List of Anglicans
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This is a list of Anglicans, notable persons who were members of the church in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury, known as an Anglican Communion church. Members of schismatic churches may also be included. Only former Anglicans who left the church in adulthood may be included, with accompanying notice.
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[edit]- Joseph Abbott (clergyman)
- Dean Acheson, American statesman
- Daniel Dulany Addison
- Robert Addison
- Spiro Agnew, American statesman and 39th Vice President of the United States
- Howard Ahmanson Jr.
- Madeleine Albright, American stateswoman
- W. H. Aldis (1871–1948), English missionary
- John Allin
- Charles P. Anderson
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York
- Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626), saintly English bishop and scholar, who oversaw the translation of the Authorized Version (or King James Version) of the Bible.
- Queen Anne (1665–1714), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Anne, Princess Royal
- Thomas Arnold, schoolmaster
- Chester Arthur (1829–1886), 21st President of the United States (1881–85)
- Fred Astaire, American entertainer
- Jane Austen
- W. V. Awdry, clergyman and writer of the Railway Series books.
- Anne Ayres
- Charles Babbage, mathematician
- Ed Bacon, priest of the Episcopal Church
- Francis Bacon, lawyer and philosopher
- Jacob Bailey, Congregational church preacher who converted
- Douglas M. Baker Jr.
- Fred Barnes
- Isaac Barrow
- Diana Butler Bass, author, independent scholar, and church historian
- Evan Bayh
- Princess Beatrice of York
- Canon Gareth Bennett (1929–1987), Anglican priest and academic and critic of the Church of England
- Richard Meux Benson
- R. J. Berry
- John Betjeman (1906–1984)
- Kenneth Bevan (1898–1993), English missionary bishop
- James Blair (Virginia)
- James Blish, (atheist as an adult, then rejoined the church)
- Frederick Boreham (1888–1966), English missionary and Archdeacon of Cornwall
- Robert Boyle, natural philosopher
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Thomas Browne (1605–1682), English polymath
- Thomas Church Brownell
- Edmond Browning
- Anne Brontë
- Charlotte Brontë
- Emily Brontë
- Rt. Rev. John Buckeridge (c. 1562–1631), English Bishop and theologian (Bishop of Rochester 1611–1628 and Bishop of Ely 1628–1631)
- Charles Sumner Burch
- Gilbert Burnet
- George H. W. Bush, American statesman
- Prescott Bush
- Joseph Butler
- Samuel Butler (1613–1680), author of the religious and political satire Hudibras
- Harry F. Byrd
- James F. Byrnes (1882–1972), South Carolina politician and U. S. Supreme Court Justice (convert from the Roman Catholic Church)
- Cab Calloway, American musician
- David Cameron, British politician
- Queen Camilla (b. 1947), Queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth Realms
- Justin R. Cannon, American clergyman
- Robert Farrar Capon
- George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury
- Mariah Carey, singer-songwriter and actress
- Robert Carliell, didactic poet
- Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
- William Cassels (1858–1925), one of the Cambridge Seven
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (1917–1944), English military officer, nobleman and Conservative politician
- Owen Chadwick (b. 1916), British academic and historian of Christianity
- Saxby Chambliss
- Charles I (1600–1649), King of England, Scotland and Ireland
- Charles II (1630–1685), King of England, Scotland and Ireland (converted to Catholicism on his deathbed)
- Charles III (b. 1948), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth Realms
- Philander Chase
- Salmon P. Chase
- Don Cherry, hockey player
- Christy Clark, Premier Of British Columbia
- Thomas M. Clark
- Eleanor Clitheroe-Bell
- Henry John Cody
- Richard Coles, vicar and former member of pop band The Communards
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Judy Collins, singer, songwriter
- Wallace E. Conkling
- Anne Conway (1631–1679), English philosopher, former Anglican, a convert to Quakerism
- James Cook
- Walter William Covey-Crump (1865–1949) English clergyman
- Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the English Reformation, and martyr
- Ander Crenshaw
- Alexander Cruden
- T. Pelham Dale
- George Dallas
- Jonathan Myrick Daniels,
- Charles Darwin, scientist (later agnostic)
- Grace Davie (b. 1946), British professor and sociologist
- Ann B. Davis
- Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America
- Cecil B. DeMille, film director
- R. James deRoux, Jamaican Custos Rotulorum
- Philip Dick
- Benjamin Disraeli (born into a Jewish family, baptized as Anglican at age 12)
- Gregory Dix
- John Donne (1572–1631), (convert from Catholicism, was ordained as an Anglican; Dean of St Paul's & metaphysical poet)
- Audrey Donnithorne (1922–2020), English political economist and missionary, daughter of Vyvyan Donnithorne, former Anglican, a convert to Roman Catholicism
- Vyvyan Donnithorne (1886–1968), English missionary to Sichuan
- Nadine Dorries (b. 1957), British author, businesswoman, former Conservative politician and former nurse (MP for Mid Bedfordshire 2005–2023, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 2021–2022 and Minister of State for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health 2019–2021)
- Marie Dressler (1868–1934), Canadian-American stage and screen actress and comedian
- Edward VI (1537–1553), King of England and Ireland
- Edward VII (1841–1910), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland and the British Dominions and Emperor of India
- Edward VIII (later Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor) (1894–1972), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions and Emperor of India (20 January 1936–11 December 1936) and Duke of Windsor (1937–1972)
- Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1964), British Prince and member of the British Royal family
- T. S. Eliot (1885–1965), US-born British poet, playwright and essayist
- Elizabeth I of England, Queen of England and Ireland
- Elizabeth II (1926–2022), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth Realms
- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002), Queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions (1936–1952) and Empress consort of India (1936–1947), wife of George VI and mother of Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
- Duke Ellington (1899–1974), American jazz pianist and composer
- Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007), American writer
- Werner Erhard (b. 1935), American author, founder of est and lecturer
- Princess Eugenie of York (b. 1990), British Princess and member of the British Royal family
- George Every (1909–2003), British poet, historian, theologian and writer on Christian mythology
- J. James Exon (1921–2005), American businessman, Democratic Politician, Senator and WWII Veteran (33rd Governor of Nebraska 1971–1979)
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[edit]- Nigel Farage (b. 1964), British broadcaster and Politician (MP for Clacton since 2024, Leader of Reform UK January 2021–March 2021 and since 2024, former leader of the Brexit Party 2019–January 2021, former MEP for South East England 1999–2020, former Leader of UKIP 2006–2009 and 2010–2016)
- Rev. Austin Farrer (1904–1968), English Anglican priest, theologian, philosopher and friend of C. S. Lewis
- Mary Ferrar (1551–1634), English founder of the Little Gidding community
- Nicholas Ferrar (1592–1637), English businessman, courtier, deacon and leader of the Little Gidding community, publisher of the poetry of George Herbert and scholar
- Rev. John Neville Figgis (1866–1919), English Anglican monk and priest, member of Community of the Resurrection, historian and political philosopher
- Most Rev. Geoffrey Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth (1887–1972), English Archbishop and life peer (99th Archbishop of Canterbury 1945–1961, Bishop of London 1939–1945 and Bishop of Chester 1932–1939)
- Robert Fludd (1574–1637), English physician, astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian
- Betty Ford (1918–2011), American First Lady of the United States (1974–1977), wife of Gerald Ford
- Gerald Ford (1913–2006), American, Lawyer, Republican Politician and US Navy officer (38th President of the United States 1974–1977 and 40th Vice President of the United States 1973–1974)
- Sir Clement Freud (1924–2009), British broadcaster, chef, politician and writer (grandson of Sigmund Freud, MP for North East Cambridgeshire 1973–1987) convert from Judaism
- Dave Freudenthal (b. 1950), American attorney, economist and Democratic Politician (31st Governor of Wyoming 2003–2011)
- Most Rev. Accepted Frewen (1588–1664), English Archbishop (Archbishop of York 1660–1664, Bishop of Lichfield 1644–1646 & 1660 and Dean of Gloucester 1631–1643)
- Alexander Frey, American symphony orchestra conductor, virtuoso organist, pianist, harpischordist and composer
- Thomas Gage (clergyman) (converted from Catholicism in 1637)
- Judy Garland (1922–1969), American actress, dancer and singer
- Most Rev. Alexander Charles Garrett (1832–1924), American Bishop (14th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1923–1924 and Bishop of Dallas 1874–1924)
- David Garrick (1717–1779), British actor, playwright, producer and theatre manager
- George I (1660–1727), King of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- George II (1683–1760), King of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- George III (1738–1820), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland and King of Hanover
- George IV (1762–1830), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland and King of Hanover
- George V (1865–1936), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland and the British Dominions and Emperor of India
