Atheist philosophers

German-born philosopher (1818-1883)

founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)

German philosopher (1844-1900)

British writer and journalist (1903–1950)

French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)

French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)

German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)

German philosopher (1788-1860)

French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)

Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)

Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)

Russian-born American anarchist (1869–1940)

French philosopher (1926–1984)

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

French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

German philosopher and anthropologist (1804–1872)

George Soros is a Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist. As of May 2025, he has a net worth of US$7.2 billion, having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune. In 2020, Forbes called Soros the "most generous giver" in terms of percentage of net worth.

German sociologist and philosopher (1929–2026)

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist, studied medical doctor (1921–2006)

French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)

Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)

Austrian physicist (1838–1916)

German philosopher (1806-1856)

French philosopher (1925–1995)

Spanish-American philosopher

German-born French philosopher (1723–1789)

American political philosopher (1921–2002)

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

German scientist and satirist (1742-1799)

French philosopher; (1715-1771)

Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)

English journalist, political philosopher and novelist

French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743-1794)

American author, philosopher and neuroscientist (born 1967)

American philosopher (1942–2024)

Australian moral philosopher (born 1946)

German philosopher and logician (1891–1970)

French physician and philosopher

American philosopher and logician (1900–2000)

German philosopher (1885–1977)

American economist (1926–1995)

English philosopher

German philosopher (1882-1936)

French philosopher and sociologist

German philosopher and theologian (1809–1882)

French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)

Iranian Azerbaijani playwright and literary critic

Vasubandhu (; Tibetan: དབྱིག་གཉེན་ ; fl. 4th to 5th century CE) was an influential Indian Buddhist monk and scholar. He was a philosopher who wrote commentary on the Abhidharma, from the perspectives of the Sarvastivada and Sautrāntika schools. After his conversion to Mahayana Buddhism, along with his brother, Asanga, he was also one of the main founders of the Yogacara school.

French philosopher (1901-1991)

American philosopher

17th–18th century French priest and atheist (1664–1729)

French philosopher

Indian politician (1883-1966)

Greek-French philosopher (1922–1997)

British mathematician, philosopher, and economist (1903–1930)

English philosopher (1920–2010)

Russian-born French philosopher and statesman