List of Anglicans
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This is a list of Anglicans, notable persons who were members of the church in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury, known as an Anglican Communion church. Members of schismatic churches may also be included. Only former Anglicans who left the church in adulthood may be included, with accompanying notice.
A to E
[edit]- Joseph Abbott (clergyman)
- Dean Acheson, American statesman
- Daniel Dulany Addison
- Robert Addison
- Spiro Agnew, American statesman and 39th Vice President of the United States
- Howard Ahmanson Jr.
- Madeleine Albright, American stateswoman
- W. H. Aldis (1871–1948), English missionary
- John Allin
- Charles P. Anderson
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York
- Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626), saintly English bishop and scholar, who oversaw the translation of the Authorized Version (or King James Version) of the Bible.
- Anne, Princess Royal
- Thomas Arnold, schoolmaster
- Chester Arthur (1829–1886), 21st President of the United States (1881–85)
- Fred Astaire, American entertainer
- Jane Austen
- W. V. Awdry, clergyman and writer of the Railway Series books.
- Anne Ayres
- Charles Babbage, mathematician
- Ed Bacon, priest of the Episcopal Church
- Francis Bacon, lawyer and philosopher
- Jacob Bailey, Congregational church preacher who converted
- Douglas M. Baker Jr.
- Fred Barnes
- Isaac Barrow
- Diana Butler Bass, author, independent scholar, and church historian
- Evan Bayh
- Princess Beatrice of York
- Canon Gareth Bennett (1929–1987), Anglican priest and academic and critic of the Church of England
- Richard Meux Benson
- R. J. Berry
- John Betjeman (1906–1984)
- Kenneth Bevan (1898–1993), English missionary bishop
- James Blair (Virginia)
- James Blish, (atheist as an adult, then rejoined the church)
- Frederick Boreham (1888–1966), English missionary and Archdeacon of Cornwall
- Robert Boyle, natural philosopher
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Thomas Browne (1605–1682), English polymath
- Thomas Church Brownell
- Edmond Browning
- Anne Brontë
- Charlotte Brontë
- Emily Brontë
- Charles Sumner Burch
- Gilbert Burnet
- George H. W. Bush, American statesman
- Prescott Bush
- Joseph Butler
- Samuel Butler (1613–1680), author of the religious and political satire Hudibras
- Harry F. Byrd
- James F. Byrnes (1882–1972), South Carolina politician and U. S. Supreme Court Justice (convert from the Roman Catholic Church)
- Cab Calloway, American musician
- David Cameron, British politician
- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- Justin R. Cannon, American clergyman
- Robert Farrar Capon
- George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury
- Mariah Carey, singer-songwriter and actress
- Robert Carliell, didactic poet
- Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
- William Cassels (1858–1925), one of the Cambridge Seven
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- Owen Chadwick (b. 1916), British academic and historian of Christianity
- Saxby Chambliss
- Charles III (b. 1948), King of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms since 2022
- Philander Chase
- Salmon P. Chase
- Don Cherry, hockey player
- Christy Clark, Premier Of British Columbia
- Thomas M. Clark
- Eleanor Clitheroe-Bell
- Henry John Cody
- Richard Coles, vicar and former member of pop band The Communards
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Judy Collins, singer, songwriter
- Wallace E. Conkling
- Anne Conway (1631–1679), English philosopher, former Anglican, a convert to Quakerism
- James Cook
- Walter William Covey-Crump (1865–1949) English clergyman
- Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the English Reformation, and martyr
- Ander Crenshaw
- Alexander Cruden
- T. Pelham Dale
- George Dallas
- Jonathan Myrick Daniels,
- Charles Darwin, scientist (later agnostic)
- Ann B. Davis
- Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America
- Cecil B. DeMille, film director
- R. James deRoux, Jamaican Custos Rotulorum
- Philip Dick
- Benjamin Disraeli (born into a Jewish family, baptized as Anglican at age 12)
- Gregory Dix
- John Donne (1572–1631), (convert from Catholicism, was ordained as an Anglican; Dean of St Paul's & metaphysical poet)
- Audrey Donnithorne (1922–2020), English political economist and missionary, daughter of Vyvyan Donnithorne, former Anglican, a convert to Roman Catholicism
- Vyvyan Donnithorne (1886–1968), English missionary to Sichuan
- Marie Dressler, actress
- Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- T. S. Eliot (1885–1965), poet
- Elizabeth I of England, Queen of England and Wales
- Elizabeth II (1926–2022), Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms from 1952 to 2022
- Duke Ellington, American musician
- Madeleine L'Engle
- Werner Erhard
- Princess Eugenie of York
- George Every
- Jim Exon
F to J
[edit]- Nigel Farage
- Austin Farrer (1904–1968), English theologian, philosopher, and friend of C. S. Lewis
- Mary Ferrar (1551–1634), founder of the Little Gidding community
- Nicholas Ferrar (1592–1637), deacon and leader of the Little Gidding community, publisher of the poetry of George Herbert
- John Neville Figgis
- Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop
- Robert Fludd (1574–1637), English physician, astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian
- Betty Ford
- Gerald Ford, American politician
- Dave Freudenthal
- Accepted Frewen
- Alexander Frey
- Thomas Gage (clergyman)
- Judy Garland (1922–1969), American actress
- Alexander Charles Garrett
- David Garrick, actor
- Lillian Gish
- William Gladstone
- Barry Goldwater
- Hannibal Goodwin
- Charles Gore
- Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984), English novelist
- James Grahame
- John Galbraith Graham
- Alexander Viets Griswold
- Frank Griswold
- Chuck Hagel
- Stephen Hales
- Edmond Halley
- Diana Reader Harris
- William Henry Harrison
- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
- William Dodd Hathaway
- Olivia de Havilland
- Thomas A. Hendricks
- George Herbert (1593–1633), Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
- Paul Hewson
- Peter Heylin or Heylyn (1599–1662), English clergyman and author of many polemical, historical, political and theological tracts
- John Hines
- Ian Hislop
- Peter Hitchens
- John Henry Hobart
- Thomas Hobbes
- Canon Percy Holbrook
- John Holden (1882–1949), missionary and bishop
- Robert Hooke
- Richard Hooker (1554–1600), Anglican priest and theologian of major importance
- Dave Hope (Anglican Mission in America)
- John Henry Hopkins
- Frank Houghton (1894–1972), English missionary bishop and author
- Reverend Robert Alfred Humble
- James Otis Sargent Huntington
- Carolyn Tanner Irish
- Simon Islip
- Molly Ivins
- Andrea Jaeger
- Alphonso Jackson
- Katharine Jefferts Schori
- Ben Jonson
- Charles Edward Jenkins III
- Edward Jenner
- Jeffrey John
- Boris Johnson, convert from Catholicism
- Lady Bird Johnson
- Samuel Johnson
- Absalom Jones
- Trevor Jones (priest)
- Benjamin Jowett
- Bernard Judd
K to O
[edit]- James VI & I (1566–1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland
- James VII & II (1633–1701), King of Scotland, England and Ireland (converted to Catholicism in 1668 or 1669)
- Jan Karon (b. 1937), American novelist
- Rev. John Keble (1792–1866), English Anglican priest and poet
- Garrison Keillor (b. 1942), American author, singer, humorist, voice actor and radio personality
- Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper (1789–1870), American Bishop and missionary (Bishop of Wisconsin 1859–1870 and Missionary Bishop 1835–1859)
- Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936), American industrial reformer, social worker and author
- Rev. Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), English Anglican broad church priest, professor, social reformer, novelist, poet and Christian Socialist
- Jack Kingston (b. 1955), American businessman, lobbyist and Republican Politician
- Dave Kopay (b. 1942), American football running back in the NFL
- Ini Kopuria (d. 1945), Soloman Islander Police officer and founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood
- Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947), American attorney, military officer and Republican Politician
- Rt. Rev. Arthur Lake (1569–1626), English Bishop (Bishop of Bath & Wells 1616–1626 and Dean of Worcester 1608–1616)
- Most Rev. William Laud (1573–1645), English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633–1645) who was executed during the English Civil War (Dean of Gloucester 1616–1621, Bishop of St Davids 1621–1627, Bishop of Bath & Wells 1626–1628, Bishop of London 1628–1633)
- Vice-Adm. Sir Timothy Laurence (b. 1955), English Royal Navy officer and equerry to Elizabeth II (1986–1989)
- Most Rev. Alfred Lee (1807–1887), American Bishop (10th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1884–1887 and Bishop of Delaware 1841–1887)
- Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III (1756–1818), Revolutionary War officer, 9th Governor of Virginia, eulogist of George Washington and father of Robert E. Lee
- Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), American Confederate general
- C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), British writer, literary scholar, Christian apologist and Anglican lay theologian (he was an atheist as an adult and then rejoined the church)
- Most Rev. Arthur Lichtenberger (1900–1968), American Bishop (21st Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1958–1964 and Bishop of Missouri 1952–1959)
- Rod Liddle (b. 1960), English journalist
- Henry Parry Liddon (1829–1890), English Anglican theologian and Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Oxford
- Blanche Lincoln (b. 1960), American Democratic Politician and Senator
- Bob Livingston (b. 1943), American lobbyist and Republican Politician (raised as a Roman Catholic, then an Episcopalian he later returned to Catholicism)
- John Locke (1632–1704), English philosopher and physician
- Most Rev. Adam Loftus (c. 1533–1605), English Anglican Archbishop who served as Archbishop of Armagh (1562–1567) and Archbishop of Dublin (1567–1605)
- Charles Fuge Lowder (1820–1880), English Anglican priest and founder of the Society of the Holy Cross
- George Lukins (1743/1744-????), English tailor infamous for his alleged demonic possession and subsequent exorcism
- Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847), Scottish Anglican divine, hymnodist, priest and poet
- Sir John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) Scottish-Canadian lawyer, soldier, politician and 1st Prime Minister of Canada (convert from Presbyterianism)
- Rev. John Macquarrie, Scottish Anglican priest, philosopher and theologian
- James Madison (1751–1836), American Founding Father, diplomat, military officer, statesman and 4th President of the United States (1809–1817), the “Father of the Constitution” and the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights
- Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (1874–1937), Italian inventor, electrical engineer, physicist, politician and radio pioneer
- Most Rev. Charles Manners-Sutton (1755–1828), English Archbishop (Archbishop of Canterbury 1805–1828 and Bishop of Norwich 1792–1805)
- Mary II (1662–1694), Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland and Princess consort of Orange
- Charles Mathias (1922–2010), American attorney, Republican Politician and US Navy officer
- Rev. John Mbiti (1931–2019), Kenyan Christian philosopher and writer
- John McCain (1936–2018), American US Navy officer, Republican Politician and Senator, (former Anglican, he became a practicing Baptist[1])
- Alister McGrath (b. 1953), Northern Irish native theologian, priest, intellectual historian and Christian apologist
- Victor McLaglen (1886–1959), British-American actor and boxer
- John Milbank (b. 1952), English Anglican theologian and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham
- Rev. Joseph Miller (1874–????) British former Congregational Minister who became an Anglican priest
- Bernard Mizeki (1861–1896), East African Anglican missionary and martyr
- James Monroe (1758–1831), American Founding Father, statesman, diplomat, lawyer and military officer and 5th President of the United States (1817–1825)
- Elizabeth Moon (b. 1945), American science fiction and fantasy writer
- Rt. Rev. Benjamin Moore (1748–1816), American Bishop (Episcopal Bishop of New York 1815–1816)
- Edward Morrow (1934–2003), South African Anglican priest and anti-apartheid activist
- Francis Joseph Mullin (1906–1997), American academic and the seventh president of Shimer College
- Most Rev. John Gardner Murray (1857–1929), American Bishop (16th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church 1926–1929, Bishop of Maryland 1911–1929 and Coadjutor Bishop of Maryland 1909–1911)
- Most Rev. Howard Mowll (1890–1958), Australian Bishop of Western China (1925–1933) and Archbishop of Sydney (1933–1958)
- Rev. John Mason Neale (1818–1866), English Anglican priest, scholar and hymnwriter
- Ursula Niebuhr (1907–1997), Anglo-American academic and theologian
- Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), English nurse, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing
- Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945), American Libertarian, writer, social theorist and critic
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (b. 1937), American lawyer, Democratic politician and human rights activist
- Sabelo Stanley Ntwasa, South African Anglican priest and anti-apartheid activist
- Henry Oldenburg (1618–1677), German diplomat, theologian, philosopher and scientist
- Ashley Olsen (b. 1986), American businesswoman, fashion designer and actress
- Rt. Rev. Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk (1791–1861), American Bishop (4th Bishop of New York 1830–1861, suspended in 1845 and never restored)
- John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (b. 1948), English musician and media personality
- Harry Oppenheimer (1908–2000), South African businessman, industrialist and philanthropist (convert from Judaism)
- George Orwell (1903–1950), English author and journalist
- John Ostrander (b. 1949), American comic book writer
- George Owen of Henllys (1552–1613), Welsh antiquarian, author and naturalist
P to T
[edit]- Horatio Parker (1863–1919), American composer, organist and teacher
- Charles William Pearson (1847–1917), British Anglican missionary
- Rt. Rev. Francis Paget (1851–1911), English Bishop, author and theologian (Bishop of Oxford 1901–1911)
- Alan Paton (1903–1988), South African novelist and anti-apartheid activist
- Percy Pennybacker (1895–1963), American civil engineer
- Most Rev. James De Wolf Perry (1871–1947), American Bishop (18th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021), husband and consort of Elizabeth II (convert from Greek Orthodox)
- Autumn Phillips (b. 1978), Canadian-born British ex-wife of Peter Phillips
- Mark Phillips (b. 1948), English Olympic gold medal winning equestrian, military officer and the first husband of Anne, Princess Royal
- Peter Phillips (b. 1977), British businessman and member of the British Royal family
- Zara Tindall (b. 1981), British equestrian, Olympian, Socialite and member of the British Royal family
- Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), American lawyer, military officer, Democratic Politician and 14th President of the United States
- Rev. Jonas Pilling (1855–1926), English Anglican clergyman
- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), American Founding Father, South Carolina Revolutionary War veteran, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and Federalist Party presidential candidate
