Curated category
20th-century Roman Catholics
- Alfred HitchcockOn the 13th of August 1899, a boy named Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in the flat above his parents' greengrocer shop at 517 High Road in Leytonstone.
- John F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy entered the world on the 29th of May 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
- F. Scott FitzgeraldFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald arrived in the world on the 24th of September 1896. He was born into a middle-class Catholic family in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- Frank SinatraFrancis Albert Sinatra entered the world on the 12th of December 1915 inside a tenement building at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey.
- J. R. R. TolkienJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd of January 1892 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. His father Arthur worked as a bank manager for the British…
- Kobe BryantKobe Bean Bryant entered the world on the 23rd of August 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father Joe played eight seasons in the National Basketball…
- Stephen ColbertOn the 11th of September 1974, a ten-year-old boy named Stephen Colbert stood in the living room of his family home on James Island.
- Gonzague de ReynoldGonzague de Reynold entered the world on the 15th of June 1880 inside his family's sixteenth-century chateau in Cressier.
- Ferdinand MarcosFerdinand Marcos entered the world on the 11th of September 1917 in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte. His father Mariano was a lawyer and congressman who later died as a…
- Lionel MessiOn the 14th of December 2000, a Barcelona official named Carles Rexach signed a contract for Lionel Messi on the back of a paper napkin.
- AaliyahAaliyah Dana Haughton was born on the 16th of January 1979, in Brooklyn, New York. Her family moved to Detroit when she was five years old.
- Bing CrosbyHarry Lillis Crosby Jr. entered the world on the 3rd of May 1903, in Tacoma, Washington. He grew up at a house his father built at 1112 North J Street before…
- Ryan ReynoldsRyan Rodney Reynolds was born on the 23rd of October 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father James Chester Reynolds worked as a Royal Canadian…
- Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima was born on the 18th of September 1976 in Itaguaí, a small town near Rio de Janeiro. He grew up playing football on the streets…
- Konrad AdenauerKonrad Adenauer was born on the 5th of January 1876 in Cologne, Rhenish Prussia. He grew up as the third of five children to Johann Konrad Adenauer and…
- Sepp BlatterJosef Blatter arrived in the world on the 10th of March 1936 within the Swiss village of Visp. He studied business and economics at the University of…
- Joseph CampbellIn 1929, Joseph Campbell moved into a rented shack in Woodstock, New York. The structure lacked running water and relied on scattered wells for its supply.
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger was born on the 30th of July 1947, in the small village of Thal, Styria. His father Gustav served as the local police chief and…
- Francisco FrancoOn the 4th of December 1892, Francisco Franco was born in the Calle Frutos Saavedra of Ferrol, Galicia. He entered the Infantry Academy in Toledo at age…
- Cristiano RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on the 5th of February 1985 in the São Pedro parish of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira.
- Padraic ColumPadraic Colum entered the world on the 8th of December 1881 inside a County Longford workhouse. His father worked there as an employee while his mother Susan…
- Vincent CroninVincent Archibald Patrick Cronin entered the world on the 24th of May 1924 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire. His father was A.J.
- Daniel Patrick MoynihanDaniel Patrick Moynihan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the 16th of March 1927. He moved to New York City at age six with his Irish Catholic family.
- Peter DebyePeter Joseph William Debye was born on the 24th of March 1884 in Maastricht, Netherlands. He enrolled at Aachen University of Technology in 1901 to study…
- Gabriel BatistutaGabriel Omar Batistuta was born on the 1st of February 1969 in Avellaneda, Argentina. He grew up in the nearby city of Reconquista with three older sisters…