(Borges depicts a fictional sect with this belief in his short story "The Theologians".)
Most recently Hamann's influence can be found in the work of the theologians Oswald Bayer, John Milbank and David Bentley Hart.
Other famous residents of St John Street have included the theologians Henry Chadwick and Arthur Peacocke; authors P.D. James, Iain Pears and J.R.R. Tolkien; musician Thom Yorke; sportsman Na Oofoka.