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This is a list of notable people who left Christianity for another religion or a non-religious ideology.
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Ex-Christians who had been Roman Catholics
This is a list of people who left Roman Catholicism for another religion or a non-religious ideology.
Agnosticism and atheism
- Joseph McCabe - Priest who became an atheist critic of Catholicism.
- Omar Sharif - Academy Award-nominated Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. Of Lebanese Catholic background, he converted to Islam in the 1960s, but is now an atheist.[1]
Buddhism
- Roberto Baggio - Retired Italian footballer.
Hinduism
- George Harrison- Deceased rockstar performing both solo and with The Beatles[citation needed]
Islam
- Akhenaton - French rapper and producer of French hip hop.[2]
- Ellen Burstyn - American actress, converted to sufism in the 1970s
- Torquato Cardilli - Italian ambassador.[3]
- Keith Ellison - American, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress[4]
- Roger Garaudy - French philosopher.[5]
- René Guénon - French author in the field of metaphysics [6][7]
- Murad Wilfred Hofmann - NATO official[8]
- Abdul Raheem Green - Formerly Anthony Green, converted from Catholicism to Islam, and is now an Islamic lecturer.[9]
- Knud Holmboe - Danish journalist and explorer.[10]
- Nuh Ha Mim Keller - from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sufism, Islamic scholar.[11]
- John Walker Lindh - the "American Taliban" [12][13]
- Vincenzo Luvineri - American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks.[14]
- Ingrid Mattson - Canadian scholar and current president of the Islamic Society of North America (2006)[15]
- Matthew Saad Muhammad (formerly Matthew Franklin) - former boxer.[16]
- Peter Murphy - vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus.[17]
- Poncke Princen - Dutch soldier, later human rights activist.[18]
- Ahmed Santos - Filipino, fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement, suspected by Filipino authorities to be an Al Qaeda operative[19][20][21]
- Danny Thompson - English double bass player.[22]
- Mohammad Yousuf - Pakistani cricketer. Known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year.[23]
- Everlast - American musician, raised Catholic.[24]
- Margaret "Farhanahz" Ellis - Panamanian-American, converted from Catholicism to Islam. She's now an Islamic lecturer and Interfaith Peace activist.
Judaism
- Abraham ben Abraham, Polish count
- B'nai Moshe, Roman Catholic proselyte community to Judaism in Peru [25]
- Bishop Bodo, confessor to Louis the Pious also deacon[26]
- Campbell Brown, an American television news reporter, currently an anchor and political pundit for CNN and a former co-anchor of NBC's Weekend Today
- Aharón Calderón, a former monk of a Catholic monastery in South America, he converted to Orthodox Judaism.[27]
- Yisrael Campbell, comedian
- Kenneth Cox, former Catholic Priest [28]
- JoAnn Fay, a nun converted to Orthodox Judaism in 1980.[29]
- Aaron Freeman, journalist and comedian
- Cameron Kerry, politician, brother of John Kerry
- John King, an American journalist and the host of CNN's State of the Union
- Anne Meara (1929 - ) American comedian and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller[30]
- Timothy Olivieri, Former Catholic Deacon to Reform Judaism
- Armando Quiros, a former catholic priest, he converted to Orthodox Judaism.[31]
- Mary Doria Russell American author whose novel The Sparrow involves Jesuits.[32][33]
- Jews of San Nicandro, Roman Catholic proselyte community to Judaism in Italy [34]
- John David Scalamonti, a former Roman Catholic priest, he converted in 1972 to Orthodox Judaism [35]
- Joseph Abraham Steblicki, was almost executed in Germany for converting to Judaism.
- Karen Tintori, an American author of fiction and nonfiction
- Geza Vermes, expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and former Catholic priest, he reverted to Judaism.[36]
- Mare Winningham, actress-singer
Kabbalism
- Madonna, singer and entertainer
Paganism or pre-Christian traditional religion
- Vincent Kwabena Damuah - Priest who left Catholicism and founded a movement based in a mix of Christianity and African traditional religion.[37]
Raëlism
- Brigitte Boisselier, mostly known for her association with Clonaid.[38]
Scientology
- Tom Cruise - American actor [39][40]
- Katie Holmes - American actress, wife of Tom Cruise
Ex-Christians who had been Eastern Christians
This section is for those who left varying forms of Eastern Christianity in favor of a non-Christian religion or ideology.
