List of Methodists
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This list deals with those who are notable in the history or culture of all Methodist
churches. For other Methodists who are not notable in Methodist history or culture, see :Category:Methodists.
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
churches. For other Methodists who are not notable in Methodist history or culture, see :Category:Methodists.
Clergy
- Bernhard AndersonBernhard AndersonBernhard Word Anderson was an American United Methodist pastor and Old Testament scholar.Born in Dover, Missouri, Anderson earned degrees from the College of the Pacific and Pacific School of Religion. In 1939, he was ordained to the ministry of the Methodist Church...
- Old Testament scholar. - Ephraim Kingsbury AveryEphraim Kingsbury AveryEphraim Kingsbury Avery was a Methodist minister who was among the first clergymen tried for murder in the United States...
, New England minister long thought to be the first American clergyman tried for murder - Canaan BananaCanaan BananaCanaan Sodindo Banana served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 18 April 1980 until 31 December 1987. A Methodist minister, he held the largely ceremonial office of the presidency while his eventual successor, Robert Mugabe, served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.During his lifetime, Banana...
- First President of ZimbabweZimbabweZimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
. - John C. A. BarrettJohn C. A. BarrettRev Dr John Barrett is an English Methodist and chairman and elected president of the World Methodist Council, succeeding Nigerian Sunday Mbang at the World Methodist Conference in Seoul on 24 July 2006...
- Chairman of the World Methodist CouncilWorld Methodist CouncilThe World Methodist Council, founded in 1881, is an association of churches in the Methodist tradition which comprises most of the world's Wesleyan denominations.- Extension and organization:...
, - William Black (Methodist)William Black (methodist)William Black was a Yorkshireman and founder of the Methodist congregation in colonial Nova Scotia....
- Linked to Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
. - Henry BoehmHenry BoehmHenry Boehm was an American clergyman and pastor. The son of noted clergyman Martin Boehm, Henry preferred to be a traveling preacher, going to different churches and lecturing about various religious topics....
- Centenarian. - George Bramwell EvensGeorge Bramwell EvensThe Rev. George Bramwell Evens was, under the pseudonym Romany , a British radio broadcaster and writer on countryside and natural history matters - quite possibly the first to broadcast on such issues...
- Nature writer of the Roma people. - William Gannaway BrownlowWilliam Gannaway BrownlowWilliam Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow was an American newspaper editor, minister, and politician who served as Governor of the state of Tennessee from 1865 to 1869 and as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1869 to 1875...
- Governor of Tennessee. - Byron CageByron CageByron Cage is an American gospel recording artist.-Early years:Inspired by the singing of the late Rev. Donald Vails and Thomas Whitfield, Cage began singing gospel music as a teenager. Cage went on to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, where he was a member of the Morehouse College Glee...
- Gospel singer. (African Methodist Episcopal ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchThe African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the A.M.E. Church, is a predominantly African American Methodist denomination based in the United States. It was founded by the Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816 from several black Methodist congregations in the...
) - Thomas CharlesThomas CharlesThomas Charles was a Welsh Nonconformist clergyman of considerable importance in the history of modern Wales.-Early life:...
- Welsh language author. (Of the Calvinistic MethodistsCalvinistic MethodistsCalvinistic Methodists are a body of Christians forming the Presbyterian Church of Wales and claiming to be the only denomination of the Presbyterian order in Wales which is of purely Welsh origin.-Early history:...
) - Zerah Colburn (math prodigy)Zerah Colburn (math prodigy)Zerah Colburn was a child prodigy of the 19th century who gained fame as a mental calculator.-Biography:He was born in Cabot, Vermont in 1804 and educated at Westminster School in London. He was thought to be mentally retarded until the age of seven. However, after six weeks of schooling his...
- Became a minister, after youth as a mental calculatorMental calculatorMental calculators are people with a prodigious ability in some area of mental calculation, such as multiplying large numbers or factoring large numbers...
. - Walter T. ColquittWalter T. ColquittWalter Terry Colquitt was a lawyer, circuit-riding Methodist preacher, United States Representative and Senator from Georgia.-Biography:...
- Circuit-riding Methodist preacher who served in the US House of Representatives and the Senate. - William Edwards (architect)William Edwards (architect)William Edwards was a Welsh Methodist minister who also practised as a stonemason, architect and bridge engineer....
