American humanists

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)

American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)

American writer (1902–1968)

American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

American author (1922–2007)

American scientist (1901–1994)

American musician (1940–1993)

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)

German sociologist and psychoanalyst (1900–1980)

American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer (1860–1935)

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

American author and activist (born 1944)

American psychologist (1908–1970)

American physicist (1929–2019)

Palestinian-American professor (1935–2003)

Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)

American actor (born 1948)

American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

American writer (1925–2012)

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

American activist and journalist (born 1934)

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series Family Guy and The Orville, and co-creator of the television series American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. He also co-wrote, co-produced, directed, and starred in the films Ted, its sequel Ted 2, and A Million Ways to Die in the West.

American psychologist (1902–1987)

American theoretical physicist

American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006)

American biologist, naturalist, and writer (1929–2021)

American philosopher (1942–2024)

German-American physicist, Nobel laureate (1921-2020)

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)

American immunologist and head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966)

American television screenwriter and producer (1921–1991)

Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

American biologist (1890–1967)

American author (born 1938)

American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)

Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent

American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010)

American lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899)

American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care (1903-1998)

American psychologist (1913–2007)

American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "Peanuts" (1922-2000)

American author (1914–1986)

American science fiction writer (born 1952)

American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, scientist and mechanical engineer

Hungarian psychiatrist (1920-2012)

Jesse Ventura is an American politician, Vietnam veteran, actor, and retired professional wrestler. After achieving fame in the World Wrestling Federation, he served as the 38th governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. He was elected governor with the Reform Party and is the party's only candidate to win a major government office.

American particle physicist and cosmologist

American writer and academic (1931-2003)

American novelist, also known by the pseudonym Lemony Snicket (born 1970)

American science writer

Co-founder of the Black Panther Party (1942-1989)

American writer and journalist (1941–2022)

American actor, comedian, musician and presenter (1921–2000)

American cosmologist (1921–2007)

American anthropologist, mother of Barack Obama (1942–1995)

Bangladeshi-American engineer, blogger and activist (1972-2015)