Islam
- George XI of Kartli - Georgian Safavid commander.[41]
- Hamza Yusuf- American convert.[42]
- Iyasu V - Ethiopian emperor.[43]
- Alexander Litvinenko - former Russian spy converted to Islam on his deathbed.[44][45]
- Omar Pasha - Ottoman general. Converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.[46]
- Tekuder - Mongol leader of the Ilkhan empire who was formerly a Nestorian Christian.[47]
- Radu cel Frumos - was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş (Dracula) and prince of the principality of Wallachia.[48]
- Mihnea Turcitul - was a Prince (Voivode) of Walachia. Converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.[49]
Judaism
- Aleksei (Russian convert to Judaism) - Russian archpriest who converted.[50]
Communists and non-Christian Socialists
Ex-Christians who had been Protestants
Agnosticism and atheism
- Charles Templeton -A co-founder of Youth for Christ. He rejected Christianity after a struggle with doubts.[51]
- Karl Marx - Of Jewish ancestry, he was raised in the Lutheran Church and advocated Christianity in his early writings. Later became an atheist.
Buddhism
- Richard Gere - Hollywood actor.[52]
Islam
- Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), from Baptist[54][55] to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam.[56] famous boxer
- Ryan G. Anderson - former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda[57][58]
- André Carson - former Baptist,[59] second Muslim to serve the United States Congress.[60]
- Isabelle Eberhardt - from Lutheran Christianity, 19th century explorer & writer[61]
- Yahiya Emerick - American Muslim scholar, president of the Islamic Foundation of North America.[62]
- Yusuf Estes - former preacher and federal prison chaplain.[53]
- Silma Ihram - formerly a born again Baptist who is an Australian pioneer of Muslim education in the West, founder and former school Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College', campaigner for racial tolerance, and Author.[63]
- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood - British author.[64]
- Preacher Moss - Former Baptist,[65] American comedian and comedy writer.[66]
- St. John Philby - Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence operative; converted from Anglicanism.[67]
- Yvonne Ridley - British journalist, from Anglicanism. She converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban.[68][69]
- James Yee - previously Lutheran[70] and former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain.[71]
Judaism
- Nicolas Antoine, was a French-Christian Protestant theologian, and pastor, he died as a martyr in Geneva in 1632.[72]
- Shlomo Ben Avraham "Ole" Brunell, former Lutheran minister from Finland and Australia. Along with him, his wife Ruth (formerly Runa), two adult daughters, two teenage daughters, and a former son-in-law also converted.[73]
- Kate Capshaw, actress
- William G. Dever, a former evangelical minister, he converted to Judaism and became a world-renowned Biblical scholar
- Isla Fisher, American model and actress[74] who is a former member of the United Methodist Church.[75]
- Michael Flanagan, a former Baptist minister, his mother-in-law, wife and their two adult sons, grandchildren, daughter-in-law also converted to Orthodox Judaism.
- Hector Flores, a former evangelical minister, converted with 100 members of his Houston church [76]
- Capers Funnye, first African-American member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis, serves on the boards of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and the American Jewish Congress of the Midwest, and is active in the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, he is also the cousin of Michelle Obama
- Julie Galambush, a former American Baptist Minister, she converted to Judaism
- Natan Gamedze, former Protestant Christian, linguist and a Swazi royal, now a black Haredi rabbi
- Lord George Gordon, Best known for heading an anti-Catholic Protestant association.[77]
- Ahuva Gray served as a Christian minister in the African American community both in Chicago and Los Angeles for fourteen years. She left that world in 1996 to fulfill her spiritual yearnings and become an Orthodox Jew.
