Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

male, deceased (1992) (Russia)
science fiction writer, Three Laws of Robotics, robot, novelist, writer, prolific…Humanist, American Humanist Association, President American Humanist Association, Humanist and a rationalist
Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920- April 6, 1992, was a Russian-born American Jewish author and biochemist, a highly successful and...
Employment: …National President - The American Humanist Association, President - American Humanist Association
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

male, deceased (1790)
inventor, Founding Father of the United States, Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, lightning rod, electricity, great scientist…Humanist
Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,...
John Dewey

John Dewey

male, deceased (1952)
The School and Society, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, Studies in Logical Theory, Thought and its Subject-Matter, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools…Humanist
John Dewey (October 20, 1859 - June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thoughts and ideas have...
Paul Kurtz

Paul Kurtz

male, 83 years old
American military personnel of World War II, From Newark, New Jersey, From Buffalo, New York, Council for Secular Humanism, Center for Inquiry, Atheist activist…International Humanist and Ethical Union, Humanist Manifesto II, American Humanist Association, Humanist
Paul Kurtz (born December 21, 1925 in Newark, New Jersey) is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), but is best...
John Lennon

John Lennon

male, deceased (1980)
The Beatles, English, singer, Songwriter, Murdered entertainer, From Liverpool…Humanist
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980), was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English songwriter, singer,...
Petrarch

Petrarch

male, deceased (1374)
Italian Renaissance writer, Italian Renaissance humanist, Sonneteers, Renaissance Latin author, Renaissance humanist, Latin writer…Humanist
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarcha) (July 20, 1304 - July 19, 1374) was an Italian scholar, poet, and early Renaissance humanist. Petrarch is often...
Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer

male, 55 years old (Altadena, California, United States)
New Age author, Brights, Exploring the Unknown, atheist, The Science of Good and Evil, fundamentalist Christian…Humanist
Michael Shermer , as head of one of America's leading skeptic organizations, and as a powerful activist and essayist in the service of this...
Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus

male, deceased (1536)
Renaissance Latin author, On Civility in Child, Dutch Renaissance humanist, Leuven alumni before 1968, reformation, greek…Humanist
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, 1466/1469 - July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist...
Edward Said

Edward Said

male, deceased (2003)
postcolonial literature, Postcolonialism, postcolonial theory, Princeton University alumni, Academic, Arab American…Humanist
Edward Wadie Saïd was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and outspoken Palestinian activist. He was University Professor of English and C...
H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells

male, deceased (1946)
The First Men in the Moon, the invisible man, the island of doctor moreau, Short story writer, Bromley, English…Humanist
Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction...