Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens

male, 61 years old
Songwriter, Folk singer, Tea for the Tillerman, Man for Peace, the first cut is the deepest, converted to Islam…convert to islam, convert
Yusuf Islam (Arabic: يوسف إسلام, who was known as Cat Stevens from 1966 to 1978, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, educator, philanthr...

John Nelson

male
Richard Hakluyt, Voyager's Tales, Muslim, convert to islam, British, islam…convert
John Nelson was an early English convert to Islam in the 16th century. He is mentioned by the 16th century writer Richard Hakluyt in his book...
Ingrid Mattson

Ingrid Mattson

female
University of Chicago, convert, Ph.D., fine arts, From Ontario, Hartford Seminary…convert to islam
Ingrid Mattson , the recently elected president of the 43-year-old Islamic Society of North America, is the first convert, first non-immigrant and...
Siraj Wahhaj

Siraj Wahhaj

male
Jeffrey Kearse, bright light, English, Umm al-Qura, mecca, Taqwa…convert, convert to islam
Siraj Wahhaj (English: Bright light; born as Jeffrey Kearse) is an African-American Muslim convert to Islam and public speaker in North America....

John Chapman

male, deceased (1933)
Protestant converts to Catholicism, Benedictine, dom, British, roman catholic church, priest…convert, convert to Roman Catholicism
The Right Reverend Dom John Chapman OSB (born 1865, died 7 November 1933), a convert from the Anglican to the Roman Catholic Church at the age of...
Neil Labute

Neil Labute

male, 46 years old (Detroit, Michigan, United States)
Mormon, Screenwriter, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, Mormon convert, convert, director
Neil LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Born in Detroit, Michigan, LaBute was raised in...

Abu 'Afak

male
Jewish, Judeo-Islamic topics, Muhammad and the Jew, Hijaz, Medieval writer, Religious conversion…convert
Abu 'Afak was a Jewish poet who lived in the Hijaz region (today Saudi Arabia). Abu 'Afak did not convert to Islam and was vocal about his...

Dmitri

male, 86 years old
Southern Methodist University, North Texas State University, Master of Arts, Japanese language, Holy Orders, Orthodox Church in America Diocese of the South…convert
The Most Reverend Dmitri (Royster) is the current archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of the South and ruling bishop of the...

Al-Muhajabah

female
Johns Hopkins University, physics, movable type, weblog, liberal, blogger…convert
Laura Poyneer, a weblogger who posts under the pseudonym of Al-Muhajabah (Arabic: 'woman who wears hijab') is a convert to Islam living in Seattle,...
Ahmed Huber

Ahmed Huber

male, 82 years old
Muslim, Former Protestant, Antisemitism, Islam and antisemitism, banker, neo-nazi…convert to islam, convert
Ahmed Huber (born 1927) is a Swiss-German banker and journalist, who converted to Islam and is said to be a leading spokesman for the neo-Nazi...