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The list American writers on atheism includes Penn Jillette, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ayn Rand, Madalyn Murray-O'Hair and Philip Roth. The list consists of 25 members.

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  • 1.

    Penn Jillette
    American magician
    Penn Jillette
    Overview: Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn ...
    Date of birth: 5 March 1955
    Age: 70
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Magician
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 6" (198 cm)
    Partner: Emily Zolten Jillette (Married)
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    American men podcasters 368T
    Critics of Mother Teresa 13T
    Writers about religion and science 177T
  • 2.

    Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Dutch feminist and author
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Overview: Ayaan Hirsi Ali ( Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali: Ayān Ḥirsī 'Alī; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, 13 November 1969) is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist, author, scholar and former politician. She received ...
    Date of birth: 13 November 1969
    Age: 55
    Nationality: Dutch
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
    Partner: Niall Ferguson (Married)
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    American critics of Islam 115T
    Secular critics of Islam 75T
    21st-century Somalian women writers 7T
  • 3.

    Ayn Rand
    Russian-born American author and philosopher (1905–1982)
    Ayn Rand
    Overview: Ayn Rand (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2, [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982) was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The ...
    Date of birth: 2 February 1905
    Date of death: 6 March 1982
    Age: 77 (age at death)
    Nationality: Russian
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)
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    Heart failure deaths in New York (state) 6T
    Jewish American atheists 143T
    20th-century pseudonymous writers 1,045T
  • 4.

    Madalyn Murray-O'Hair
    American, Activist
    Madalyn Murray-O'Hair
    Overview: Madalyn Murray O'Hair (née Mays; April 13, 1919 – September 29, 1995) was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state. In 1963 she founded American Atheists and served as ...
    Date of birth: 13 April 1919
    Date of death: 29 September 1995
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)
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    American critics of creationism 75T
    American free speech activists 124T
    American critics of Christianity 83T
  • 5.

    Christopher Hitchens
    British author and journalist (1949–2011)
    Christopher Hitchens
    Overview: Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was an English-American author, columnist, essayist, orator, journalist, and social critic. Hitchens was the author, co-author, editor, or ...
    Date of birth: 13 April 1949
    Date of death: 15 December 2011
    Age: 62 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Journalist
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)
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    New Atheism 31T
    Jewish American atheism activists 8T
    Deaths from pneumonia in Texas 44T
  • 6.

    Philip Roth
    American novelist (1933–2018)
    Philip Roth
    Overview: Philip Milton Roth (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American novelist and short-story writer.
    Date of birth: 19 March 1933
    Date of death: 22 May 2018
    Age: 85 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Novelist
    Gender: Male
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    Philip Roth 1T
    Weequahic High School alumni 44T
    2018 deaths 9,212T
  • 7.

    Mike Mentzer
    American bodybuilder
    Mike Mentzer
    Overview: Mike Mentzer (November 15, 1951 – June 10, 2001) was an American IFBB professional bodybuilder, businessman and author.
    Date of birth: 15 November 1951
    Date of death: 20 June 2001
    Age: 49 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Bodybuilder
    Gender: Male
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    Atheist writers 49T
    Sportspeople from Lancaster, Pennsylvania 69T
    Pages containing blacklisted links 1,510T
  • 8.

    Daniel C. Dennett
    American philosopher (born 1942)
    Daniel C. Dennett
    Overview: Daniel Clement Dennett III (March 28, 1942 – April 19, 2024) was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. His research centered on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science, and the ph ...
    Date of birth: 28 March 1942
    Date of death: 19 April 2024
    Age: 82 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Philosopher
    Gender: Male
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    2024 deaths 2,736T
    American critics of Christianity 73T
    New Atheism 31T
  • 9.

    Michael Shermer
    American science writer (born 1954)
    Michael Shermer
    Overview: Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor-in-chief of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted ...
    Date of birth: 8 September 1954
    Age: 70
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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    Cycling writers 68T
    Ultra-distance cyclists 52T
    Former Christian creationists 4T
  • 10.

    Sam Harris
    American neuroscientist, author, and podcaster
    Sam Harris
    Overview: Samuel Benjamin Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, and podcast host. His work touches on a wide range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free ...
    Date of birth: 9 April 1967
    Age: 57
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Scientist
    Gender: Male
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    Giving What We Can members 25T
    Conversationalists 14T
    Philosophers of war 30T
  • 11.

