List of humanists
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This is a partial list of famous humanists, including both secular and religious humanists.
- Steve Allen - Allen was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism,[1] and Chairman of the Council for Secular Humanism.[2]
- Isaac Asimov Asimov was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- A. J. Ayer Ayer was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Hermann Bondi Bondy was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Anton J. Carlson Carlson was a signer of the original Humanist Manifesto.[3]
- Arthur C. Clarke Clarke was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Francis Crick Crick was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Richard Dawkins Dawkins is a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- John Dewey Dewey was a signer of the original Humanist Manifesto.[3]
- John H. Dietrich Dietrich was a signer of the original Humanist Manifesto.[3]
- Albert Einstein Served on the advisory board of the First Humanist Society of New York[4][5]
- Murray Gell-Mann Gell-Mann is a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism,[1]
- Stephen Jay Gould Gould was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Julian Huxley Huxley was a self-described "scientific humanist," and presided over the founding congress of the International Humanist and Ethical Union.[6]
- Paul Kurtz Kurtz co-authored Humanist Manifesto II.[7]
- Corliss Lamont [1]
- R. Lester Mondale Mondale was a signer of the original Humanist Manifesto.[3]
- Charles Francis Potter Potter was a signer of the original Humanist Manifesto.[3]
- Karl Popper Popper was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Curtis W. Reese Reese was a signer of the original Humanist Manifesto.[3]
- Gene Roddenberry (1921—1991): American scriptwriter and producer, creator of Star Trek. Roddenberry was a member of the American Humanist Association, and has been called "one of the most influential yet unheralded humanists of the twentieth century."[8]
- Richard Rorty Rorty was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Salman Rushdie Rushdie is a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Carl Sagan Sagan was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Rod Serling Creator and narrator of The Twilight Zone.[9]
- Peter Singer Singer is a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Linda Smith (comedian): Previous president of British Humanist Association
- Christer Sturmark: Chairman of The Swedish Humanist Organisation.
- Peter Ustinov Ustinov was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Ibn Warraq Author of Why I am Not a Muslim, and chair of the Council for Secular Humanism's Committee for the Study of Koranic Literature.[10]
- James D. Watson Watson is a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- E. O. Wilson Wilson is a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism.[1]
- Edwin H. Wilson Wilson was a signer of the original Humanist Manifesto.[3] He also co-authored Humanist Manifesto II.[7]
- Sherwin T. Wine: Rabbi and founder of Society for Humanistic Judaism
Others are listed on the following humanist organisation pages:
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r The International Academy Of Humanism at the website of the Council for Secular Humanism. (Retrieved 18 October 2007).
- ^ A Tribute to Steve Allen, by Paul Kurtz, Skeptical Inquirer magazine, January/February 2001. (Retrieved 18 October 2007.)
- ^ a b c d e f g Chapter 13: Publication of "A Humanist Manifesto", from The Genesis of a Humanist Manifesto, by Edwin H. Wilson, Humanist Press, a division of the American Humanist Association, 1995. Retrieved 19 October 2007 from The Secular Web].
- ^ Stringer-Hye, Richard (1999), "Charles Francis Potter", Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography, Unitarian Universalist Historical Society
- ^ Wilson, Edwin H. (1995), "Chapter 2: The Background of Religious Humanism", Genesis of a Humanist Manifesto, The Secular Web Library
- ^ [1850-1952: The road to the founding congress], excerpted from International Humanist and Ethical Union 1952-2002: Past, present and future, Bert Gasenbeek and Babu Gogineni (eds.), De Tijdstroom uitgeverij, 2002, retrieved 19 October 2007 from the website of the International Humanist and Ethical Union.
- ^ a b Humanist Manifesto II, by Paul Kurtz and Edwin H. Wilson, The Humanist magazine, September/October 1973, American Humanist Association. Retrieved from the website of the American Humanist Association 19 October 2007.
- ^ Interview of Gene Roddenberry: Writer, Producer, Philosopher, Humanist, by David Alexander, The Humanist magazine, March/April 1991. Archived version accessed 19 October 2007.
- ^ "Theologically speaking, Rod was what we call a naturalistic humanist..." Reverend Ernest Pipes, speaking of Rod Serling, who was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica, California. Looking back: 'Twilight Zone' writer challenged prejudice, by Kimberly French, UU World magazine, Vol. XXI, Nol 4, Winter 2007.
- ^ Humanist Scholars To Examine Islam And The Koran, by Matt Cherry, Secular Humanist Bulletin, Volume 13, Number 1. Retrieved 19 October 2007.
