List of Christians
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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 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 Anglican church composers
- 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 Anglicans and Episcopalians
- List of Assemblies of God people
- 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 Methodists
- 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 Pentecostal Mission Chief Pastors, see Chief Pastors
- For a list of patron saints, see patron saint
- For a list of the apostles of Jesus, see apostle
[edit] List of Christians who are not listed in one of the above lists
This is for people whose Christianity is important to their notability or significance, but who may not fit above lists. This largely means people whose denominations do not have lists of their own for varied reasons, but others might not fit any existing denomination yet be known to history for their Christian philosophy or activities. In all cases if you can reasonably move any of these names to one of the more specific Christian lists please do so.
Note: This list is not, and probably cannot be, exhaustive. In addition do not add names of people whose Christianity is a matter of dispute among historians. Their Christianity should be confirmed and significant to their notability or life history.
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- Giacomo Aconcio, (1492 – 1566?) early advocate of religious tolerance.
- Aegidius of Assisi, Said to have been called "The Knight of our Round Table" by Francis of Assisi.
- Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Ibadan ruler who became the first President of the precursor to the Christ Apostolic Church.
- John Alexander (minister)
- Alopen, earliest recorded missionary to China (Nestorianism)
- Nicolaus Von Amsdorf, (1483-1565) German Protestant reformer.
- John Ashcroft, (1942-) 79th Attorney General of the United States.
- Avvakum, (died April 14, 1682) Old Believers figure, execution by burning for religious reasons.
- Babai the Great, (551-628) leading figure in the Assyrian Church of the East
- John Badby, a Lollard burned for heresy.
- Thomas Bagley, Lollard priest burned for heresy.
- 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.
- Mike Barber, Former NFL Tight end who has a show on Trinity Broadcasting Network.
- Praise-God Barebone, (c. 1596-1679), Fifth Monarchist and minister.
- Henry Ward Beecher, (1813-1887) significant abolitionist and clergyman.
- William Beardsley, One of the founders of the First Congregational Church of Stratford.
- 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.
- Margaret Benn, Women's rights advocate important to the history of the Congregational Federation.
- Charles Albert Berry, Free Church of Scotland minister.
- André Bessette, Beatified member of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
- Edward Ashael Birge, Limnology and pamphlets on the Bible.
- William Booth, Methodist minister and founder of the Salvation Army
- John Bradford, Protestant reformer who was executed.
- John Bramlett, former American football player and minister.
- 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)
- James Callan, Spiritus Christi sect
- George Campbell (Presbyterian minister)
- Thomas Carlyle (Scottish lawyer)-Irvingite "apostle."
- Carman, (1957-) Italian-American contemporary Christian music singer.
- Sydney Carter, (1915-2004), poet, folk musician, and songwriter (example: Lord of the Dance)
- George Washington Carver, (1864-1943) botanist and biologist who claimed that God gave him the ideas for his plant products.
- Donald Caskie, Church of Scotland minister linked to French resistance.
- Jean Cavalier, (1681-1740) A leading Camisard.
- Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Cofounder of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
- Vladimir Chertkov, Tolstoyan thinker.
- David Yonggi Cho, Korean pastor of the Yoido Full Gospel Church
- Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekkers personage and preacher.
- Mary Elizabeth Clark, Transsexual nun and AIDS activist of the American Catholic Church (birth name Michael Clark)
- Jean Claude, French Protestant theologian.
- Margareta Clausdotter, Bridgettine nun.
- Jacques Clément, Dominican friar and assassin.
- Jack Clemo, Deaf-blind religious poet.
- Hendrik de Cock, minister.
- Mark Cook, Musician turned pastor at the Calvary Chapel.
- Ray Comfort, (1949-) minister and evangelist.
- Conrad of Offida, A founder of the Celestines.
- Mother Marianne Cope, Nun who worked with the lepers in Molokai.
- Boston Corbett, self-castrated minister who killed John Wilkes Booth.