- Arthur T. Polhill-Turner (1862–1935), English Anglican missionary one of the Cambridge Seven
- Cecil H. Polhill-Turner (1860–1938), British Anglican missionary and one of the Cambridge Seven
- Canon William Pope (1825–1905), English priest and follower of John Henry Newman , seceded from Anglicanism to the Church of Rome in 1853
- Sir Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp, 7th Baronet (1860–1939), British Anglican missionary and one of the Cambridge Seven
- Most Rev. Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), American Bishop (3rd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)
- Rev. Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882), English Anglican clergyman, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement
- Rev. James Ramsay, Scottish Anglican priest, abolitionist and ship's surgeon
- Most Rev. Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury (1904–1988), British Archbishop and life peer (100th Archbishop of Canterbury)
- John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), American Virginian Congressman and U. S. Minister to Russia and planter
- George Read (1733–1798), American Politician and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware and a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787
- Tatum Reed, American former pornographic actress and adult movie producer
- Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow (b. 1942), British cosmologist and astrophysicist
- Rev. George F. Regas (1930–2021), American Episcopal Church priest (Rector Emeritus of All Saints Church, Pasadena)
- Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson (b. 1947), retired American Episcopal Church Bishop of New Hampshire
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), American activist, diplomat and wife of Franklin Roosevelt and "First Lady of the World"
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), American Democratic Politician and 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English artist, poet and translator
- Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet
- Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827–1876), English author and Anglican nun
- J. K. Rowling (b. 1965), British author and philanthropist
- Sarah, Duchess of York (b. 1959), British author, philanthropist, television personality and former member of the British Royal family
- Rt. Rev. Douglas Sargent (1907–1979), English missionary to Sichuan and third Bishop of Selby
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist
- Sir Roger Scruton (1944–2020), English conservative, philosopher, writer and social critic
- Most Rev. Samuel Seabury (1729–1796), American Bishop and Loyalist (2nd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English playwright, poet and actor
- Most Rev. Henry Sherrill (1890–1980), American Bishop (20th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)
- Rev. Charles Simeon (1759–1836), English Evangelical Anglican cleric
- C. H. Sisson (1914–2003), British critic of the Church of England, poet, translator and writer
- Christopher Smart (1722–1771), English poet
- Most Rev. Benjamin B. Smith (1794–1884), American Bishop (9th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)
- Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966), American science fiction writer, military officer, East Asia scholar and psychological warfare expert
- Song Cheng-tsi (1892–1955), Sichuanese Anglican Bishop of West Szechwan
- Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (b. 1965), British philanthropist and member of the British Royal family
- David Souter (b. 1939), American lawyer, jurist and former US Supreme Court Justice (1990–2009)
- Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) British Princess and ex-wife of Charles, Prince of Wales (now Charles III)
- Rev. William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), English clergyman and Oxford don
- Russell Stannard[2] (1931-2022), British high-energy particle physicist
- John Steinbeck (1902–1968), American novelist and war correspondent
- Rev. Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican clergyman whose best remembered novel is The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
- Sufjan Stevens (b. 1975), American singer[3], songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- Ted Stevens (1923–2010), American lawyer, military officer, Republican Politician and Senator
- Frederick Streetly (1893–1952), Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Tobago
- Sir Roy Strong (b. 1935), English art historian, museum curator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer
- Charles Studd (1860–1931), English author, cricketer, essayist, missionary and one of the Cambridge Seven
- Frederick Reginald Pinfold Sumner (1892–1939), English cleric and photographer
- E. W. Swanton (1907–2000), English author, journalist and cricket commentator
- Very Rev. Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish clergyman, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer known for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, and A Tale of a Tub