- Nobutaka Hattori, a former Protestant Minister of Japan he converted to Orthodox Judaism
- Carolivia Herron, author
- John Hove, a former Lutheran pastor, he converted to Orthodox Judaism in 1988.[78]
- Yitzchak Jordan, rapper converted to Orthodox Judaism
- Benjamin Klugger, former Pentecostal missionary, now Orthodox Jew and head of counter-missionary organization [79]
- Julius Lester, Author and musician who was the son of a minister.[80]
- Tonica Marlow, a former female evangelical minister and daughter of a Pentecostal preacher. She converted to Orthodox Judaism
- Mariano Otero, a former South Florida-based Pentecostal minister converted to Orthodox Judaism and is now a counter-missionary
- Yaakov Ephraim Parisi, former Pentecostal minister
- Skipp Porteous, former Pentecostal minister
- Thomas Roper, an ex-Baptist minister, he converted to Orthodox Judaism
- Carlos Samuel Salas, a former Methodist minister, he converted to Orthodox Judaism
- Gavriel Sanders former evangelical minister and missionary in Israel, he converted to Orthodox Judaism
- Arnold Schoenberg [81]
- Sheldon Christopher Smith, a former Pentecostal Pastor converted to Orthodox Judaism in 1987[82]
- Johann Peter Spaeth, German theologian[83] "Johann Peter Spaeth (about 1642-1701), author of an attack on Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-politicus, finally became a Jewish convert, called himself "Moses Germanus," and was even circumcised a few years before his death in 1697"
- Obadiah the Proselyte (né Johannes), priest and composer [84].
- Paul Tan, a former evangelical minister in Singapore, is moving towards Judaism with members of his congregation [85]
- Asher Wade an ex-Methodist pastor; he converted in 1978 to Orthodox Judaism.[86]
- David N. Weiss, Former Presbyterian minister David Weiss (born Jewish) returned to Judaism and is now a successful screenwriter living in Los Angeles.[87]
Paganism
Ex-Christians who had been Anglicans
Agnosticism and atheism
- Ken Livingston- former Mayor of London
- Jonathan Edwards (athlete) - Record-breaker who had been on religious television.[88]
Islam
- St. John Philby- Explorer, writer.[89]
- Suhaib Webb- American Islamic activist.[90]
Judaism
- Ivanka Trump- businesswoman and heiress, daughter of Donald Trump [91]
Scientology
- Mimi Rogers- actress and poker player
Ex-Christians from other or unspecified denomination
Buddhism
- Carey Lowell - US actress, wife of Richard Gere
Islam
- Salman the Persian A convert from Christianity[92] who was previously Zoroastrian. In search for truth, he traveled to Syria to follow Christianity. Upon the death of his teachers, he was directed to head to Arabia, where he was told the final prophet will rise. He later converted to Islam and became one of Muhammad's first companions.
