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This article page is about historical figures in Sanctuary. For category page, see Category:Historical figures.

This is a list of all historical / real life figures mentioned and seen within the world of Sanctuary. The majority of these 'characters' do not contain enough background information in the show to support their own proper page.

Notice: Being that most individuals in this category are only a brief single namedrop within a single episode, there is not enough concrete representation in Sanctuary outside of audience presumption to support the belief that these fictional people are an exact embodiment of their real-world counterparts. Based on this, caution is advised when applying details to their pages on this Fandom wikia; as such, character infoboxes should remain minimal to bare. For those who would like to read more about any specific person, a link is provided to redirect readers to their Wikipedia page.

  • Disclaimer: The majority of photos provided as well as all personal information displayed are of the real person, not the Sanctuary character variant. The details for the Sanctuary character are non-existent in-universe as the character is mentioned by name only.

Note: Historical figures are grouped by first appearance / mention.

Web Series[]

This article page section is about historical figures in the web series. For category page, see Category:Historical figures/Web series.

Montague John Druitt[]

For article page, see John Druitt.

Tom Cruise[]

Tom Cruise
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Name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Nationality: American
Known for: Actor and producer
Born: July 3rd, 1962
Syracuse, New York, United States
Died:
Cause of death:
Age: 44-years-old
(at the time the webisode aired on May 13th, 2007)
Height: 5' 7"
Hair color: Dark brown
Eye color: Green
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise
Episode 0x01 - "Webisode 1"
As Larry Tolson is being held at the hospital by the Old City Police Department for questioning after being injured by them, he snaps at some of the police officers, saying, "This is harassment, plain and simple. You will all be hearing from my lawyer. Especially you, Tom Cruise. I know you're the one that shot me. [looks at another cop] -Or was it you, hmm?"

Winston Churchill[]

Winston Churchill
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Name: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Nationality: British American
Known for: Politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. Widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders of human history, he served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice (1940-1945 and 1951-1955).
Born: November 30th, 1874
Blenheim, Oxfordshire, England
Died: January 24th, 1965
Kensington, London, England
Cause of death:
Age: 90-years-old
Height: 5' 6½"
Hair color: Red (balding / graying with age)
Eye color: Light blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill
Episode 0x02 - "Webisode 2"
After Will Zimmerman wakes up in a bedroom of the Old City Sanctuary, he walks over to shelving that displays a bunch of framed photographs. He picks up a framed newspaper article featuring Helen Magnus alongside Winston Churchill among two other World War II Allied Generals.
Episode 2x10 - "Sleepers"
Winston Churchill gifted Helen Magnus a bottle of '45 Bordeaux in recognition of her involvement in D-Day. In late 2010, Nikola Tesla drank the wine and used the empty glass bottle to secretly store his De-vamper device.
Episode 3x17 - "Normandy"
to be added

Joe Louis[]

Joe Louis
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Name: Joseph Louis Barrow
(the Brown Bomber)
Nationality: American
Known for: Heavyweight boxer
Born: May 13th, 1914
LaFayette, Alabama, United States
Died: April 12th, 1981
Desert Springs Hospital, Paradise, Nevada, United States
Cause of death: Myocardial infarction
Age: 66-years-old
Height: 6' 2"
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis
Episode 0x02 - "Webisode 2"
When Will Zimmerman wakes up in a bedroom within the Old City Sanctuary, he picks up and observes an old framed photograph of Helen Magnus sitting with Joe Louis.

William Shakespeare[]

William Shakespeare
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Name: William Shakespeare
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
Episode 0x02 - "Webisode 2"
Mentioned.
Episode 0x03 - "Webisode 3"
Mentioned.
Episode 1x01 - "Sanctuary for All, Part I"
Mentioned.
Episode 3x16 - "Awakening"
Mentioned.