- George VI (1895–1952), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland and the British Dominions and Emperor of India
- Rt. Rev. Jonathan Gibbs (b. 1961), English Anglican Bishop (Bishop of Rochester 2022–Present and Area Bishop of Huddersfield 2014–2022)
- Lillian Gish (1893–1993), American actress
- William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), British Liberal Party Politician (Prime Minister of the UK 1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1 February 1886–21 July 1886 and 1892–1894)
- Barry Goldwater (1909–1998), American military officer, Republican Politician, Senator and 1964 Presidential candidate
- Hannibal Goodwin (1822–1900), American Episcopal clergyman and inventor
- Rt. Rev. Charles Gore (1853–1932), British Anglican Bishop, theologian, founder of the monastic Community of the Resurrection and co-founder of the Christian Social Union (Bishop of Oxford 1911–1919, Bishop of Birmingham 1905–1911 and Bishop of Worcester 1902–1905)
- Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984), English novelist
- Rev. James Grahame (1765–1811), Scottish Anglican priest and poet
- Rev. John Galbraith Graham (1921–2013), British Anglican priest and crossword compiler
- Most Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold (1766–1843), American Bishop (5th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1836–1843, Bishop of Massachusets 1811–1843 and Bishop of Rhode Island 1811–1843)
- Most Rev. Frank Griswold (1937–2023), American Bishop (25th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1998–2006, Bishop of Chicago 1987–1998 and Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago 1985–1987)
- Chuck Hagel (b. 1946), American military veteran and former Republican Politician who served as the 24th United States Secretary of Defence (2013–2015)
- Rev. Stephen Hales (1677–1761), English clergyman and scientist
- Edmond Halley (1656–1742), English astronomer, mathematician and physicist
- Dame Diana Reader Harris (1912–1996), English educator, school principal and public figure
- William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), American military officer and Politician (9th President of the United States March 4 1841–April 4 1841) shortest serving President in US history and the first US President to die in office
- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (b. 1984), British author, Prince and member of the British Royal family
- William Dodd Hathaway (1924–2013), American lawyer, Democratic Politician, and WWII US Army Air Corps Veteran
- Dame Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020), British-American-French actress
- Thomas A. Hendricks (1819–1885), American lawyer and Democratic Politician (21st Vice President of the United States and 16th Governor of Indiana)
- Henry VIII (1491–1547), King of England and Ireland (first monarch to declare himself Supreme Head of the Church of England)
- George Herbert (1593–1633), Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
- Paul Hewson aka Bono (b. 1960), Irish singer-songwriter and activist
- Peter Heylin or Heylyn (1599–1662), English clergyman and author of many polemical, historical, political and theological tracts
- Most Rev. John Hines (1910–1997), American Bishop (22nd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1965–1974, Bishop of Texas 1955–1965 and Bishop Coadjutor of Texas 1945–1955)
- Ian Hislop (b. 1960), British author, journalist, satirist and TV personality
- Peter Hitchens (b. 1951), English author and journalist
- Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart (1775–1830), American Bishop (3rd Episcopal Bishop of New York 1816–1830 and Assistant Bishop of New York 1811–1816)
- Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), English philosopher
- Canon Percy Holbrook (1859–1946), English Anglican clergyman
- John Holden (1882–1949), British missionary Bishop (Bishop of West Szechwan 1936–1937)
- Robert Hooke (1635–1703), English scientist, architect and polymath
- Rev. Richard Hooker (1554–1600), English Anglican priest and theologian of major importance
- Dave Hope (b. 1949), American bass guitarist and Anglican priest (Anglican Mission in America)
- Most Rev. John Henry Hopkins (1792–1868), Irish-American Bishop (8th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1865–1868 and Bishop of Vermont 1832–1868)
- Frank Houghton (1894–1972), English missionary Bishop and author (Bishop of East Szechwan 1936–1940)
- Rev. Robert Alfred Humble (1864–1929), English Anglican priest
- James Otis Sargent Huntington (1854–1935), American Episcopal priest and monk, who founded the Order of the Holy Cross an Anglican Benedictine monastic order
- Rt. Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish (1940–2021), American Bishop (10th Episcopal Bishop of Utah 1996–2010)
- Molly Ivins (1944–2007), American newspaper columnist, author and political commentator
