Notable people
- William Montgomery Brown (1855–1937): American Episcopal bishop, communist author and atheist activist. He described himself as a "Christian Atheist".[17]
- John Dominic Crossan (b. 1934): Crossan identifies as a cultural Christian while he has also affirmed he does not believe in a literal God.[18][19]
- Thorkild Grosbøll (1948–2020): Danish Lutheran priest, publicly announced in 2003 that he did not believe in a higher power, in particular a creating or upholding God. Would continue to function as a priest until 2008 when he retired early.[20]
- Alexander Lukashenko (b. 1954): President of Belarus. Describes himself as an Orthodox atheist.[21]
- Luboš Motl (b. 1973): Czech theoretical physicist
- Douglas Murray (b. 1979): British author, journalist and political commentator. He is a former Anglican who believes Christianity to be an important influence on British and European culture.[22][23][24][25]
- Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894): Russian pianist, composer and conductor. Although he was raised as a Christian, Rubinstein later became a Christian atheist.[26]
- George Santayana (1863–1952): Spanish-American philosopher, writer, and novelist. Although a life-long atheist he held Spanish Catholic culture in deep regard.[27] He would describe himself as an "aesthetic Catholic."[28]
- Dan Savage (b. 1964): American author, media pundit, journalist and activist for the LGBT community. While he has stated that he is now an atheist,[29] he has said that he still identifies as "culturally Catholic".[30]
- Frank Schaeffer, son of theologian Francis Schaeffer describes himself as "an atheist who believes in God".[31]
- Richard B. Spencer (b. 1978): American Alt-right and white nationalist personality, says that he is an atheist,[32] but described himself as a "cultural Christian".[33]
- Andrew Tompkins, lead singer and bassist of the Australian Christian-themed doom metal band Paramaecium. Tompkins responded to questions of his faith by stating "...As to whether I'm a practicing Christian, I usually tell people I'm a practicing Christian but not a believing Christian."[34]
- Gretta Vosper (b. 1958): United Church of Canada minister who is an atheist.[35]
- Bogusław Wolniewicz (1927–2017): Polish right-wing philosopher, called himself as a "Roman Catholic nonbeliever".[36]
- Slavoj Žižek (b. 1949): Slovenian philosopher who self-identifies as a Christian atheist in the opening line of his book, “Pandemic: COVID-19 Shakes the World.”[37]
- Richard Dawkins (b. 1941): A prominent New Atheist who said, "“I would describe myself as a secular Christian in the same sense as secular Jews have a feeling for nostalgia and ceremonies.”[38]
