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Riccardo Montolivo (1985–): Italian soccer player who has represented his country at the FIFA World Cup. [178] Rafael Nadal (1986–): a Spanish professional tennis player. [179] Diana Nyad (1949–): American world record long-distance swimmer, and the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage ...
Hamza Ali Abbasi – former Pakistani actor, converted to Islam from atheism. [7] Abd Al Malik (born Régis Fayette-Mikano) – French rapper and poet. [8] Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) – American professional basketball player and the NBA's former all-time leading scorer. [9] [10]
In a narrower sense, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist. This is a compilation of the various lists of atheists with articles on Wikipedia by category. Living people in these lists are those whose atheism is relevant to their notable activities or public life, and who have publicly identified themselves as atheists.
Kamal Haasan – despite being born into a Hindu Brahmin family, declared himself an atheist [82] Goparaju Ramachandra Rao – Indian activist for atheism; wrote in We Become Atheists, "I was conventionally orthodox and superstitious in the days of my boyhood. I believed in the claims of divine revelations by my parental aunt."
Atheist activist, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and author of Losing Faith In Faith: From Preacher To Atheist. "Following five years of reading, Dan gradually outgrew his religious beliefs. "If I had limited myself to Christian authors, I'd still be a Christian today," Dan says. "I just lost faith in faith."
In just over two decades, Kobe Bryant won five NBA championships, earned two NBA Finals MVP awards and became an 18-time NBA All-Star. His 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors was one of the ...
Lance Collin Allred (born February 2, 1981) is a former professional basketball player, who was the first deaf player to play an NBA game. Allred is legally deaf, with 75%–80% hearing loss due to Rh complications at birth.
Oscar Benjamin "Ossie" Schectman (March 30, 1919 – July 30, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. He is credited with having scored the first basket in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which would later become the National Basketball Association (NBA).