List of Christians
List of Christians:People sometimes define "Christianity" in mutually exclusive ways. Some religious denominations that call themselves "Christian" have had their Christianity denied by other denominations. This is a list of people who are notable due to their professed Christianity or for their influence on the popularity or development of some group of professed Christians.
Related Lists:
- List of Anglican church composers
- List of Abunas
- List of popes
- List of saints
- List of Baptists
- List of Bishops and Archbishops
- List of Biblical figures
- List of Christian pastors in politics
- List of preachers
- List of Christians in entertainment and media
- List of entertainers in Christian media
- List of Christian theologians
- List of Christian thinkers in science
- List of Christian Scientists (religious denomination)
- List of converts to Christianity
- List of Eastern Orthodox Christians
- List of evangelical Christians
- List of Jehovah's Witnesses
- List of Latter-day Saints
- List of Lutherans
- List of Mennonites
- List of Methodist Bishops
- List of Methodist theologians
- List of famous Australian Presbyterians
- List of notable American Presbyterians
- List of Protestant authors (Catholic authors is dealt with at the Catholic list)
- List of Puritans
- List of Quakers
- List of famous people with Restoration Movement ties
- Lists of Roman Catholics
- List of Seventh-day Adventists
- List of televangelists in Brazil
- List of United States televangelists
- For a list of Archbishops of Canterbury, see Archbishop of Canterbury
- List of cardinals
- For a list of notable archbishops, see Archbishop
- For a list of patron saints, see patron saint
- For a list of the apostles of Jesus, see apostle
List of Christians who are not listed in one of the above lists
This is for Christians who do not fit in the above lists. This largely means those of denominations which do not have lists of their own for varied reasons, but others might not fit any existing denomination yet count as important to Christian history or culture. Finally some might be inappropriate in existing lists for unspecified reasons. However if you can reasonably move any of these names to one of the more specific Christian lists feel free to do so. This list is not, and probably cannot be, exhaustive.
- Giacomo Aconcio, (1492 – 1566?) early advocate of religious tolerance.
- Daniel Dulany Addison, (1863-?) Episcopalian priest and writer knighted by the nation of Liberia.
- Howard Ahmanson, Jr, (1950-), Intelligent Design advocate and millionaire.
- Kriss Akabusi MBE, (1958-) former athlete who went on to become a television presenter and motivational speaker.
- Alopen, earliest recorded missionary to China (Nestorianism)
- Nicolaus Von Amsdorf, (1483-1565) German Protestant reformer.
- Bernhard Anderson, Methodist cleric
- John Ashcroft, (1942-) 79th Attorney General of the United States.
- Hanan Ashrawi, (1946-) Palestinian Christian
- Avvakum, (died April 14, 1682) Old Believers figure
- Babai the Great, (551-628) leading figure in the Assyrian Church of the East
- John Badby, a Lollard burned for heresy.
- H.A. Baker, Missionary and writer.
- Heidi Baker, Missionary.
- Jan Peter Balkenende, (1956-) Dutch Prime Minister who was once a special professor of Christian-Social Thought.
- John Ball, Lollard linked to Peasants' Revolt
- Hosea Ballou, (1771-1852), Universalist clergyman.
- Praise-God Barebone, (c. 1596-1679), Fifth Monarchist and minister.
- Fred Barnes (journalist), Episcopalian columnist who opposed Gene Robinson becoming a bishop as Mr. Robinson is a non-celibate homosexual.
- David Bazan, (1976-) Indie rock singer-songwriter.
- Henry Ward Beecher, (1813-1887) significant abolitionist.
- Wendy Beckett, (1930-) Art historian and nun.
- Aragaw Bedaso, (born 1934), folk singer and former deacon in Ethiopian Christianity.
- Sorghaghtani Beki, mother of Möngke Khan, Kublai Khan, and Hulagu Khan. Declared "empress" 58 years after death in a ceremony that included a Nestorian mass.
- Andy Benes, (1967-) Major League Baseball player.
- Charles Albert Berry, Free Church of Scotland minister.
- James Blair, minister who founded the College of William and Mary.
- William Booth, Methodist minister and founder of the Salvation Army
- Bizzy Bone, (1976-) previous member of rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
- Michael Bray, Minister of the Army of God
- Phineas F. Bresee, A founder of the Church of the Nazarene
- Bill Bright, (1921-2003) founder of Campus Crusade for Christ
- John Brown (abolitionist), (1800-1859)
- Walt Brown (creationist)
- Gilbert Burnet, theologian and scholar
- George Campbell (Presbyterian minister)
- John Carew (regicide), of the Fifth Monarchists.
- Thomas Carlyle (Scottish lawyer)-Irvingite.
- Carman, (1957-) Italian-American contemporary Christian music singer.