Albert Einstein[]

Albert Einstein
Image:
Einstein

Helen Magnus and Albert Einstein

Name: Albert Einstein
Nationality: German-born American
Known for: Theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory within physics.[1]
Born: March 14th, 1879
Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died: April 18th, 1955
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Cause of death:
Age: 76-years-old
Height: 5' 9"
Hair color: Dark brown / black (grayed to silver with age)
Eye color: Dark brown
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
Helen Magnus met Albert Einstein at least once, and a photograph of that meeting was made. The photograph can be seen in the opening credits of every episode in season 1 starting as of Episode 1x03 - "Fata Morgana".
Episode 0x04 - "Webisode 4"
Seen in photo held by Will Zimmerman.
Episode 1x03 - "Fata Morgana"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 1x04 - "Folding Man"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 1x05 - "Kush"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 1x06 - "Nubbins"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 1x07 - "The Five"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 1x08 - "Edward"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 1x10 - "Warriors"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 1x11 - "Instinct"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 1x12 - "Revelations, Part I"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 1x13 - "Revelations, Part II"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x03 - "Eulogy"
Mentioned.
Episode 4x13 - "Sanctuary for None, Part II"
Mentioned.

King Arthur[]

King Arthur
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Name: King Arthur
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur
Episode 0x06 - "Webisode 6"
to be added
Episode 1x03 - "Fata Morgana"
to be added

Merlin[]

Merlin
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Merlin 01

Merlin

Name: Merlin
Nationality: British
Known for: Legendary sage and alleged wizard, considered by many to be the most powerful man in Britain at his time.
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin
Episode 0x06 - "Webisode 6"
According to the Arthurian legends, some knights who were rejected from King Arthur's court, desperate to prove themselves worthy, accepted a hideous task from Merlin, fighting the dark forces unleashed by the wizard's nemesis, Morgan le Fay. Through this, Merlin was also indirectly involved in the rise to power of the Cabalis Nocturnum.

Merlin recognized the Morrígan, who were created by Morgan as a means to restore balance by discouraging Arthur's armies, as Morgan's strongest weapon. He somehow brainwashed them and turned them against Arthur's enemies, causing them to wreak havoc among the Saxons.

Once the battle for Britain was won, Merlin locked the three witches away in a crypt on a deserted island, and created an army of ghouls to guard them for eternity.[2]

Morgan le Fay[]

Morgan le Fay
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Name: Morgan le Fay
Nationality:
Known for: Sorceress and the mythological enemy of Merlin in the Arthurian legend.
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay
Episode 0x07 - "Webisode 7"
Legend has it that the Cabal was originally formed by knights who had fallen from King Arthur's grace and in order to redeem themselves helped Merlin to fight Morgan, who was in turn assisted by the Morrígan.

Season 1[]

This article page section is about historical figures in season 1. For category page, see Category:Historical figures/Season 1.

Adrien Brody[]

Adrien Brody
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Name: Adrien Brody
Nationality: American
Known for: Actor
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Brody
Episode 1x01 - "Sanctuary for All, Part I"
Ashley Magnus recollects that one of the nervous locals who helped them sedate and catalogue a werewolf den during the summer she turned 18 had "seriously looked like Adrien Brody". She also says that her mother Helen Magnus "thought he was hot too".

Nikola Tesla[]

For article page, see Nikola Tesla.

Henry Talbot[]

Henry Talbot
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Name: William Henry Fox Talbot
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fox_Talbot
Episode 1x07 - "The Five"
John Druitt shows Ashley Magnus the locket her mother Helen Magnus had commissioned as a gift for him. In the locket is a photo of Magnus taken by Henry Talbot in Southampton during 1880-something.

Thomas Edison[]

Thomas Edison
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Name: Thomas Edison
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison
Episode 1x07 - "The Five"
John Druitt believes that Nikola Tesla leeched off of Edison.
Episode 4x05 - "Resistance"
Mentioned.
Episode 4x12 - "Sanctuary for None, Part I"
Mentioned.

