American Christian pacifists

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American architect (1867-1959)

American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)

Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)

American economist and writer

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English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

American politician (1860–1925)

American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert (1897-1980)

Founder of the Bible Student movement (1852–1916)

priest and author (1915–1968)

American solder, pacifist, and combat medic; recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1919–2007)

American suffragist (1793–1880)

American actress

British-American economist (1910-1993)

American evangelist (1837–1899)

American civil rights activist (1912–1987)

American writer

United States Baptist theologian (1861–1918)

American theologian, editor, author (1835–1922)

American Presbyterian minister and socialist (1884-1968)

Martyred Christian missionary to Ecuador

American sociologist and pastor (1935–2024)

American theologian

American Catholic priest, peace activist, and poet (1921–2016)

Christian pacifist and civil rights activist (1885-1967)

American theologian and academic (1927–1997)

American novelist and non-fiction writer

American activist

American activist and author

American minister (1803–1890)

American politician (1922-1996)

American theologian and pastor

American zoologist and ecologist (1885–1955)

Roman Catholic bishop and activist (1930–2024)

American sociologist

American Quaker preacher and writer 1720-1772

American priest and anti-war activist (1923-2002)

American geographer (1911–2006)

American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller and poet (1935-2008)

American activist (1928–2024)

1960s Civil Rights Movement strategist (1936–2008)

American biblical scholar (1935–2012)

Co-founder and first pastor of the Schwarzenau Brethren

American Christian pacifist, anarchist and social activist (1893-1970)

American suffragist and poet (1882–1974)

American politician (1920-2007)

Canadian theologian

Roman Catholic nun, activist, writer and academic

American theologian

LGBT political activist (1946–1996)

Catholic priest from the United States

American conflict resolution researcher (1955-)

American writer and activist (1924-2020)

American activist

American writer (1917-1999)

American educator, activist, minister (1894–1984)

American minister

American minister, activist, correspondent (1838-1917)