- Thomas J. Abercrombie - photographer[93]
- Éric Abidal (changed his name to Bilal) - French football player , converted to Islam after marriage.[94]
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) - retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer[95]
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson) - retired basketball player[96]
- Tariq Abdul-Wahad (Olivier Saint-Jean) - originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings[97]
- Robin Padilla - Filipino actor.[98]
- Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah) - former NFL football player[99]
- Ivan Aguéli (Johan Agelii) - famous Swedish painter.[100][101]
- Dawud Wharnsby Ali (David Wharnsby) - Canadian singer/poet.[102][103]
- Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley - British soldier and peer.[104]
- Nicolas Anelka - French football player[105]
- Yasin Abu Bakr (Lennox Philip) - of Trinidad and Tobago, under trial for an attempted coup as of March 9, 2006[106]
- Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (Philip Barker) - professor of Urdu, former chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of South Asian studies and creator of the Tékumel fantasy world.[107]
- Kevin Barrett - university lecturer and member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.[108]
- David Belfield - American, fled to Iran after assassinating Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident.[109]
- Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador to Venezuela (1963–1969), Spain (1973–1976) and Morocco (1976–1983)[110]
- Jean de Béthencourt - French explorer who led an expedition to the Canary Islands.[111]
- Art Blakey - American Jazz musician[112]
- Omar Bongo - Gabonese, President of Gabon.[113]
- Claude Alexandre de Bonneval - 18th century French nobleman.[114]
- Tawana Brawley (changed her name to Maryam Muhammad) - African American woman noted for claiming to have been raped by several white men, a claim determined to be a fabrication by a grand jury. Later in life she converted to Islam.[115][116]
- Willie Brigitte - French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda in Pakistan and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia.[117]
- Dolores "LaLa" Brooks - American musician.[118]
- Count Cassius- Visigothic aristocrat who founded the Banu Qasi dynasty of Muladi rulers.[119]
- David Chappelle - comedian and television star[120]
- Benjamin Chavis - controversial former head of the NAACP; joined the Nation of Islam[121]
- Hedley Churchward - English painter[122]
- Jimmy Cliff - Jamaican reggae musician.[123][124]
- Aukai Collins - fought in Chechnya, paid FBI informant, author of an autobiographical book[125]
- Jerôme Courtailler - one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists[126][127][128]
- Ian Dallas - Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi - Sufi shaykh of Scottish origins.[129]
- C. Jack Ellis - Mayor of Macon, Georgia[130]
- Chris Eubank - British boxer[131]
- Sultaana Freeman - sued the state of Florida for niqab restrictions.[132]
- Adam Yahiye Gadahn - spokesperson for Al-Qaeda; on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list[133][134]
- George XI of Kartli - Saffavid commander.[41]
- Ryan Harris- football player for the Denver Broncos [135]
- David Hicks- Former Taliban fighter from Australia, recently released from detention in Adelaide. However, he later left Islam while incarcerated.
- Bernard Hopkins - American boxer[136]
- Jermaine Jackson (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) - former member of The Jackson 5 and brother of popstars Michael and Janet Jackson.[137]
- Michael Muhammad Knight - American novelist, writer, and journalist.[138]
- Rustie Lee - British television chef and celebrity.[139]
- Germaine Lindsay - participated and died in the 7 July 2005 London bombings[126][140][141]
- Alexander Litvinenko - former Russian spy converted to Islam on his deathbed.[44][45]
- Lee Boyd Malvo - convicted of capital murder and arrested for the Beltway sniper attacks, for being involved in 16 murders and 7 additional attempted murders.[142]
- Iyasu V - Ethiopian emperor.[43]
- Jacques-Francois Menou - French general under Napoleon I of France.[143]
- Bruno Metsu - French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup[144]
- Daniel Moore - poet [145]
- Sheila Musaji - founder of The American Muslim magazine.[146]
- Ibrahim Muteferrika (original name not known) - From Unitarian Christianity, an early example of a Muslim publisher and printer.[147]
- John Nelson - first recorded Englishman to become a Muslim.[148]
- Prince Buster, Jamaican singer and producer.
