Editing List of agnostics (section)

===Politics and law===
* [[Norman Angell]] (1872–1967): English lecturer, journalist, author, and politician; member of parliament for the Labour Party in England; awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1933<ref>"However, by the time he composed his memoirs Angell had come to realize how inappropriate it had been for 'an agnostic, a heretic, a revolutionary' like himself 'to preach his heretical and revolutionary doctrines' to a readership that was not only 'bourgeois' but 'churchy'." Martin Ceadel, ''Living the great illusion: Sir Norman Angell, 1872–1967'' (2009), p. 38.</ref>
* [[Winston Churchill]] (1874–1965): [[politics of the United Kingdom|British politician]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (1940-1945 and 1951-1955).
* [[Nick Clegg]] (born 1967): [[politics of the United Kingdom|British politician]], [[Leader of the Liberal Democrats]] (2007-2015), [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (2010-2015).
* [[Sajid Javid]], (born 1969): [[politics of the United Kingdom|British politician]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (2019-2020). 
* [[Jacinda Ardern]] (born 1980): New Zealand politician, [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]], 2017-2023.
* [[Clement Attlee]] (1883–1967): [[politics of the United Kingdom|British politician]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], 1945–1951<ref>Jerry H. Brookshire: Clement Attlee. Manchester University Press, 1995. p. 10, 15 and 35.</ref>
* [[James Callaghan]] (1912–2005): [[politics of the United Kingdom|British politician]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], (1976-1979)
* [[Harold Wilson]] (1916–1995): [[politics of the United Kingdom|British politician]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], (1964-1970 and 1974-1976)
* [[Michelle Bachelet]] (born 1951): Chilean politician, [[President of Chile]], 2006–2010 and 2014–2018<ref>Bachelet said "I am a woman, socialist, separated and agnostic." See Newsweek article ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060418090458/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10510029/site/newsweek/ An Unlikely Pioneer]''.</ref>
* [[Gabriel Boric]] (born 1986): Chilean politician, President of Chile<ref>{{Cite news|title=Gabriel Boric: el origen y los hitos en la vida del joven político que llega a La Moneda prometiendo cambiar Chile|language=es|work=BBC News Mundo|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/59722609|access-date=2021-12-27|archive-date=29 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229032729/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/59722609|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Vincent Bugliosi]] (1934–2015): former [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] Deputy [[District Attorney]]
* [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]] (born 1931): Brazilian politician, [[President of Brazil]], 1995–2003<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://exame.abril.com.br/brasil/para-79-dos-brasileiros-presidenciavel-precisa-crer-em-deus/ |title=For 79% of Brazilians, a presidential candidate must believe in God (in Portuguese), Exame, accessed 11 November 2018 |access-date=11 November 2018 |archive-date=11 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111133824/https://exame.abril.com.br/brasil/para-79-dos-brasileiros-presidenciavel-precisa-crer-em-deus/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Helen Clark]] (born 1950): New Zealand politician, [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]], 1999–2008<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3430410a6220,00.html |title=''Do you believe in him now, Helen?'' |access-date=10 February 2006 |archive-date=7 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107161152/http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3430410a6220,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[John Curtin]] (1885–1945): 14th [[Prime Minister of Australia]]<ref name="eurekastreet.com.au">{{Cite web | url=https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=24159 | title=The religious beliefs of Australia's prime ministers | date=10 November 2010 | access-date=10 October 2017 | archive-date=4 March 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304041234/https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=24159 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Clarence Darrow]] (1857–1938): American lawyer; defended John T. Scopes' right to teach Darwin's theory of [[evolution]] in the famous Tennessee "Monkey Trial"<ref>Darrow wrote "I am an agnostic as to the question of God." See [http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/clarence_darrow/why_i_am_an_agnostic.html Why I Am An Agnostic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211051529/https://infidels.org/library/historical/clarence_darrow/why_i_am_an_agnostic.html |date=11 February 2021 }}.</ref>
* [[Alan Dershowitz]] (born 1938): American lawyer, jurist and political commentator; author of ''Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law'' (2013)<ref>In a [[C-SPAN2]] [[BookTV]] interview recorded on 11 November 2013 and aired on 22 December 2013, [[Alan Dershowitz]] said, "I'm an agnostic."</ref>
* [[Carlos Gaviria Díaz]] (1937–2015): Colombian politician; said "I am an agnostic, like him [[Bertrand Russell]]"<ref>[http://www.polodemocratico.net/article.php3?id_article=1103 "The scream is not a vehicle of ideas"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818175546/http://polodemocratico.net/article.php3?id_article=1103 |date=18 August 2007 }} (In Spanish. See also: [http://www.online-translator.com/url/tran_url.asp?lang=en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polodemocratico.net%2Farticle.php3%3Fid_article%3D1103&direction=se&template=General&cp1=NO&cp2=NO&autotranslate=on&psubmit2.x=75&psubmit2.y=9 English translation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818175546/http://polodemocratico.net/article.php3?id_article=1103 |date=18 August 2007 }}         by PROMT Online Translator. Retrieved 13 October 2006.)</ref>
