Born a Congregationalist, he had been baptized as a tiny baby in the usual manner by having a few drops of water sprinkled on his head, yet nowhere in the whole of the New Testament could he find a description of anybody being baptized by sprinkling.

Born in 1855, Dr Leonard Cockayne ( generally recognised as the greatest botanist who has lived, worked, and died in New Zealand ) worked extensively on native plants throughout New Zealand and wrote many notable botanical texts.

Born in New York City, he was the son of Edith Adelson Lerner and Joseph Jay Lerner, whose brother, Samuel Alexander Lerner, was founder and owner of the Lerner Stores, a chain of dress shops.

Born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City to Italian immigrants, Capone became involved with gang activity at a young age after being expelled from school at age 14.

Born in Long Island, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating after five years of private advanced research for drug infusion pump AutoSyringe.

Born in Boston, Colony of Massachusetts, to David Yale ( 1613 – 1690 ) and Ursula Knight ( 1624 – 1698 ), Yale was the grandson of Ann Lloyd ( 1591 – 1659 ), who after the death of her first husband, Thomas Yale ( 1590 – 1619 ) in Chester, Cheshire, England, married Governor Theophilus Eaton ( 1590 – 1658 ) of New Haven Colony.

Born December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was the only child of Italian immigrants Natalie Della ( Garaventa ) and Antonino Martino Sinatra, and was raised Roman Catholic.

Born Allan George See in Mount Kisco, New York, the older of two children, born to Margaret ( née Shea ) See ( 1906-2004 ), who was a middle school dropout, who in turn worked for Reader's Digest.

Born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, Schmitt grew up in nearby Silver City.

Born Jeffry Ross Hyman to parents Charlotte ( née Mandell ) and Noel Hyman, they lived in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, where Jeffry and his future Ramones bandmates attended Forest Hills High School.

Born in Hornell, New York, United States, Freas ( pronounced like " freeze ") was the son of two photographers, and was raised in Canada.

Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Milford grew up in Winnetka, Illinois where he attended New Trier High School.

Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, MacLean concentrated on mathematics and science in high school.

Born in New York City, New York, Conant appeared as " Benji " in the 1971 coming-of-age drama, Summer of ' 42 and the Class of ' 44, appearing in both with Gary Grimes and Jerry Houser as a trio of adolescent boys.

Born in New York City, Falk was the son of Michael Peter Falk, owner of a clothing and dry goods store, and his wife, Madeline ( née Hochhauser ), an accountant and buyer.

Born in Rhode Island, he was taken with the Northups when they migrated to Hoosick, New York in Rensselaer County.

Born into a wealthy family in New York City, Roosevelt was a sickly child who suffered from asthma and stayed at home studying natural history.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Born in Chicago, with Jewish origins, he attended schools in New York and later graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge in England.

Born at Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, he attended school in Philadelphia with future naval heroes Stephen Decatur and Charles Stewart.

Born in Watertown, New York, he began his show business career playing the organ and acting in radio dramas at station WWNY.

Born in South Haven, Michigan, as the third son of farmers Liberty Hyde Bailey Sr. and Sarah Harrison Bailey, Bailey entered the Michigan Agricultural College ( now Michigan State University ) in 1878 and graduated in 1882.

Born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in New York City, Shaw grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, where, according to his autobiography his natural introversion was deepened by local antisemitism.

Born in, enlisted from, and buried in West Haven.

Born in Milford Haven, Wales, of Cornish parents, Symons was educated privately, spending much of his time in France and Italy.

Born Julia Boggs Dent at White Haven plantation west of St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Colonel Frederick Dent, a slaveholding planter and merchant, and Ellen Wrenshall-Dent, Julia was rather plain in appearance and squinted through crossed eyes.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Ingersoll was the son of Jared Ingersoll ( 1722 – 1781 ), a prominent British official whose strong Loyalist sentiments would lead to his being tarred and feathered by radical Patriots.

Born in Tallahassee, Florida, LaVoie was raised by his mother in Winter Haven, Florida with his six siblings.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Flushing, Queens, New York, Bock studied the piano as a child.

Born in Beach Haven, New Jersey, Cramer was nicknamed " Flit ," which was the name of a popular insecticide, by sportswriter Jimmy Isaminger for his great ability to judge fly balls ; in other words, he was death to flies.

Born in Topton, Pennsylvania, Herman died in West Haven, Connecticut as a result of injuries sustained in a midget car crash during practice laps at the West Haven Speedway during the same week that claimed the life of Jimmy Bryan in a different crash.

Born Jack Arnold Waks in New Haven, Connecticut and as a child read a lot of science fiction books and magazines which would lead to his fandom of science fiction.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut to a medical family, MacCready was an inventor from an early age and won a national contest building a model flying machine at the age of 15.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Waugh graduated in 1942 from Yale, majoring in art with a music minor.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, and thought of as a very simple solid hard-working shortstop, Corcoran gained the obvious nickname of Corky and also Tommy the Cork.

Born in Winter Haven, Florida, USA ; he joined the Trocks in April 2004.

Born in New Haven, Prince Edward Island, the son of Robert Archibald MacPhail and Catherine C. MacLean, he was first elected in a 1961 by-election to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the district of 2nd Queens.

Born in New Haven, Pennsylvania, United States, into a traditional Jewish family, Marcus became interested in Reform Judaism at the age of 15.

Born New Haven, Vermont, to American Revolutionary Soldier, William Lampson ( 1761 – 1827 ) and Rachel Powell ( 1766 – 1813 ), he started work as a clerk before moving to New York and then, in 1830, to London as John Jacob Astor's agent.

Born in East Haven, Connecticut, Plumb immigrated to Canada in 1865 and settled near Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he went to Yale University where his teachers included Horatio Parker and David Stanley Smith.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Coolidge first made her reputation by directing many award winning documentaries in New York before moving out to Hollywood in 1976.

Entered service at: New Haven, Conn. Born: 1 November 1945, Hartford, Conn.