- Welsh designer of bridges. - Edward EgglestonEdward EgglestonEdward Eggleston was an American historian and novelist.-Biography:Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana, to Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. As a child, he was too ill to regularly attend school, so his education was primarily provided by his father. He became an ordained Methodist...
- Also author. - Calvin FairbankCalvin FairbankCalvin Fairbank was an American abolitionist minister who spent more than 17 years in prison for his anti-slavery activities.-Biography:...
- Abolitionist. - Robert Newton FlewRobert Newton FlewRobert Newton Flew Robert Newton Flew Robert Newton Flew ((1886–1962) was an English Methodist minister and theologian, and an advocate of ecumenism among the Christian churches.-Family and education:...
- Theologian and ecumenist. - Orange ScottOrange ScottRev. Orange Scott , was a Methodist Episcopal minister, Presiding Elder, and District President. He presided over the convention that organized the new Wesleyan Methodist Connexion in 1843....
- First president Wesleyan Methodist Connexion. - Adam CrooksAdam Crooks (Wesleyan Methodist)Rev. Adam Crooks was a Wesleyan Methodist minister who promoted total abstinence from alcohol and the abolition of slavery....
- Wesleyan Methodist Connexion. - Arno Clemens GaebeleinArno Clemens GaebeleinArno Clemens Gaebelein was a Methodist minister in the United States of America. He was a prominent teacher and conference speaker. He was also the father of educator and philosopher of Christian education Frank E. Gaebelein....
- Also a writer. - Leslie GriffithsLeslie GriffithsLeslie John Griffiths, Baron Griffiths of Burry Port, is a Methodist minister and life peer in the House of Lords, where he sits with the Labour Party....
- Life peerLife peerIn the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as...
in the House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
. - Adam Hamilton (pastor)Adam Hamilton (pastor)Rev. Adam Hamilton is the senior pastor of the 18,000 member United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. It is the largest United Methodist congregation in the United States, measured by weekend attendance. The congregation has recently expanded to multiple sites in the Kansas...
- Senior pastor of the 17,000 member United Methodist Church of the ResurrectionUnited Methodist Church of the ResurrectionThe United Methodist Church of the Resurrection is a congregation of the United Methodist Church. The main campus is located in Leawood, Kansas with satellite campuses in Olathe, Kansas, downtown Kansas City, Missouri & Blue Springs, Missouri....
in Leawood, KansasLeawood, KansasLeawood is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. The city is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri and is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 31,867.-History:...
. - Harold P. HamiltonHarold P. HamiltonHarold Philip Hamilton was a soldier, college president, professor, state government official and charity administrator.Hamilton was born in High Point, North Carolina, the youngest of eleven children of a Methodist minister....
- Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeKentucky Wesleyan CollegeKentucky Wesleyan College is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky, a city on the Ohio River. KWC is just 40 minutes east of Evansville, Indiana, 2 hours north of Nashville, Tennessee, 2 hours west of Louisville, Kentucky, and 4 hours east of St. Louis, Missouri...
President. - Hill, RowlandRowland Hill (preacher)Rowland Hill A.M. , was a popular English preacher, enthusiastic evangelical and an influential advocate of small-pox vaccination. He was founder and resident pastor of a wholly independent chapel, the Surrey Chapel, London; chairman of the Religious Tract Society; and a keen supporter of the...
- founder of Surrey ChapelSurrey ChapelThe Surrey Chapel was an independent Methodist and Congregational church established in Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London on 8 June 1783 by the Rev. Rowland Hill. His work was continued in 1833 by the Congregational pastor Rev. James Sherman, and in 1854 by Rev. Newman Hall. The chapel's design...
, London and early advocate of vaccination - Silas HockingSilas HockingSilas Kitto Hocking was an Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth. In 1870 he was ordained as a minister...
- Novelist and preacher. - John HoganJohn Hogan (Missouri)John Hogan was a United States Representative from Missouri. Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1817 and settled in Baltimore...
