Curated playlist
American former Protestants
- Ivanka TrumpIvanka Trump, an American businesswoman born on the 30th of October 1981, once described her own position in two short sentences. In October 2015 she said: "As a citizen, I love what he's doing. As a daughter, it's obviously more…
- Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali refused three times to step forward for his Army induction in 1967. He lost his boxing title that same day.
- Malcolm XMalcolm X left the Nation of Islam in 1964 and flew to Mecca. There he saw Muslims of all colors treated as equals.
- John Harvey KelloggJohn Harvey Kellogg built a chair that shakes its sitter twenty times every second, and visitors to the Kellogg Discovery Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, can still sit in it today. The physician who designed it lived from 1852 to 1943.…
- Carrie FisherCarrie Fisher once asked to be reported as drowned in moonlight, strangled by her own bra.
- Steve JobsSteve Jobs died on the 5th of October 2011, and he had arranged one last gesture for the people who came to remember him. At the memorial held at Stanford University, every guest received a small brown box as a farewell gift from him.…
- David KoreshOn the 19th of April 1993, fire swept through the Mount Carmel Center, a compound outside Waco, Texas. Among the dead was David Koresh, a preacher who had told his followers that he was the final prophet. He led the Branch Davidians, a…
- Louis FarrakhanLouis Farrakhan has led the Nation of Islam since 1981, longer than any other leader in the organization's history. The group blends black nationalism with Islamic teaching. Over a long public life he has carried several different names,…
- Marcus GarveyMarcus Garvey was declared Provisional President of Africa in August 1920, even though he had never set foot on the continent. The title came during a conference organized by his Harlem-based movement, while an estimated 25,000 people…
- Walter Kaufmann (philosopher)At eleven, Walter Kaufmann converted from Lutheranism to Judaism. He later learned all four grandparents were Jewish.
- Jesse VenturaJesse Ventura, born James George Janos, stood before a crowd in November 1998 and declared, "We shocked the world!" He had a point. A man known to millions as a loud, villain-loving wrestling announcer had just won the governor's office of…