- Stuart Symington (1901–1988), American businessman, military officer, Democratic Politician and Senator
- Robert A. Taft (1889–1953), American Republican Politician, Senator, lawyer and member of the Taft family
- Most Rev. Ethelbert Talbot (1848–1928), American Bishop (15th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)
- Oliver Tambo (1917–1993), South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991
- Rt. Rev. Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667), English Anglican Bishop in Ireland and devotional writer
- Michael Taylor (b. 1944), English butcher and murderer
- Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), American General, Politician and 12th President of the United States (1849–1850)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), English poet (Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 19 November 1850–6 October 1892)
- Rev. R. S. Thomas (1913–2000) Welsh Anglican clergyman, poet and Welsh nationalist
- Martin Thornton (1915–1986), British priest and spiritual director known for his writings on ascetical theology
- Arthur Tooth (1849–1931), English Anglican priest noted for Ritualism
- Most Rev. Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886), Irish Anglican Archbishop and poet (Archbishop of Dublin)
- Most Rev. Henry St. George Tucker (1874–1959), American Bishop (19th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)
- Most Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle (1837–1923), American Bishop (13th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)
- Most Rev. Desmond Tutu (1931–2021), South African Anglican Archbishop, theologian, anti-apartheid and human rights activist (Archbishop of Cape Town)
- Millard E. Tydings (1890–1961), American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator and Democratic Representative and Senator
- John Tyler (1790–1862), American planter, lawyer, politician and 10th President of the United States (1841–1845)
U to Z
[edit]- Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941), English writer, theologian, retreat leader and pacifist
- Peter van Inwagen (b. 1942), American analytic philosopher and professor
- Henry Vaughan (1621−1695), Welsh Metaphysical poet and translator
- Thomas Vaughan (1621−1666), Welsh clergyman, philosopher and alchemist
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland (1837–1901) and Empress of India (1876–1901)
- Henry A. Wallace (1888–1965), American politician, journalist, farmer, businessman and 33rd Vice President of the United States (1941–1945)
- Rev. Keith Ward (b. 1938), English priest, philosopher and theologian
- George Washington (1732–1799), American Founding Father, politician, military officer, farmer and 1st President of the United States (1789–1797)
- Sam Waterston (b. 1940), American actor
- Most Rev. Justin Welby (b. 1956), British Anglican Archbishop (105th Archbishop of Canterbury)
- Francis Wharton (1820–1889), American legal writer and educator
- Rev. Alfred Wheeler (1865–1949), Australian Anglican clergyman and composer of spiritual and Romantic music
- William III (1650–1702), King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders and Overijssel
- William IV (1765–1837), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland and the Kingdom of Hanover (1830–1837)
- Most Rev. William White (1748–1836), American Bishop (1st and 4th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)
- Rev. George Whitefield (1714–1770), English Anglican clergyman, preacher and one of the founders of Methodism
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish dramatist and poet (converted on his deathbed to Roman Catholicism)
- William, Prince of Wales (b. 1982), British Prince, heir apparent to the British throne and member of the British Royal family
- Most Rev. John Williams (1817–1899), American Bishop (11th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)
- Robin Williams (1951–2014), American actor and comedian
- Rt. Rev. Rowan Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (b. 1950), Welsh Anglican Archbishop, theologian and poet (104th Archbishop of Canterbury)
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), English nobleman, poet and courtier (deathbed convert)
- Selina Win Pe
- Rt. Rev. Colin Winter (1928–1981), Irish-British Anglican Bishop & anti-apartheid activist
- Rev. Charles Woodmason (c. 1720–1789), clergyman, diarist and missionary to colonial South Carolina
- William Wordsworth (1770–1850), English Romantic poet (Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 6 April 1843–23 April 1850)
- William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, dramatist and writer
See also
[edit]- List of Anglican church composers - includes some non-Anglicans who wrote Anglican church music.
- List of people who have converted to Anglicanism
- Category:Anglican writers
References
[edit]- ^ Bruce Smith. McCain Says He's Been Baptist for Years. ABC News. September 17, 2007 retrieved September 17, 2007.
- ^ "God for the 21st Century Press Release - Templeton Foundation Press". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
- ^ Murray, Noel (July 13, 2005). "Sufjan Stevens". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
External links
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