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 New Haven, Connecticut of Russian Jewish heritage, Capp was the eldest child of Otto Philip and Matilda ( Davidson ) Caplin.

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 Sidcup, lived in Blackfen prior to emigrating to New Zealand with his parents.

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Jones first played international rugby for Samoa, then for New Zealand, playing 55 Tests between 1987 and 1998.

Born in New Zealand, Nielson and his American wife, Annette, arrived in Manila in the early-to-mid-1930s.

Born in New Zealand, he worked in his native country before migrating to Sydney, Australia in 1911, and ultimately to London ( 1919 ), where he made his career and earned fame for his Colonel Blimp depictions and his merciless satirising the personalities and policies of German dictator Adolf Hitler, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, and other leaders of his times.

Born in Hamilton, Sargeson has been credited with introducing New Zealand English into short stories.

Born in Hastings, New Zealand, she was educated at the University of Otago where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1947.

Born in Roseneath, Wellington, New Zealand in 1912, Wake was the youngest of six children.

Born in Morrinsville, New Zealand to a Plymouth Brethren family, Money initially studied psychology at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a double master's degree in Psychology and Education at the end of 1944.

Born in Waimate, a town in South Canterbury, New Zealand, Norman Kirk came from a strong working-class background, and his household could not afford things such as daily newspapers or a radio.

Born in Rotorua, New Zealand, Susan Devoy attended MacKillop College.

Born in Wanganui, New Zealand, he made his All Black debut in 1972, and his Test debut against the British Lions in 1977 – going on to make 41 appearances and scoring 2 tries.

Born in Arusha, Tanzania, his greatest moment was arguably the 1500 m final at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, when he won the gold medal ahead of New Zealand runner John Walker and Kenyan Ben Jipcho.

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Pickering attended Havelock School, Marlborough, and Wellington College.

Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, he represented New Zealand in 41 Tests, and achieved an average of 44. 64, including seven centuries.

Born in Carterton, a small town in the Wairarapa district in New Zealand ’ s North Island, Charles lived in Masterton where he worked as a bank teller and demonstrated great golfing potential.

Born in London in 1965, at the age of 20 she moved to New Zealand where she worked for 12 years before returning to the United Kingdom in 1997.

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Born in Wanganui, New Zealand, he studied at Wanganui Technical College and Victoria University in Wellington.

Born in Terik Location of South Nandi District, William Tanui first came to notice relatively late in life, when he won the 1500 m at the Kenyan Commonwealth Games trials in 1989, but ran only sixth at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.

Born in King Country, New Zealand, he has become a cult hero in his adopted country of Wales.