* [[Willem Drees]] (1886–1988): [[politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]], 1948–1958<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://archief.nrc.nl/index.,php/2004/Juni/3/Overig/8/Agnosticisme+of+athe%EFsme+1 Agnosticisme of atheïsme]{{Dead link |date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Heinz Fischer]] (born 1938): Austrian politician, [[President of Austria]], 2004–2016<ref>[http://www.wienerzeitung.at/linkmap/personen/fischer.htm Wiener Zeitung] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040901043150/http://www.wienerzeitung.at/linkmap/personen/fischer.htm |date=1 September 2004 }}, published 8 July 2004 (German). "The agnostic Fischer is married for 35 years with Margit." (Translation by [http://www.online-translator.com/translator.asp?lang=en PROMT Online Translator] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040220231859/http://www.online-translator.com/translator.asp?lang=en |date=20 February 2004}}).</ref>
* [[Eamon Gilmore]] (born 1955): Irish politician, [[Tánaiste]] (Deputy Prime Minister) of the [[Republic of Ireland]]<ref name=hotpress>{{cite web |url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/4154654.html?new_layout=1&page_no=12&show_comments=1 |work=Hot Press |title=Take me to your leader |date=15 October 2007 |first=Jason |last=O'Toole |access-date=15 April 2012 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808161249/http://www.hotpress.com/archive/4154654.html?new_layout=1&page_no=12&show_comments=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Boris van der Ham]] (born 1973): [[politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]]<ref name="150volksvertegenwoordigers">{{cite web|url=http://www.150volksvertegenwoordigers.nl/?do=profile&mid=64|title=150 stemmen tellen – Waar de 2e plaats wel nummer 1 is!|publisher=150volksvertegenwoordigers.nl|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417144947/http://www.150volksvertegenwoordigers.nl/?do=profile&mid=64|archive-date=17 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Mariëtte Hamer]] (born 1958): [[politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]]<ref name="150volksvertegenwoordigers2">{{cite web |url=http://www.150volksvertegenwoordigers.nl/?do=profile&mid=65 |title=150 stemmen tellen – Waar de 2e plaats wel nummer 1 is! |publisher=150volksvertegenwoordigers.nl |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417135957/http://www.150volksvertegenwoordigers.nl/?do=profile&mid=65 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Bob Hawke]] (1929–2019): 23rd Prime Minister of Australia, 1983–1991<ref>Blanche d'Alpuget, ''Robert J. Hawke'', 87</ref>
* [[François Hollande]] (born 1954): 24th [[President of France]], 2012–2017<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.directmatin.fr/article/27399 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130106181916/http://www.directmatin.fr/article/27399 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 January 2013 |title=Prince et chanoine: les nouveaux métiers de Hollande |work=Direct Matin |access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref>
* [[Billy Hughes]] (1862–1952): 7th [[Prime Minister of Australia]]<ref name="eurekastreet.com.au"/>
* [[Robert G. Ingersoll]] (1833–1899): American political leader and orator known as "The Great Agnostic"<ref>Ingersoll said that "It seems to me that the man who knows the limitations of the mind, who gives the proper value to human testimony, is necessarily an Agnostic." [http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/why_am_i_agnostic.html Why Am I Agnostic?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429011110/https://infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/why_am_i_agnostic.html |date=29 April 2021 }}, Robert Green Ingersoll, 1889. See also [http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/ Ingersoll's complete works] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616205531/https://infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/ |date=16 June 2021 }}, which includes many speeches and writings on religion and agnosticism.</ref>
* [[Ivo Josipović]] (born 1957): Croatian politician and composer; third [[President of Croatia]], 2010–2015<ref>Josipović said "Yes, it is true, I am declared agnostic." See Slobodna Dalmacija article in Croatian''[http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Hrvatska/tabid/66/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/70100/Default.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029160958/http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Hrvatska/tabid/66/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/70100/Default.aspx|date=29 October 2015}}''.</ref>
