Atheists with surnames starting L to M, sortable by the field for which they are mainly known and nationality. NameDatesKnown as / forWhoReference1950–American Film DirectorDirector of movies such as The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London and Animal House."I'm an atheist and I certainly don't believe or care about Satan or Jesus". Stated in a radio interview on BBC 5, 29 Oct 2010.1954–2004Swedish journalistAuthor of the Millennium Trilogy and the founder of the anti-racist magazine Expo. Larsson specifically requested that no religious ceremonies should be held at his funeral."I was an atheist and won't feel any better because of religious ceremonies".1953–SingerLead singer and front man of Canadian progressive rock band Rush. "I consider myself a Jew as a race, but not so much as a religion. I'm not down with religion at all. I'm a Jewish atheist, if that's possible… I celebrate the holidays in the sense that my family gets together for the holidays and I like being a part of that. So I observe the 'getting together' aspect.1912–2004Hollywood screenwriterThe Invisible Woman, The Black Cat, Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man and numerous television shows to 1983Lees self-identified as an atheist and a humanist in the talks he gave to atheist and humanist organizations after his retirement in 1983.Reelz TV series Demons in the City of Angels, episode aired 3:00 PM Eastern Time on October 11, 2017, "Slaughter on the Studio Steps." But he was most proud of the speech he gave to the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities in 1951, which led to his blacklisting.Karin Badt, "In Memorium to My Cousin Bobby Lees"1870-1914Russian politicianFirst leader of the USSR"Lenin considered militant atheism to be so critical to his faction that he went beyond the Russian atheist tradition of Belinsky, Herzen, and Pisarev and organized a systematic, aggressive and uncompromising movement of antireligious agitation."1960–American financial journalist and non-fiction authorLiar's Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and The Big ShortLewis self-identified as an atheist in his nonfiction book Boomerang. While researching the book, he speaks with a priest.Priest: "But what is your religion?"Lewis: "I don't have one."Priest: "But you believe in God?"Lewis: "No."Lewis, Michael. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World. W.W. Norton and Company, 2011, hardback, , page 58.Lewis, Michael (October 1, 2010). "Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds". Vanity Fair. Page 4 of 81963–German singerFront man of German industrial metal and Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein"I'm as atheist as they come. If anything, I would call myself a Vitalist. I believe in the inner desires: Women, fishing, hunting. Everything that's fundamental, even if it's seen as offensive in our society. I'm convinced that would be very different if more people only followed their desires instead of subverting them."1634–1689He was a "martyr" of Polish atheism.He was a Polish nobleman, landowner in Brest Litovsk Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, philosopher, and soldier in the ranks of the Sapieha family, who was accused, tried, and executed for atheism in 1689.Łyszczyński wrote a treatise entitled "De non existentia Dei" (the non-existence of God), which stated that God does not exist and that religions are the inventions of man.1973–American comedian, actor, writer, producer, singerCreator of Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show"I do not believe in God. I'm an atheist. I consider myself a critical thinker, and it fascinates me that in the 21st century most people still believe in, as George Carlin puts it, 'the invisible man living in the sky'."Seth MacFarlane to Steppin' Out magazine1956–American comedianHost of Real Time with Bill Maher"I'm an atheist pot smoker"Diogo Mainardi1962–Brazilian journalist and writerColumnist for Veja magazine, co-host from Manhattan Connection, founder of O Antagonista"Although he claims to be an atheist, one of the few decorative items in his living room is a wooden oratory with the image of Saint Francis. “It's Brazilian, a gift from my mother.”1992–American pornographic actress and livestreamerKnown for her appearances in the Indian short film God, Sex and Truth and in several pornographic filmsShe said she is an atheist on Twitter, in 2020.1818–1883Chief philosopher of the eponymous MarxismMain thinker of 19th scientific, materialistic socialism after which his eponymous branch is named."Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people"1939–ActorEnglish actor and gay rights activist."I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti), AIDS (fund-raiser) because I don't want to be forever spouting, diluting the impact of addressing my most urgent concern: legal and social equality for gay people worldwide."Sir Ian McKellen: Activism (Accessed 15 November 2011)Colin McGinn1950–British philosopherPhilosopher best known for new mysterianism"Atheism Tapes: Colin McGinn" , The Richard Dawkins Foundation, 12 May 2006 ().Pauline McLynn1962–Irish character actress and authorActress best known for her roles as Mrs Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted“I was christened a Catholic but I'm a secular person. I was brought up an Irish Catholic at a time when the church and the state were so entwined in Ireland that you just didn't get a choice.It was more a habit than a religion to the point where I realised I wasn't practicing or anything anymore, it just meant so little that I didn't even miss it. I'm an atheist.”1951–2001American IFBB professional bodybuilder1979 Mr. Olympia heavyweight winner"There is what's called a rational view of a creator. As I said, there cannot be a God as He is commonly defined. God is infinite, God is everywhere, God created the universe-that's an interesting one. There's no such thing as creating the universe or causing the universe to come into existence, as the universe is the ground of all causation! If there was a God, He would have to consist of some material substance and He'd have to live somewhere. Therefore, existence always existed, even in the context you just gave. If, as you said, it was proven somehow beyond a shadow of a doubt there was a rational creator and a life hereafter, yes, I would grab at the chance to be with my mother and father again. "Mike Mentzer's Last Interview1965–British politicianBritish Labour politician, Foreign Secretary from 2007 to 2010."Miliband, a devout atheist, had forged his reputation as a policy wonk at the Left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research and was headhunted to become Tony Blair's head of policy at Downing Street." Andrew Pierce, 'Profile of Foreign Secretary David Miliband', Daily Telegraph, July 30, 2008 (accessed August 1, 2008).1969–British politicianBritish Labour politician, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2010 to 2015."The Labour leader's atheism puts him in stark contrast to his predecessors Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, for whom religion was a central part of their lives." '', Daily Telegraph, September 29, 2010 (accessed May 25, 2011).Fernando Morais1946–Brazilian writerBrazilian journalist and writer. State deputy from São Paulo from 1979 to 1987.In an interview with journalist Reinaldo Azevedo and lawyer Walfrido Warde, he said: “Why didn't I become a reader of Paulo Coelho? Because I don't believe in anything, I'm an atheist, I'm agnostic.”1960–American comics writer/artistHellblazer: City of Demons, Joe the Barbarian, American Vampire: Survival of the FittestDiscussing his series Punk Rock Jesus in 2012: "Over my evolution from Catholic to atheist, I've inhabited a number of different outlooks, and many of the characters [in Punk Rock Jesus] embody those roles."Dueben, Alex (June 12, 2012). "Murphy Gets Passionate with 'Punk Rock Jesus'". Comic Book Resources.1979–British writer, journalist and commentatorBritish neoconservative writer, journalist and commentator, vocal critic of political Islam and jihadism. Associate director of the Henry Jackson Society, associate editor of The Spectator, writing also for the Wall Street Journal and Standpoint, among others."Since it had always seemed to me that if you believed in God a ‘pick and mix’ approach to the central tenets of the faith was pointless, I said ‘yes’. But in fact I felt ‘no’. It wasn't that I had been wrestling over the doctrine of the incarnation, I simply felt that if I didn't believe in the virgin birth, I would not believe in God. The truth is I didn't and don't. The guilt has been lingering since. This is my atheist mea culpa."
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