- Jon Courson, author and radio personality.
- Michael Cox (clergyman), allegedly ordained Sinéad O'Connor.
- Robert Crowley (printer), Protestant artist and theologian.
- Terry Cummings, Pentecostal minister formerly in the NBA.
- John Curwen, Congregationalist minister, who founded the Tonic Sol-fa system of musical teaching.
- Jan Franciszek Czartoryski, Beatified chaplain of the Armia Krajowa.
- William H. S. Demarest, University President and minister in Dutch Reformed Church.
- T. A. Denny, Irish businessman and Salvation Army member who paid rent for them.
- Diego Deza, Grand Inquisitor
- Catherine Doherty, (1896-1985), social activist, foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate
- Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger, a founder of Old Catholic Church
- Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, The Palmarians deem him to have been Pope Gregory XVII
- Lorenzo Dow, (1777–1834), Primitive Methodism figure and minister.
- John Alexander Dowie, clergyman known for the Flat Earth Society.
- Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church.
- Henry Drummond (1786-1860), A founder of the Irvingites.
- David du Plessis, Pentecostal who attended the Second Vatican Council.
- James Dutton, NASA Astronaut, Officer's Christian fellowship
- 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
- Thomas Charles Edwards, Welsh Presbyterian minister and academic.
- Jacques Ellul, Christian anarchism thinker
- James Endicott, former Moderator of the United Church of Canada.
- Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish church leader
- Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Evangelical Congregational Church pastor and science fiction writer and publisher.
- John Hicks Eynon, (1801 -1888), Canadian Bible Christian Church missionary to Canada.
- Ezana of Axum, Ethiopian leader who converted to Christianity.
- Eurosia Fabris, Beatified mother of 11 children. (two adopted)
- D'Brickashaw Ferguson, American football player and youth minister with a religious studies degree.
- 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 professional boxer and an ordained minister.
- Charles de Foucauld, Inspired the Little Brothers of Jesus.
- Dom Franco, Calvary Chapel musician.
- Irving Fryar, Retired NFLer and Pentecostal minister.
- Theodore Frelinghuysen, President of the American Bible Society (1846-1862) and Henry Clay's running mate.
- Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr.-Minister in the Church of God, House of Prayer and murderer of his son Marvin Gaye.
- George of Podebrady, first king to join the Hussites
- Gabriel Gerberon, Jansenist monk and author.
- Antonio de Sant'Ana Galvão, First Brazilian to be beatified.
- Gerardo of Borgo San Donnino, Friar who became important in the Joachimites.
- Michael Gerson, (1965-) advisor to President George W. Bush named in "The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals In America."
- Gertrude of Hackeborn, (1223-1292) Cistercian nun.
- Gigi, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church singer.
- Giselle of Bavaria, Beatified daughter of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria.
- Duane Gish, creationist who taught at the San Diego Christian College.
- Joseph Glanvill, (1636-1680), philosopher and clergyman.
- John Glas, Scottish clergyman
- Dean Goffin, (1916-1984) New Zealand composer and member of the Salvation Army, he did music for them.
- Gong Shengliang, South China Church
- Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi, Beatified nun.
- Rosey Grier, Ordained former "all pro" Defensive tackle. (retired)
- Craig Groeschel, LifeChurch.tv.
- Nikolaus Groß, Beatified German Resistance fighter.
- Blessed Gunther, Catholic hermit.
- Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, Reverend and College President.
- Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Jansenist abbot and author.
- Joe Hawke, Māori politician and lay preacher in the Open Brethren.
- Lemuel Haynes, (1753-1833), African-American Calvinist clergyman who opposed slavery.
- 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.
- Adolf Hitler, Listed for forming the Protestant Reich Church (His own Christianity is disputed)
- 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.
- Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, Spanish royal who became a nun.
- Edward Irving, founded the "Irvingites"
- Isabella of France, "She-Wolf of France" who joined the Order of Poor Ladies before death.
- 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.
- Joana, Crown Princess of Portugal, Portuguese nun and beatified person.
