sociology - List of pagans

A number of noted individuals have been called Pagans.

The term is sometimes used pejoratively, particularly by Christians, and the people below would not necessarily call themselves pagans. Please refer to Pagan for the difficulties in clearly defining the term.

Note: Some usages of 'pagan' appear to apply to atheists too. This page is not for atheists: see list of atheists.

Contents

Unclassified

Karri Allrich - author of vegetarian recipes and related spiritual information (Wiccan?)
Rae Beth - author of Hedgewitch and A Witch Alone
Gael Baudino - author, mostly fantasy
Paul Beyerl - founder of The Rowan Tree Church
Frances Billinghurst - founder of the Temple of the Dark Moon
Aisling Bronach - editor of Traditions Magazine
Granny Boswell - notable Cornish witch
Chas S. Clifton - has published academic explorations into modern Paganism (Wiccan?)
Rosemary Edghill - mystery author
Sully Erna - Lead singer of Godsmack
Selena Fox - one of the founders of Circle Sanctuary
Susan Griffin - artist and jeweler
Nicola Griffith - science fiction author
Gwenc'hlan - bard and druid
Heinrich Himmler - Third Reich official
Hypatia of Alexandria - mathematician
Arun John - author of Link to the Real World
Cassandra Latham - first UK person to register as a 'village witch' with the Inland Revenue
Fritz Leiber - science fiction and fantasy author
Audre Lorde - black lesbian activist
Somerset Maugham - author
Brigitte Nielsen - actress
Kate Orman - science fiction author
Bob Oswald - runemaker and writer
Diana Paxson - science fiction author
Morwynn Rooke - poet and writer
Eric Steven Raymond - programmer and author of The Hacker's Dictionary and How to Be a Hacker
Cybill Shepherd - actress
Starhawk - activist, pagan leader, author
Luisah Teish - Yoruban writer/teacher
Chris Thompson - teacher and founder of the Grove of Sinann
Alice Walker - poet and author
Brian Walsh - writer
Marion Woolley - writer
Virginia Woolf - author
Ville Valo - H.I.M.
Whitedog - founder of paganpoet.com

Neo-druidism

Isaac Bonewits - author and scholar of several Druid and neopagan related books and articles

Wicca

Margot Adler - author, journalist, Wiccan Priestess and Elder, NPR correspondent in New York City
Raymond Buckland - author of Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft and many others
Z. Budapest - lesbian Pagan teacher writer etc. (Dianic Wicca)
Laurie Cabot - the official witch of Salem, author of Power of the Witch and Love Magic
Phyliss Curott - author of Book of Shadows
Francesca De Grandis - craft elder in the Faerie tradition, writes and teaches on Celtic Shamanism
A.J. Drew - author of Wicca for Men
Gerina Dunwich - author of Wicca Craft and other books on the details of spellwork
Gavin Frost and Yvonne Frost - founders of the Church and School of Wicca
Yasmine Galenorn - author of Embracing the Moon and Dancing the Sun
Gerald Gardner - founder of Wicca
Eileen Holland - author of The Wicca Handbook
Doreen Valiente - author and contemporary of Gardner
David Rankine - Author of books such as Magick Without Peers, Becoming Magick and many more. The Starsorceror
David J. Rust - essayist, co-founder the Witches' Informational Network , local and regional coordinator for Pagan Pride
Vivienne Crowley - author of Wicca and well known British High Priestess
Sorita D'Este - Author and teacher. Avalonia UK
Kate West - author of The Real Witches Handbook and several others.
Maxine Sanders - co-founder of the Alexandrian tradition

Stregheria

Raven Grimassi - author on Stregheria and family witchcraft