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Joan of Arc

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Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d’Arc), a French historical figure executed by the English for heresy in 1431, is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Joan accompanied an army during the Hundred Years War, adopting the clothing of a soldier, which ultimately provided a pretence for her conviction and execution. Whether her crossdressing and lifestyle have implications for her sexuality or gender identity is debated by modern scholars.

Joan of Arc was burned at the stake (for the heresy of being a girl wearing men’s clothing) by the English.

The early church were all heretics (they got lit on fire too)

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Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting. And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

Acts 2:1-4, NET

Cayetano Ripoll

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Cayetano Ripoll was the last person executed in Spain for the heresy of believing that observation and logical reasoning were enough to reach divine understanding. You know, that thing St. Paul said in the bible.

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible attributes—his eternal power and divine nature—have been understood and observed by what he made, so that people are without excuse.

Romans 1:20 (NIV)

He was hanged by the civil authority, which made the church folks all kinds of mad. By some accounts, they put Cayetano Ripoll’s body in a barrel and burned it.