List of Baptists
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The following list of Baptists is a catalogue of those who were members of Baptist churches or who were raised in Baptist churches. It is not intended to imply that all those who appear on the list were practicing Baptists or that they remained Baptists their entire lives. As an article of faith, Baptists do not baptize infants, so one with a Baptist background would not automatically have ever been technically a Baptist.
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[edit] Preachers, theologians, and missionaries
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- Armstrong, Annie, missionary
- Burchell, Thomas, missionary
- Campolo, Tony, pastor, professor and author
- Carey, William
- Carroll, B. H.
- Carroll, J. M.
- Chambers, Oswald [1]
- Cheney, Oren B.
- Christian, John T.
- Clarke, Dr. John
- Connor, Brian
- Cox, Harvey
- Craig Elija, purported inventor of Kentucky bourbon
- Criswell, W. A.
- Dayton, Amos Cooper
- Entzminger, Louis
- Estep, William R.
- Falwell, Jerry
- Fuller, Andrew
- Gill, John
- Graham, Billy [2]
- Graves, James Robinson
- Grenz, Stanley
- Mordecai Ham
- Havner, Vance
- Helwys, Thomas
- Hyles, Jack
- Jordan, Clarence, author of the Cotton Patch versions of the Gospels and Epistles.
- Judson, Adoniram
- Benjamin Keach
- Knibb, William
- William Garrett Lewis
- Eric Liddell, missionary to China, former olympian featured in the movie Chariots of Fire
- King Jr, Martin Luther
- Latourette, Kenneth Scott
- Leland, John
- Lisle, George
- Meyer, F. B.
- Mohler, Albert
- Moon, Charlotte ("Lottie") Diggers Moon, missionary to China. the SBC's Christmas missionary offering is named in her honor. [3]
- Norris, J. Frank
- Oncken, Johann Gerhard
- Oughton, Samuel, missionary
- Parker, Daniel
- Pawson, David
- Pendleton, J. M.
- Phelps, Fred [4]
- Piper, John
- Pollard, Vic
- Rauschenbusch, Walter
- Rice, John R.
- Roberson, Lee
- Rogers, Adrian
- Rosen, Moishe, founder of Jews for Jesus
- Sharpe, Samuel emancipator
- Smith, Bailey E., Evangelist
- Smyth, John
- Spilsbury, John
- Spurgeon, Charles H.
- Stanley, Charles (In Touch Ministries)
- Toulmin, Joshua (1740-1815), English radical Dissenting minister
- Warren, Rick
- Williams, Roger
[edit] Politicians
- Byrd, Robert, United States Senator (D) West Virginia
- Carter, Jimmy, 39th President of the United States [5]
- Clinton, Bill, 42nd President of the United States [6]
- Coe, William Kelcey [7]
- Coburn, Tom, United States Senator, (R) Oklahoma
- Cochran, Thad, United States Senator (R) Mississippi
- Colson, Chuck, former top aide to President Richard Nixon [8]
- Davis, Geoff, Congressman (R) Kentucky
- Douglas, Tommy
- Edwards, John, former United States Senator (D) North Carolina, 2004 Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate (raised Baptist, converted to Methodist)
- Fletcher, Ernie, Governor (R) Kentucky
- Gore, Al, Vice-President of the United States from 1993 - 2001; 2000 Democratic presidential candidate [9]
- Graham, Lindsey, United States Senator (R) South Carolina
- Grassley, Chuck, United States Senator (R) Iowa
- Gingrich, Newt, Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995-1999
- Harding, Warren G., 29th President of the United States [10]
- Helms, Jesse, retired Republican United States Senator from North Carolina
- Henry, Brad, Governor (D) Oklahoma
- Huckabee, Mike, Governor (R) Arkansas
- Jackson, Jesse, civil rights leader and activist; candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988
- Johnson, Andrew, 17th President of the United States [11]
- Lewis, Ron, Congressman (R) Kentucky
- Lincoln, Abraham, 16th President of the United States. Lincoln was raised in the Regular Baptist church, but did not practice any organized religion as an adult [12]
- Lott, Trent, United States Senator (R) Mississippi
- Mackenzie, Alexander
- McConnell, Mitch, United States Senator (R) Kentucky
- Rogers, Hal, Congressman (R) Kentucky
- Sodrel, Mike, Congressman (R) Indiana
- Stassen, Harold, Governor of Minnesota from 1939 - 1943; candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1948 and 1952
- Thurmond, Strom, Republican United States Senator from South Carolina, only U.S. Senator to live to be 100 while still in office
- Truman, Harry, 33rd President of the United States[13]
[edit] Jurists
- Black, Hugo, Supreme Court associate justice [14]
- Hughes, Charles Supreme Court, chief justice [15]
- Jackson, Howel Supreme Court, associate justice [16]
- Moore, Roy Alabama state Supreme Court chief justice, removed from office [17]
- Thomas, Clarence Supreme Court, associate justice (raised Baptist, converted to Catholicism) [18]
[edit] Industrialists and leaders of business
- Cathy, S. Truett, founder of Chick-fil-A restaurant chain and a devout Southern Baptist
- Lindner, Carl, former owner of the Cincinnati Reds [19]
- Penney, James Cash, chain store magnet
- Rockefeller, John D.
