Secular humanists

British writer and journalist (1903–1950)

American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

British Romantic poet (1792–1822)

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)

French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857)

Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)

American author (1922–2007)

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

American actor (born 1948)

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

American writer (1925–2012)

American biologist, naturalist, and writer (1929–2021)

author, secular humanist, and feminist

Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier, appearing in Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Melancholia (2011), and Nymphomaniac (2013). Skarsgård's early English-speaking film roles include The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Good Will Hunting (1997), Ronin (1998), and King Arthur (2004). His accolades include two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Critics’ Choice Award.

British comedian

American author (born 1938)

American mathematician (1917–2011)

British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author (1887–1975)

Scottish writer (1954–2013)

American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010)

French philosopher (1901-1991)

American science writer

British-American academic (1811-1882)

Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1963)

American actor, comedian, musician and presenter (1921–2000)

British politician (1942-)

Indian political activist and intellectual

British politician (1913-2010)

American biblical scholar (born 1955)

Belgian author

Croatian linguist

French politician and philosopher

English comics and fiction writer (born 1968)

American professor of philosophy (1925-2012)

American anthropologist

stand-up comedian, writer, and Internet personality

American philosopher (1902–1989)

American historian and philosopher

American politician

American journalist and author (born 1957)

American archaeologist

American aeronautical engineer (1925-2007)

American composer and lyricist (1928–2025)

American atheist activist (born 1969)

Belgian writer (1898–1989)

American atheist activist

American political activist (born 1941)

American political commentator (born 1988)

British academic, scholar and writer (1949–2022)

anti-war activist (1939-2004)

American writer

Belgian chairperson

Professor of Religious Studies/Iowa State University/author of several books about religion (1958–2021)

film director

American activist

American writer (1955–2021)

Spanish politician

German opinion journalist, university teacher and writer (1909-1998)

educationist, philosopher, critic, writer and scholar of medieval Bengali literature (1921–1999)