- Queen Noor of Jordan (formerly Lisa Najeeb Halaby)[149]
- Omar Pasha - Ottoman general. Converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.[46]
- Emin Pasha - physician, naturalist, and Egyptian governor.[150]
- Judar Pasha - conqueror of the Songhai Empire.[151]
- Bilal Philips - Islamic scholar and author[152]
- Marmaduke Pickthall - famous translator of the Quran.[153]
- William Abdullah Quilliam - 19th century British poet, ambassador and journalist.[154]
- Ilie II Rareş - prince of Moldavia.[155]
- Ahmad Rashād - Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver.[156][157]
- Richard Colvin Reid - shoe bomber (convicted terrorist) [158]
- Franck Ribéry- a French football player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal.[159]
- Busta Rhymes - Music artist, born to Rastafari parents
- Sana al-Sayegh, dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at Palestine International University, converted to Islam in August 2007. Fatah has accused its political rival Hamas of forcing the professor to convert from Christianity, a charge Hamas denies.[160]
- Brad Terrence Jordan ("Scarface") - American rapper[161]
- Mario Scialoja - Italian ambassador and President of the World Muslim League.[162]
- Betty Shabazz - wife of Malcolm X; former Methodist.[163]
- Zaid Shakir - African-American Muslim speaker and intellectual in the United States.[164][165]
- Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan.[166]
- Suleiman Pasha - French-born Egyptian commander.[167]
- Abu Tammam - 9th century Arab poet born to Christian parents.[168]
- Tekuder - Mongol leader of the Ilkhan empire who was formerly a Nestorian Christian.[47]
- Joe Tex - soul singer and recording artist.[169]
- Joseph Thomas - Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005, currently pending retrial.[170][171]
- Richard Thompson - British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting.[172]
- Ahmad Thomson - British barrister and writer and also a member of the Murabitun movement.[173]
- Top Topham - rock guitarist from England.[174]
- Gabriele Torsello - Italian freelance photojournalist based in London who was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.[175]
- Philippe Troussier - French, former football player & trainer of a Japanese football team[176]
- Mihnea Turcitul - was a Prince (Voivode) of Walachia. Converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.[49]
- Abu Usamah - controversial American-born Imam of Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, UK. Accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK Television documentary.[177]
- Jacques Vergès - French lawyer and famous anti-colonialism known for defending left- and right-wing international terrorists and dictators in court
- Siraj Wahaj - African-American Imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate Brooklyn's drug problems.[178]
- Danny Williams - British boxer[179]
- Malcolm X - American, from Christianity to Nation of Islam to mainstream Islam, African-American civil rights leader.[180]
- Khalid Yasin - Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute, and a Shaykh currently residing in Australia.[181]
- Alexander Russell Webb - American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the U.S.A. in the Philippines.[182][183]
- Suhaib Webb - American Islamic activist and speaker.[184]
- John Whitehead - an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.[185]
- Timothy Winter - prominent British Islamic thinker and scholar, and a lecturer in Islamic studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.[186]
- Zağanos Pasha - one of the prominent military commanders of Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a lala, at once an advisor, mentor, tutor, councillor, protector, for the sultan.[187]
- Mohammed Zakariya - an American master of Arabic calligraphy, best known for his work on the popular Eid U.S. postage stamp.[188]
Judaism
- Abayudaya, Ugandan Proselyte community [189]
- Bene Ephraim, Proselyte community in India [190]
- Bnei Menashe, another Proselyte community in India [191]
- Subbotniks, used to followed a blend of Christianity with a mixture of Jewish beliefs and customs, many are now converting to Judaism
- Moses ben Abraham
- Andrew/Andreas, the Archbishop of Bari, a city in Southern Italy, declared himself a Jew upon a journey to Constantinople in 1066 and subsequentally fled to Egypt.[192][193][194]
- Aquila of Sinope, Bible translator [195]
- Tom Arnold, actor [196]
- Rafael Cansinos Assens, was a Spanish poet, essayist, literary critic and translator
- Diego de Assumpcao, 16th to 17th century Franciscan friar.[197]
- Abraham of Augsburg
- Carroll Baker, an American Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and entrepreneur
- Elizabeth Banks, an American Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and entrepreneur
- Steve Bedwell, a comedian and a comedy writer in Melbourne
- George Belloni, former editor of Messianic Times, returned to Judaism [198]
- Polly Bergen, an American Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and entrepreneur
- Dany Boon, French comedian [199]
- Ralph Michael Brekan, international pop artist
- Elizabeth Brewster, Canadian poet[200]
- May Britt, actress [201]
- Geraldine Brooks,a Pulitzer Prize-winner, Australian-American journalist and author.
