People sometimes define " Christianity " in mutually exclusive ways. Some Religious Denomination s 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.
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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 can not be, exhaustive.
- Giacomo Aconcio , early advocate of religious tolerance.
- Daniel Dulany Addison , (1863-?) Episcopalian priest and writer knighted by the nation of Liberia .
- Howard Ahmanson, Jr , (born 1950), Intelligent Design advocate and millionaire.
- Alopen , earliest recorded missionary to China( Nestorianism )
- Nicolaus Von Amsdorf , (1483-1565)
- Bernhard Anderson , Methodist cleric
- Hanan Ashrawi , Palestinian Christian
- Avvakum , (died April 14, 1682) Old Believers figure
- Babai The Great , leading figure in the Assyrian Church Of The East
- John Badby , a Lollard burned for heresy.
- Jan Peter Balkenende , Dutch Prime Minister who was once a special professor of Christian-Social Thought.
- John Ball (priest) , 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.
- Doug Batchelor , Adventist evangelist.
- Joseph Bates (Adventist) , ( 1792 - 1872 ) Important in Seventh-day Adventist history.
- Henry Ward Beecher , significant abolitionist
- Wendy Beckett -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.
- Charles Albert Berry , Free Church Of Scotland minister.
- James Blair , minister who founded the College Of William And Mary .
- Bono , musician whose work occasionally is Christian themed.
- 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.
- Sydney Bertram Carter , (1915-2004), poet, folk musician, and songwriter (example: ''Lord of the Dance'')
- George Washington Carver , botanist and biologist
- Donald Caskie , Church Of Scotland minister linked to French resistance
- Vladimir Chertkov , Tolstoyan thinker.
- John Chivington , General and Methodist missionary of Sand Creek Massacre infamy.
- 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)
- Jean Claude , French Protestant theologian.
- Jacques Clément , Dominican friar and assassin.
- Jack Clemo , Deaf-blind religious poet.
- Hendrik De Cock , minister.
- Francis Collins , geneticist
- Mark Cook , Calvary Chapel
- Comenius ,(1592-1670), Unity Of The Brethren / Moravian
- Ray Comfort , (born 1949), Protestant Evangelist
- Boston Corbett , self-castrated minister who killed John Wilkes Booth .
- Robert Crowley (printer) , Protestant artist and theologian.
- Jonathan Myrick Daniels , (1939-1965), Episcopal seminarian, martyred for civil rights work
- Clifton Davis , actor and minister in Seventh-day Adventist Church .
- Jo Ann Davis , one of four Pentecostals in the 109th Congress of the United States .
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- John Alexander Dowie , Flat Earth Society
- Henry Drummond (1786-1860) , Irvingite.
- Henry Hare Dugmore , (1810-1896), Wesleyan missionary and translator in South Africa.
- 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
- Thomas Charles Edwards , Welsh Presbyterian minister and academic.
- 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.
- Gerald Flurry , minister in the Philadelphia Church Of God .
- John Weir Foote , (1904—1988), Canadian Presbyterian minister who received the Victoria Cross.
- Dom Franco , Calvary Chapel musician.
- Theodore Frelinghuysen , President of the American Bible Society ( 1846 - 1862 ) and Henry Clay 's running mate.
- George Of Podebrady , first king to join the Hussite s
- Gelelemend , (1737–1811), Lenape who took the name William Henry on being baptized a Moravian.
- Gerardo Of Borgo San Donnino , of the Joachimites .
- 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 .
- Alexander Henderson (theologian)
- 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 .
- Elizabeth Hope , possibly the "Lady Hope" in the story/legend concerning Charles Darwin .
- Jan Hus
- Jacob Hutter , founder of Hutterite s
- 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.
- 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 Kanzo , founder of Mukyokai
- Thomas Kelsey , Fifth Monarchist
- Hanns Kerrl , Nazi politician who tried for a "synthesis between Nazism and Christianity."
- 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 .
- Charles H. Kraft , anthropologist, linguist, and Protestant exorcist.
- Wilhelm Leber , New Apostolic Church
- Ann Lee , founder of the Shakers as we know them.
- Robert E. Lee , (1807-1870), US(CSA) military officer Episcopalian
- Witness Lee , (1905-1997), founded the Local Church
- James Legge , noted Sinologist and missionary.
- Madeleine L'Engle , fantasist
- C. S. Lewis , noted Anglo-Catholic Anglican, Inkling, thinker, and author.
- Jerry Lee Lewis , Off-again/On-again Pentecostal who's a cousin to Jimmy Swaggart .
- Vince Lombardi - Green Bay Packers coach who trained to be a priest.
- Barry W. Lynn , executive director of Americans United For Separation Of Church And State
- James Macandrew , Nineteenth century New Zealand politician active in the Free Church of Scotland.
- Norman MacLeod , Nineteenth century Scottish minister.
- David Mainse , Canadian televangelist.
- John Maitland, 1st Duke Of Lauderdale
- Sean Mann , (1932-1988), Bioethicist, Linguist, Protestant
- Emperor Marcian Of The Byzantine Empire , (c. 390-457), called Council Of Chalcedon
- Frank Lewis Marsh , Adventist and Creationist.
- Mary I Of England , (1553-1558), Roman Catholic queen
- Pilgram Marpeck , important Anabaptist leader.
- Ernest L. Martin , Biblical archaeologist.
- Cotton Mather , New England Puritan leader
- Arnold Mathew , Old Catholic bishop
- James McCosh , Scottish philosopher and Presbyterian minister.