- Andrea Jaeger (b. 1965), American tennis player who became an Anglican Dominican nun in 2006
- Alphonso Jackson (b. 1945), American Republican Politician
- James, Earl of Wessex (b. 2007), member of the British Royal family
- Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori (b. 1954), American Bishop (26th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church 2006–2015)
- Ben Jonson (1572–1637), English poet, playwright and actor
- Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Jenkins III (1951–2021), American Bishop (10th Bishop of Louisiana 1998–2009)
- Edward Jenner (1749–1823), English physician, scientist, pioneer of vaccines and creator of the smallpox vaccine (the world's first vaccine)
- Very Rev. Jeffrey John (b. 1953), Welsh Anglican clergyman (Dean of St Albans 2004–2021)
- Boris Johnson (b. 1964), British Politician and writer (Prime Minister of the UK 2019–2022, MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip 2015–2023 and Mayor of London 2008–2016) convert from Catholicism
- Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007), American businesswoman and First Lady of the United States (1963–1969)
- Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), English writer and lexicographer
- Absalom Jones (1746–1818), African-American abolitionist and clergyman
- Trevor Jones (priest) (b. 1948), British Anglican clergyman
- Rev. Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893), English Anglican priest, writer and classical scholar
- Bernard Judd (1918–1999), Australian Anglican priest
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[edit]- James VI & I (1566–1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland
- James VII & II (1633–1701), King of Scotland, England and Ireland (converted to Catholicism in 1668 or 1669)
- Jan Karon (b. 1937), American novelist
- Rev. John Keble (1792–1866), English Anglican priest and poet
- Garrison Keillor (b. 1942), American author, singer, humorist, voice actor and radio personality
- Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper (1789–1870), American Bishop and missionary (Bishop of Wisconsin 1859–1870 and Missionary Bishop 1835–1859)
- Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936), American industrial reformer, social worker and author
- Rev. Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), English Anglican broad church priest, professor, social reformer, novelist, poet and Christian Socialist
- Jack Kingston (b. 1955), American businessman, lobbyist and Republican Politician
- Dave Kopay (b. 1942), American football running back in the NFL
- Ini Kopuria (d. 1945), Soloman Islander Police officer and founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood
- Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947), American attorney, military officer and Republican Politician
- Rt. Rev. Arthur Lake (1569–1626), English Bishop (Bishop of Bath & Wells 1616–1626 and Dean of Worcester 1608–1616)
- Most Rev. William Laud (1573–1645), English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633–1645) who was executed during the English Civil War (Dean of Gloucester 1616–1621, Bishop of St Davids 1621–1627, Bishop of Bath & Wells 1626–1628, Bishop of London 1628–1633)
- Vice-Adm. Sir Timothy Laurence (b. 1955), English Royal Navy officer and equerry to Elizabeth II (1986–1989)
- Most Rev. Alfred Lee (1807–1887), American Bishop (10th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1884–1887 and Bishop of Delaware 1841–1887)
- Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III (1756–1818), Revolutionary War officer, 9th Governor of Virginia, eulogist of George Washington and father of Robert E. Lee
- Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), American Confederate general
- C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), British writer, literary scholar, Christian apologist and Anglican lay theologian (he was an atheist as an adult and then rejoined the church)
- Most Rev. Arthur Lichtenberger (1900–1968), American Bishop (21st Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1958–1964 and Bishop of Missouri 1952–1959)
- Rod Liddle (b. 1960), English journalist
- Henry Parry Liddon (1829–1890), English Anglican theologian and Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Oxford
- Blanche Lincoln (b. 1960), American Democratic Politician and Senator
- Bob Livingston (b. 1943), American lobbyist and Republican Politician (raised as a Roman Catholic, then an Episcopalian he later returned to Catholicism)
- John Locke (1632–1704), English philosopher and physician
- Most Rev. Adam Loftus (c. 1533–1605), English Anglican Archbishop who served as Archbishop of Armagh (1562–1567) and Archbishop of Dublin (1567–1605)
- Charles Fuge Lowder (1820–1880), English Anglican priest and founder of the Society of the Holy Cross
- George Lukins (1743/1744-????), English tailor infamous for his alleged demonic possession and subsequent exorcism
- Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847), Scottish Anglican divine, hymnodist, priest and poet
- Rev. Diarmaid MacCulloch (b. 1951), English academic and historian
- Sir John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) Scottish-Canadian lawyer, soldier, politician and 1st Prime Minister of Canada (convert from Presbyterianism)
- Arthur Machen (1863–1947), Welsh author and mystic (in his later years he converted to Catholicism)
- Rev. John Macquarrie, Scottish Anglican priest, philosopher and theologian
- James Madison (1751–1836), American Founding Father, diplomat, military officer, statesman and 4th President of the United States (1809–1817), the “Father of the Constitution” and the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights
- Most Rev. Charles Manners-Sutton (1755–1828), English Archbishop (Archbishop of Canterbury 1805–1828 and Bishop of Norwich 1792–1805)
- Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (1874–1937), Italian inventor, electrical engineer, physicist, politician and radio pioneer
- Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930–2002), British Princess, daughter of George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, sister of Elizabeth II and member of the British Royal family
- Mary II (1662–1694), Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland and Princess consort of Orange
- Charles Mathias (1922–2010), American attorney, Republican Politician and US Navy officer
- Theresa May, Baroness May of Maidenhead (b. 1956), British Conservative politician and life peeress (Prime Minister of the UK 2016–2019, Leader of the Conservative Party 2016–2019, Secretary of State for the Home Department 2010–2016, Minister for Women and Equalities 2010–2012, Chair of the Conservative Party 2002–2003, MP for Maidenhead 1997–2024 and Member of the House of Lords 2024–Present)
- Rev. John Mbiti (1931–2019), Kenyan Christian philosopher and writer
- John McCain (1936–2018), American US Navy officer, Republican Politician and Senator, (former Anglican, he became a practicing Baptist[1])
- Alister McGrath (b. 1953), Northern Irish native theologian, priest, intellectual historian and Christian apologist
- Victor McLaglen (1886–1959), British-American actor and boxer
- John Milbank (b. 1952), English Anglican theologian and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham
- Rev. Joseph Miller (1874–????) British former Congregational Minister who became an Anglican priest
- Bernard Mizeki (1861–1896), East African Anglican missionary and martyr
- James Monroe (1758–1831), American Founding Father, statesman, diplomat, lawyer and military officer and 5th President of the United States (1817–1825)
- Elizabeth Moon (b. 1945), American science fiction and fantasy writer
- Rt. Rev. Benjamin Moore (1748–1816), American Bishop (Episcopal Bishop of New York 1815–1816)
- Edward Morrow (1934–2003), South African Anglican priest and anti-apartheid activist
- Francis Joseph Mullin (1906–1997), American academic and the seventh president of Shimer College
- Most Rev. John Gardner Murray (1857–1929), American Bishop (16th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1926–1929, Bishop of Maryland 1911–1929 and Coadjutor Bishop of Maryland 1909–1911)
- Most Rev. Howard Mowll (1890–1958), Australian Bishop of Western China (1925–1933) and Archbishop of Sydney (1933–1958)
- Michael Nazir-Ali (b. 1949), Pakistani-British former Anglican Bishop (converted to Catholicism in 2021)
- Rev. John Mason Neale (1818–1866), English Anglican priest, scholar and hymnwriter
- Ursula Niebuhr (1907–1997), Anglo-American academic and theologian
- Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), English nurse, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing
- Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945), American Libertarian, writer, social theorist and critic
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (b. 1937), American lawyer, Democratic politician and human rights activist
- Sabelo Stanley Ntwasa, South African Anglican priest and anti-apartheid activist
- Henry Oldenburg (1618–1677), German diplomat, theologian, philosopher and scientist
- Ashley Olsen (b. 1986), American businesswoman, fashion designer and actress
- Rt. Rev. Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk (1791–1861), American Bishop (4th Bishop of New York 1830–1861, suspended in 1845 and never restored)
- John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (b. 1948), English musician and media personality
- Harry Oppenheimer (1908–2000), South African businessman, industrialist and philanthropist (convert from Judaism)
- George Orwell (1903–1950), English author and journalist
- John Ostrander (b. 1949), American comic book writer
- George Owen of Henllys (1552–1613), Welsh antiquarian, author and naturalist
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[edit]- Horatio Parker (1863–1919), American composer, organist and teacher
