List of Mennonites
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General list
- Harold S. Bender, professor of theology at Goshen College.[1]
- David Bergen, Giller Prize winning author[2]
- J.C. Chasez, solo artist and singer for 'N Sync[3]
- Christopher Dock, Educator[4]
- Howard Dyck, Canadian conductor and broadcaster[5]
- Brendan Fehr, actor linked to TV show Roswell.[6]
- Henry Friesen, endocrinologist who discovered Prolactin[7]
- Johann Funk, early Canadian Mennonite bishop [8]
- Joseph Funk, US music teacher and publisher.[9]
- Owen Gingerich, Smithsonian Astronomer.[10][11]
- John Goerzen, known in connection to Software in the Public Interest and member of the Board of Trustees of the Mennonite Bethesda Society[12]
- Joseph B. Hagey, bishop[13]
- Hans Herr, bishop[14]
- Jeff Hostetler, NFL quarterback[15]
- Julia Kasdorf, poet.[16]
- Graham Kerr, "The Galloping Gourmet"[17][18]
- Cindy Klassen, five time Olympic medalist.[19]
- Clayton Kratz, relief worker.[20]
- Alan Kreider, author and employee of the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.[21]
- Floyd Landis, professional road bicycle racer.[22]
- John Paul Lederach, professor of International Peacebuilding.[23][24]
- Le Thi Hong Lien, teacher and former political prisoner.[25]
- María G. Penayo Solaeche, Paraguayan first lady, her husband Nicanor Duarte Frutos, is a nominal Catholic who attends her church.[26][27]
- Nguyen Hong Quang, Vice President of the Mennonite Church in Vietnam.[28]
- A. James Reimer, Canadian Mennonite theologian[29]
- James Reimer, hockey player[30]
- John D. Roth, Mennonite scholar[31]
- Menno Simons, theologian; Mennonitism named for him.
- Dan Snyder, hockey player[32]
- Miriam Toews, best-selling author, winner of the 2004 Governor General's Literary Award[33]
- Pierre Widmer, French Mennonite pastor and editor
- Rudy Wiebe, Canadian author and professor who was raised Mennonite so knew no English until age 6.[34]
- Harvey L. Wollman, former Governor of South Dakota.[35]
- John Howard Yoder, theologian and pacifist[36]
- Erik Kratz, baseball player
- Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Canadian politicians connected to the Mennonites
- Harold Neufeld, cabinet minister under Gary Filmon and currently Chair of the Menno Simons College Foundation
Note: Several Canadian political figures have a Mennonite background. This might be more common in Canada than in most nations. This is most true in the case of Manitoba and so politicians from other provinces will be designated as such. Hence the explanation for this slightly unusual subdivision. As this more concerns "connected to" not all the names here stayed committed to Mennonitism.
People of Mennonite ancestry or background
This is mostly people whose Mennonite ancestry or upbringing is important to them, but who are not currently Mennonite. In some cases names listed here include people whose current status as Mennonites is undetermined.
- Sandra Birdsell, Canadian poet[37]
- Di Brandt, Canadian poet[38]
- Greg Brenneman, former CEO of Burger King[39]
- John Denver, folk singer-songwriter[40][41]
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953–1961). Eisenhowers direct ancestor, Hans Nicol Eisenhauer, was a Mennonite who settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1741.[42]
- Katherine Esau, American botanist[43]
- Patrick Friesen, Canadian poet[44]
- Anna German, Polish singer[45]
- Philip D. Gingerich, paleontologist[46]:137
- Malcolm Gladwell, an English-Canadian journalist, bestselling author, and speaker who's made a return to religion though not of a specific church at the moment.[47]
- Jon Gnagy, American art instructor on television[48]
- Matt Groening, American cartoonist, creator of The Simpsons. His father, Homer Groening, was born and raised in a Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonite family from Saskatchewan.[49]
- Joey Kelly, former member of The Kelly Family[50]
- James L. Kraft, founder of Kraft Foods[51]
- Milton Hershey, founder of The Hershey Company[52]
- Robyn Regehr, hockey player[53]
- Adolph Rupp, college basketball coach[54]
- Hermann Sudermann, German dramatist and novelist[55]
- Dick Winters, US Army Major and WWII commander of Band of Brothers' Easy Company[56]
People incorrectly identified as Mennonite
- George Armstrong Custer, erroneously identified as coming from Mennonite background by biographer Milo Milton Quaife.[57]
References
- ↑ Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
- ↑ McClelland & Stewart publishers
- ↑ The religion of J.C. Chasez, singer with N'SYNC
- ↑ Eastern Mennonite University
- ↑ Mennonites
- ↑ Brendan Fehr's website
- ↑ Industry Canada
- ↑ Johann Funk biography in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- ↑ Bethel College
- ↑ ABC.Net
- ↑ Mennonite Weekly
- ↑ Complete.Org
- ↑ Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
- ↑ Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
- ↑ His biography at Amazon.com
- ↑ Avatar Review
- ↑ Farming Magazine
- ↑ Mennonite Economic Development Associates
- ↑ Canadian Christianity.com
- ↑ Christianity Today
- ↑ Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Profile
- ↑ Swiss Mennonite.org
- ↑ Menno Link
- ↑ University of Colorado at Boulder
- ↑ Amnesty International
- ↑ Mennonite Brethren Herald
- ↑ US Department of State, Home Page
- ↑ Human Rights Watch
- ↑ Mennonite Publishing Network
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- ↑ Goshen
- ↑ CTV
- ↑ http://www.randomhouse.ca/authors/55356/miriam-toews
- ↑ McClelland & Stewart publishers
- ↑ South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1975
- ↑ Goshen
- ↑ Sandra Birdsell's website
- ↑ Griffin Poetry Prize site
- ↑ USA Today
- ↑ Bethel College
- ↑ University of Michigan
- ↑ Eisenhower's direct ancestor, Hans Nicol Eisenhauer, was a Mennonite that settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1741.[1] [2] Eisenhower's pacifist roots may have influenced his presidential farewell speech in which he warned the country against the emerging military-industrial complex.[3]
- ↑ The National Academies Press
- ↑ Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
- ↑ Biography. sz-n.com. April 12, 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Religion News
- ↑ Real Life Magazine
- ↑ Seattle Times
- ↑ Kelly, Joey (2014). America for Sale. Reinbek: Rowohlt. Google Books. Retrieved 2015-11-08. 18th century ancestors of his mother Barbara-Ann Suokko were Amish.
- ↑ Illinois Review
- ↑ Hershey history site
- ↑ NHL website
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- ↑ Winters, Richard D. and Cole Christian Kingseed. Beyond Band of Brothers, p. 4-5.
- ↑ Mennonite Life - June 2006 - Juhnke article George Armstrong Custer and Samuel S. Haury