- US Congressman and preacher. - Andrew Hunter (Methodist preacher)Andrew Hunter (Methodist preacher)Andrew Hunter was a noted Methodist preacher, sometimes referred to as "The Father of Methodism in Arkansas."-Biography:Hunter was born in Antrim, Ireland and came to the United States with his parents when he was two years old. The family settled in Pennsylvania where Hunter received a...
- "Father of Arkansas Methodism" and a politician. - Leonard Monk Isitt (minister)Leonard Monk Isitt (minister)Rev. Leonard Monk Isitt was a Member of Parliament of the New Zealand Liberal Party. He was born in Bedford, England and died in Christchurch, New Zealand....
- New Zealand Methodist minister. - James W. KempJames W. KempJames W. Kemp is a retired United Methodist pastor and author now living in Lexington, Kentucky. In his book, The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss, he says he considers Theodor S. Geisel to be his favorite theologian.-Bibliography:...
- Minister known for writing about Dr. SeussDr. SeussTheodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone....
as he relates to Christianity. - Samuel KobiaSamuel KobiaRev Dr Samuel Kobia , is a Methodist clergyman and the first African to be elected General Secretary of the World Council of Churches , a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and local churches representing a Christian population of over 590 million people...
- General Secretary of the World Council of ChurchesWorld Council of ChurchesThe World Council of Churches is a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and sub-regional, national and local churches seeking unity, a common witness and Christian service. It is a Christian ecumenical organization that is based in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland...
, - Lowen KruseLowen KruseLowen Kruse is a Nebraska state senator from Omaha, Nebraska, in the Nebraska Legislature and retired minister for Omaha First United Methodist Church. -Personal life:...
- Nebraska state senator. - Augustus Baldwin LongstreetAugustus Baldwin LongstreetAugustus Baldwin Longstreet was an American lawyer, minster, educator, and humorist, known for his book Georgia Scenes.-Biography:...
- Known as a humorist. - William LoseeWilliam LoseeWilliam Losee was a Methodist minister, who acted as a circuit rider in the United States and Upper Canada.-Biography:...
- Canadian circuit rider. - Sarah MallettSarah MallettSarah Mallet was one of the very small group of women authorised by John Wesley to become a preacher, in the early days of Methodism....
- Preacher. - William Morley PunshonWilliam Morley PunshonWilliam Morley Punshon was an English Nonconformist divine].He was born at Doncaster, Yorkshire, was educated in his native town, and, after spending a few years in business, at the Wesleyan College, Richmond. In 1845 he received his first appointment, at Marden, Kent, and soon became famous as a...
- Preaching/Lecturing. - Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of CalowKathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of CalowThe Rev'd Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow OBE is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords.She was the first woman President of the Methodist Conference from 1992 to 1993...
- First woman president of the Methodist Conference. - Egerton RyersonEgerton RyersonAdolphus Egerton Ryerson was a Methodist minister, educator, politician, and public education advocate in early Ontario, Canada...
- Ryerson UniversityRyerson UniversityRyerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...
is named for him. - William RyersonWilliam RyersonWilliam Ryerson was a Methodist minister and political figure in Canada West.He was born in Maugerville, New Brunswick in 1797 and grew up in Norfolk County in Upper Canada. He served with his father as a volunteer during the War of 1812. He converted to Methodism after the war and left home,...
- Political figure. - Tex SampleTex SampleTex Sample is a specialist in church and society, a storyteller, author, and the Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Professor Emeritus of Church and Society at the St. Paul School of Theology, a United Methodist seminary in Kansas City, MO where he taught from 1967–1999...
- Sociologist of religion. - William J. SimmonsWilliam J. SimmonsWilliam Joseph Simmons was the founder of the second Ku Klux Klan on Thanksgiving Night of 1915.-Early life:Simmons was born in Harpersville, Alabama, to Calvin Henry Simmons, a physician; and Lavonia David. He served in the Spanish-American War and later claimed to have studied medicine at Johns...
- Founder of the second Ku Klux KlanKu Klux KlanKu Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically...
(suspended minister) - Ndabaningi SitholeNdabaningi SitholeNdabaningi Sithole founded the Zimbabwe African National Union, a militant organization that opposed the government of Rhodesia, in July 1963. A member of the Ndau ethnic group, he also worked as a Methodist minister. He spent 10 years in prison after the government banned ZANU...