- John of Nikiû, Coptic bishop
- John of Rokycan, Hussite theologian.
- Hall Johnson, minister's son associated with spirituals
- David Joris, (ca. 1501 - 1556), Anabaptist thinker.
- Emperor Justinian of the Byzantine Empire, (AD 527-565), called Second Council of Constantinople
- Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian pacifist.
- Uchimura Kanzō, founder of Mukyōkai
- Napoleon Kaufman, Oakland Raiders player who left to become a minister.
- Augustin Keller, A president of the synod council of the Old Catholic Church in Switzerland and one of the Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland.
- Hanns Kerrl, Nazi politician who tried for a "synthesis between Nazism and Christianity."
- Joseph Kibweteere, Led the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God to mass suicide.
- Søren Kierkegaard, (1813-1855) Danish philosopher and father of Christian existentialism.
- Dan Kimball, Emerging church movement pastor.
- Simon Kimbangu, founder of Kimbanguism
- Bernhard Knipperdolling, (1495-1536), An Anabaptist leader.
- George Williams Knox, Presbyerian theologian
- James Charles Kopp, American terrorist with "The Lambs of Christ."
- Feliksa Kozłowska, founder of the Mariavite Church.
- Charles H. Kraft, anthropologist, linguist, and Protestant exorcist.
- Roland Laporte, (1675 - 1704) A leading Camisard.
- Engenas Lekganyane, Zion Christian Church founder.
- Alice Lenshina, Lumpa Church
- Ed Macauley, Basketball Hall of Famer who is now a Catholic deacon.
- Marion Maddox, A Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
- Margaret of Castello, Disabled nun, Beatified.
- Blessed Margaret of Savoy, A marchioness of Montferrat.
- Hyacintha Mariscotti, Franciscan nun.
- Manche Masemola, (1913-1928) recognized in Anglicanism as a martyr.
- MC Hammer, (1962-) former American rapper and preacher.
- Joe Meineke, demonologist, paranormal researcher, and spiritual councilor
- Nahnebahwequa, Ojibwa spokeswoman and Wesleyan Church worker.
- David Nyvall, shaped the history of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
- John Oldcastle, Leader in Lollardy
- Giovanni Battista Orsenigo-Catholic monk, noted dentist.
- Samuel Bilehou Oschoffa-Celestial Church of Christ founder.[1]
- William Dudley Pelley, Minister's son and American fascist who founded a school that taught "Christian Economics."
- Dom Perignon (person), Benedictine Vintner.
- Troy Perry, Founder of the Metropolitan Community Church.
- Peter J. Peters, Christian pastor in the Anti-Semitic LaPorte Church of Christ.
- 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.
- Liane de Pougy, Courtesan who became a tertiary devoted to children with birth defects.
- Vavasor Powell, Fifth Monarchists and itinerant preacher.
- Prokop the Great, leading Hussite general.
- Pasquier Quesnel, (1634 - 1719), Theologian of Jansenism.
- Robert Rainy, (1826 - 1906), Moderator of United Free Church of Scotland
- Kelvin Ransey, NBA athlete who left to become a minister.
- Ramihrdus of Cambrai, A mob burned him for heresy.
- Andrew Reed (Reverend), Congregationalist.
- Charles Reed, Politician and son of Andrew Reed who was active in the London Missionary Society.
- Thomas Rees (Congregational minister)
- Jochaim von Ribbentrop former Nazi forgein minster sentenced to death at Nurmeberg
- Joseph Hubert Reinkens, bishop in Old Catholicism.
- Branch Rickey, (1881-1965) Major League Baseball executive and former player, also funded FCA.
- Paul Robins, (1804 - 1890), Bible Christian Church reverend
- Johannes Ronge, (1813-1887), Roman Catholic dissenter, founder of the German Catholic sect
- Daniel Rowland, Welsh revivalist
- John Rudder, Australian linguist, Christian artist exhibited at the Phoenix Prize for spiritual art, and Uniting Church in Australia person.
