John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

male, deceased (1968)
From Salinas, California, Cinema of the United States, Academy Award for Best Story, Dust Bowl, nomination for Best Story, Stanford University alumni…Humanist
John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27 1902 - December 20 1968) was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. A...
Henry Morgentaler

Henry Morgentaler

male, 86 years old
Canadian abortion provider, Jewish, Jewish person, general practitioner, From toronto, Doctor of Medicine…Humanist, Humanist Association of Canada, president of the Humanist Fellowship of Montreal
Henry Morgentaler, M.D., LL.D.(hc), (born March 19, 1923, in Łódź, Poland) is a Canadian gynecologist and longtime abortion activist from Mon...
Alice Walker

Alice Walker

female, 65 years old
author, poet, Feminist, African American, African-American, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner…Humanist
Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her...
Hugo Grotius

Hugo Grotius

male, deceased (1645)
Dutch Renaissance humanist, New Latin author, Leiden University alumni, christian apologetics, Early modern philosopher, historian…Humanist
Hugo Grotius (Huig de Groot, or Hugo de Groot; Delft, 10 April 1583 - Rostock, 28 August 1645) worked as a jurist in the Dutch Republic and laid...
Ulrich von Hutten

Ulrich von Hutten

male, deceased (1523)
The Letters, The Letters of Obscure men, German Renaissance humanist, humanism, Humanist, roman catholic church
Ulrich von Hutten (April 21 1488-August 29 1523), was an outspoken critic of the Roman Catholic Church and adherent of the Lutheran Reformation....
Lalla Ward

Lalla Ward

female, 58 years old
Doctor Who actor, John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough, Edward IV, earl of Peterborough, William Maxwell David Ward, 8th Viscount Bangor, Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor…Humanist
Lalla Ward (born Sarah Ward, June 28, 1951), also known as The Honourable Sarah Ward, is an English actress and illustrator. As an actress, she is...
E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster

male, deceased (1970)
Old Tonbridgian, 20th-century, Humanist, British, humanistic, maurice
Edward Morgan Forster, OM (January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970), was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He is known best for his ir...
Michael Servetus

Michael Servetus

male, deceased (1553)
Protestant martyr of the Early Modern era, nontrinitarian, Christology, protestant reformation, scientist, spanish…Humanist
Michael Servetus (also Miguel Servet or Miguel Serveto; 29 September, 1511 - 27 October, 1553) was a Spanish theologian, physician and humanist....
George Melly

George Melly

male, deceased (2007)
Lancastrian, Lung cancer death, LGBT, Alan George Heywood Melly, Old Stoic, "bell-bottom"…Humanist
Alan George Heywood Melly was an English jazz and blues singer and writer. From 1965–1973 he was a film and television critic for "The Observer". He...
Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan

female, deceased (2006)
death from cardiovascular disease, President of the National Organization for Women, Jewish American, tax resister, feminism, Humanist
Betty Friedan was an American feminist, activist and writer, best known for starting what is commonly known as the "Second Wave" of feminism...