    David Thorstad
    American pro-pedophile activist
    David Thorstad
    Overview: David Thorstad (born June 6, 1941) is an American political activist engaged with pro-pederast and pro-pedophile activism within the North American Man/Boy Love Association (commonly known as NAMBLA) ...
    Date of birth: 6 June 1941
    Date of death: 1 August 2021
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Male
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    American Communist writers 12T
    University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni 372T
    Atheist writers 50T
  • 12.

    Emma Goldman
    Lithuanian-born American anarchist
    Emma Goldman
    Overview: Emma Goldman (June 27 [O.S. June 15], 1869 – May 14, 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in ...
    Date of birth: 27 June 1869
    Date of death: 14 May 1940
    Age: 70 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    People from Papilė 3T
    American anti-capitalists 93T
    Writers from Kaunas 37T
  • 13.

    Dan Barker
    American atheist activist
    Dan Barker
    Overview: Daniel Edwin Barker (born June 25, 1949) is an American atheist activist and musician who served as an evangelical Christian preacher and composer for 19 years but left Christianity in 1984. He and his ...
    Date of birth: 25 June 1949
    Age: 75
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    Writers about religion and science 177T
    Christ myth theory proponents 91T
    Freethought writers 121T
  • 14.

    Rebecca Watson
    American feminist atheist blogger
    Rebecca Watson
    Overview: Rebecca Kay Watson (born October 18, 1980) is an American blogger and podcast host. She is the founder of the Skepchick blog and former co-host of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast. She also ...
    Date of birth: 18 October 1980
    Age: 44
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    American women podcasters 153T
    American atheism activists 89T
    Victims of cyberbullying 51T
  • 15.

    Ernestine Rose
    United States reformer
    Ernestine Rose
    Overview: Ernestine Louise Rose (January 13, 1810 – August 4, 1892) was a suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker who has been called the “first Jewish feminist.” Her career spanned from the 1830s to the 1870s ...
    Date of birth: 13 January 1810
    Date of death: 4 August 1892
    Age: 82 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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    Naturalized citizens of the United States 511T
    19th-century American inventors 564T
    19th-century Polish women writers 35T
  • 16.

    PZ Myers
    American biologist
    PZ Myers
    Overview: Paul Zachary Myers (born March 9, 1957) is an American biologist who founded and writes the Pharyngula science-blog. He is associate-professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM) where ...
    Date of birth: 9 March 1957
    Age: 68
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Biologist
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    University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences alumni 5T
    University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni 253T
    21st-century American biologists 461T
  • 17.

    William G. Dever
    American archaeologist and Bible scholar
    Overview: William Gwinn Dever (born November 27, 1933, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American archaeologist, specialising in the history of Israel and the Near East in biblical times. He was Professor of Near Eastern ...
    Date of birth: 27 November 1933
    Age: 91
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Scientist
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    Writers from Louisville, Kentucky 164T
    21st-century American writers 2,101T
    Old Testament scholars 260T
  • 18.

    Farrell Till
    American print editor
    Overview: Farrell Till (April 26, 1933 – October 3, 2012) was the editor of the formerly published The Skeptical Review and was a prominent debater against Christianity and biblical inerrancy. He published critical ...
    Date of birth: 26 April 1933
    Date of death: 3 October 2012
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
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    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals people 6T
    Christ myth theory proponents 91T
    Secular humanists 82T
  • 19.

    David Harsanyi
    American conservative journalist (born 1970 or 1971)
    Overview: David Harsanyi (born circa 1970) is an American conservative journalist, columnist, author, and editor. He wrote for the Denver Post for eight years, and edited for The Federalist for more than six years ...
    Date of birth: 1970
    Age: 54
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Male
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  • 20.

    J. Howard Moore
    American zoologist and philosopher
    J. Howard Moore
    Overview: John Howard Moore (December 4, 1862 – June 17, 1916) was an American zoologist, philosopher, educator and socialist. He advocated for the ethical consideration and treatment of animals and authored several ...
    Date of birth: 4 December 1862
    Date of death: 17 June 1916
    Age: 53 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Male
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