The Humanist Resource Connection is dedicated to organizing resources that foster the understanding, discussion, advocacy and application of the principles of secular Humanism.
Notable Humanists, Atheists, Skeptics or Freethinkers
| Louis Appignani | b. 1933 | Entrepreneur, philanthropist, founder of the Appignani Humanist Legal Center |
| Isaac Asimov | 1920-1992 | Author, professor of biochemistry, 1984 Humanist of the Year |
| Margaret Atwood | b. 1939 | Novelist, poet, 1987 Humanist of the Year |
| Bart Bok | 1906-1983 | Astronomer, Founding Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal |
| Raymond Bragg | 1902-1979 | President, American Humanist Association |
| Lester R. Brown | b. 1934 | Environmental analyst, author, 1991 Humanist of the Year |
| Mary Calderone | 1904-1998 | Physician, public health advocate for sexual education, 1974 Humanist of the Year |
| Helen Caldicott | b. 1938 | Physician, author, anti-nuclear advocate, 1982 Humanist of the Year |
| Anton Carlson | 1875-1956 | Physiologist, 1953 Humanist of the Year |
| Brock Chisholm | 1896-1971 | First director-general of the World Health Organization, 1959 Humanist of the Year |
| Arthur C. Clarke | 1917-2008 | Author, inventor, futurist |
| Richard Dawkins | b. 1941 | Ethologist, evolutionary biologist, author, 1996 Humanist of the Year |
| Daniel C. Dennett | b. 1942 | Philosopher, author, cognitive scientist, 2004 Humanist of the Year |
| Barbara Ehrenreich | b. 1941 | Feminist, author, activist, 1998 Humanist of the Year |
| Albert Ellis | 1913-2007 | Psychologist, 1971 Humanist of the Year |
| Richard Feynman | 1918-1988 | Nobel laureate, physicist |
| Joseph Fletcher | 1905-1991 | Professor, bioethics pioneer, 1974 Humanist of the Year |
| Betty Friedan | 1921-2006 | Writer, activist, feminist, 1975 Humanist of the Year |
| Erich Fromm | 1900-1980 | Social psychologist, philosopher, 1966 Humanist of the Year |
| R. Buckminster Fuller | 1895-1983 | Systems theorist, architect, engineer, author, inventor, futurist, 1969 Humanist of the Year |
| John Kenneth Galbraith | 1908-2006 | Economist, 1985 Humanist of the Year |
| Murray Gell-Mann | b. 1929 | Nobel laureate, physicist, linguist, 2005 Humanist of the Year |
| Rebecca Newberger Goldstein | b. 1950 | Novelist, professor of philosophy, 2011 Humanist of the Year |
| Stephen Jay Gould | 1941-2002 | Paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science, 2001 Humanist of the Year |
| Sam Harris | b. 1967 | Author, philosopher, neuroscientist |
| Christopher Hitchens | 1949-2011 | Author, essayist, journalist |
| Sidney Hook | 1902-1989 | Philosopher, author |
| Julian Huxley | 1887-1975 | Evolutionary biologist, former president of the British Humanist Association, 1962 Humanist of the Year |
| William Heard Kilpatrick | Educator, Humanist pioneer | |
| Maggie Kuhn | 1905-1995 | Activist, 1978 Humanist of the Year |







