* 1909 – William M. Branham, American evangelist ( d. 1965 )

* 1921 – Ernest Angley, American evangelist and broadcaster

* 1933 – Jerry Falwell, American pastor and evangelist ( d. 2007 )

* 1936 – James Dobson, American evangelist, author, and psychologist, founder of Focus on the Family

* 2009 – Oral Roberts, American television evangelist and author ( b. 1918 )

American ), has resulted in the political disposition that has been labeled the Christian right, whose most visible spokesmen have been figures like Jerry Falwell and the television evangelist Pat Robertson.

* 1837 – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist ( d. 1899 )

* 1930 – Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist ( d. 2003 )

* 1953 – Kent Hovind, American evangelist

* 1918 – Oral Roberts, American evangelist ( d. 2009 )

* 1968 – Bob Jones, Sr, American evangelist ( b. 1883 )

* 1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher ( b. 1892 )

* 1907 – Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist ( d. 1976 )

* 1862 – Billy Sunday, American evangelist ( d. 1935 )

* 1918 – Billy Graham, American evangelist

* 1929 – Hal Lindsey, American evangelist

* 1890 – Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist ( d. 1944 )

In 1900, Charles Parham, an American evangelist and faith healer, began teaching that speaking in tongues was the Bible evidence of Spirit baptism.

* Gerald Archie Mangun ( 1919 – 2010 ) American evangelist, pastor, who built one of the largest churches within the United Pentecostal Church International

* 12-Garner Ted Armstrong, 73, American evangelist.

* 2007 – Rex Humbard, American evangelist ( b. 1919 )

In 1740, a group of Philadelphians joined together to erect a great preaching hall for the traveling evangelist George Whitefield, who toured the American colonies delivering open air sermons.

* March 11 – Jack Coe, American evangelist ( d. 1956 )

* November 7 – Billy Graham, American evangelist, spiritual adviser to several U. S. Presidents

** Della Reese, American actress, singer and evangelist ( Touched By An Angel )

* 1937 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor

* 1919 – Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader ( d. 1991 )

* 1937 – Billy Cannon, American football player

* 1952 – Billy West, American voice actor

* 1939 – Billy Joe Shaver, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

* 1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

* 1962 – Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter

* 1925 – Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( d. 2011 )

* 1918 – Billy Johnson, American baseball player ( d. 2006 )

* 1986 – Billy Butler, American baseball player

* 1908 – Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player ( d. 1977 )

* 2011 – Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( b. 1925 )

* 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor and writer

* 1963 – Billy Gould, American musician, songwriter, and producer ( Faith No More, Harmful, Fear and the Nervous System, and Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine )

Among his earliest influences were Punch cartoonist – illustrator Phil May, and American comic strip cartoonists Tad Dorgan, Cliff Sterrett, Rube Goldberg, Rudolph Dirks, Fred Opper, Billy DeBeck, George McManus and Milt Gross.

Early 20th century American preacher Billy Sunday epitomizes the Evangelical focus on " going to heaven " in his sermon “ Heaven: A Wonderful Place ; Where There is No More Death ; Blessed Hope of the Christian .” In the message Sunday characteristically explained the feelings of his audience by saying “ Everybody wants to go to Heaven.

** Billy Ray Cyrus ( born 1961 ), American musician and actor

While the Super Bowl XX Champion Bears were a fixture of mainstream American pop culture in the 1980s, the Bears made a prior mark with the 1971 American TV movie Brian's Song starring Billy Dee Williams as Gale Sayers and James Caan as Brian Piccolo.

* 1938 – Billy Shaw, American football player

* 1949 – Billy Gibbons, American guitarist ( ZZ Top )

* 1964 – Billy Ripken, American baseball player

* 1934 – Billy Paul, American singer

* 1974 – Billy Koch, American baseball player

CNN reported that " Brooks was joined on stage by two surprise guest stars, Billy Joel and Don McLean, who brought down the house with an acoustic rendition of ' American Pie '.