Christian Community

RELIGIOUS LEADERS• Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997) was a Roman

Catholic nun originally from who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950. For over 45 years, she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta".

• Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a South African activist and retired Anglican Bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. He won the Nobel peace prize in 1984 for his efforts.

• Ravi Zacharias - Christian apologist, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.

RELIGIOUS LEADERS

• Benny Hinn :- Benny Hinn Ministries claims to support 60 mission organizations across the world and several orphanages around the world, and claims to house and feed over 100,000 children a year and support 45,000 children daily because of his donors.

• Benny Hinn Ministries donated $100,000 for Relief Supplies to Hurricane Katrina Victims in 2005, and $250,000 to Tsunami Relief Effort in 2007.

Writer

• C.S. Lewis :- C.S. Lewis was a prolific Irish writer and scholar best known for his 'Chronicles of Narnia' fantasy series and his pro-Christian texts.

J.R.R. Tolkien – is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

WriterJohn C. Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker has sold more than 25 million books, and was identified as a top leader in business by the American Management Association and the world as most influential leadership expert by Business Insider and Inc. magazine in 2014. In that year Dr. Maxwell also received the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network. His organizations - The John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, and EQUIP - have trained more than 5 million leaders in 188 countries.

Writer• John Grisham:- Grisham's

bestseller - The Firm, The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, Skipping Christmas, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and A Time to Kill. Grisham has been a Christian since he was 8 years old, and he describes his conversion to Christianity as "the most important event" in his life.

MUSIC

• Keith Urban :- is a New Zealand-born Australian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, judge and record producer. Urban is also known for his roles as a coach on the Australian version of the singing competition The Voice and as a judge on American Idol. n October 2013, Urban introduced his own signature line of guitars and accessories.

• Sir Cliff Richard, British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist. Sir Cliff has sold more singles in the UK than any other artist. He’s also the only artist to have number one singles in five decades. Cliff has 67 Top 10 hits to his name, beginning with Move it in 1958 and most recently with Thank you for a life time, which peaked at number three.

MUSIC• Nicole Scherzinger was raised

by Catholic parents, and her grandfather is a priest.  She still follows the religion today.

• Justin Bieber is a household name and has been for a long while now. One thing that has constantly stood out is the singer's openness about his faith in Jesus. He is known to regularly attend Hillsong church and often mentions on his social networks how God has helped him.

MUSICRemo Fernandes :- who performs pop/rock/Indian fusion and is also a film playback singer. Karmaveer Puraskaar Noble Laureates, 26 November 2007 Padma Shri, 2007.

Carrie Underwood:- She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol in 2005, and has since become one of the most successful artists in any musical genre.

atletics• Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time

World and three-time Olympic gold medallist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and (along with his teammates) the 4×100 metres relay. He is the reigning Olympic champion in these three events. Bolt is a Catholic. He makes the sign of the cross before beginning a competition and, according to his public relations people, he is a “Bible-believing, God-honoring, Jesus-worshiping Christian

• Tim Tebow [NFL Quarterback] Perhaps one of the most prominent Christian athletes in sports today, Tebow is known for praying during his games and after big plays. Tebow remains a strong proponent of Christianity.

atletics

Kobe Bryant :- is an American retired professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team.

Lionel Messi :- is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He is often considered the best player in the world and is rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time.

Miroslav Klose :- is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Lazio. He is the top goalscorer in the history of the FIFA World Cup, having scored five goals in his debut World Cup in 2002 and winning the Golden Boot at the 2006 World Cup in Germany by again scoring five times.

atletics

Mahesh Bhupathi :- professional tennis player also widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit.

Mary Kom:- Olympic bronze medallist in 2012 Summer Olympics, London.

BUSINESS LeadersRupert Murdoch, the founder and Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, the world's second-largest media conglomerate. Back in ’92 he described himself as a practicing Christian, ‘I go to church quite a bit but not every Sunday and I tend to go to Catholic church -- because my wife is Catholic.’ He was made a Knight Commander of St. Gregory in 1998, after being recommended for the honour by Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles after giving money to a Church education fund. A year later he also donated $10 million to help build Los Angeles’ new Catholic cathedral.

Henry J. Heinz:- Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American businessman who founded the H. J. Heinz Company. Heinz Field, which is the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers NFL team, is named in his honor.

BUSINESS LeadersSam Walton – was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club. Forbes ranked Sam Walton as the richest person in the United States from 1982 to 1988

Bill Gates :- an American business magnate, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, and computer programmer.

BUSINESS Leaders

• M. G. George Muthoot, Chairman of Muthoot Group and a member of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.

• Mr. Glen Saldanha of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals one of the top ten pharma companies in India.

POLITICS

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy :- (1949–2009), former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

Lal Thanhawla:- Chief Minister of Mizoram.

Dr. H. T. Sangliana:- police officer of Karnataka, originally from Mizoram, who also served as a Member of the Parliament of India.

POLITICSGeorge Fernandes -is a former Indian trade unionist, politician, journalist, agriculturist, and member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He was a key member of the Janata Dal, and is the founder of the Samata Party. He has held several ministerial portfolios including communications, industry, railways, and defence, and was the only Christian minister in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet.

