Christopher

Christopher may refer to:

  • Christopher (given name)

People:

  • Christopher Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) an English American author and journalist
  • Christopher (Pulets) of Prague, primate-elect of the Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
  • Christopher Lekapenos (921-931), Byzantine co-emperor
  • Christopher of Werle (before 1385-1425), Prince of the Wends
  • Christopher of Bavaria, union king of Denmark (1440–1448), Sweden (1441–1448) and Norway (1442–1448)
  • Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, son of George I, King of Greece
  • Christopher Columbus, navigator, explorer, and colonizer who captained the first European ship to reach the Americas
  • Saint Christopher, saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians
  • Christopher (singer), a Danish singer
  • Christopher Reeve, (1952 - 2004) an American actor

Other uses:

  • "Christopher" (The Sopranos episode)
  • Christopher, Illinois, a city in the United States
  • Christopher, Washington, a former community in the United States

Famous quotes containing the word christopher:

    Yet, when the walls of flesh grow weak,
    In such an hour it may well be,
    Through mist and darkness, light will break,
    And each anointed sense will see.
    —Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867–1900)