* [[Bob Kerrey]] (born 1943): American politician, [[Governor of Nebraska]] (1983–1987) and [[United States Senator]] from Nebraska (1989–2001)<ref name="bruni">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/opinion/bruni-the-god-glut.html |title=The God Glut |last=Bruni |first=Frank |date=10 December 2012 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=10 December 2012 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101241/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/opinion/bruni-the-god-glut.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Wim Kok]] (1938–2018): [[politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]], 1994–2002<ref name="findarticles">{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_44_37/ai_79965470/ |title=Holland: Tolerance fuels social experiment the Dutch way – Cover Story – Statistical Data Included |via=Find Articles |access-date=8 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531224046/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_44_37/ai_79965470/ |archive-date=31 May 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Bruno Kreisky]] (1911–1990): Austrian Federal Chancellor, 1970–1983<ref>Rolf Steininger, Günther Bischof, Michael Gehler: Austria in the Twentieth Century. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, 2002; p. 270</ref>
* [[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]] (born 1954): President of Poland, 1995–2005
* [[Ricardo Lagos]] (born 1938): First declared agnostic to be elected president of Chile<ref>[http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.11413/pub_detail.asp Chile Moves On] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417075124/http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.11413/pub_detail.asp |date=17 April 2009}}, Mark Falcoff, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1 April 2000.</ref>
* [[John Key]] (born 1961): New Zealand politician, [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]], 2008–2016<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241130094458/http://www.agendatv.co.nz/Site/agenda/transcripts/2006/2006-04-29 ''Agenda'']</ref>
* [[Esther Ouwehand]] (born 1976): [[politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]]<ref name="150volksvertegenwoordigers3">{{cite web |url=http://www.150volksvertegenwoordigers.nl/?do=profile&mid=106 |title=150 stemmen tellen – Waar de 2e plaats wel nummer 1 is! |publisher=150volksvertegenwoordigers.nl |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417144145/http://www.150volksvertegenwoordigers.nl/?do=profile&mid=106 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jan Marijnissen]] (born 1952): [[politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]]<ref name="150vv">{{cite web |url=http://www.150vv.nl/?do=profile&mid=98 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005021358/http://www.150vv.nl/?do=profile&mid=98 |archive-date=5 October 2008 |url-status=dead |title=Default Parallels Plesk Panel Page |access-date=8 April 2015 }}</ref>
* [[François Mitterrand]] (1916–1996): [[President of France]], 1981–1995<ref>{{cite news |title=Francois Mitterrand: an agnostic mystic |year=1996 |publisher=The Tablet |author=Alain Woodrow<!-- |access-date=18 July 2014--> |quote=In spiritual matters Francois Mitterrand was equally ambiguous. Although he always defined himself as an agnostic, he was fascinated by religion and obsessed, if not haunted, by death.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The French mourn Francois Mitterrand |year=1996 |newspaper=Catholic Herald |author=Cecilia Bromleymartin<!-- |access-date=18 July 2014--> |quote=Although an avowed agnostic, Mitterrand was one of eight children raised in a comfortably-off Catholic family and was educated in Catholic boarding schools before going on to study law in Paris.}}</ref><ref>Tiersky, Ronald. ''François Mitterrand: a Very French President.'' 2003, Rowman and Littlefield. p. 287.</ref>
* [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] (1889–1964): Indian freedom-fighter and the country's first Prime Minister, 1947–1964<ref name="google2">{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LZotAAAAIBAJ&pg=7168,1579610 |title=The Montreal Gazette – Google News Archive Search |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408071534/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LZotAAAAIBAJ&pg=7168,1579610 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/LEADER-ARTICLEBRInter-faith-Harmony-Where-Nehru-and-Gandhi-Meet/articleshow/196028.cms |work=The Times of India |first1=Ramachandra |last1=Guha |title=LEADER ARTICLE Inter-faith Harmony: Where Nehru and Gandhi Meet |date=23 September 2003 |access-date=4 July 2010 |archive-date=3 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103173236/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/LEADER-ARTICLEBRInter-faith-Harmony-Where-Nehru-and-Gandhi-Meet/articleshow/196028.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Robert Owen]] (1771–1858): Welsh social reformer; a founder of [[utopian socialism]] and the [[cooperative movement]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Ideology of Work |year=2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415264631 |author=P. D. Anthony<!--|access-date=1 August 2012--> |page=75 |quote=Even an agnostic employer like Robert Owen, unwilling to rest upon the final authority of God, demanded obedience and exercised responsibility for employees whom he regarded as dependent and requiring the moulding influence of a benevolent owner.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Flight of the Wasps: The Europrotestants: Their Roots and Culture, from the Earliest Times to the End of the 20th Century |year=2007 |publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=9781425971717 |author=W. Devereux Jones<!-- |access-date=1 August 2012--> |page=273 |quote=The earliest major reformer to take an interest in the British workers was not a churchman, but an agnostic named Robert Owen (died 1858).}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Wayward Saints: THE GODBEITES AND BRIGHAM YOUNG |year=1998 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=9780252067051 |pages=74–75 |author=Ronald W. Walker<!-- |access-date=1 August 2012--> |quote=Robert Owen, the New Lanark industrialist, social reformer, and religious agnostic, urged factory managers to be more mindful of the men, women, and children they employed; advocated parliamentary regulation of the mills; argued for the organization of workers into unions; and had taken steps to build an American utopian Zion at New Harmony, Indiana.}}</ref>
