Random Famous People You Didn't Know Were Unitarian (23 items)

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  (#1) Thomas Jefferson

  • Dec. at 83 (1743-1826)

  Thomas Jefferson was known to go to both Episcopalian and Unitarian services and seemed to express a preference for Unitarianism. 

  
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  (#2) Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • Dec. at 79 (1803-1882)

  Ralph Waldo Emerson was an ordained Unitarian minister.
  
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  (#3) Isaac Newton

  • Dec. at 84 (1643-1727)

  Isaac Newton is thought of as one of the originators of Unitarian beliefs.
  
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  (#4) Greta Gerwig

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  Greta Gerwig filmed a scene in the movie Francis Ha at her home Unitarian Church.
  
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  (#5) Paul Newman

  • Dec. at 83 (1925-2008)

  Paul Newman was born to a Catholic mother and a Jewish father and became Unitarian later in life.
  
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  (#6) Keith Olbermann

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  Keith Olbermann confirmed that he is a Unitarian on Twitter saying, "Yes I am. Must be my Unitarian live-and-let-live youth."
  
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  (#7) Charles Dickens

  • Dec. at 58 (1812-1870)

  Charles Dickens was baptized in the Church of England, but he became Unitarian in the 1840s and remained so until his death.
  
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  (#8) Sylvia Plath

  • Dec. at 31 (1932-1963)

  Sylvia Plath taught Sunday School at the Wellesley Unitarian Church.
  
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  (#9) St. Vincent

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  Annie Clark – aka St. Vincent – was raised in the Unitarian Church and she has even recruited members of her childhood church choir to sing back-up vocals on her albums.
  
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  (#10) Rod Serling

  • Died at 51 (1924-1975)

  Rod Serling's Unitarian faith helped to shape his creativity.
  
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  (#11) E. E. Cummings

  • Dec. at 68 (1894-1962)

  E. E. Cummings had a Unitarian upbringing.
  
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  (#12) P. T. Barnum

  • Dec. at 81 (1810-1891)

  P. T. Barnum was an original board member of Tufts University, the flagship college of Unitarian Universalists.
  
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  (#13) Paul Revere

  • Dec. at 83 (1735-1818)

  Paul Revere was raised Christian Orthodox, but he is said to have been Unitarian later in life.
  
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  (#14) Christopher Reeve

  • Dec. at 52 (1952-2004)

  Christopher Reeve was a member of the Unitarian Church. Regarding his faith, he said: 

  It gives me a moral compass. I often refer to Abe Lincoln, who said, "When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that is my religion." I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know.

  
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  (#15) John Adams

  • Dec. at 91 (1735-1826)

  John Adams was a life long churchgoer, despite skepticism about certain religious beliefs. Later in life, he primarily attended Unitarian services. 

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  (#16) Herman Melville

  • Dec. at 72 (1819-1891)

  Herman Melville was raised Calvinist and later joined a Unitarian Church.
  
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  (#17) John Quincy Adams

  • Dec. at 81 (1767-1848)

  Like his father John Adams, John Quincy Adams was Unitarian.
  
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  (#18) William Howard Taft

  • Dec. at 73 (1857-1930)

  William Howard Taft was raised in the Unitarian Church.
  
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  (#19) Louisa May Alcott

  • Dec. at 56 (1832-1888)

  Little Women author Louisa May Alcott was Unitarian.
  
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  (#20) Susan B. Anthony

  • Dec. at 86 (1820-1906)

  Susan B. Anthony attended the Rochester Unitarian Church in the 1890s.
  
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  (#21) Pete Seeger

  • Dec. at 95 (1919-2014)

  Pete Seeger was more of an agnostic, but frequently sang with a band associated with the Unitarian Universal church and eventually joined the congregation himself. 

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  (#22) Frank Lloyd Wright

  • Dec. at 92 (1867-1959)

  Frank Lloyd Wright was raised Unitarian and remained so throughout his life. He even designed two Unitarian Universalist churches, Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois, and the Meeting House in Madison, Wisconsin.
  
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  (#23) Beatrix Potter

  • Dec. at 77 (1866-1943)

  Beatrix Potter came from a long line of Unitarians.
  
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