- Charles William Pearson (1847–1917), British Anglican missionary
- Rt. Rev. Francis Paget (1851–1911), English Bishop, author and theologian (Bishop of Oxford 1901–1911)
- Rev. William Palmer (1811–1879), English priest, ecumenist and theologian (he later converted to Catholicism)
- Alan Paton (1903–1988), South African novelist and anti-apartheid activist
- Percy Pennybacker (1895–1963), American civil engineer
- Most Rev. James De Wolf Perry (1871–1947), American Bishop (18th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1930–1937 and Bishop of Rhode Island 1911–1946)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021), husband and consort of Elizabeth II (convert from Greek Orthodox)
- Autumn Phillips (b. 1978), Canadian-born British ex-wife of Peter Phillips
- Mark Phillips (b. 1948), English Olympic gold medal winning equestrian, military officer and the first husband of Anne, Princess Royal
- Peter Phillips (b. 1977), British businessman and member of the British Royal family
- Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), American lawyer, military officer, Democratic Politician and 14th President of the United States
- Rev. Jonas Pilling (1855–1926), English Anglican clergyman
- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), American Founding Father, South Carolina Revolutionary War veteran, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and Federalist Party presidential candidate
- Rt. Rev. Richard Pococke (1704–1765), English Bishop, traveller and travel writer (Bishop of Ossory 1756–1765 and Bishop of Meath 1765)
- Arthur T. Polhill-Turner (1862–1935), English Anglican missionary one of the Cambridge Seven
- Cecil H. Polhill-Turner (1860–1938), British Anglican missionary and one of the Cambridge Seven
- Canon William Pope (1825–1905), English priest and follower of John Henry Newman (converted to Catholicism in 1853)
- Enoch Powell (1912–1998), British classical scholar, military officer, WWII Veteran, poet and politician (Conservative MP for Wolverhampton South West 1950–1974, Ulster Unionist MP for South Down 1974–1987, Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1957–1958, Minister of Health 1960–1963 and Shadow Secretary of State for Defence 1965–1968)
- Sir Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp, 7th Baronet (1860–1939), British Anglican missionary and one of the Cambridge Seven
- Most Rev. Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), American Bishop (3rd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1792–1795 and Bishop of New York 1787–1815)
- Rev. Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882), English Anglican clergyman, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement
- Rev. James Ramsay, Scottish Anglican priest, abolitionist and ship's surgeon
- Most Rev. Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury (1904–1988), British Archbishop and life peer (100th Archbishop of Canterbury 1961–1974, Archbishop of York 1956–1961 and Bishop of Durham 1952–1956)
- Basil Rathbone (1892–1967), English actor and military officer
- John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), American Virginian Congressman and U. S. Minister to Russia and planter
- George Read (1733–1798), American Politician and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware and a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787
- Tatum Reed, American former pornographic actress and adult movie producer
- Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow (b. 1942), British cosmologist and astrophysicist
- Rev. George F. Regas (1930–2021), American Episcopal Church priest (Rector Emeritus of All Saints Church, Pasadena)
- Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1944), British Prince and member of the British Royal family
- Rev. Calvin Robinson (b. 1985), British priest (converted to Old Catholicism in 2023)
- Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson (b. 1947), retired American Episcopal Church Bishop of New Hampshire (2004–2013) and Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire (2003–2004)
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), American activist, diplomat and wife of Franklin Roosevelt and "First Lady of the World"
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), American Democratic Politician and 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English artist, poet and translator
- Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet
- Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827–1876), English author and Anglican nun
- J. K. Rowling (b. 1965), British author and philanthropist
- Rt. Rev. Andrew Rumsey (b. 1968), British Anglican Bishop (Bishop of Ramsbury 2019–Present)
- Sarah, Duchess of York (b. 1959), British author, philanthropist, television personality and former member of the British Royal family
- Rt. Rev. Douglas Sargent (1907–1979), English missionary to Sichuan and third Bishop of Selby
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist
- Sir Roger Scruton (1944–2020), English conservative, philosopher, writer and social critic
- Most Rev. Samuel Seabury (1729–1796), American Bishop and Loyalist (2nd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1789–1792, Bishop of Connecticut 1784–1796 and Bishop of Rhode Island 1790–1796)
- Rt. Rev. John Sentamu, Baron Sentamu (b. 1949), Ugandan-British retired Archbishop and life peer (Archbishop of York 2005–2020, Bishop of Birmingham 2002–2005 and Bishop of Stepney 1996–2002)
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English playwright, poet and actor
- Most Rev. Henry Sherrill (1890–1980), American Bishop (20th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1947–1958, Bishop of Massachusetts 1930–1947 and Coadjutor Bishop of Pennsylvania 1928–1930)
- Rev. Charles Simeon (1759–1836), English Evangelical Anglican cleric
- Wallis Simpson (later Duchess of Windsor)(1896–1986), American socialite and wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (prior to abdication Edward VIII)
- C. H. Sisson (1914–2003), British critic of the Church of England, poet, translator and writer
- Christopher Smart (1722–1771), English poet
- Most Rev. Benjamin B. Smith (1794–1884), American Bishop (9th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1868–1884 and Bishop of Kentucky 1832–1884)
- Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966), American science fiction writer, military officer, East Asia scholar and psychological warfare expert
- Song Cheng-tsi (1892–1955), Sichuanese Anglican Bishop of West Szechwan (1937–1950) and Assistant Bishop of Western China (1929–1936)
- Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (b. 1965), British philanthropist and member of the British Royal family
- David Souter (b. 1939), American lawyer, jurist and former US Supreme Court Justice (1990–2009)
- Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) British Princess and ex-wife of Charles, Prince of Wales (now Charles III)
- Rev. William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), English clergyman and Oxford don
- Russell Stannard[2] (1931-2022), British high-energy particle physicist
- John Steinbeck (1902–1968), American novelist and war correspondent
- Rev. Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican clergyman whose best remembered novel is The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
- Sufjan Stevens (b. 1975), American singer[3], songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- Ted Stevens (1923–2010), American lawyer, military officer, Republican Politician and Senator
- Rt. Rev. Mervyn Stockwood (1913–1995), British Anglican Bishop (Bishop of Southwark 1959–1980)
- Frederick Streetly (1893–1952), Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Tobago
- Sir Roy Strong (b. 1935), English art historian, museum curator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer
- Charles Edward Stuart (1720–1788), Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland (converted from Catholicism in 1750)
- Charles Studd (1860–1931), English author, cricketer, essayist, missionary and one of the Cambridge Seven
- Frederick Reginald Pinfold Sumner (1892–1939), English cleric and photographer
- E. W. Swanton (1907–2000), English author, journalist and cricket commentator
- Very Rev. Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish clergyman, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer known for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, and A Tale of a Tub
- Stuart Symington (1901–1988), American businessman, military officer, Democratic Politician and Senator
- Robert A. Taft (1889–1953), American Republican Politician, Senator, lawyer and member of the Taft family
- Most Rev. Ethelbert Talbot (1848–1928), American Bishop (15th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1924–1926, Bishop of Bethlehem 1905–1928, Bishop of Central Pennsylvania 1898–1904 and Bishop of Wyoming 1887–1898)
- Oliver Tambo (1917–1993), South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991
- Rt. Rev. Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667), English Anglican Bishop in Ireland and devotional writer (Bishop of Down and Connor 1661–1667)
- Michael Taylor (b. 1944), English butcher and murderer
- Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), American General, Politician and 12th President of the United States (1849–1850)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), English poet (Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 19 November 1850–6 October 1892)
- Rev. R. S. Thomas (1913–2000) Welsh Anglican clergyman, poet and Welsh nationalist
- Martin Thornton (1915–1986), British priest and spiritual director known for his writings on ascetical theology
- Zara Tindall (b. 1981), British equestrian, Olympian, Socialite and member of the British Royal family
- Arthur Tooth (1849–1931), English Anglican priest noted for Ritualism