- Sydney Bertram Carter, (1915-2004), poet, folk musician, and songwriter (example: Lord of the Dance)
- George Washington Carver, (1864-1943) botanist and biologist.
- Donald Caskie, Church of Scotland minister linked to French resistance
- Vladimir Chertkov, Tolstoyan thinker.
- David Yonggi Cho, Korean pastor of the Yoido Full Gospel Church
- Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekkers personage.
- Mary Elizabeth Clark, Transsexual nun and AIDS activist of the American Catholic Church (birth name Michael Clark)
- Randy Clark, apologetic and founder of Global Awakening Apostolic Missions Network.
- Jean Claude, French Protestant theologian.
- Jacques Clément, Dominican friar and assassin.
- Jack Clemo, Deaf-blind religious poet.
- Hendrik de Cock, minister.
- Mark Cook, Calvary Chapel
- Christopher Columbus, (1451-1506) explorer and trader.
- Ray Comfort, (1949-) minister and evangelist.
- Mark Cook, Calvary Chapel.
- Kenneth H. Cooper, (1931-) called the "Father of aerobics", M.D. and former Air Force Colonel.
- Boston Corbett, self-castrated minister who killed John Wilkes Booth.
- Robert Crowley (printer), Protestant artist and theologian. \t
- Jonathan Myrick Daniels, (1939-1965), Episcopal seminarian, martyred for civil rights work\t
- Jo Ann Davis, one of four Pentecostals in the 109th Congress of the United States. \t
- William H. S. Demarest, University President and minister in Dutch Reformed Church. \t
- T. A. Denny, Irish businessman and Salvation Army member who paid rent for them. \t
- William Dobbie, (1879 - 1964), Boer war veteran and member of the Plymouth Brethren who was criticized for a religious approach to leadership.
- Catherine Doherty, (1896-1985), social activist, foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate \t
- Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger, a founder of Old Catholic Church \t
- Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, The Palmarians deem him to have been Pope Gregory XVII. \t
- Lorenzo Dow, (1777–1834), Primitive Methodism figure. \t
- John Alexander Dowie, Flat Earth Society \t
- Henry Drummond (1786-1860), Irvingite. \t
- Henry Hare Dugmore, (1810-1896), Wesleyan missionary and translator in South Africa. \t
- David du Plessis, Pentecostal who attended the Second Vatican Council.
- James Dutton, NASA Astronaut
- Freeman Dyson, physicist and Templeton Prize winner(unspecified)
- Edward VI of England, (1547-1553), first English Protestant monarch
- Mary Baker Eddy, (1821-1910), founder of Christian Science \t
- Thomas Charles Edwards, Welsh Presbyterian minister and academic. \t
- Elizabeth I of England, (1558-1603), Anglican queen and first Supreme Governor of the Church of England
- Jacques Ellul, Christian anarchism thinker
- James Endicott, former Moderator of the United Church of Canada.
- Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish church leader
- Gloria Estefan, Singer and Catholic who dedicated a song to the Pope and asked him to pray for a free Cuba.
- George Bramwell Evens, Methodist minister, nature writer, and Roma person.
- John Hicks Eynon, (1801 -1888), Canadian Bible Christian Church missionary to Canada.
- Ezana of Axum, Ethiopian leader who converted to Christianity.
- Calvin Fairbank, (1816-1898), abolitionist Methodist minister
- Nicholas Ferrar, (1592-1637), Anglican monk
- Steve Fielding, Pentecostal politician in Australia. \t
- Gerald Flurry, minister in the Philadelphia Church of God.
- John Weir Foote, (1904—1988), Canadian Presbyterian minister who received the Victoria Cross.
- George Foreman, (1949-) former profesional boxer.
- Dom Franco, Calvary Chapel musician.
- Theodore Frelinghuysen, President of the American Bible Society (1846-1862) and Henry Clay's running mate.
- Galileo Galilei, (1564-1642) Italian physicist, astronomer, astrologer, and philosopher.
- Dr. Daniel J. Garguillio, professional Exorcist and lecturer.
- Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr-Minister in the Church of God, House of Prayer and murderer of his son Marvin Gaye.\t
- George of Podebrady, first king to join the Hussites \t
- Gelelemend, (1737–1811), Lenape who took the name William Henry on being baptized a Moravian.
- Gerardo of Borgo San Donnino, of the Joachimites.
- Michael Gerson, (1965-) advisor to President George W. Bush.
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, (born 1922), Coptic Christian
- Gigi, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church singer.
- Duane Gish, creationist.
- Joseph Glanvill, (1636-1680), philosopher
- John Glas, Scottish clergyman
- Dean Goffin, (1916-1984) New Zealand composer and member of the Salvation Army, he did music for them.
- James Grahame, Scottish poet and Anglican priest
- Harold P. Hamilton, a soldier, college president, professor of Christian Thought, and charity administrator.
- Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, Reverend and College President.
- Lemuel Haynes, (1753-1833), African-American Calvinist clergynan who opposed slavery.
- Richard Heales, Congregationalist and Australian politician.
- Kong Hee, minister in City Harvest.
- Henry VIII of England, (1491-1547), separated English Catholicism from link with the Roman Catholic Church
- Roman Herzog, (born April 5, 1934) active in Protestantism and politics.
- Hong Xiuquan, (1812-1864), Baptist influenced. asserted himself to be the brother of Christ, led Taiping Rebellion(considered a heretic similar to Arianism, saw himself and Jesus as more like demi-gods.)
- Dave Hope former bassist for Kansas who is a priest in the Anglican Mission in America.
- Rick Horton, broadcaster and former Major League Baseball player.
- Elizabeth Hope, possibly the "Lady Hope" in the story/legend concerning Charles Darwin.
- Jan Hus, (1369-1415) Czech religious thinker, philosopher, and reformer.
- Jacob Hutter, founder of Hutterites.
- Adolf Hitler, german politician
- Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, Spanish royal who became a nun.
- Edward Irving, founded the "Irvingites"
- Leonard Monk Isitt, (1855-1937), New Zealand Methodist minister.
- John Paul Jackson, "Streams Ministries International"
- James I of England, (1603-1625), of the King James Bible
- George Jeffreys (minister), (1889–1972), Welsh founder of Elim Pentecostal Church.
- John of Nikiû, Coptic bishop
- John of Rokycan, Hussite theologian.
- Brad Johnson, (1959-) American Actor.
- Hall Johnson, ministers son associated with spirituals
- Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston, Covenanter
- Timothy V. Johnson, One of four Pentecostals in the US Congress
- Absalom Jones, (1746 - 1818), African American abolitionist and clergyman.
- David Joris, (ca. 1501 - 1556), Anabaptist thinker.
- Salim Jubran, Arab Christian jurist.
- Emperor Justinian of the Byzantine Empire, (AD 527-565), called Second Council of Constantinople
- Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian pacifist.
- Uchimura Kanzō, founder of Mukyōkai
- Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired magazine.
- Thomas Kelsey, Fifth Monarchist
- Hanns Kerrl, Nazi politician who tried for a "synthesis between Nazism and Christianity."
- Søren Kierkegaard, (1813-1855) Danish philosopher and father of Christian existentialism
- Simon Kimbangu, founder of Kimbanguism
- Bernhard Knipperdolling, (1495-1536), Anabaptist
- George Williams Knox, Presbyerian theologian
- James Charles Kopp, American terrorist.
- Feliksa Kozłowska, founder of the Mariavite Church. \t
- Charles H. Kraft, anthropologist, linguist, and Protestant exorcist.
- Pete Maravich, (1947-1988) professional basketball player known as "Pistol Pete".
- Mike Matheny, (1970-) Major League Baseball player.
- Greg Mathews, (1962-) former Major League Baseball player.
- MC Hammer, (1962-) former American rapper and preacher.
- Willie McGee, (1958-) former Major League Baseball player.
- Joe Meineke, demonologist, paranormal researcher, and spiritual councelor
- Gerald R. Molen, movie producer.
- Dikembe Mutombo, (1966-) NBA basketball player.
- Sabelo Stanley Ntwasa, Anglican priest and anti-apartheid activist.
- David Nyvall, shaped the history of the Evangelical Covenant Church
- John Oldcastle, Leader in Lollardy
- Giovanni Battista Orsenigo-Catholic monk, noted dentist.
- Horatio Parker, (1863–1919), Composer and Episcopalian.
- William Dudley Pelley, Minister's son and American fascist.
- Dom Perignon (person), Benedictine Vintner.
- Percy Pennybacker, (1895-1963), Texan engineer who helped found St. George's Episcopal Church in Austin.
- Peter J. Peters, Christian Anti-Semite.
- William Daniel Phillips, Nobel Prize winning physicist of the United Methodist Church.
- George C. Pidgeon, (1872-1971), Canadian minister
- Sam Pollard, Bible Christian missionary to China who invented a script for the Hmong language.
