| SAULOFTARSUS | In the New Testament he became Paul (4,2,6) |
| ABSALOM | In the Old Testament he is the third son of King David |
| JONAH | In the Old Testament he was eaten by the whale |
| ESAU | In the old testament, he sold his birthright to his younger brother |
| ABEL | In the old testament he was killed by Cain (4) |
| PRINCEREGENT | George IV, before he became King (6,6) |
| MIDLOTHIAN | In the Old Testament he received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (10) |
| BELSHAZZAR | In the Old Testament he received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (10) |
| FRANKENSTEIN | Fellow scientist had standing, I dropped out as he became a monster (12) |
| AHAB | According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC) |
| GORDONPARKS | In 1948 he became the first Black staff photographer for Life magazine. In the 1970s, he directed Shaft. |
| TYSONGAY | He became the fastest sprinter in the U.S. in 2009 |
| EGILOLSEN | The first Norwegian to manage in the Premier League when he became manager of Wimbledon in 1999 |
| TAMBO | He became acting president of the African National Congress in 1967 and continued in that role until |
| ALBERTCAMUS | French author, in 1957 he became the second-youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (6, |
| IDIAMIN | At one time a cook in the British colonial army, he became an African leader, and was deposed in 1979 (3,4) |
| EDJOYCE | Scorer of the first run for Ireland in Test cricket as he became the oldest Test debutant this century |
| WASHINGTON | In 1889, he became the sole American president to have a state named after him -- nearly 100 years after the Nation's Capital was given his name |
| EOMER | In The Lord of the Rings, he became King of Rohan after Theoden's death (5) |
| JONRAHM | In 2021, he became the first Spanish golfer to win the U.S. Open. (3,4) |