Margaret Alva was the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress, the oldest political party in India, and a close adviser to the president of the Indian National Congress, Sonia Gandhi. She was the Governor of Indian state of Uttarakhand from July 2009. She is Uttarakhand's first woman governor. She is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. She is the founder President of NGO 'Karuna'.

POLITICS

• Oscar Fernandes, Congress general secretary.

• P. C. Alexander, Governor of Tamil Nadu from 1988 to 1990 and Governor of Maharashtra from 1993 to 2002.

FASHION• Wendell Rodricks :-

Wendell Rodricks is a prominent fashion designer based in the western Indian region of Goa. He has been listed among one of India's top ten designers.

• Nicole Kidman was raised by Catholic parents and attended Catholic school growing up.  She remained steadfast in her beliefs until she married Tom Cruise.  Kidman followed Scientology, amongst other religions, throughout the marriage.  After her divorce from Cruise in 2001, Kidman returned to her Catholic roots.

CINEMA

• Pierce Brosnan was brought up by

his Catholic grandparents, after his father left his mother when he was an infant. He is a devout Catholic to this day.

CINEMAMel Gibson :- Mel Gibson still tops the list of most powerful Hollywood Christians. His "Passion of the Christ" Today, he a member of a small sect of Catholicism called Traditionalist Catholicism. He brought his faith to the big screen with his 2004 film The Passion of the Christ.

Denzel Washington :- The son of a Pentecostal minister, he has reportedly donated $2.5 million to his church, the West Angeles Church of God in Christ.

CINEMA Dino Morea :- Hindi Movie Actor

Remo D'Souza:- is an Indian dancer, choreographer. Currently he is the "super judge" on the prime time dance show Dance+ He was a judge in the show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa

Terence Lewis :- is an Indian dancer and choreographer. He is known as a choreographer and judge in reality dance series..Dance India Dance Season 1, 2, 3

Asin Thottumkal :- is a former Indian actress. She has received three Filmfare Awards

CINEMA

Sarah-Jane Dias is a Mumbai-based Indian model and the winner of Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2007 title. She is also a former Channel [V] VJ and actress.

Freida Pinto born October 18, 1984 in Mumbai is an Indian actress is one of the few Indian models to start her film career with a Hollywood film. She stars in the Hollywood film Slumdog Millionaire.

Genelia D'Souza is an Indian film actress and model. She has appeared in South Indian cinema and Bollywood films.

Walter Luis de Sousa- Garden name after him in Marine Lines

• Walter Luis de Sousa (16 December 1920 – 23 August 1989) was an Indian field hockey player.• Walter was born in M'bale in East Africa where his father worked for the British government He

returned to India as a young boy to pursue his education, which he did in Saint Josephs in Bangalore

• It was while he was a schoolboy in Bangalore that he started playing hockey. In the early 1940s he played for a club called the Bangalore Blues

• He then moved to Bombay and joined the Times Of India and played both hockey and soccer for them

• He subsequently joined the Lusitanians - a Goan hockey team that in years to come fielded several Olympians including fellow Olympians Leo Pinto, Maxi Vaz, Reggie Rodrigues and Amir Kumar,

•Walter represented India :

• 1947 - East Africa Tour• 1948 - London Olympics• 1949 - Jashan Celebration in Afghanistan• He was also a keen soccer player and played for the Indian Cultural League (ICL) It was under his

captaincy that the ICL won the FA Cup in Calcutta

Ben Carson (born 1951): American neurosurgeon. The first to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the headIn 1987, neurosurgeon and Johns Hopkins professor Benjamin Carson (b. 1951) made medical history when he took the risk of operating on a pair of Siamese twins (the Binder twins) joined at the back of the head. These operations had usually failed, in previous medical experience, resulting in the death of either or both of the twins. The operation, led by Dr. Carson, lasted 22 hours. At the end, the twins were successfully separated and can now survive independently. The author of several popular books and the recipient of numerous awards and honorary doctorates, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Carson is a vigorous defender of religious values in the public square. A well known quote by him states, “To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn’t mean we won’t have difficulties along the way. We will—we all do. If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying.”

Brian Kobilka (born 1955): He is an American Nobel Prize winner of Chemistry in 2012, and is professor in the departments of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Kobilka attends the Catholic Community at Stanford, California.[209] He also received the Mendel Medal from Villanova University, which it says "honors outstanding pioneering scientists who have demonstrated, by their lives and their standing before the world as scientists, that there is no intrinsic conflict between science and religion.

EDUCATION

IAS / IPS / IFS / IRS IAS-officer-C-Umashankar

Julio Francis Ribeiro :- is a retired Indian police officer and civil servant. He held increasingly responsible positions during his career, and led the Punjab Police during part of the Punjab insurgency periods. In 1987, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award for his services.[1] Since retirement, he has served on corporate boards of directors and performed social work.

Ronnie Mendonca :- Mr. Ronnie Mendonca ex ACP Mumbai Crime Branch has retired)

CUISINE

Ananda Solomon:- Executive chef, Taj President Corporate Chef of Taj's upper upscale hotels