[edit] Entertainers, movie and television personalities
- Adkins, David ("Sinbad") [20]
- Aiken, Clay
- Bass, Lance
- Ball, David
- Ball, Lucille
- Beatty, Warren [21]
- Berry, Chuck
- Bryant, Anita
- Campbell, Glen, [22]
- Cash, Johnny [23]
- Cline, Patsy
- Clower, Jerry
- Costner, Kevin [24]
- Chapman, Steven Curtis
- Davis, Bette, former baptist [25]
- Franklin, Aretha
- Holly, Buddy [26]
- Kelley, DeForest
- Knight, Gladys, converted to Mormonism [27]
- Lowry, Mark, Christian comedian and author of Mary, Did You Know?
- Manuel, Richard
- Michaels, Shawn
- Mignogna, Vic
- Moyers, Bill
- Murphy, Eddie [28]
- Norris, Chuck, former baptist
- Page, Bettie
- Peterson, Ray
- Pitt, Brad, raised Baptist, now Agnostic
- Redding, Otis
- Ritchie, Jean
- Shelton, Ron [29]
- Summer, Donna
- Scott, Willard [30]
- Simpson, Jessica
- Spears, Britney [31]
- Underwood, Carrie (member of Free Will Baptist Church)
- Wakeman, Rick
- Whitney, Daniel Lawrence ("Larry the Cable Guy"), attended Baptist University of America
[edit] Athletes
- Brown, Jim [32]
- Edwards, Jonathan
- Foreman, George
- Roberts, Jake "The Snake"
- Stewart, Payne
- White, Reggie [33]
[edit] Doctors
[edit] Authors & Writers
- Bunyan, John
- Chapman, Gary, author of the Five Love Languages series.
- Chick, Jack
- Dixon, Thomas-Writer of The Clansman. (He later left the Baptist church for a nondenominational church.)
- Grisham, John
- Hamner, Earl Jr., screenwriter of Spencer's Mountain and The Homecoming
- Lawhead, Stephen R.-Christian science fiction and fantasy writer.
- LaHaye, Tim-Left Behind books.
- Lake, Kyle-Religious writings.
- Priest, Christopher-Minister and comic book writer.
- Tan, Amy-Her father was a minister.
- Henry Grady Weaver, General Motors executive and author of The Mainspring of Human Progress
[edit] Martyrs
- Askew, Anne, early Baptist martyr
- Birch, John, missionary killed by the Communist Chinese on August 25, 1945
- Elliott, Jean, missionary to Iraq on March 15, 2005
- Elliott, Larry, missionary killed with Jean Elliot
- McDonnall, Davod, missionary killed with Jean Elliot
- Gariety, Kathy, missionary killed in Yemen killed on December 30, 2003
- Meyers, Martha, missionary killed with Kathy Gariety.
- Koehn, Bill, medical missionary, killed with Kathy Gariety
- Tovar, Antolìn, Venezuelan
- Watson, Karen, missionary killed with Jean Elliott
[edit] Criminals
- Cole, James W, A Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, arrested for inciting a riot.
- Davis, Larry, Baptist minister who plead guilty to embezzeling over $700,000 of church funds.
- James, Frank and Jesse, sons of a Baptist minister.
- Killen, Edgar Ray-Sawmill operator and part-time minister who was found guilty for his part in the Mississippi civil rights worker murders.
