Mortimer Adler, d. 2001
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Karl Stern, d. 1975
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Elizabeth Seton, d. 1821
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Anne Rice
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Dorothy Day, d. 1980
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Andre Frossard, d. 1995
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Israel Zolli, d. 1956
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Mark Bavaro
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Walker Percy, d. 1990
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Bernard Nathanson
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Charles de Foucauld, d. 1916
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Saint Augustine, d. 430
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Saint Francis, d. 1226
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Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, d. 1926
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Joseph Pearce
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Malcolm Muggeridge, d. 1990
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Alexander (Aleksandr) Solzhenitsyn, d. 2008
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Edith Stein, d. 1942
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Thomas Merton, d. 1968
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Dave Brubeck
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G.K. Chesteron, d. 1936
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Hank Aaron
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Graham Greene, d. 1991
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Jacques & Raissa Maritain, d. 1973
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Ellen Tarry
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Robert Bork
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Kit Carson, d. 1868
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Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, d. 2007
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Cardinal Lustiger of Paris, d. 2007
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Louis Budenz, d. 1972
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Francis Collins
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C.S. Lewis, d. 1963
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Most
of the names in this project are twentieth and twenty-first
century personalities. [I've put the date of death next to
the names in the column to the left to help you, no date means
they're still alive] If you are researching a saint,
try also this list of resources.
M. Bavaro |
E. Seton |
A. Rice |
20th and 21st Century Figures
- Dictionary of World Biography: The Twentieth Century |
REF 920.02 DIC
- Dictionary of American Biography | REF 920.03 DIC
- Dictionary of World Biography | REF 920.02 DIC
- American National Biography | REF 920.073 AME
- Current Biography Yearbook | REF 920.03 CUR (particularly
good for those who are still living)
- Great Lives from History: 20th Century | REF 920
GRE
- New Catholic Encyclopedia | REF 282.03 NEW
18th & 19th Century Figures
- New Catholic Encyclopedia | REF 282.03 NEW
- Great Lives from History: 18th Century | REF 920
GRE
- Great Lives from History: 19th Century | REF 920
GRE
Using the recommended
databases below, search for the name of your
convert, but also consider adding an additional defining word
like "convert," "conversion," "catholic,"
"Catholicism," or "christianity" to find
accounts of their path to faith. e.g. Mortimer
Adler AND christianity

H. Aaron |
D. Brubeck |

A. Solzhenitsyn |
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Tip:
Try narrowing to obits 1857-
for year of death
or use the "Famous Dead
People" feature. |
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ProQuest is a general
article and reference database. |
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Tip:
Contains Encyclopedia of World Biography |
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