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The local authority in England with the highest level of irreligion was Norwich, the county town of Norfolk, where the level was 42.5%. [citation needed] Religion has the least influence on youth. [16] According to the 2011 census, 25% of England has no religion, 7% of Northern Ireland, [17] one third in Scotland and one-third of Wales. [18]
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Saraswathi Gora (1912–2006): Indian social activist, wife of Gora and leader of the Atheist Centre for many years, campaigning against untouchability and the caste system. [25] John William Gott (1866–1922): English trouser salesman and leader of the Freethought Socialist League, the last person in Britain to be sent to prison for blasphemy ...
This category is a subcategory of Category:Atheists which has this description: This category contains Atheists, who have expressed being an atheist, and of whom it is known how they define their atheism.
James Callaghan: Welsh Labour Prime Minister from 1976 to 1979, Callaghan was an atheist since his teenage years according to multiple biographers and friends who knew him at the time. [172] Keir Starmer (1962–): Leader of the Labour Party (UK) and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024. [178] [172]
Wrote and presented the 2004 television series, Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief, exploring the roots of his own atheism and investigating the history of atheism in the world. [56] [57] Tim Minchin (1975–): Australian comedian, actor, composer, songwriter, pianist, musical director, winner of the 2005 Best Newcomer Perrier Comedy Award. [58]
Professed to being an atheist in his book Tricks of the Mind and described Bertrand Russell's collection of essays Why I Am Not a Christian "an absolute joy." Luis Buñuel (1900–1983): Spanish film-maker, activist of the surrealist movement. Known for his one-liner, "Thank God I'm an atheist." [36] [37] Richard Burton (1925–1984): Welsh ...
In 1960, after five years' strong commitment to the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), Vermeersch became an atheist and philosophical materialist. He was a founding father of Belgian abortion and euthanasia law, and served as vice-rector of Ghent University. In the 1990s Vermeersch created a stir in Belgian media with an article of rational and ...