- Founder of the Zimbabwe African National UnionZimbabwe African National UnionThe Zimbabwe African National Union was a militant organization that fought against the standing government in Rhodesia, formed as a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union...
and a Methodist minister. - John Karefa-SmartJohn Karefa-SmartDr. John Albert Musselman Karefa-Smart was a politician from Sierra Leone and leader of the United National People's Party. He was an ordained Elder of the United Methodist Church.-Education:...
- Leader of the United National People's PartyUnited National People's PartyThe United National People's Party is a political party in Sierra Leone.In 1996, the UNPP received 21.6% of the votes in the parliamentary election, winning 17 of the 68 seats...
of Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneSierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
. - Donald SoperDonald SoperDonald Oliver Soper, Baron Soper was a prominent Methodist minister, socialist and pacifist.Soper was born at 36 Knoll Road, Wandsworth, London, the first son and first child of the three children of Ernest Frankham Soper , an average adjuster in marine insurance, the son of a tailor, and his...
- Christian socialist and pacifist. - Edward Sugden - First master of Queen's College (University of Melbourne)Queen's College (University of Melbourne)Queen's College is a residential College affiliated with the University of Melbourne providing accommodation to 220 students who are attending the University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts, RMIT University and Monash University's Victorian College of Pharmacy.In addition to the...
. - Wilbur Fisk TillettWilbur Fisk TillettWilbur Fisk Tillett, S.T.D., LL.D. was an American Methodist clergyman and educator, born at Henderson, N.C. He graduated from Randolph Macon College in 1877 and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1880. In Vanderbilt University he was professor of systematic theology and dean of the...
- Clergyman and educator. - Charles TindleyCharles TindleyRev. Dr. Charles Albert Tindley was an American Methodist minister and gospel music composer....
- Gospel music composer. - Channing Heggie TobiasChanning Heggie TobiasChanning Heggie Tobias was a civil rights activist and Spingarn Medalist. In 1946 he was appointed to the President's Committee on Civil Rights....
- Member of the President's Committee on Civil RightsPresident's Committee on Civil RightsThe President's Committee on Civil Rights was established by Executive Order 9808, which Harry Truman, who was then President of the United States, issued on December 5, 1946. The committee was instructed to investigate the status of civil rights in the country and propose measures to strengthen...
. - Ray Vaughn - Christian musician and evangelist.
- Simon ToppingSimon ToppingSimon Topping is a Methodist minister and faith leader based in Hucclecote in Gloucester, England, known for his campaign work in favour of ending world poverty.-Background:...
- Activist on poverty causes like Make Poverty HistoryMake Poverty HistoryMake Poverty History is the name of a campaign that exists in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark , Finland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain and Ireland...
. - Cecil WilliamsCecil WilliamsA. Cecil Williams is an American minister of the United Methodist Church and a community leader, author, lecta;dknmfaurer, and spokesperson for the poor.- Early Life :...
- Involved in HIV/AIDS causes.
Missionaries
- Henry Augustus BuchtelHenry Augustus BuchtelHenry Augustus Buchtel was an American minister, educator, and public official, born near Akron, Ohio. He was the seventeenth governor of Colorado....
- Did missionary work in BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, also a Governor of Colorado. - Henry Hare DugmoreHenry Hare DugmoreThe Reverend Henry Hare Dugmore , a South African missionary, writer and translator, was born in England, son of Isaac and Maria Dugmore. The family emigrated when his father was financially ruined after being forced to pay the debts of a relative for whom he had stood surety...
- Wesleyan missionary and translator in South Africa. - Alexander Robert EdgarAlexander Robert EdgarAlexander Robert Edgar was an early Methodist missioner in Australia.Edgar, was the second of five sons of Edward and Mary Edgar and was born in County Tipperary, Ireland. The family moved to Melbourne in February 1855, and about two years later his family settled at St Arnaud, then a small...
- Missionary to Australia. (convert from AnglicanismAnglicanismAnglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...
) - James Hope MoultonJames Hope MoultonReverend James Hope Moulton, born on 11 October 1863, and died at sea on 9 April 1917, was an English non-conformist divine.-Biography:His family had a strong Methodist background. His father was the first headmaster of the Leys School, Cambridge where James was one of the first students. After...
