American Roman Catholic writers

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress before his presidency.

Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City since May 2025. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas.

American writer (1896–1940)

James David Vance is an American politician and author serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 2023 to 2025.

Robert Francis Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy served as the 64th United States attorney general from 1961 to 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, he is considered an icon of modern American liberalism in the 21st century.

Marco Antonio Rubio is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat serving since 2025 as the 72nd United States secretary of state. He is also the acting national security advisor. A member of the Republican Party, Rubio represented Florida in the United States Senate from 2011 to 2025.

Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she attended Duke University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics and an MBA. She joined Microsoft in 1987 as a multimedia product developer. In the same year, she began dating the company's co-founder and then-chief executive Bill Gates, whom she married in 1994 and divorced in 2021. They have three children together.

American Roman Catholic singer-songwriter

American author (1947–2013)

American filmmaker and author (born 1954)

Hong Kong-British-American physicist

American actor

Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-most-senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy.

American writer (1894–1961)

American actress and author (1906–1987)

American writer and novelist

American mythologist, writer and lecturer (1904–1987)

Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central news satire show The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015.

Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019

American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives

American writer (1925–1964)

American politician (born 1978)

Governor of Texas since 2015

American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert (1897-1980)

American author (1850–1904)

American lawyer and jurist (born 1972)

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the prominent Kennedy family, he is a son of Senator and US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of US president John F. Kennedy and US senator Ted Kennedy.

Governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019 (born 1938)

American politician and commentator (born 1958)

American politician, Secretary of Defense 2011–2013

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991

American philosopher, author and educator (1902–2001)

Scottish-American philosopher (1929–2025)

American politician (1935–2011)

Ryan Patrick Murphy is an American writer, director, and producer, working mainly in television. He has often been described as "the most powerful man" in modern television and signed the largest development deal in television history with Netflix. Murphy is noted for having created a shift in inclusive storytelling that "brought marginalised characters to the masses." His accolades include six Primetime Emmy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, a Tony Award, four Producers Guild of America Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, including the honorary Carol Burnett Award.

American politician (born 1946)

American conservative activist (1924-2016)

American politician and 55th governor of Louisiana (born 1971)

American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)

American political commentator, television host and writer

Candace Amber Owens Farmer is an American political commentator, author, and conspiracy theorist. Her political positions have mostly been described as conservative or far-right. She has promoted conspiracy theories on a wide range of subjects throughout her career. Since 2024, she has espoused antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Senior Counselor to the President of the United States from 2017 to 2020

American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy

American politician (1916–2005)

Megyn Marie Kelly is an American journalist, attorney, political commentator, and media personality. She hosts The Megyn Kelly Show, a talk show and podcast that airs daily on SiriusXM's Triumph channel and has over 4 million subscribers on YouTube. Kelly previously worked at Fox News from 2004 to 2017, where she hosted programs including America Live and The Kelly File, and at NBC News from 2017 to 2018, where she anchored Megyn Kelly Today. In 2025, she launched MK Media, a podcast and video network featuring commentary and news programs from independent creators. She was named one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2014 and 2025.

American philosophical novelist

Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer (1917-1986)

American science fiction and fantasy writer (1931–2019)

American catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)

American actor (1933–2009)

American actress (born 1970)

American Catholic cardinal, Archibishop of New York (1950–)

16th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and 181st Mayor of San Antonio

American travel writer and novelist

American radio and television host (born 1963)

Oglala Lakota leader (1863–1950)

American cardinal

American diplomat and United States Ambassador to Ireland; younger sister of John F. Kennedy (1928-2020)

religious sister (1923-2016)