Talk:List of humanists

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[edit] Jefferson

Jefferson was a Christian deist. If anything, he ought to be under 'religious humanists' but I'm not sure if even that is accurate. Joffeloff 12:42, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Vashti Cromwell McCollum (1912-2006) Certainly should be listed with the Humanists. She was a dedicated Humanist and served on the American Humanist Association board of directors in 1952 and served as president of the AHA from 1962 to 1965. Her most notable accomplishment was the case involving Christian Sunday school classes in the Champaign, Illinois public schools that she prosecuted all the way to the US Supreme Court, winning decisively in an 8 to 1 decision, that, to this day, is a landmark case in US constitutional law. The case, Peo. of the State of Illinois, ex rel McCollum -v- School Board, 333 US 203 (1948), established the applicability of the establishment of religion clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution to the several states and their municipalities by virtue of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

[edit] Remove tag

I'd like to remove the unreferenced tag. It seems extraneous to me, given that this is just a list. If there is controversy over a certain listed person, that can be argued on the discussion page. There is no need for the tag. --Dialecticas 18:11, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Atheists?

WTF? Why so many of listed are atheists?

[edit] Deletion of sourceless entries

As with all articles, all information in this list should be supported by reliable sources. I have recently added sources for many of the entries, and have deleted those for whom I have not yet found sources. The deleted names may be found here. The deleted names are in the left column, highlighted in yellow. Please do not restore these names to the list without providing a reliable source for their humanism. Nick Graves 16:32, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] To do list

There are a number of things that can be done to improve and expand the list:

  1. Find reliable sources for deleted names so they may be restored to the list.
  2. Add birth/death years for each entry.
  3. Add description of each person listed (ie. occupation and humanism-related activities).
  4. Add pictures of particularly prominent humanists.
  5. Divide names into subsections, either alphabetically or by occupation.

Any help with these would be most appreciated. Nick Graves 16:32, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Björn Ulvaeus was born 1945, member of ABBA and composer. [1] If the source can be in swedish there is plenty more. Ssteinberger (talk) 22:21, 5 January 2008 (UTC)