Guglielmo Marconi[]

Guglielmo Marconi
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Name: Guglielmo Marconi
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi
Episode 1x07 - "The Five"
John Druitt believes that Nikola Tesla cheated Marconi.
Episode 3x14 - "Metamorphosis"
Mentioned.

Michelangelo[]

Michelangelo
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Name: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Nationality: Italian
Known for: Sculptor painter, architect, and poet
Born: March 6th, 1475
Caprese, Republic of Florence
Died: February 18th, 1564
Rome, Papal States
Cause of death:
Age: 88-years-old
Height:
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo
Episode 1x08 - "Edward"
Mentioned.
Episode 3x02 - "Firewall"
Mentioned.

H. G. Wells[]

H. G. Wells
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Name: Herbert George Wells
Nationality: British English
Known for: Novelist, teacher, historian, journalist, best known for his work in the science fiction genre
Born: September 21st, 1866
Bromley, Kent, England
Died: August 13th, 1946
At home in 13 Hanover Terrace, Regent's Park, London, England
Cause of death: Died of unspecified causes
Age: 79-years-old
Height:
Hair color: Brown
Eye color:
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
According to James Watson, it is implied that H. G. Wells based his book The Invisible Man on Nigel Griffin, another member of the Five.
Episode 4x01 - "Tempus"
When Helen Magnus is forced to admit that she has time-travelled back to London in 1898 from the future year of early-2012, James Watson comments "H. G. would be ecstatic." It is implied that Watson knew him personally.

Jules Verne[]

Jules Verne
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Jules Verne

Name: Jules Gabriel Verne
Nationality: French
Known for: Novelist, poet, and playwright who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days.
Born: February 8th, 1828
Nantes, France
Died: March 24th, 1905
At home in 44 Boulevard Longueville (now Boulevard Jules-Verne), Amiens, France
Cause of death: Ill with diabetes
Age: 77-years-old
Height: 5' 5" [3]
Hair color: Brown (graying with age)
Eye color: Blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
Helen Magnus knew Jules Verne personally, and named one of the Sanctuary Network's submarines Nautilus, after the vessel from one of Verne's novels.

Louis Pasteur[]

Louis Pasteur
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Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur

Name: Louis Pasteur
Nationality: French
Known for: Chemist and microbiologist best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of disease.
Born: December 27th, 1822
Dole, Jura, France
Died: September 28th, 1895
Marnes-la-Coquette, Hauts-de-Seine, France near Paris
Cause of death: Failing health resulting from stroke or uremia
Age: 72-years-old
Height:
Hair color: Brown (graying with age)
Eye color: Brown
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
Louis Pasteur was good friends with Gregory Magnus and the godfather of Helen Magnus.

Theodore Roosevelt[]

Theodore Roosevelt
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Name: Theodore Teddy Roosevelt Jr.
Nationality: American
Known for: The 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
Born: October 27th, 1858
New York City, New York, United States
Died: January 6th, 1919
Between 4:00 AM - 4:15 AM during sleep
At home in Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay
Cause of death: Pulmonary embolism
Age: 60-years-old
Height: 5' 10"
Hair color: Brown (graying with age)
Eye color: Blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
Helen Magnus knew Teddy personally, and considered him to be much more fun than his distant cousin Frank, the 32nd President of the United States.

Franklin D. Roosevelt[]

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Image:
Official 1944 Campaign portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Leon Perskie

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Name: Franklin Frank Delano Roosevelt
(FDR)
Nationality: American
Known for: The 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death, and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the USA during World War II.
Born: January 30th, 1882
Hyde Park, New York, United States
Died: April 12th, 1945
At 3:35 PM while sitting for a portrait
Warm Springs, Georgia, United States
Cause of death: Intracerebral hemorrhage
Age: 63-years-old
Height: 6' 2"
Hair color: Brown (graying with age)
Eye color: Blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
Helen Magnus knew Frank personally, but considered his distant cousin Teddy, the 26th President of the United States, to be much more fun.