- William McKinley , US President who believed it a national duty to spread Christianity.
- Melvin O. McLaughlin , (b. 1876- d. 1928), Republican politician who was once a Brethren minister.
- Mechthild Of Magdeburg , Cistercian nun and mystic.
- Walter Henry Medhurst , Congregational missionary to China.
- Haik Hovsepian Mehr , Iranian Christian(Pentecostal)
- Tom Metzger , Christian Identity minister and US political activist
- Steven Mierdman , Reformation era printer.
- Mieszko I , (962-992)
- Philip Milledoler , pastor and college president.
- Peter Milliken , Speaker Of The Canadian House Of Commons and a trustee with the Chalmers United Church.
- John Milton , (1608—1674), English Poet
- Wang Ming-Dao , founding figure in The Chinese Church in Christ
- William Morris (Canadian Businessman) , linked to a Presbyterian Synod.
- Feodosiya Morozova , fierce supporter of the Old Believers
- Christoph Gottlob Müller , early German Methodist.
- Ludwig Müller , bishop in the Nazi created Protestant Reich Church .
- John Murray , (1741-1815), Universalist Theologian
- Marilyn Musgrave , one of four Pentecostals in the US Congress.
- A. J. Muste , ( 1885 - 1967 ), Christian pacifist variously associated with the Dutch Reformed Church, Presbyterians, and Quakers. (Also a non-Christian Trotskiyite for a time)
- Joseph Hardy Neesima , (1843 - 1890), ordained Japanese Christian
- Nestorius , (428-431), Antiochene theologian, founded Nestorianism
- Matt Nightingale , musician and pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church .
- 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.
- Dolly Parton , says she's Christian and sings some gospel. (unspecific on denomination.)
- 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 .
- Alvin Plantinga , (born 1932), analytic philosopher
- 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 .
- Vavasor Powell , Fifth Monarchists.
- George McCready Price , Creationist
- Prokop The Great , leading Hussite general
- Pasquier Quesnel , (1634 - 1719), Theologian of Jansenism .
- Robert Rainy , (1826 - 1906), Moderator of United Free Church Of Scotland
- Joseph Hubert Reinkens , bishop in Old Catholicism.
- Bob Richards , Olympic athlete and extreme right political candidate.
- Paul Robins , ( 1804 - 1890), Bible Christian Church reverend
- Christina Rossetti , Poet and High Anglican, broke off with fiancé on religious grounds.
- Newton Rowell , (1867-1941), Canadian politician.
- Daniel Rowland , Welsh revivalist
- John Rudder , Australian linguist and Uniting Church In Australia person.
- Eric Robert Rudolph , Christian terrorist
- Charles Taze Russell , (1852-1916) also known as 'Pastor Russell'
- Jacob Bar-Salibi , Syriac Orthodox Church author
- William Sawtrey , said to be first Lollard martyr.
- Kaspar Schwenkfeld Von Ossig , ( 1490 - 1561 ), Anabaptist
- Cyrus I. Scofield , (1843-1921), editor of the '' Scofield Reference Bible ''
- Ling-Sheng Zhang , early leader in the True Jesus Church .
- Peter Short , Moderator Of The United Church Of Canada .
- William J. Simmons , (b. 1880) founder of the second '' Ku Klux Klan '' and a suspended Methodist minister.
- 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.
- William Spence , (1846 - 1926), trade unionist, politician, and lay preacher in Primitive Methodism.
- William Archibald Spooner , Anglican priest known for Those... Things
- D. C. Stephenson , KKK
- Ezra Stiles , An important President of Yale University and a clergyman.
- Kamal Stino , Coptic who was Agriculture Minister under Gamal Abdel Nasser .
- John F. Street , Seventh-day Adventist politician.
- Henry Ossawa Tanner , African American painter and bishop's son who did some Christian religious art.
- Jeremy Taylor , (1613-1667), Anglican preacher
- Johann Tetzel , Dominican Order member.
- Theodoret , theologian declared a heretic at the Second Council Of Constantinople
- Mother Teresa
- 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
- 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."
- Anna Trapnell , Associate Fifth Monarchist.
- Richard Chenevix Trench , Anglican archbishop and poet.
- Harriet Tubman , (1820-1913)
- Nat Turner , Slave rebellion leader
- 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.
- Abraham Ulrikab , (died January 13, 1881), An Inuit who was made into a zoo exhibit.
- Stuart Varney , Episcopalian economic journalist who claims to have had difficulties with Ted Turner , in part, because of that.
- Thomas Venner , Last Fifth Monarchist leader.
- Guido Verbeck , (1830-1898), Missionary to Japan
- Denmark Vesey , Planner of a slave rebellion who co-founded a black Methodist church.
- Johannes Von Rönge , (1813-1887), Also known as Johannes Ronge, Catholic , Protestant Reformer father of Freireligiöse
- 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
- B. B. Warfield , (1851-1921), Calvinist Theologian and professor at Princeton Seminary
- Lew Wallace , author of Ben-Hur 1880
- 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.
- John Winebrenner , (1797 - 1860), founder of a Church.
- A. Harold Wood , (1894?-1989), missionary in Tonga .
- John Wyclif , (born 1324)
- David Zeisberger , Moravian missionary to American Indians.
- Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf , Leading Moravians (religion) figure.
- Nanne Zwiep , pastor killed for resisting the Nazis.
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