- Most Rev. Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886), Irish Anglican Archbishop and poet (Archbishop of Dublin 1864–1884 and Dean of Westminster 1856–1864)
- Most Rev. Henry St. George Tucker (1874–1959), American Bishop (19th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1938–1946, Bishop of Virginia 1927–1943, Coadjutor Bishop of Virginia 1926–1927, Bishop of Kyoto 1913–1923 and Bishop of Osaka 1912–1923)
- Most Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle (1837–1923), American Bishop (13th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1903–1923, Bishop of Missouri (1886–1923) and Missionary Bishop of Montana, Idaho and Utah (1866–1886)
- Most Rev. Desmond Tutu (1931–2021), South African Anglican Archbishop, theologian, anti-apartheid and human rights activist (Archbishop of Cape Town 1986–1996, Bishop of Johannesburg 1985–1986 and Bishop of Lesotho 1976–1978)
- Millard E. Tydings (1890–1961), American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator and Democratic Representative and Senator
- John Tyler (1790–1862), American planter, lawyer, politician and 10th President of the United States (1841–1845)
U to Z
[edit]- Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941), English writer, theologian, retreat leader and pacifist
- Peter van Inwagen (b. 1942), American analytic philosopher and professor
- Henry Vaughan (1621−1695), Welsh Metaphysical poet and translator
- Thomas Vaughan (1621−1666), Welsh clergyman, philosopher and alchemist
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland (1837–1901) and Empress of India (1876–1901)
- Henry A. Wallace (1888–1965), American politician, journalist, farmer, businessman and 33rd Vice President of the United States (1941–1945)
- Rev. Keith Ward (b. 1938), English priest, philosopher and theologian
- George Washington (1732–1799), American Founding Father, politician, military officer, farmer and 1st President of the United States (1789–1797)
- Sam Waterston (b. 1940), American actor
- Most Rev. Justin Welby (b. 1956), British Anglican Archbishop (105th Archbishop of Canterbury 2013–Present, Bishop of Durham 2011–2013 and Dean of Liverpool 2007–2011)
- Francis Wharton (1820–1889), American legal writer and educator
- Rev. Alfred Wheeler (1865–1949), Australian Anglican clergyman and composer of spiritual and Romantic music
- William III (1650–1702), King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders and Overijssel
- William IV (1765–1837), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland and the Kingdom of Hanover (1830–1837)
- Most Rev. William White (1748–1836), American Bishop (1st and 4th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church July 28 1789-October 3 1789 and 1795–1836, Bishop of Pennsylvania 1787–1836 and Bishop of Delaware 1787–1828)
- Rev. George Whitefield (1714–1770), English Anglican clergyman, preacher and one of the founders of Methodism
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish dramatist and poet (converted on his deathbed to Roman Catholicism)
- William, Prince of Wales (b. 1982), British Prince, heir apparent to the British throne and member of the British Royal family
- Most Rev. John Williams (1817–1899), American Bishop (11th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1887–1889, Bishop of Connecticut 1865–1899 and Assistant Bishop of Connecticut 1851–1865)
- Robin Williams (1951–2014), American actor and comedian
- Rt. Rev. Rowan Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (b. 1950), Welsh Anglican Archbishop, theologian and poet (104th Archbishop of Canterbury 2003–2012, Archbishop of Wales 2000–2002 and Bishop of Monmouth 1992–2002)
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), English nobleman, poet and courtier (deathbed convert)
- Selina Win Pe
- Lady Louise Windsor (b. 2003), member of the British Royal family
- Rt. Rev. Colin Winter (1928–1981), Irish-British Anglican Bishop & anti-apartheid activist (Bishop of Damaraland 1968–1981 and Dean of St George's Cathedral, Windhoek 1964–1968)
- Rev. Charles Woodmason (c. 1720–1789), clergyman, diarist and missionary to colonial South Carolina
- William Wordsworth (1770–1850), English Romantic poet (Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 6 April 1843–23 April 1850)
- William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, dramatist and writer
See also
[edit]- List of Anglican church composers - includes some non-Anglicans who wrote Anglican church music.
- List of people who have converted to Anglicanism
- Category:Anglican writers
References
[edit]- ^ Bruce Smith. McCain Says He's Been Baptist for Years. ABC News. September 17, 2007 retrieved September 17, 2007.
- ^ "God for the 21st Century Press Release - Templeton Foundation Press". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
- ^ Murray, Noel (July 13, 2005). "Sufjan Stevens". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
External links
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