Herbert Hoover[]

Herbert Hoover
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Name: Herbert Clark Hoover
Nationality: American
Known for: The 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
Born: August 10th, 1874
West Branch, Iowa, United States
Died: October 20th, 1964
New York City, New York, United States
Cause of death: Massive internal hemorrhage
Age: 90-years-old
Height: 5' 11½"
Hair color: Brown (grayed with age)
Eye color: Hazel
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
Helen Magnus knew Hoover personally, and considered him "a complete imbecile".

Warren G. Harding[]

Warren G. Harding
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Name: Warren Gamaliel Harding
Nationality: American
Known for: The 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923 from a heart attack or a stroke.[4]
Born: November 2nd, 1865
Blooming Grove, Ohio, United States
Died: August 2nd, 1923
San Francisco, California, United States
Cause of death: Myocardial infarction
Age: 57-years-old
Height: 6' 0"
Hair color: Fair (graying with age)
Eye color: Gray
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
According to Helen Magnus, Harding was a shapeshifting abnormal. As she put it, "You think a normal person would choose a job that impossible? Don't be ridiculous."

Dwight D. Eisenhower[]

Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Name: Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
Nationality: American
Known for: A five-star General of the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States of America.
Born: October 14th, 1890
Denison, Texas, United States
Died: March 28th, 1969
Washington, D.C., United States
Cause of death:
Age: 78-years-old
Height: 5' 10½"
Hair color: Light brown (balding / graying with age)
Eye color: Blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
At the end of the war, General Eisenhower asked Helen Magnus to take part in the Third Reich surrender ceremony, as he was unwilling to be in the same room as General Jodl.
Episode 3x17 - "Normandy"
General "Ike" Eisenhower met with Helen Magnus and most members of the Five before or during World War II, and sent them on a number of missions, including one on D-Day where they had to retrieve a weather-controlling machine that was to be used against the Allied invasion fleet.

Alfred Jodl[]

Alfred Jodl
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Name: Alfred Josef Ferdinand Baumgärtler
Nationality: German
Known for: A Nazi Party military commander, attaining the position of chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command during World War II.
Born: May 10th, 1890
Würzburg, Bavaria, German Empire
Died: October 16th, 1946
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of death: Execution by hanging
Age: 56-years-old
Height: 5' 9¼"
Hair color: Brown (balding / graying with age)
Eye color: Blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jodl
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
The only reason Helen Magnus was in the room when General Jodl surrendered was because General Eisenhower refused to be in the same room as him.

George Gershwin[]

George Gershwin
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George Gershwin

Name: George Gershwin
Nationality: American
Known for: Musical composer and pianist
Born: September 26th, 1898
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Died: July 11th, 1937
Los Angeles, California, United States
Cause of death: A glioblastoma brain tumor causing a brain herniation with Duret haemorrhages resulting in coma and subsequent death two days later after an immediate removal surgery.
Age: 38-years-old
Height: 5' 11"
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin
Episode 1x10 - "Warriors"
Helen Magnus mentions that Gershwin played "Rhapsody in Blue" for her while he was writing it.

Arthur Conan Doyle[]

Arthur Conan Doyle
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Name: Sir Arthur Charles Ignatius Conan Doyle
Nationality: Scottish
Known for: Physician and writer that's most noted for his stories about private detective Sherlock Holmes.
Born: May 22nd, 1859
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: July 7th, 1930
Crowborough, England
Cause of death:
Age: 71-years-old
Height: 6' 2"
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Bright blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
Episode 1x12 - "Revelations, Part I"
According to Helen Magnus, Conan Doyle modeled the literary figure of Sherlock Holmes after James Watson's brilliant deductive mind. Watson was relegated to the sidekick in the stories at Watson's insistence, as he preferred to let Holmes take center stage while he played the fawning acolyte in the wings.

Season 2[]

This article page section is about historical figures in season 2. For category page, see Category:Historical figures/Season 2.

