Christopher
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Christopher may refer to:
  • Christopher (name)
    Christopher (name)
    Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the greek name Χριστόφορος . The constituent parts are Χριστός, "Christ" and φέρειν , "bear": the "Christ bearer" or "the one who bears Christ ". The name originates in the Christian legend of St...



People:
  • Christopher (Pulets) of Prague
    Christopher (Pulets) of Prague
    His Beatitude Christopher of Prague, given name Radim Pulec is the Orthodox Metropolitan of the Czech lands and Slovakia since 2006 and Archbishop of Prague. He has participated in numerous theological conferences and has represented the Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia in many venues...

    , primate-elect of the Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
  • Christopher Lekapenos
    Christopher Lekapenos
    Christopher Lekapenos or Lecapenus was the eldest son of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos and co-emperor from 921 until his death in 931.- Life :...

    , Byzantine co-emperor (921–931)
  • Christopher of Bavaria
    Christopher of Bavaria
    Christopher of Bavaria or Christopher the Bavarian; as king named Christopher ; Danish and Norwegian: Christoffer af/av Bayern; Swedish Kristofer av Bayern was union king of Denmark , Sweden and Norway .-Biography:He was probably born at Neumarkt in...

    , union king of Denmark (1440–1448), Sweden (1441–1448) and Norway (1442–1448)
  • Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark
    Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark
    Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Royal House.-Family background:...

    , son of George I, King of Greece
  • Christopher Columbus
    Christopher Columbus
    Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

    , navigator, explorer, and colonizer who captained the first European ship to reach the Americas
  • Saint Christopher
    Saint Christopher
    .Saint Christopher is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, listed as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman Emperor Decius or alternatively under the Roman Emperor Maximinus II Dacian...

    , saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians
  • Christopher (singer), a Danish singer


Other uses:
  • "Christopher" (The Sopranos episode)
    Christopher (The Sopranos episode)
    "Christopher" is the forty-second episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and was the third of the show's fourth season. Its teleplay was written by Michael Imperioli, from a story idea by Imperioli and Maria Laurino...

  • Christopher, Illinois
    Christopher, Illinois
    Christopher is a city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,382 at the 2010 census. It was the site of an early-morning railroad freight train derailment on Monday, December 4, 2006, involving two locomotives and 21 cars of an 83-car Union Pacific train; an unknown...

    , a city in the United States
  • Christopher, Washington
    Christopher, Washington
    Christopher, Washington was a former community, north of Auburn in the Green River Valley of King County in the U.S. state of Washington. It was left bank of the river. At one time, it had a post office and a school.-Notes:...

    , a former community in the United States

See also

  • Chris
    Chris
    Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, Crissie and others. Unlike these names, however, it does not indicate the person's gender although it is much more common for males to have this name than it is for females. It is the preferred form of...

  • Christoph (disambiguation)
  • Christophe (disambiguation)
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