- Missionary known for studying/preaching to the Parsis. - Christoph Gottlob MüllerChristoph Gottlob MüllerChristoph Gottlob Müller is generally considered to be the founder of the Wesleyan Church in Germany. He converted himself to Methodism around 1806, after he had fled to England during the Napoleonic wars.-External links:...
- Founded the Wesleyan Church in Germany.
Laity
This concerns those not of the Methodist clergy who are still of importance to the history or culture of Methodists.Educators
- Margaret Davis BowenMargaret Davis BowenMargaret Davis Bowen was a religious leader, civil rights activist and educator who led the , a top private black college in New Orleans, during the late 1930s. She received her M. Ed. from the University of Cincinnati in 1935...
- African-American educator, civil rights activist, religious leader in the Methodist church
Musicians
- Brittany HargestBrittany HargestBrittany Lynne Hargest is a Christian singer and dancer best known for being a member of the Christian/pop group Jump5, which also featured her older brother Brandon Hargest.- Personal life :...
- Member of CCM group Jump5Jump5- History :Siblings Brandon and Brittany Hargest had competed on the same dance team as Lesley Moore, and were familiar with Chris Fedun and Libby Hodges through the competitive dance circuit. The mother of Hodges held an open casting call to find additional members to form a new pop group with her...
. - Beyonce KnowlesBeyoncé KnowlesBeyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...
- Attended St. John's United Methodist Church in Houston, TX. - Brian Courtney WilsonBrian Courtney WilsonBrian Courtney Wilson is an American gospel and CCM singer.-Biography:Wilson was raised in the Chicago, Illinois area. Since his childhood, Wilson began singing with the adult male chorus at the Rock of Ages Baptist Church....
- American gospel and CCM singer.
Politicians
Note: The religion of these non-clergy Methodists should relate to their historical significance.- Paul BoatengPaul BoatengPaul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury...
- Lay preacher who became Britain's first black Cabinet minister in 1997. - Colin BreedColin BreedColin Edward Breed is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for South East Cornwall from 1997 until he stood down at the 2010 general election.-Early life:...
- Methodist lay preacher and British MP. - George W. BushGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
- Bush left his family's Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal Church (United States)The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
to join his wife's United Methodist ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchThe United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...
. - Isaac FootIsaac Foot-Early life:Isaac Foot was born in Plymouth, the son of a carpenter and undertaker, and educated at Plymouth Public School and the Hoe Grammar School, which he left at the age of 14. He then worked at the Admiralty in London, but returned to Plymouth to train as a solicitor...
- Vice President of the Methodist Conference (1937–38) and President of the Liberal Party (UK)Liberal Party (UK)The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
(1947) - John Karefa-SmartJohn Karefa-SmartDr. John Albert Musselman Karefa-Smart was a politician from Sierra Leone and leader of the United National People's Party. He was an ordained Elder of the United Methodist Church.-Education:...
- Sierra Leonese foreign minister and Methodist elder. - Robert Newbald KayRobert Newbald KaySir Robert Newbald Kay was an English solicitor and politician, based in York. He was also Liberal Member of Parliament for Elland from 1923 to 1924, and Lord Mayor of York in 1925....
- British Liberal MP. Also Member of the Methodist Conference who was important to the Methodist chapel in Acomb, North Yorkshire. - Edmund MarshallEdmund MarshallDr Edmund Ian Marshall is a British politician and Churchman.-Early life:Marshall was educated at Humberstone Foundation School on Clee Road in Old Clee, Cleethorpes and Magdalen College, Oxford,where he took double first class...
- Methodist local preacher, ecumenical adviser to the Bishop of WakefieldBishop of WakefieldThe Bishop of Wakefield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Wakefield in the Province of York.The diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covers Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees and Calderdale...
, and former MP. - William McKinleyWilliam McKinleyWilliam McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...
- He supported Methodist missionaries attempts to evangelize the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
and deemed it his duty to "Christianize" the Filipino people. - Florence PatonFlorence PatonFlorence Beatrice Paton , née Widdowson, was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, and a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1950.- Early life :...
- Methodist lay preacher, British Labour party. - Fidel V. RamosFidel V. RamosFidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos , popularly known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy.Prior to his election as...