Amelia Earhart[]

Amelia Earhart
Image:
A Earhart

Amelia Earhart and Helen Magnus

Name: Amelia Mary Earhart
Nationality: American
Known for: A noted aviation pioneer and author; the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books, and organized female pilots. She was also an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. She disappeared on July 2nd, 1937 in the central Pacific Ocean en route to Howland Island from Lae, New Guinea during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the Earth. Fascination with her life, career, and disappearance continues to this day.
Born: July 24th, 1897
Atchison, Kansas, United States
Died: January 5th, 1939
Cause of death: Declared dead in absentia
Age:
  • 39-years-old (when she disappeared)
  • 41-years-old (when she was declared dead)
Height: 5' 8"
Hair color: Auburn
Eye color: Gray
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart
Helen Magnus met Amelia Earhart at least once, and they were photographed together in front of one of Earhart's planes. The photograph can be seen in the opening credits of every episode in season 2.

Amanda Tapping has said that she believes Amelia Earhart and Helen Magnus were in some sort of brief relationship; having always thought they were buddies.[5]
Episode 2x01 - "End of Nights, Part I"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x02 - "End of Nights, Part II"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x03 - "Eulogy"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x04 - "Hero"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x05 - "Pavor Nocturnus"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x06 - "Fragments"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x07 - "Veritas"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x08 - "Next Tuesday"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x09 - "Penance"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x10 - "Sleepers"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x11 - "Haunted"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x12 - "Kali, Part I"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 2x13 - "Kali, Part II"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.

Kurt Gödel[]

Kurt Gödel
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Name: Kurt Friedrich Gödel
Nationality: Czechoslovak, Austrian, and American
Known for: Logician, mathematician, and philosopher.
Born: April 28th, 1906
Brünn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czech Republic)
Died: January 14th, 1978
Princeton Hospital, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Cause of death: Malnutrition and inanition caused by personality disturbance.
Age: 71-years-old
Height: 5' 7"
Hair color: Brown (grayed with age)
Eye color: Light brown or blue / gray [6]
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Gödel
Episode 2x03 - "Eulogy"
Helen Magnus recollects to Will Zimmerman that in the believed year of 1953 she was at a Princeton football game with Albert and Kurt, and that the three of them had a physics discussion about the ubiquity of matter turning into energy and vice versa.

Christina Aguilera[]

Christina Aguilera
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Name: Christina Aguilera
Nationality: American
Known for: Entertainer, most notably known as a singer.
Born:
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Aguilera
Episode 2x04 - "Hero"
Due to the sensitivity of an electronic device to pick up high-pitched sounds, Henry Foss jests that Declan MacRae should not get too close to any ambulances or Christina Aguilera.

Molly Brown[]

Molly Brown
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Name: Margaret Brown (née Tobin)
("The Unsinkable Molly Brown")
Nationality: American
Known for: Socialite, philanthropist, and activist who traveled aboard the steam liner Titanic in 1912, and was among the survivors of the vessel's sinking after hitting an iceberg.
Born: July 18th, 1867
Hannibal, Missouri, United States
Died: October 26th, 1932
At the Barbizon Hotel in New York City, New York, United States
Cause of death:
Age: 65-years-old
Height:
Hair color: Brown
Eye color:
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Brown
Episode 2x08 - "Next Tuesday"
Helen Magnus recollects to Will Zimmerman that after the Titanic sank on April 15th, 1912, she was luckily fished out of the icy water into a lifeboat by Molly Brown; saving her life.

Celine Dion[]

Celine Dion
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Name: Celine Dion
Nationality: Canadian
Known for: World-wide famous singer.
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_Dion
Episode 2x11 - "Haunted"
In late 2010 after the boiler exploded on the empaths ship off the coast of South Africa, and the survivors are being teleported by John Druitt to the Old City Sanctuary, Helen Magnus asks Henry Foss about the current state of the ship. He says, "Yeah, not so good; Celine Dion should start singing about now. Sorry, disaster joke; not funny."

