page_title: List of atheist activists and educators
section_title: Atheist activists and educators
hierarchical_section_title: List of atheist activists and educators / Atheist activists and educators
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context_page_description: There have been many atheists who have been active in advocacy or education. This is a list of atheist activists and educators. Living persons in this list are people whose atheism is relevant to their notable activities or public life, and who have publicly identified themselves as atheists.
context_section_description: Clark Adams (1969–2007): Prominent American freethought leader and activist.
  Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969): Dutch feminist and politician.
  Seth Andrews (born 1968): American author and host of The Thinking Atheist radio podcast.
  Natalie Angier (born 1958): Nonfiction writer and science journalist for The New York Times; 1991 winner of Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.
  Dan Barker (born 1949): American atheist activist, current co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, alongside his wife, Annie Laurie Gaylor.
  Walter Block (born 1941): Austrian School economist and classical liberal
  Peter Brearey (1939–1998): British secularist, socialist and journalist, Editor of The Freethinker from 1993 until his death.
  William Montgomery Brown (1855–1937): Episcopal bishop and Communist author.
  Richard Carlile (1790–1843): English activist. He was an important agitator for the establishment of universal suffrage and freedom of the press in the United Kingdom.
  Richard Carrier (born 1969): American historian, philosopher, and atheist activist.
  Robin Cavendish (1930–1994): British advocate for the disabled, a pioneering developer of medical aids for the paralyzed, and known for being one of the longest-lived "responauts" in Britain.
  Greta Christina (born 1961): American blogger, speaker, and author.
  Chapman Cohen (1868–1954): English freethought writer and lecturer, and an editor of The Freethinker and president of the National Secular Society.
  Richard Dawkins (born 1941): British biologist, author of The God Delusion, The Greatest Show on Earth, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, A Devil's Chaplain, The Ancestor's Tale, The Blind Watchmaker, The Extended Phenotype, River Out of Eden, and The Selfish Gene. Founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, a non–profit charitable organization that promotes critical thinking, science-based education, and evidence–based understanding of the world. Richard Dawkins has produced several documentaries, including Root of all Evil? and Enemies of Reason.
  Matt Dillahunty was the president of the Atheist Community of Austin until May, 2013. He is the host of the live internet radio show "Non-Prophets Radio" and of the Austin Public-access television cable TV show The Atheist Experience. He is also the founder and contributor of the counter-apologetics encyclopedia Iron Chariots and its subsidiary sites.
  Margaret Downey (born 1950): atheist activist who is a former President of Atheist Alliance International.
  Joseph Edamaruku (1934–2006): Indian journalist, author, leader in the rationalist movement, and winner of the International Atheist Award in 1979.
  Sanal Edamaruku (born 1955): Indian rationalist, president of the Indian Rationalist Association.
  Reginald Vaughn Finley, Sr. (born 1974): ("The Infidel Guy"): Internet radio host and Pioneering Podcaster based in Atlanta, Georgia, co-founder of the Atheist Network and founder of FreethoughtMedia.com. Mr. Finley is a lifetime educational activist, critical thinker, humanist and atheist. During his show's tenure (1999–2010), he produced over 500 media programs that challenged his listeners as well as himself. He's also well known for his appearance on ABC's Wifeswap (2005) when his spouse (Amber Finley) swapped places with a fundamentalist pastor's wife, Kelly Stonerock.
  David D. Friedman (born 1945): capitalist writer.
  Annie Laurie Gaylor (born 1955): co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and, with her husband Dan Barker, is the current co-president.
  Emma Goldman (1869–1940): Lithuanian-born radical, known for her writings and speeches defending anarchist communism, feminism, and atheism.
  Debbie Goddard (born 1980): Director of African Americans for Humanism.
  Gora (1902–1975): Indian atheist leader, co-founder with his wife of the Atheist Centre in Andhra Pradesh.
  Saraswathi Gora (1912–2006): Indian social activist, wife of Gora and leader of the Atheist Centre for many years, campaigning against untouchability and the caste system.
  John William Gott (1866–1922): English trouser salesman and leade
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