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List of Anglican converts
The following is a list of notable individuals who
converted to
Anglicanism from a different
religion or
no religion .
Phillip Blond , English
political philosopher
[1]
Karl Dallas , British journalist, folk musician, peace activist
[2]
Tamsin Greig , British actress
[3]
[4]
Nicky Gumbel , priest, developer of
Alpha course
[5]
Geri Halliwell ,
Ginger Spice , singer, songwriter, and actress
[6]
Peter Hitchens , columnist, commentator, and journalist; brother of the
anti-theist writer
Christopher Hitchens
[7]
C. E. M. Joad , English philosopher
[8]
Alister McGrath , biochemist, historian, scientist,
Christian apologist
[9]
C. S. Lewis ,
Oxford professor, writer,
Christian apologist
[10]
Michael Reiss , British bioethicist, educator, journalist, and priest
[11]
Fay Weldon , British novelist and playwright
[12]
Madeleine Albright ,
U.S. Secretary of State
[15]
Pete Buttigieg , American politician,
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
[16]
Miriam Byrne ,
Scottish priest, former
Roman Catholic
nun
[17]
James Francis Byrnes , American politician,
U.S. Secretary of State , governor of
South Carolina
[18]
Alice Callaghan , priest, former
Roman Catholic
nun
[19]
Robert Corrigan , Irish-Canadian settler and farmer
[20]
Thomas Cranmer ,
Archbishop of Canterbury , English
Reformer
[21]
Alberto Cutié , television and radio host, priest
[22]
Tim Dlugos , American poet
[23]
John Donne , English poet and priest
[24]
Dermot Dunne ,
Dean of Christ Church, Dublin
[25]
Matthew Fox , scholar, priest, former
Dominican friar
[26]
Bernard Kenny , American politician, president of the
New Jersey Senate
[27]
Joanna Manning , priest, author, feminist, former
Roman Catholic
nun
[28]
Jim McGreevey , Governor of
New Jersey
[29]
Emmanuel Amand de Mendieta , Belgian
Benedictine scholar,
Anglican priest , former
Catholic priest and monk
[30]
Thomas Nast ,
political cartoonist
[31]
Autumn Phillips , former wife of
Peter Phillips
[32]
Katharine Jefferts Schori , first woman
primate in the
Anglican Communion
[33]
Robert Adley , British politician
[37]
Michael Solomon Alexander , first
Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem
[38]
Joy Davidman , wife of
C. S. Lewis ; poet
[39]
Alfred Edersheim , Biblical scholar, author
[40]
Giles Fraser , priest
[41]
Hugh Montefiore ,
Bishop of Birmingham
[42]
Ernest Oppenheimer , mining entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist
[43]
Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky ,
Bishop of Shanghai , founder of
Saint John's University, Shanghai , Bible translator
[44]
Mordechai Vanunu ,
Israeli former nuclear technician,
nuclear whistleblower , peace activist
[45]
Lauren Winner , historian, scholar of religion, priest
[46]
Parveen Babi , Indian actress, model
[48]
Barkatullah , Archdeacon and
Christian apologist
[49]
Hassan Dehqani-Tafti , Bishop of the
Diocese of Iran
[50]
Dean Mahomed , Indian traveler, writer, surgeon, and entrepreneur
[51]
Abdul Masih ,
Indian indigenous missionary, writer, and minister
[52]
Formerly another branch of
Protestantism
T. S. Eliot , American-born British poet, playwright, and critic, formerly a
Unitarian
[54]
Enmegahbowh ,
Native American priest and missionary
[55]
Queen
Emma of Hawaii , queen of
Hawaii
[56]
Austin Farrer , philosopher, theologian, and biblical scholar, formerly a
Baptist
[57]
Emily Ford , artist, feminist, former a
Quaker
[58]
Kim Jackson , priest, American politician, first openly LGBTQ+ state senator from Georgia, formerly a
Baptist
[59]
Don Edward Johnson , Bishop of the
Diocese of West Tennessee , formerly a
Baptist
[60]
King
Kamehameha IV , king of
Hawaii
[61]
Queen
Liliʻuokalani , last sovereign monarch of the
Hawaiian Kingdom
[62]
Meghan Markle ,
Duchess of Sussex , American actress, and humanitarian
[63]
John Newton , priest, slavery
abolitionist ,
hymnwriter , author of
Amazing Grace
[64]
Rupert Sheldrake , English biochemist, author, formerly a
Methodist
[65]
Margaret Thatcher ,
UK prime minister , formerly a
Methodist
[66]
Morris King Thompson , Bishop of the
Diocese of Louisiana , formerly a
Baptist and
Presbyterian
[67]
Formerly Other Religions
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