Season 3[]

This article page section is about historical figures in season 3. For category page, see Category:Historical figures/Season 3.

Mahātmā Ghandi[]

Mahātmā Ghandi
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Helen Magnus and Mahātmā Ghandi

Name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Nationality: Indian
Known for: Pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was a politician, lawyer, peace activist, and a philosopher.
Born: October 2nd, 1869
Porbandar State, Kathiawar Agency, Britsh Indian Empire (now Gujarat, India)
Died: January 30th, 1948
New Delhi, Dominion of India
Cause of death: Assassination
Age: 78-years-old
Height: 5' 4½"
Hair color: Dark brown (balding / graying with age)
Eye color: Dark brown
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
Helen Magnus met Mahātmā Ghandi at least once, and a photograph of that meeting was made. The photograph can be seen in the opening credits of every episode in season 3.
Episode 3x01 - "Kali, Part III"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x02 - "Firewall"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x03 - "Bank Job"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x04 - "Trail of Blood"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x05 - "Hero II: Broken Arrow"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x06 - "Animus"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x07 - "Breach"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x08 - "For King and Country"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x09 - "Vigilante"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x10 - "The Hollow Men"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x11 - "Pax Romana"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x12 - "Hangover"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x13 - "One Night"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x14 - "Metamorphosis"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x15 - "Wingman"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x16 - "Awakening"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x17 - "Normandy"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x18 - "Carentan"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x19 - "Out of the Blue"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 3x20 - "Into the Black"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.

Elvis Presley[]

Elvis Presley
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Elvis-Presley

Elvis Presley

Name: Elvis Aaron Presley
Nationality: American
Known for: Singer and actor.
Born: January 8th, 1935
Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
Died: August 16th, 1977
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Cause of death: Myocardial infarction
Age: 42-years-old
Height: 6' 0"
Hair color: Brown (dyed black)
Eye color: Blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley
Episode 3x01 - "Kali, Part III"
Mentioned.

Joe DiMaggio[]

Joe DiMaggio
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Name: Joe DiMaggio
Nationality: American
Known for: Baseball player
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio
Episode 3x02 - "Firewall"
Mentioned.

Oscar Wilde[]

Oscar Wilde
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Name: Oscar Wilde
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Known for: Writer
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
Episode 3x06 - "Animus"
Mentioned.

Adam Worth[]

For article page, see Adam Worth.

Edgar Allan Poe[]

Edgar Allan Poe
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Name: Edgar Allan Poe
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Known for: Writer
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
Episode 3x08 - "For King and Country"
to be added

Prime Minister[]

For article page, see Prime Minister.

Edward VII[]

Edward VII
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EdwardVII

King Edward VII

Name: Albert Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Bertie)
Nationality: British
Known for: King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions, and Emperor of India from January 22nd, 1901 until his death.
Born: November 9th, 1841
Buckingham Palace, London, England
To his mother Queen Victoria
Died: May 6th, 1910
Buckingham Palace, London, England
Cause of death:
Age: 68-years-old
Height: 5' 8"
Hair color: Light brown
Eye color: Blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edawrd_VII
Episode 3x08 - "For King and Country"
In 1908, he ordered his Prime Minister to convince the Five to hunt down and terminate the dangerous criminal Adam Worth. John Druitt noted how the King seems to be not as spineless as his mother, the late Queen Victoria, believed him to be.

Queen Victoria[]

Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

Name: Alexandrina Victoria of Hanover
(Sobriquet: "The grandmother of Europe")
Nationality: British
Known for: Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death.
Born: May 24th, 1819
Buckingham Palace, London, England
Died: January 22nd, 1901
Osborne House, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Cause of death:
Age: 81-years-old
Height: 5' 0"
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria
Episode 3x08 - "For King and Country"
In 1908, her son Edward VII ordered his Prime Minister to convince the Five to hunt down and terminate the dangerous criminal Adam Worth. John Druitt noted how the King seems to be not as spineless as his mother, the late Queen Victoria, believed him to be.
Episode 3x17 - "Normandy"
James Watson mentions the age of Victoria to Franz Korba when talking about John Druitt.