- Drew Bundini Brown, assistant trainer of former heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali
- Sarah Brown, actress [202]
- Eddie Butler, Israeli singer
- Abraham Carmel, a former Anglican and Roman Catholic priest, he converted to Orthodox Judaism
- Nell Carter, singer and actress [203]
- Cristian Castro, a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer [204]
- Juan Carrasco, former Augustin friar [205][206]
- Elizabeth Jane Caulfield, was a linguist and musician
- Connie Chung, an American journalist who has been an anchor and reporter for several U.S. television news networks, including NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC [207][208]
- Julius Ciss, former messianic Jewish missionary [209]
- William Holmes Crosby, Jr., considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of modern hematology. He published more than 450 peer-reviewed papers in the field, as well as those of oncology, gastroenterology, iron metabolism, nutrition and general medical practice. In addition he was an inventor and published translator of poetry.
- Warder Cresson, was a politician
- Sammy Davis, Jr., entertainer [210]
Sammy Davis, Jr., entertainer who converted during recovery from an automobile accident
- Dionis (former priest) [45]
- Jacqueline du Pré, musician [211]
- Patricia Duff, a political activist and a United States Democratic Party fundraiser
- Miss Elizabeth, also known as Elizabeth Ann Hulette, was a U.S. professional wrestling manager. She gained international fame during the late-1980s and early-1990s in the World Wrestling Federation, and the mid-1990s in World Championship Wrestling in her role as the manager to "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
- Hank Eng, New York born Chinese-American. He is a candidate for Colorado's 6th District in the U.S House of Representatives in the 2008 race.[212]
- Luke Ford, journalist [213]
- Soleil Moon Frye, American actress, director and screenwriter. Frye is best known for her childhood role as the title character in Punky Brewster, a television sitcom.[214][215]
- Leon Fundo, former Seventh-day Adventist preacher [216]
- Steve Furness [217]
- Sacha Gironde, French philosopher and cognitive scientist.
- Samuel Golding, former Christian minister [218]
- Lord George Gordon, nobleman and politician [219]
- Lars Gustafsson, served as a professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas
- Monica Horan, actress [207]
- Joel Horlen[220][221]
- Mary Hart (* 1950) American television personality, long-time host of the entertainment program Entertainment Tonight[222]
- Dov Heller, former Minister and missionary [223]
- Carolivia Herron, writer of children's and adult literature.[224]
- Carolyn Jones, actress[225]
- Jon Juaristi, Spanish writer [226]
- Skip Jutze [227]
- Semei Kakungulu
- Felicity Kendal, actress[228]
- Jamaica Kincaid, author[229]
- Mathilde Krim, Ph.D. is most famous for her role as the founding Chairman of amfAR, a well-known association for AIDS research.
- Lenny Kuhr, a Dutch singer-songwriter
- Anthony Lake, American diplomat, political figure, and academic. He has been a foreign policy advisor to many Democratic U.S. presidents and presidential candidates, and served as National Security Advisor under U.S. President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997.
- Nahida Lazarus, a German author, essayist, scholar, and literary critic
- Carole Le Faivre-Rochester, a former Domican nun, she converted to Judaism in 1989
- John Lehr, an American film and television actor and comedian
- Elliott Maddox, a former right-handed Major League Baseball American player from 1970 to 1980 for the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Mets.[230]
- Richard Marceau, Canadian politician
- Sam McCullum [231]
- Adah Isaacs Menken, stage actress[232]
- Marilyn Monroe, actress[233]
- Cornelio Da Montalcino, (a Franciscan friar who had embraced Judaism, and was burned alive on the Campo dei Fiori.)[234][235][236][237][238][239][240]
- Santa Montefiore, novelist[241]
- Abraham the Monk, former monk
- Tommy Motolla [207]
- Françoise Mouly is a Paris-born French artist and designer best known for her work with RAW, a showcase publication for cutting edge comic art, and as art editor of The New Yorker, a position she has held since 1993.
