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Hypatia of Alexendria was illuminated by Meridion vote on August 29, 2003 for being "wedded to the truth". A philosopher, an engineer, an erudite and eloquent conversationalist, an intellectual leader, she was the first woman known to have made a significant contribution to mathematics. Her death marked the loss of much ancient knowledge and technology, and the beginning of the rule of Christianity, appropriately known as the "Dark Ages." Despite her writings having been destroyed, the memory of her has endured through the ages. A life so bright that not even the Dark Ages could supress her memory completely.

Charles Darwin was illuminated as a saint of the Church of Virus on February 12, 1996 on the 186th anniversary of his birthday for his contribution to the Theory of Evolution making him perhaps the most influential memetic engineer of the modern era.

Alan Turing was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. He was influential in the development of computer, playing a significant role in the creation of the modern computer. During World War II, Turing was an instrumental member of the team from the Department of Communications in Great Britain that deciphered German codes generated by the Enigma machine. For his monumental achievements and vast influence, the Church of Virus voted for Turing's illumination as a VirianSaint on March 21, 2010.