Samuel Beckett[]

Samuel Beckett
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Name: Samuel Barclay Beckett
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beckett
Episode 3x09 - "Vigilante"
to be added

Geddy Lee[]

Geddy Lee
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Name: Gary Lee Weinrib
Nationality: Canadian
Known for: Musician, singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush.
Born: July 29th, 1953
North York, Ontario, Canada
Died:
Cause of death:
Age: 56/57-years-old (in 2010 at time of Episode 3x12 - "Hangover")
Height: 5' 10"
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Hazel
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddy_Lee
Episode 3x12 - "Hangover"
3x12 Sanctuary IMDb 11

Helen Magnus and Henry Foss

After the Sanctuary team falls under the spell of a pinnepex, Will Zimmerman changes the computer network's administrator password to "Geddy Lee". To get back into the computers, Henry Foss uses a program to reveal the new password. At Helen Magnus's questioning tone when she read the name aloud, Henry informers her that he's the lead singer of Rush. Magnus responds, "Isn't that Will's favorite band?" Henry confirms it, however it leaves both of them confused as to why he would have done that.

Benedict Arnold[]

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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold
Episode 3x12 - "Hangover"
to be added

Howard Carter[]

Howard Carter
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Name: Howard Carter
Nationality: British
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter
Episode 3x16 - "Awakening"
Mentioned.

Adolf Hitler[]

Adolf Hitler
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Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Name: Adolf Hitler
(The Führer)
Nationality:
Known for: Politician part of the German Workers' Party (1919–1920) and the Nazi Party (1921–1945) in which he became the party leader. He eventually became the Dictator of Germany (1933 until death in 1945). He is most well known for his central leadership role in the rise of fascism in Europe, World War II, and The Holocaust.
Born: April 20th, 1889
Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Died: April 30th, 1945
In the Führerbunker in Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of death: Suicide by self-inflicted gunshot to temple.
Age: 56-years-old
Height: 5' 9"
Hair color: Dark brown
Eye color: Clear blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler
Episode 3x05 - "Hero II: Broken Arrow"
As the episode opens, Kate Freelander mentions to Henry Foss that Helen Magnus has a Hitler Youth knife in her possession indicating evidence that Magnus had a role in France on D-Day.
Episode 3x17 - "Normandy"
Adolf Hitler was very interested in the abnormal world, and ordered a number of measures to find abnormals to use against his enemies, including a Tunisian fire elemental. Officially, Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in his underground bunker in besieged Berlin of Nazi Germany on April 30th, 1945. However, the actual Führer was knifed to death by John Druitt in the fall of 1943 during a performance of Tristan and Isolde in his private viewing box at the age of 54-years-old, leaving the German High Command in charge of the Reich. Franz Korba mentioned that Hitler's double was much easier to deal with.

Season 4[]

This article page section is about historical figures in season 4. For category page, see Category:Historical figures/Season 4.

Martin Luther King Jr.[]

Martin Luther King Jr.
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MLK

Martin Luther King Jr. and Helen Magnus

Name: Michael King Jr.
(MLK)
Nationality: American
Known for: Doctor in civil rights / civil rights leader.
Born: January 15th, 1929
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Died: April 4th, 1968
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Cause of death: Assassination by gunshot.
Age: 39-years-old
Height: 5' 7"
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
Helen Magnus met Martin Luther King Jr. at least once, and a photograph of that meeting was made. The photograph can be seen in the opening credits of every episode in season 4.
Episode 4x01 - "Tempus"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x02 - "Uprising"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x03 - "Untouchable"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x04 - "Monsoon"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x05 - "Resistance"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x06 - "Homecoming"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x07 - "Icebreaker"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x08 - "Fugue"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x09 - "Chimera"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x10 - "Acolyte"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x11 - "The Depths"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.
Episode 4x12 - "Sanctuary for None, Part I"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.

