming/Artistic Swimming (2004 Summer Olympics in Athens - bronze medal winner) * Shannon Miller – American gymnast, Olympic gold medalist * Harry Porter (1882-1965) – Olympic gold medalist high jumper *

George Sisler George Harold Sisler (March 24, 1893 – March 26, 1973), nicknamed "Gorgeous George", was an American professional baseball first baseman and player-manager. From 1915 through 1930, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the History of t ...

(1893-1973) – baseball player *

Tommy Vardell Thomas Arthur "Touchdown Tommy" Vardell (born February 20, 1969) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a fullback (American football), fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college foo ...

– American football player * Aaron Goldsmith - Sports Commentator for the

Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American ...

and Fox College Hoops

Intellectual life

Education and academia

* Iris Mack (1956-2022) – mathematician, first black female professor in applied mathematics at M.I.T. * Mary Kimball Morgan (1861–1948) – American educator and the founder of Principia College, a Christian Science college * Robert Peel (historian) (1909-1992) – historian and church worker, best known for his three-volume biography of Mary Baker Eddy * David E. Sweet (1933–1984) – founding president of

Metropolitan State University Metropolitan State University (Metro State) is a public university in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. It is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

and later president of

Rhode Island College Rhode Island College (RIC) is a public college in Rhode Island, United States, with much of the land in Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, and other parts in North Providence, Rhode Island, North Providence. The college was established in 18 ...

* George B. Thomas (1914–2006) - American mathematician and professor of mathematics at MIT.

Journalism

* Richard Bergenheim (1948-2008) – American journalist and editor * Erwin Canham (1904-1982) – editor of the ''

Christian Science Monitor ''The Christian Science Monitor'' (''CSM''), commonly known as ''The Monitor'', is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition. It was founded in 1908 as a daily newspaper b ...

'', also the last Resident Commissioner of the Northern Mariana Islands * Kay Fanning (1927-2000) – editor of the ''Anchorage Daily News'' and ''Christian Science Monitor'', first woman to edit an American national newspaper. * Harold Frederic (1856-1898) – journalist and novelist * Virginia Graham (1910–1993) – English humourist * John Hughes (editor) – American journalist, former editor of ''The Christian Science Monitor'' and ''The Deseret News'' * Edward J. Meeman (1889-1966) – American journalist * Cora Rigby (1865-1930) – first woman at a major paper to head a Washington news bureau, co-founder of the Women's National Press Club. * Marjorie Shuler (1888-1977) – suffragist, author, adventurer, publicist, journalist, longtime writer for the

. Daughter of famous suffragist Nettie Rogers Shuler. *" Aunt Susan" born Edna Vance (1893-1972), American journalist and radio personality

Exploration, invention, and science

* Neil Kensington Adam (1891-1973) – British chemist * Edmund F. Burton (1862-1921) – physician who left medicine for the study of Christian Science * Laurance Doyle – researcher at

SETI Seti or SETI may refer to: Astrobiology * SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. ** SETI Institute, an astronomical research organization *** SETIcon, a former convention organized by the SETI Institute ** Berkeley SETI Research Cent ...

* Claribel Kendall (1889-1965) – American mathematician * Charles Lightoller (1874-1952) – surviving Second Officer of the ''Titanic'' * Jer Master (unknown-2010) – Indian pediatrician who abandoned medicine for the faith * Homer E. Newell Jr. (1915-1983) – NASA administrator, mathematics professor, and authored. Babbitt, Marcy.
Living Christian Science: Fourteen Lives
' Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. 1975 *

Alan Shepard Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the List of Apollo astronauts#Apollo astr ...

(1923-1998) – first American to travel into space, one of the first to walk on the Moon * Doris Huestis Speirs (1894-1989) – Canadian ornithologist, artist and poet * John M. Tutt (1879-1966) – American medical doctor who became a teacher of Christian Science

Other

John V. Dittemore John Valentine Dittemore (September 30, 1876 - May 10, 1937) was director of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, the Christian Science church, in Boston from 1909 until 1919. Before that he was head of the church's Committee on Publication in Ne ...

(1876-1937) – trustee of Eddy estate, director of The Mother Church, then critic and co-author of ''Mary Baker Eddy: The Truth and the Tradition'' * Calvin Frye (1845-1917) – personal assistant of Mary Baker Eddy * Mary W. Adams (1834-1908) – in 1905 hired Frank Lloyd Wright to build house in Highland Park, Illinois * Septimus J. Hanna (1845-1921) – Judge and Civil War veteran, later Christian Science practitioner and teacher * Violet Spiller Hay (1873–1969) – Christian Science practitioner, teacher and hymnistWomen of History: Violet Hay
, The Mary Baker Eddy Library * Emma Curtis Hopkins (1849-1925) – Christian Science practitioner, ''Journal'' editor, later started her own college and association * Bliss Knapp (1877-1958) – Christian Science lecturer, practitioner, teacher and author * Annie M. Knott (1850-1941) – Christian Science practitioner, teacher and church leader * Laura Lathrop (1845-1922) – Christian Science teacher in New York * Augusta E. Stetson (1842-1928) – Christian Science teacher in New York, excommunicated in 1909 * Irving C. Tomlinson (1860-1944) – Universalist minister who converted to Christian Science

Notable people raised in Christian Science

* E. Power Biggs (1906-1977) – Concert organist and recording artist, his mother was a Christian Scientist. * Jonathan Carroll – American fiction writer * Hart Crane (1899-1932) – American poet *

Christina Crawford Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939) is an American former author and actress, best known for her 1978 memoir and exposé, '' Mommie Dearest'', which described the alleged abuse she was subjected to by her adoptive mother, film star Joan C ...

– American author and actress *

Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( ; born January 26, 1958) is an American former comedian, actress, television host, writer, and producer. She began her career in stand-up comedy in the early 1980s, gaining national attention with a 1986 appearance on '' ...

– American comedian (father was a Christian Scientist) *

Daniel Ellsberg Daniel Ellsberg (April 7, 1931June 16, 2023) was an American political activist, economist, and United States military analyst. While employed by the RAND Corporation, he precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released th ...

(1931-2023) – American economist who released the Pentagon Papers * William Everson (1912-1994) – American poet * Stewart Farrar (1916-2000) – English writer * Paul Feig – American filmmaker *

Henry Fonda Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway theatre, Broadway and in Hollywood. On screen and stage, he often portrayed characters who embodied an everyman image. Bo ...

(1905-1982) – American actor * Ralph Giordano (1923-2014) – German writer *

Spalding Gray Spalding Gray (June 5, 1941 – ) was an American actor, novelist, playwright, screenwriter and performance artist. He is best known for the autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for the theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as well ...

(1941-2004) – American actor and writer * Keith Green (1953-1982) – American musician *

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway ( ; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized fo ...

(1899-1961) – American writer *

Jim Henson James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, actor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating ''Fraggle Rock'' ( ...

(1936-1990)– American puppeteer *

Audrey Hepburn Audrey Kathleen Hepburn ( Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Holly ...

(1929-1993) – British actress *

James Hetfield James Alan Hetfield (born August 3, 1963) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, co-founder, and a primary songwriter of heavy metal band Metallica. He is mainly known for his raspy voice and intricate rhythm playi ...

– of

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* Jack Kemp (1935-2009) – Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, member of the United States House of Representatives *

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