- Jacob Bar-Salibi, Syriac Orthodox Church author who wrote commentaries on the Gospels.
- Infanta Sancha of Portugal (nun), Beatified daughter of Sancho I of Portugal.
- Adam Sanders, Musician and training local preacher in Birmingham area.
- William Sawtrey, said to be first Lollard martyr.
- Victor Schlatter, Tiliba Christian Church co-founder.
- Dena Schlosser, American woman who murdered her baby because God told her to.
- Kaspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig, (1490-1561), Christian reformer, the Schwenkfelder Church is named for him.
- Cyrus I. Scofield, (1843-1921), editor of the Scofield Reference Bible
- Gerard Segarelli, (c. 1240-1300) Apostolic Brethren founder.
- Ling-Sheng Zhang, early leader in the True Jesus Church.
- James Sherman (minister)
- Peter Short, Moderator of the United Church of Canada.
- Matt Slick, founder/leader Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry
- John Slocum, Founder of the Indian Shaker Church.
- Joanna Southcott, self-described prophetess.
- August Gottlieb Spangenberg, (1704 - 1792), bishop in Moravianism.
- Herbert Spaugh, (1896-1978), US Moravian bishop.
- Peter Spencer, Former slave who founded the A.U.M.P. Church.
- Ray Steadman-Allen, composer for the Salvation Army.
- Ezra Stiles, An important President of Yale University and a clergyman.
- Kamal Stino, Coptic who was Agriculture Minister under Gamal Abdel Nasser and had a personal relationship with two Coptic Popes.
- Henry Ossawa Tanner, African American painter and bishop's son who did some Christian religious art.
- Johann Tetzel, Dominican Order member.
- Theodoret, theologian declared a heretic at the Second Council of Constantinople
- Mother Teresa
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gospel singer and an influence on rock and roll.
- Walter Thornton, (1875-1960) Major League Baseball player and evangelist.
- David Tilson, Canadian politician and on the board of a UCC church.
- K. H. Ting, Chinese Christian leader
- Leo Tolstoy, writer and religious thinker of The Kingdom of God is Within You(excommunicated, deemed unorthodox)
- Tomás de Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor
- Joseph Tracy, Minister known for the American Colonization Society and "New England Renaissance."
- Nat Turner, Slave rebellion leader who claimed to have visions from God.
- William Tyndale, (1484-1536), Bible translator killed for heresy.
- Louise de la Vallière, Louis XIV "The Sun King"'s mistress who became a Carmelite nun.
- Guido Verbeck, (1830-1898), Missionary to Japan
- Denmark Vesey, Planner of a slave rebellion who co-founded a black Methodist church.
- Peni Volavola, Lord Mayor of Suva and Vice-President of the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma.
- Clayton Waagner, "Army of God."
- James Elvin Wagner, a United Church of Christ co-president
- Warren Prall Watters, Independent Catholic archbishop.
- Peter Waldo, (12th c) of the Waldensians
- Samuel Webber, Minister and mathematician.
- Alma Bridwell White, Woman bishop who founded the "Pillar of Fire Church" and was a member of the KKK.
- Mel White, gay clergyman and author.
- Joseph Pomeroy Widney, President of USC and a founder of the Church of the Nazarene.
- Robert Wilkins, Blues guitarist and elder in Church of God in Christ.
- Ronald Wilson, Australian judge and President of the Assembly in the Uniting Church in Australia
- John Winebrenner, (1797 - 1860), founder of a Church.
- Enoch Cobb Wines, (1806 - 1879) Minister and penologist.
- A. Harold Wood, (1894?-1989), missionary in Tonga.
- John Wyclif, (born 1324)
- Anne de Xainctonge, Founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin.
- Brian Zahnd, Word of Life Church
- David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary to American Indians.
- Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, Leading Moravians (religion) figure.
- Nanne Zwiep, pastor killed for resisting the Nazis.
