Below is a list of just some of the world’s most prominent leaders, thinkers, and activists in philosophy, justice, science, and the arts that have proudly associated with the American Humanist Association:
Bestselling Authors
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Isaac Asimov
- Salman Rushdie
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Margaret Atwood
- Gore Vidal
Scientists and Science Advocates
- Steve Wozniak
- Carolyn Porco
- Bill Nye
- Carl Sagan
- Steven Pinker
- Edward O. Wilson
- Jonas Salk
Philosophers
- Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
- Daniel Dennett
- Corliss Lamont
- John Dewey
Prominent Activists
- Gloria Steinem
- Jessica Valenti
- Dan Savage
- Betty Friedan
- Jack Kevorkian
- Philip Randolph
Political Leaders
- Jared Huffman
- Barney Frank
- Jamie Raskin
- Pete Stark
Actors, Directors, Writers, and Entertainers
- John de Lancie
- Julia Sweeney
- Kelly Carlin
- Steve Allen
- Norman Lear
- Oliver Stone
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Gene Roddenberry
- Katharine Hepburn
- Kristen Bell
- Dax Shepard
Media and Journalism
- Amy Goodman
- Cenk Uygur
- Michelle Goldberg
- Ira Flatow
- Pacifica Radio Foundation
- The Onion
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without rewards or punishment after I am dead.
-Kurt Vonnegut, 1994 Humanist of the Year and Past AHA Honorary President
When we speak of equality, of women and men, of blacks and whites, of all the world’s people, we are talking about humanism.
-Gloria Steinem, 2012 Humanist of the Year
Humanists recognize that it is only when people feel free to think for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are best capable of developing values that succeed in satisfying human needs and serving human interests.
-Isaac Asimov, 1984 Humanist of the Year and Past AHA President