- Longabaugh, Harry ("The Sundance Kid"), train robber and outlaw [34]
- McDougal, Susan, jailed for refusal to cooperate with Ken Star's investigation into the Whitewater controversy.
- Piper, Thomas, a nineteenth century Baptist sexton and serial killer.
[edit] Fictional Baptists
[edit] Baptists in literature
- Fried Green Tomatoes, by Fannie Flagg
- Idgie Threadgood
- Rev. Scroggins
- The Mitford series by Jan Karon
- Sophia Burton, a single mother raising two daughters
- Absalom Greer, elderly minister and close friend of the series'protagonist, Father Tim Kavanagh (an Episcopalian rector).
- Madelaine Kavanagh, Father Tim's mother
- Emma Newland, Father Tim's secretary who was raised Baptist, converted to the Episcopal church, then returned to the Baptist church when she married.
- Harold Newland, Emma's wife and local postal worker
- Rodney Underwood, the town's chief of police
- Lew Boyd, owner-operator of local Exxon gas station
- Mule Skinner, semi-retired realtor
- Fancy Skinner, Mule's wife and unisex hairdresser
- Bill Sprouse, the jovial minister of Mitford's First Baptist Church
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Miss Maudie Atkins, Neighbor of Scout Finch, the protagonist. More moderate than the "Footwashing Baptists" who make a brief appearance
- Mr. Radley's father. Another of Scout's neighbors.
- Superman comic book series
- Perry White, editor of the Daily Planet [35]
[edit] Baptists on Television
- Designing Women, Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter), presumably Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) and Charlene Frazier (Jean Smart). Specifically Charlene reveals that she is a Missionary Baptist. In the episode "How Great Thou Art" Charlene quits her church when she discovers her pastor is opposed to the ordination of women, which was her dream at one time. Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts) briefly dates Julia's minister.
- The Jeffersons, George Jefferson is revealed to be a Baptist during a Christmas episode where his son Lionel weds Jenny Willis. The wedding is held up because George wants a Baptist minister to conduct the service while the Willis' want a minister of their denomination. Jenny and Lionel quickly marry when a minister (who happens to be Baptist, though white to George's chagrin), is going door-to-door with a group of carolers.
- Gimme a Break!, Nell Harper (Nell Carter) is the daughter of a Baptist minister.
- Golden Girls, Blanche Deveraux, according to a fan site, is a Southern Baptist.
- Se7en, one of the crime suspects was Baptist
- The Waltons, Almost all the principal characters were Baptists or attended the Baptist church. In the fourth season episode "The Sermon", Rev. Matthew Fordwick (John Ritter) asks John Boy (Richard Thomas) to deliver a sermon while he goes on his honeymoon. In the fifth season episode "The Baptism" John Walton, Sr. (Ralph Waite) refuses to attend a tent revival or be baptized.
[edit] Baptists in film
- Arachnophobia Coach Beachwood, his wife, daughter (Becky) and son (Bobby). After boasting he taught his son to throw a football before he could walk, Molly Jennings jokingly asks, "Nepotism?". Mrs. Beachwood replies, "Actually, we're Baptist."
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Pete Hogwallop and Delmar O'Donnell are baptized by a Baptist minister [36]
- The Preacher's Wife, The pastor Rev. Henry Biggs (Courtney Vance), his wife Julia (Whitney Houston), his mother-in-law Marguerrite Coleman (Jenifer Lewis), his son Jeremiah (Justin Pierre Edmund) and many other supporting characters who were members of Saint Matthews Baptist Church.
[edit] Baptists in Song
- "Guilty" (The Statler Brothers) contains the lines "If she seems bitter of other ways, / Seems to have lost her Baptist ways, / If the truth comes harder than a lie, / If she's guilty, so am I"
- "Lonely Lubbock Lights"(Aaron Watson), a singer in a Broken Spoke (a honkeytonk) reveals that a love interest is the daughter of a Baptist minister who is keeping them apart (because he sings in bars.)
- "Southern Baptist Heartbreak"(The Warren Brothers) contains the lines "Somewhere in the middle of 'Have Thy Own Way,' / She left an empty pew; she said 'I think that's what I'll do.'"
- "Uneasy Rider" (Charlie Daniels), a hippie is stranded in a bar in the deep South and the locals start making trouble when the fast-thinking hippie accuses one of the locals of being a spy sent to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan. The local replies that He's a "faithful follower of Brother John Birch and a member of Antioch Baptist Church."