- Currently of the Lakas-Christian Muslim DemocratsLakas-Christian Muslim DemocratsLakas-CMD , popularly known as Lakas, was a political party in the Philippines and the predecessor of Lakas Kampi CMD. Its ideology and that of its successor is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy, and by Populism...
was the first Methodist, and first non-Catholic, to be elected President of the Republic of the Philippines. - Alfred RobertsAlfred RobertsAlfred Roberts was an English grocer, lay preacher, alderman and Mayor of Grantham. He was the father of Margaret Thatcher, the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
- Former mayor of GranthamGranthamGrantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...
, Methodist lay preacher, and father to Margaret ThatcherMargaret ThatcherMargaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
. - Newton RowellNewton RowellNewton Wesley Rowell, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician and leading lay figure in the Methodist church. Rowell led the Ontario Liberal Party from 1911 to 1917 and put forward a platform advocating temperance...
- A leading lay figure in Canada's Methodist church and a politician. - William SpenceWilliam SpenceWilliam Guthrie Spence , Australian trade union leader and politician, played a leading role in the formation of both Australia's largest union, the Australian Workers Union, and the Australian Labor Party.-Early life:...
- Lay preacher in Primitive Methodism. - Frederick Stewart (Australian politician)Frederick Stewart (Australian politician)Sir Frederick Harold Stewart was an Australian businessman, politician and government minister. His continuing political commitment was to the establishment of a national insurance scheme and the shortening of working hours to improve social conditions during the Great Depression, despite the...
- Methodist lay minister. - Boris TrajkovskiBoris TrajkovskiTrajkovski died on 26 February 2004 in a plane crash en route to an economic conference in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aircraft crashed in thick fog and heavy rain on a mountainside in southeastern Herzegovina, near the villages of Huskovici and Rotimlja some eight miles south-south-east...
- President of the Church Council of the Macedonian Evangelical Methodist Church and second President of the Republic of MacedoniaPresident of the Republic of MacedoniaThe President of the Republic of Macedonia is the head of state of the Republic of Macedonia. The institution of the Presidency of the modern Republic of Macedonia began after the Macedonian declaration of independence on 8 September 1991. Its first president was Kiro Gligorov, the oldest president...
. - Taufa'ahau Tupou IVTaufa'ahau Tupou IVTāufaāhau Tupou IV, King of Tonga, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, KStJ son of Queen Sālote Tupou III and her consort Prince Viliami Tungī Mailefihi, was the king of Tonga from the death of his mother in 1965 until his own death in 2006...
- Lay preacher in the Free Wesleyan ChurchFree Wesleyan ChurchThe Free Wesleyan Church is the largest Methodist denomination in Tonga. The royal family of the country are prominent members, and the late king was a lay preacher....
and former King of Tonga.
Scientists
Note: They should have some involvement in religion and science discussion in order to be relevant.- Charles CoulsonCharles CoulsonCharles Alfred Coulson FRS was an applied mathematician, theoretical chemist and religious author.His major scientific work was as a pioneer of the application of the quantum theory of valency to problems of molecular structure, dynamics and reactivity...
- He became Vice-President of the British Methodist Conference in 1959 and won chemistry's Davy MedalDavy MedalThe Davy Medal is awarded by the Royal Society of London "for an outstandingly important recent discovery in any branch of chemistry". Named after Humphry Davy, the medal is awarded with a gift of £1000. The medal was first awarded in 1877 to Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff "for...
in 1970. - William Daniel PhillipsWilliam Daniel PhillipsWilliam Daniel Phillips is an American physicist and shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1997 with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji. He is of Italian and Welsh descent.-Biography:...
- Nobel Prize winning physicist and a founding member of the "International Society for Science & Religion." - Arthur Leonard SchawlowArthur Leonard SchawlowArthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist. He is best remembered for his work on lasers, for which he shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn.-Biography:...
- Co-winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
.
Writers (Including hymn-writers)
- William F. AlbrightWilliam F. AlbrightWilliam Foxwell Albright was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist and expert on ceramics. From the early twentieth century until his death, he was the dean of biblical archaeologists and the universally acknowledged founder of the Biblical archaeology movement...
