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1 List of famous Jehovah's Witnesses
2 List of former Jehovah's Witnesses
3 Unknown - "Rumours about..."
4 References

[edit] List of famous Jehovah's Witnesses

A range of participation is represented by these individuals, from full activity to disaffiliation.

George Benson - Jazz guitarist^{[citation needed]}
Maurizio Bianchi - Musician^{[citation needed]}
Cheryl Bradley - Executive Housekeeper^{[citation needed]}
Ivana Brkic - Croatian Musician^{[citation needed]}
Richard Cameron- Dutch Musician^{[citation needed]}
Valerie Campbell - Mother of Naomi Campbell^{[citation needed]}
Tom Edur - Former NHL ice hockey player.^{[citation needed]}
Ida E. Eisenhower - Mother of United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower^[1]
Leopold Engleitner - Buchenwald concentration camp survivor and centenarian.^{[citation needed]}
Larry Graham - Sly & the Family Stone^{[citation needed]}
Danny Granger - Indiana Pacers small forward^{[citation needed]}
Teresa Graves - Reputedly the first black woman to play the lead in a police movie, also a singer.^{[citation needed]}
Gary Gygax - Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons.^{[citation needed]}
Katherine Jackson - Michael Jackson's mother.^{[citation needed]}
Rebbie Jackson - Singer, daughter of Katherine Jackson.^{[citation needed]}
Scott Johnson - Actor^{[citation needed]}
Phillip Landry - Musican^{[citation needed]}
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Japanese musician, name comes from the Book of Isaiah^{[citation needed]}
Margaret Keane - Artist who said converting "changed her life."[1]
Peter Knowles - Famous soccer player in England who quit his football career in 1970 aged 24 to join the Jehovah's Witnesses.^{[citation needed]}
Brian Locking - Bass guitarist with The Shadows for eighteen months, but left to Jehovah's Witnesses activities.^{[citation needed]}
Hank Marvin - Lead guitarist for The Shadows^{[citation needed]}
Bohumil Müller - Czech survivor of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp and underground religious leader under Communism.^{[citation needed]}
Viv Nicholson - Major pools winner^{[citation needed]}
David Meyers- Former NBA player ^[2]
Evelyn Ntoko (first wife of Nelson Mandela^{[citation needed]}
Prince Converted in 2001^{[citation needed]}
Ken Richmond - The man who banged the gong in the Rank Organisation film logo from 1955 onward.^{[citation needed]}
Miu Sakamoto - Japanese Singer, a Daughter of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano^{[citation needed]}
Damo Suzuki (Converted in the 1970s, current membership status uncertain)^{[citation needed]}
Bobby Tambling - English footballer^{[citation needed]}
Phil Terry - member of the 60's R&B group The Intruders.^{[citation needed]}
David Thomas - Avant-garde rocker, "Jehovah's Kingdom come"[2][3]
Jean Terrell - Replaced Diana Ross in the Supremes in 1970.^{[citation needed]}
Akira Toriyama - Japanese Mangaka(Cartoonist), Author of Dragon Ball(Manga)^{[citation needed]}
Yoshito Usui - Japanese Mangaka, Author of Crayon Shin-chan^{[citation needed]}
Reena Virk - Canadian child murder victim^{[citation needed]}
Lark Voorhies - actress, Saved By The Bell^{[citation needed]}
Lou Whitaker - Former MLB baseball player for the Detroit Tigers.^{[citation needed]}
Akiko Yano - Japanese Singer, Former wife of Ryuichi Sakamoto^{[citation needed]}
Solveig Romero - Mexico and Switzerland, Actress and wife of Martin Campbell, the director of James Bond Casino Royale^{[citation needed]}
Chuck Winfield - Former Trumpet player for Blood, Sweat, and Tears.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] List of former Jehovah's Witnesses

Gregg Alexander - The New Radicals' lead singer; raised by mother
Peter Andre - Singer raised in Australia, presently living in London with wife pin up model *Jordan
Naomi Campbell- Supermodel; Raised by mother
Dwight David Eisenhower who became the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961)
Geri Halliwell - Singer (Spice Girls); Raised as a Jehovah's Witness^{[verification needed]}
Anthony Henderson - Famous quick tongued rap artist from legendary group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony a.k.a "Krayzie Bone", Sawed-Off Gangsta, or Leathaface
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison - American writer of Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses (converted to Catholicism)
Latoya Jackson
Michael Jackson - Michael became a Jehovah's Witness but disassociated himself shortly after his hit album, Thriller
Olin R. Moyle
Dave Mustaine - Guitarist (ex-Metallica; Megadeth; ex- MD .45)
Miki Nakatani - Japanese Actress, Raised as a Jehovah's Witness
Gloria Naylor - Novelist
Michelle Rodriguez - actress
Patti Smith - Singer and poet
Mickey Spillane - Novelist
Leo Volpe
Wayans brothers - Actors/Comediens ; Raised Jehovah's Witnesses
Jill Scott-Singer; rasied as a Jehovah's Witness
Hinano Yoshikawa - Japanese Fashion model and actress, Raised as a Jehovah's Witness
K-os - Canadian R&B artist ; Raised Jehovah's Witness
Selena Quintanilla Perez - Tejano singer ; raised Jehovah's Witnesses
Sara Vera García - Chilang singer ; raised Jehovah's Witnesses

[edit] Unknown - "Rumours about..."

Prince - Musician
Serena Williams - tennis player ; 8 Grand Slam champion
Venus Williams - tennis player ; 5 time Grand Slam champion

Note: This list was originally drawn from [4] The information was edited by the creator of this list, a former Witness who can attest to each citation herein personally, but is skeptical of other entries on the source site. Further, some later edits that followed this note are not using Adherents.com as a source.

[edit] References

^ EISENHOWER: A FACTUAL SKETCH by TIME Magazine, April 07, 1952.
^ Awake! 1985 May 22, p. 21 My Basketball Career—Replaced by Two Other Loves!

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