Caleb tries to persuade Helen Magnus of his non-violent agenda to create the homeland project by quoting MLK. Magnus responds that MLK was a pacifist, something that Caleb is not.
Episode 4x13 - "Sanctuary for None, Part II"
Seen as photo in opening title sequence.

James Cameron[]

James Cameron
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James Cameron

Name: James Cameron
Nationality: American
Known for: Film director and television producer.
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron
Episode 4x03 - "Untouchable"
Mentioned.

Eliot Ness[]

Eliot Ness
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Name: Eliot Ness
Nationality: American
Known for: Prohibition agent
Born: April 19th, 1903
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: May 16th, 1957
At home in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, United States
Cause of death: Myocardial infarction
Age: 54-years-old
Height: 6' 0"
Hair color: Dark brown
Eye color: Blue
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Ness
Episode 4x03 - "Untouchable"
Mentioned.

Steve Jobs[]

Steve Jobs
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Name: Steve Jobs
Nationality: American
Known for: Entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor who is known as a founder of Apple Inc..
Born: February 24th, 1955
San Francisco, California, United States
Died: October 5th, 2011
Palo Alto, California, United States
Cause of death: Respiratory arrest resulting from complications from a relapse of his previously treated islet-cell pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.
Age: 56-years-old
Height: 6' 2"
Hair color: Brown (grayed with age)
Eye color: Brown
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
Episode 4x03 - "Untouchable"
Mentioned.

J. P. Morgan[]

J. P. Morgan
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Name: John Pierpont Morgan Sr.
Nationality: American
Known for: Investment banker and financier on Wall Street that was a driving force behind industrial consolidation during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born: April 17th, 1837
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: March 31st, 1913
At the Grand Hotel Plaza in Rome, Italy
Cause of death: Died in his sleep.
Age: 75-years-old
Height: 6' 2"
Hair color: Brown (grayed to white with age)
Eye color: Brown
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan
Episode 4x13 - "Sanctuary for None, Part II"
Mentioned.

Richard Haldane[]

Richard Haldane
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Name: Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
(or simply Viscount Haldane)
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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Haldane,_1st_Viscount_Haldane
Episode 4x13 - "Sanctuary for None, Part II"
Mentioned.

Buckminster Fuller[]

Buckminster Fuller
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Buckminster Fuller

Name: Richard Buckminster Fuller
Nationality: American
Known for: World renowned designer, author, and inventor best known for his architectural futurism, especially geodesic domes.
Born: July 12th, 1895
Milton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 1st, 1983
Los Angeles, California, United States
Cause of death: Myocardial infarction
Age: 87-years-old
Height: 5' 2"
Hair color: Brown (grayed to white with age)
Eye color: Brown
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller
The profile image of Buckminster Fuller displayed here on this Fandom wiki is the same image seen used in the TV show when Abby Corrigan is looking up records on the SCIU computer in Episode 4x13 - "Sanctuary for None, Part II". This image can be found on Fuller's Wikipedia page.
Episode 4x13 - "Sanctuary for None, Part II"
Mentioned.

References[]

  1. Episode 4x13 - "Sanctuary for None, Part II"
  2. Most of this was only mentioned in "Webisode 6" and not included in the re-shot television episode "Fata Morgana", likely because Helen Magnus seemed unaware of the Cabal's existence in the webisode.
  3. According to his IMDb page. It's the only source with a height listed.
  4. Speculation: Helen Magnus's comment may potentially suggest that he did not actually die, but was instead unable to hold human form any longer.
  5. YouTube - Sanctuary - 2x01 - "End of Nights - Part I" - Podcast Commentary
    Minute mark 6:22 - 6:26.
  6. Majority of photos are in grayscale, making it difficult to determine color shade.
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