- Jeff Newman, a right-handed former utility player in major league baseball with a 9-year career from 1976 to 1984, and a manager in 1986. He played for the Oakland A's and Boston Red Sox.[242]
- Michael Netzer, an American artist best known for his comic book work for industry leaders DC Comics and Marvel Comics
- Martha Nussbaum, is an American philosopher with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy and ethics. She has been a professor at Harvard and Brown. She is currently a professor at University of Chicago[243]
- Bob Nystrom, former NHL player[244]
- Yaakov Parisi, Former Christian Minister from Oklahoma (who was born Roman Catholic).[245]
- Lorna Patterson, an American film, stage and television actress
- Rebecca Pidgeon, a Scottish-American actress, singer and songwriter
- Bob Plager [246]
- Moses Prado, was the professor of the classic languages at the University of Marburg
- Robert de Reddinge, was an English preaching friar, of the Dominican order
- Roger Rees, actor
- Abba Sabra, former monk of Ethiopian Christianity, and the teacher of the children of king Zara Yaqob, an African monarch
- Abba Saga, son of Ethiopian king Zara Yaqob, and former monk of Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity
- Jackie Sandler, an American actress
- Jack Saunders, a former minister
- Norma Shearer, actress
- Shyne, a Belizean–American rapper
- Karol Sidon, a Czech Orthodox Rabbi, writer and playwright
- Daniel Silva, the best-selling American author of ten thriller and espionage novels [247]
- Dubrovin Stanislav
- Kim Stanley (February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) [248]
- Venetia Stanley, socialite [249]
- Margo Stilley American film actress[250]
- Annette Taddeo, businesswoman and is the Democratic candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 18th Congressional District of Florida
- Elizabeth Taylor, actress[251]
- Penina Taylor, a former messianic Jewish leader [252]
- Jacob Tirado
- Bob Tufts [253][254]
- Ike Turner, was an American musician, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer, and the son of a Baptist minister
- Ary'el Tsion, formerly known as Bert Woudwijk, a Messianic pastor from Holland
- Chris Van Allsburg, children's writer[255]
- Efraim Uba, was raised Catholic, later became a Messianic cleric in Nigeria, and then later left that Christian sect to convert to Judaism.[256]
- Conrad Veidt, German actor [207]
- Moriya Webster, former Worldwide Church of God pastor [257]
- Wecelin, a cleric who worked for Duke Conrad of Carinthia, accepted Judaism sometime about 1005. There is written evidence that Wecelin published a brief tract against Christianity. Wecelin, who may have fled to Egypt, is only one of many 11th century converts described in the Cairo Genizah.[193]
- Barrie Wilson, biblical scholar, author and educator
- Jackie Wilson, was an American singer. Wilson was important in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. Gaining fame in his early years as a member of the R&B vocal group, The Dominoes, after going solo in 1957 he went on to record over fifty hit singles over a repertoire that included R&B, pop, soul, doo-wop and easy listening before lapsing into a coma following a collapse on stage during a 1975 benefit concert. By the time of his death in 1984, he had become one of the most influential soul artists of his generation.
- Shmuel Yakobi, a former Indian preacher [258]
- Steve Yeager, an American right-handed former major league baseball catcher [259]
- Catherine Zelazowska, Polish martyr [260]
See also
- List of converts to Christianity
- List of people who converted to Catholicism
- List of former atheists and agnostics
- List of atheists
- List of former Protestants
- List of former Muslims
- List of former Jews
- List of former Roman Catholics
- List of former Latter Day Saints
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- ^ a b Litvinenko converted to Islam, father says - Times Online
- ^ a b c Litvinenko's Father Says Son Requested Muslim Burial - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY
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- ^ ’’A Cold’’ By Marin Sorescu, Published 1978, p.16
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- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
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- ^ The religion of actor Orlando Bloom
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- ^ On the Other Side of Oddville By Dwight A. Moody, Ike Moody, pg. 122
- ^ Muhammad Ali & Company By Thomas Hauser, pg. 18
- ^ Muhammad Ali has embraced Sufi Islam and is on a new spiritual quest - Beliefnet.com
- ^ The Niqabi Paralegal: Ryan Anderson convicted
- ^ Soldier Guilty Of Al Qaeda Aid, Spc Anderson Convicted Of Trying To Give Terrorists Info - CBS News
- ^ Islam Convert seeks a seat in Congress
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- ^ The Ordeal of Chaplain Lee
- ^ CNN.com - U.S. Army Muslim chaplain arrested - Sep. 22, 2003
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- ^ Interview at Bayweekly "Q: Am I right that you became a Moslem in the mid-1960s? Answer: I think it was '65 or '66."
- ^ Abidal become Muslim with a name Bilal
- ^ NY Times Archived Short Book Review of Giant Steps by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Peter Knobler.
- ^ "MAHMOUD ABDUL-RAUF'S SUSPENSION FOR REFUSING TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM: A "FREE THROW" FOR THE NBA AND DENVER NUGGETS, OR A "SLAM DUNK" VIOLATION OF ABDUL-RAUF'S TITLE VII RIGHTS?" Washington University Law Quarterly.
- ^ NBA.com: Tariq Abdul-Wahad Bio
- ^ Robin Padilla opens school for Muslim kids
- ^ "NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wants NFL player to stop using name - the former Sharmon Shah, Miami Dolphin running back being sued by former basketball player" Jet Online. Dec. 1, 1997. Johnson Publishing Co.
- ^ Roald, Anne Sofie (2004). New Muslims in the European Context: The Experience of Scandinavian Converts . Brill Academic Publishers. pg.28
- ^ Aguéli Museum states "He changed his name to Ivan Aguéli. Later he converted to Islam."
- ^ IslamonLine.net
- ^ MySpace.com - Dawud Wharnsby - Colorado - Folk Rock / Acoustique / A'cappella - www.myspace.com/wharnsby
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- ^ Jamaat al-Muslimeen on Trial in Trinidad and Tobago
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- ^ Art Blakey official site In 1948, Art told reporters he had visited Africa, where he learned polyrhythmic drumming and was introduced to Islam, taking the name Abdullah Ibn Buhaina.
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- ^ Q&A with Sarah Brown "Judaism, for me, is more a spiritual thing than a religion, but I feel that I have a Jewish soul. I didn't convert because of my marriage; I just always felt like there was a Jewish soul inside of me just dying to get out."
- ^ Chicago Sun Times via "Find Articles.": Said of her conversion "I needed to know where God was, and I went back to the basics."
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- ^ The Jewish People's Almanac
- ^ Her website
- ^ IMDB
- ^ El Mundo
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- ^ Times Online interview: She says in the interview "I converted to Judaism in 1983. I am not a deeply religious person but it is a vital part of my life. It shapes my beliefs, and how I look at the world."
- ^ Beth Israel
- ^ Baseball Almanac.com
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- ^ Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco states of her marriage, "Adah was not at all interested in home or family; in fact, the only thing she shared sincerely with him was his religion–she adopted the Jewish faith and remained steadfast in it until her death."
- ^ "BBC On this Day"
- ^ The Jewish Community of Rome
- ^ This Month in Jewish History: September
- ^ Jewish History 1550 - 1559
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- ^ Jewish Expulsions
- ^ Same day any year, any millenium Any Yom Hashoah - Villagers with Torches
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- ^ biography from "Female Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley" by Jon Krampner, 2006
- ^ New York Times book review
- ^ Stilley - [21] "...the former model, raised a Christian in Conway, S.C., recently announced that she is converting to Judaism. Even her rabbi is befuddled.... "The first thing that attracted me to Judaism was the undeniable family strength that has held Jewish people and culture together for 3,000 years. . . Jews, whether religious or not, know where they have come from and what they would wish for their future, and this certainty is based on fact, not faith.... "I will not be a perfect Jew, nor will Judaism make me perfect. But I know that Judaism will give me faith, support, knowledge, and history. I am not Jewish because I choose to be. I am Jewish because there is no other choice for me.""
- ^ In her book Elizabeth Takes Off, Taylor writes, "[Conversion to Judaism] had absolutely nothing to do with my past marriage to Mike [Todd] or my upcoming marriage to Eddie Fisher, both of whom were Jewish. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time." [22]
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- ^ Jewish Bulletin of Northern California:On being asked about Christmas, because of the Santa Claus related The Polar Express, he stated "We have a Jewish household. I converted when I married Lisa."
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