* [[Susan Rice]] (born 1964): Former [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mindsanddiscourse.com/knowledge/atheism_agnosticism.htm |title=Atheism and Agnosticism |access-date=10 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820225653/http://www.mindsanddiscourse.com/knowledge/atheism_agnosticism.htm |archive-date=20 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[George Lincoln Rockwell]] (1918–1967): Founder of the American Nazi Party<ref>Rockwell wrote in his autobiography "I am an agnostic, which means that to all proposals and explanations of the mysteries of life and eternity, I say, 'I do not know and I don't believe you or any other human does either.'" ''This Time the World'', chapter 3, George Lincoln Rockwell, {{ISBN|1-59364-014-5}}</ref>
* [[Siddaramaiah]] (born 1948): Former [[Government of Karnataka|Karnataka]] [[Deputy chief minister|Deputy CM]]<ref>flashnewstoday.com/.../siddaramiah-claims-cm-suffering-from-political-depression/</ref>
* [[Jens Stoltenberg]] (born 1959): Former [[Prime Minister of Norway]]; current [[Secretary General of NATO]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Man må tro at det nytter |trans-title=One must believe that it is possible |url=http://www.bt.no/nyheter/--Man-ma-tro-at-det-nytter-2633333.html |author1=Erik Fossen |author2=Håvard Bjelland |access-date=17 January 2013 |newspaper=Bt.no |date=31 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927204323/http://www.bt.no/nyheter/--Man-ma-tro-at-det-nytter-2633333.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 |language=no |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Cenk Uygur]] (born 1970): [[Turkish American]] columnist, political commentator, activist, former [[MSNBC]] host, co-founder of the American liberal/progressive political and social internet commentary program ''[[The Young Turks]]'', founder of [[Wolf PAC]]<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite web |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/six-degrees-of-barack-oba_b_99110.html |title=Six Degrees of Barack Obama &#124 Cenk Uygur |work=HuffPost |date=6 December 2008 |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-date=8 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408033445/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/six-degrees-of-barack-oba_b_99110.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Joop den Uyl]] (1919–1987): [[politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]], 1973–1977<ref name="pvda">{{cite web |url=http://www.amsterdam.pvda.nl/nieuwsbericht/5187 |title=Amsterdam {{pipe}} Nieuws |publisher=amsterdam.pvda.nl |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402113836/http://amsterdam.pvda.nl/nieuwsbericht/5187/ |archive-date=2 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Gerdi Verbeet]] (born 1951): [[politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]], [[List of Presidents of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands|President of the House of Representatives]] since 2006.
* [[Geert Wilders]] (born 1963): [[politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]], leader of the [[Party for Freedom]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nrc.nl/opinie/article2584468.ece |title=Moslims, bevrijd uzelf en u kunt alles |trans-title=Muslims, you can free yourself and everything |language=nl |author=Geert Wilders |work=[[NRC Handelsblad]] |quote=Zelf ben ik agnost |date=19 July 2010 |access-date=3 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722101836/http://www.nrc.nl/opinie/article2584468.ece |archive-date=22 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Gough Whitlam]] (1916–2014): [[Prime Minister of Australia]], 1972–1975
* [[Lee Kuan Yew]] (1923–2015): [[Employment law]]yer, Prime Minister and Founding Father of Singapore
* [[Gerrit Zalm]] (born 1952): [[politics of the Netherlands|Dutch politician]], [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands]], 2003–2007<ref name="netwerk">{{cite web|url=http://www.netwerk.tv/node/4505 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912133212/http://www.netwerk.tv/node/4505 |archive-date=12 September 2012 |url-status=dead |title=Zalm spreekt schande van schenden regels Stabiliteitspact {{pipe}} Netwerk|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]] (born 1960): Former [[Prime Minister of Spain]]<ref>"The country's Left-leaning Prime Minister, a self-declared agnostic, became a bête noire of the Catholic Church during his first term in office by legalising same-sex marriage, introducing fast-track divorce and allowing embryonic stem-cell research." {{cite web |url=http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=world_news&month=july2008&file=world_news2008071314441.xml |title=The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily |access-date=12 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116041035/http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=world_news&month=july2008&file=world_news2008071314441.xml |archive-date=16 January 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Emmanuel Macron]] (born 1977): 25th [[President of France]], since 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vatican visit puts Macron's religious views in spotlight |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180625-vatican-visit-puts-macrons-religious-views-spotlight |access-date=14 March 2025 |website=France 24}}</ref>