-Methodist archaeologist who writes on Bible archaeology. - Samuel ChadwickSamuel ChadwickSamuel Chadwick was a Wesleyan Methodist minister.-Early life:Samuel Chadwick was born in Burnley, Lancashire in the industrialized north of England into a devout Methodist family. His father worked in a cotton mill and, at the age of 8, Samuel joined him, working 12-hour shifts...
- The Way to Pentecost - Phoebe KnappPhoebe KnappPhoebe Knapp was a composer of music for hymns and an organist.Knapp was born in New York City. Her parents were Walter C. Palmer and Phoebe Worrall Palmer...
- Methodist hymnwriter. - Ann GriffithsAnn GriffithsAnn Griffiths was a Welsh poet and writer of Methodist Christian hymns.-Biography:Ann was born in April 1776 near the village of Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, six miles from the market town of Llanfyllin in Powys...
- Poet and hymn-writer. (Convert from Anglicanism) - William Williams PantycelynWilliam Williams PantycelynWilliam Williams Pantycelyn , also known as Williams Pantycelyn and Pantycelyn, is generally acknowledged as Wales' most famous hymn writer. He was also one of the key leaders of the 18th century Welsh Methodist revival, along with Daniel Rowland and Howell Harris. As a poet and prose writer he is...
- Welsh Methodist hymnwriter. (Calvinistic Methodist and preacher)
Fictional characters
- SupermanSupermanSuperman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
- also known as Clark KentClark KentClark Kent is a fictional character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Appearing regularly in stories published by DC Comics, he debuted in Action Comics #1 and serves as the civilian and secret identity of the superhero Superman....
or Kal-El. Superman is the archetypal costumed super-hero. He is clearly the most influential character in the comic book super-hero genre. The character was created by Jerry SiegelJerry SiegelJerome "Jerry" Siegel , who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, and Herbert S...
and Joe ShusterJoe ShusterJoseph "Joe" Shuster was a Canadian-born American comic book artist. He was best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1...
, both of whom were Jewish. The character of Superman, however, has always been depicted as having been raised with a solidly Protestant upbringing by his adoptive Midwestern parents - Jonathan and Martha Kent. Of Clark's parents, Martha is the more devout churchgoer. Clark Kent was raised as a Methodist. The Kents are Methodists, although Jonathan is not as regular a churchgoer as his wife. - SuperboySuperboySuperboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. These characters have also been the main characters of four ongoing Superboy comic book series published by DC....
- also known as Conner Kent or Kon-El Superboy is a clone made from the DNA of Superman (who was raised as a Methodist) and Lex LuthorLex LuthorLex Luthor is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and the archenemy of Superman, although given his high status as a supervillain, he has also come into conflict with Batman and other superheroes in the DC Universe. Created by Jerry Siegel and...
(a Nietzschean atheist). Superboy was being raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent, who were also the adoptive parents of Clark Kent, the Kryptonian infant orphan who grew up to be Superman. - Jonathan and Martha Kent - Clark and Conner Kent's adopted parents.
- SupergirlSupergirlSupergirl is a female counterpart to the DC Comics Superman. As his cousin, she shares his super powers and vulnerability to Kryptonite. She was created by writer Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959. She first appeared in the Action Comics comic book series and later branched out...
- real name is Linda DanversLinda DanversLinda Danvers, formerly known as Supergirl, is a fictional character, a comic book superhero published by DC Comics. She debuted in Supergirl #1 , and was created by Peter David and Gary Frank...
, the fictional character of Supergirl (the post-Crisis version written prominently by Peter David during the late 1980s and 1990s) was an active Methodist. Supergirl's minister, Rev. Larry Varvel, was based on a real-life Methodist minister of the same name. - Sylvia Danvers - Supergirl's (Linda Danvers) Mother, a church assistant studying for the ministry.
- Atoman - also known as Craig Wallace, one of the Seven Sentinels
- Amanda WallerAmanda WallerDr. Amanda Blake Waller is a character published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Legends #1 in 1986, and was created by John Ostrander, Len Wein, and John Byrne...
—also known as The Wall, White Queen, and Black King—leader of the Suicide Squad and Checkmate. - Francine Peters-Silver - one of the characters in Strangers in Paradise.
- Church Mice - a comic strip character created by Karl Zorowski.