Preachers Noted For Secular Achievements
- Dr John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983), a preacher among the Plymouth Brethren but arrested in 1956 for murdering two patients. Controversially found not guilty but suspected of up to 163 deaths.
- Bill "Parson" Brownlow (1805–1877), Methodist, anti-secessionist newspaper owner and journalist, and later governor of Tennessee
- John Danforth (born 1936), Episcopalian, Republican Senator from Missouri.
- B.G. Dyess (born 1922), Baptist, Louisiana state senator and Rapides Parish voter registrar
- Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña, (1597–1676), Catholic, explorer
- Laurence Sterne (1713–1759), Anglican, novelist
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787–1851) Congregationalist, deaf educator, Gallaudet University is named in his honor.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), Unitarian, poet
- James Garfield (1831–1851), Disciples of Christ, U. S. President
- Eric Liddell (1902–1945), Baptist, Olympian featured in the movie Chariots of Fire
- Hugh Beaumont (1903–1984), Methodist, Television actor
- Jerry Clower (1926–1998), Baptist, rural humorist
- David Bauer, (1924–1988), Roman Catholic, hockey player and coach
- Fred Rogers (1928–2003), Presbyterian, children's television host
- Della Reese (born 1931), non-denominational, actress
- Bill Moyers (born 1935), Baptist, White House Press Secretary
- Grady Nutt (1937–1982), Baptist, Christian comedian, Hee Haw regular (1979–82)
- Clifton Davis (born 1945), Seventh-day Adventist, actor
- George Foreman (born 1949), boxer
- Sam Kinison (1953–1992), charismatic, comedian
- Mike Huckabee Baptist (2008 Presidential candidate and former governor of Arkansas)
- Ernie Fletcher (born 1956), Baptist (former lay preacher) Governor of Kentucky
- Richard Rossi (born 1963) Filmmaker and musician
- Christopher Priest (born 1961) Baptist, comic book author and editor
- Reggie White (1961–2004), Baptist/Messianic (Torah-observant), football player
- Kirk Cameron (born 1970), evangelical, actor
- John Williams, Uniting Church in Australia, scientist
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