Menno Simons

Menno Simons

male, deceased (1561)
Menno Simons (1496-January 311561) was an Anabaptist religious leader from Friesland (today a province of The Netherlands). His followers became...
John Howard Yoder

John Howard Yoder

male, deceased (1997)
John Howard Yoder was a Christian theologian, ethicist, and Biblical scholar best known for his radical Christian pacifism, his mentoring of future...
Christopher Dock

Christopher Dock

male, deceased (1771)
Christopher Dock (c.1698-1771 in Skippack, USA) was a Mennonite educator. He is thought to have immigrated to the United States by 1714, becoming a...
Rudy Wiebe

Rudy Wiebe

male, 75 years old
Rudy Henry Wiebe is a Canadian author and professor emeritus in the department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992. Wiebe was born...
Miriam Toews

Miriam Toews

female, 45 years old
Miriam Toews, (born 1964 in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian novelist, humorist and actor of Mennonite descent. She grew up in Steinbach,...
John Paul Lederach

John Paul Lederach

male
Dr. John Paul Lederach is Professor of International Peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana and concurrently...
Hans Herr

Hans Herr

male, deceased (1725)
Hans Herr was born in Zürich, Switzerland, a descendant of the Knight, Hugo Herr. He joined the Mennonite religious society. When religious p...
Julia Kasdorf

Julia Kasdorf

female, 46 years old
Julia Kasdorf (born December 6, 1962) is an American poet. Born Julia Spicher in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, she grew up in the suburbs southeast of...
Dirk Philips

Dirk Philips

male, deceased (1568)
Dirk Philips (1504-1568) was an early Anabaptist writer and theologian. He was one of the peaceful disciples of Melchior Hoffman and later joined...