Name some Famous people who's lives have been changed by religion or had a religion change or religion played a big part in their lives eg nelson Mandela mohammed ali yousuf Islam and John Lennon?

Answer 1

Anthony Flew (philosopher) although not religious in a sense went from atheism to theism.

The following are Christian converts or people whose beliefs played a big part in their life. I ve tried to keep list of people from this century and who i consider famous to popular culture otherwise the list would be extremely long.

Johnny Cash (musician) converted to Christianity that changed his life

C.S. Lewis (author and professor) former atheist

Kirk Cameron (actor)

David Berkowitz (serial killer) converted in prison

Ted Bundy (serial killer) converted in prison then excuted

Bob Dylan (musician)

Jeffery Dahmer (serial killer) converted in prison

Bob Marley (musician) former Rastafarian

Brian Welch (musician) former member of the band Korn

Ramzi Yousef (terrorist member of Al Qaeda) religion played big part in his life then converted to Christianity from Islam

Martin Luther King Jr (activist)

Tom Hanks (actor)

Mel Gibson (actor)

Chuck Norris (actor)

Robert Duvall (actor)

Charlton Heston (actor)

Elijah Wood (actor)

Olvia Newton-John (actress, singer)

Bono (U2 singer)

Jeff Foxworthy (comedian)

Dave Hughes (comedian)

George Foreman (boxer)

Evander Holyfield (boxer)

John Woo (director) mission impossible 2, broken arrow

Sam Walton (founder of Walmart)

H. G. Heinz (founder of Heinz foods)

Danielle Steele (female author)

Alice Cooper (rock musician)

Elvis Presley (rock musician)

Stephen Baldwin (actor)

Dick Van Dyke (actor)

John Milton (poet) paradise lost

Oscar Schnidler (ww2 hero saving Jews from Nazism)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (nazi resister and attempted Hitler assassin)

Damien Lewis (actor) band of brothers

J K Rowling (author)

James Earl Jones (actor)

Jamie Sheridon (actor)

James Hetfield (musician Metallica) recently suspected of becoming a christian because of new christian tattoos of Jesus and praying hands, a cross and the word faith. Also has recently appeared in an interview for tv wearing a Jesus t- shirt and apprently is always now wearing cross around his neck. Converted from christian science cult to atheism/agnostic and now to catholic christian

Entire band Creed

Then of coarse there is people of the long ago past Isaac Newton, John Newton, William Wilberforce, James Maxwell, Thomas Aqunius, Moses Mamonides, Einstein