- Harrison Poteat, founder of Church of God, House of Prayer. \t
- Vavasor Powell, Fifth Monarchists. \t
- Prokop the Great, leading Hussite general \t
- Pasquier Quesnel, (1634 - 1719), Theologian of Jansenism. \t
- Albert Pujols, (1980-) Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals. \t
- R. Kelly, (1967-) American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. \t
- Robert Rainy, (1826 - 1906), Moderator of United Free Church of Scotland \t
- Joseph Hubert Reinkens, bishop in Old Catholicism. \t
- Bob Richards, Olympic athlete and extreme right political candidate. \t
- Branch Rickey, (1881-1965) Major League Baseball executive and former player, also funded FCA. \t
- Paul Robins, ( 1804 - 1890), Bible Christian Church reverend \t \t
- Johannes Ronge, (1813-1887), Roman Catholic dissenter, founder of the German Catholic sect
- Christina Rossetti, Poet and High Anglican, broke off with fiancé on religious grounds. \t
- Newton Rowell, (1867-1941), Canadian politician. \t
- Daniel Rowland, Welsh revivalist \t
- John Rudder, Australian linguist and Uniting Church in Australia person. \t
- Eric Robert Rudolph, Christian terrorist \t
- Jacob Bar-Salibi, Syriac Orthodox Church author. \t
- William Sawtrey, said to be first Lollard martyr. \t .
- Kaspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig, (1490-1561), Anabaptist \t
- Cyrus I. Scofield, (1843-1921), editor of the Scofield Reference Bible \t
- Ling-Sheng Zhang, early leader in the True Jesus Church. \t
- Peter Short, Moderator of the United Church of Canada. \t
- William J. Simmons, (b. 1880) founder of the second Ku Klux Klan and a suspended Methodist Episcopal Church, South minister. \t
- Matt Slick, founder/leader Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry
- Christopher Smart, Anglican poet of several religious verses. He was committed to a mental asylum for "religious mania."
- August Gottlieb Spangenberg, (1704 - 1792), bishop in Moravianism.
- Herbert Spaugh, (1896-1978), US Moravian bishop. \t
- William Spence, (1846 - 1926), trade unionist, politician, and lay preacher in Primitive Methodism. \t
- William Archibald Spooner, Anglican priest known for those... things \t
- D. C. Stephenson, KKK \t
- Sufjan Stevens, American musician and songwriter.
- David Steward, chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, Inc and author.
- Ezra Stiles, An important President of Yale University and a clergyman.
- Kamal Stino, Coptic who was Agriculture Minister under Gamal Abdel Nasser. \t
- Henry Ossawa Tanner, African American painter and bishop's son who did some Christian religious art.
- James Hudson Taylor (1832 - 1905) - British missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission.\t
- Jeremy Taylor, (1613-1667), Anglican preacher
- Johann Tetzel, Dominican Order member.
- Theodoret, theologian declared a heretic at the Second Council of Constantinople \t
- Mother Teresa \t
- Todd Tiahrt, one of four Pentecostals currently in the US Congress.
- David Tilson, Canadian politician and on the board of a UCC church.
- K. H. Ting, Chinese Christian leader \t
- Leo Tolstoy, writer and religious thinker of The Kingdom of God is Within You(excommunicated, deemed unorthodox)
- Joseph Tracy, American Colonization Society and "New England Renaissance." \t
- Anna Trapnell, Associate Fifth Monarchist. \t
- Richard Chenevix Trench, Anglican archbishop and poet. \t
- Harriet Tubman, (1820-1913) \t
- Nat Turner, Slave rebellion leader \t
- William Tyndale, (1484-1536), Bible translator killed for heresy. \t
- Louise de la Vallière, Louis XIV "The Sun King's mistress who became a Carmelite nun. \t
- Abraham Ulrikab, (died January 13, 1881), An Inuit who was made into a zoo exhibit. \t
- Andy Van Slyke, (1960-) Major League Baseball player. \t
- Stuart Varney, Episcopalian economic journalist who claims to have had difficulties with Ted Turner, in part, because of that. \t
- Thomas Venner, Last Fifth Monarchist leader. \t
- Guido Verbeck, (1830-1898), Missionary to Japan \t
- Denmark Vesey, Planner of a slave rebellion who co-founded a black Methodist church. \t
- Clayton Waagner, "Army of God." \t
- James Elvin Wagner, a United Church of Christ co-president \t
- George Washington, (1732-1799) 1st President of the United States.
- Warren Prall Watters, Independent Catholic archbishop. \t
- Peter Waldo, (12th c) of the Waldensians \t
- Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur 1880
- Kurt Warner, NFL quarterback\t
- Alma Bridwell White, Woman bishop who founded the "Pillar of Fire Church" and was a member of the KKK.
- Robert Wilkins, Blues guitarist and elder in Church of God in Christ.
- Ronald Wilson, Australian judge and social activist. \t
- John Winebrenner, (1797 - 1860), founder of a Church.
- Colin Winter, (1928 - 1981), anti-apartheid activist\t
- A. Harold Wood, (1894?-1989), missionary in Tonga. \t
- Todd Worrell, (1959-) Major League Baseball player. \t
- John Wyclif, (born 1324) \t
- David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary to American Indians. \t
- Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, Leading Moravians (religion) figure.
- Nanne Zwiep, pastor killed for resisting the Nazis.
See also
- List of people
- List of people by belief