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Born	April 14, 1775 • Kirkcaldy • Scotland
Died	August 27, 1851 (aged 76) • Cape Colony • South Africa

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William Philip Schreiner

South African politician

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John Mackenzie

British missionary

Campbell-Bannerman

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

prime minister of United Kingdom

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John Alexander Dowie

American religious leader

Norman Macleod, detail of an oil painting by T. Knott; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Norman Macleod

Scottish minister

Robert Moffat, oil painting by William Scott, 1842; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Robert Moffat

British missionary

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Robert Morrison

British missionary

Duff, Alexander

Alexander Duff

Scottish minister

Mackenzie, Charles Frederick

Charles Frederick Mackenzie

British clergyman

Chalmers, James

James Chalmers

Scottish missionary

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Saint Methodius

Christian theologian

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Saint Cyril

Christian theologian

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Francisco Garcés

Spanish missionary

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Luther Rice

American missionary

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Johann Gerhardt Oncken

German missionary

President Barack Obama stands smiling with arms crossed in the Oval Office, with the American flag and presidential seal visible behind him.

Barack Obama

president of United States

Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)

St. Paul the Apostle

Christian Apostle

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician

St. Peter the Apostle

St. Peter the Apostle

Christian Apostle

Cecil Rhodes

Cecil Rhodes

prime minister of Cape Colony