List of people who have converted to Anglicanism

The following is a list of notable individuals who converted to Anglicanism from a different religion or no religion.

Formerly Irreligious Phillip Blond, English political philosopher Karl Dallas, British journalist, folk musician, peace activist Tamsin Greig, British actress Nicky Gumbel, priest, developer of Alpha course Geri Halliwell, Ginger Spice, singer, songwriter, and actress Peter Hitchens, columnist, commentator, and journalist; brother of the anti-theist writer Christopher Hitchens C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher Alister McGrath, biochemist, historian, scientist, Christian apologist C. S. Lewis, Oxford professor, writer, Christian apologist Michael Reiss, British bioethicist, educator, journalist, and priest Fay Weldon, British novelist and playwright

Formerly Buddhist Ivan Lee, Australian bishop Kanishka Raffel, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney

Formerly Catholic Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State Anne Boleyn, English noblewoman who became Queen consort of England and Ireland. Pete Buttigieg, American politician, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Miriam Byrne, Scottish priest, former Roman Catholic nun James Francis Byrnes, American politician, U.S. Secretary of State, governor of South Carolina Alice Callaghan, priest, former Roman Catholic nun Robert Corrigan, Irish-Canadian settler and farmer Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, English Reformation Alberto Cutié, television and radio host, priest Tim Dlugos, American poet John Donne, English poet and priest Dermot Dunne, Dean of Christ Church, Dublin Matthew Fox, scholar, priest, former Dominican friar Bernard Kenny, American politician, president of the New Jersey Senate Joanna Manning, priest, author, feminist, former Roman Catholic nun Jim McGreevey, Governor of New Jersey Emmanuel Amand de Mendieta, Belgian Benedictine scholar, Anglican priest, former Catholic priest and monk Thomas Nast, political cartoonist Autumn Phillips, former wife of Peter Phillips Katharine Jefferts Schori, first woman primate in the Anglican Communion

Formerly Hindu Santosh Marray, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Easton Pandita Ramabai, Indian social reformer, scholar Gabriel Sharma, Bishop of Viti Levu West, Fiji

Formerly Jewish Robert Adley, British politician Michael Solomon Alexander, first Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem Joy Davidman, wife of C. S. Lewis; poet Alfred Edersheim, Biblical scholar, author Giles Fraser, priest Hugh Montefiore, Bishop of Birmingham Ernest Oppenheimer, mining entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist Gillian Rose, British philosopherWolf, Arnold Jacob (1997). "The Tragedy of Gillian Rose." Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought 46, no. 184. Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, founder of Saint John's University, Shanghai, Bible translator Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli former nuclear technician, nuclear whistleblower, peace activist Lauren Winner, historian, scholar of religion, priest

Formerly Mormon Carrie Sheffield, American columnist, broadcaster and policy analyst

Formerly Muslim Parveen Babi, Indian actress, model Barkatullah, Archdeacon and Christian apologist Hassan Dehqani-Tafti, Bishop of the Diocese of Iran Dean Mahomed, Indian traveler, writer, surgeon, and entrepreneur Abdul Masih, Indian indigenous missionary, writer, and minister

Formerly Orthodox Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II

Formerly another branch of Protestantism T. S. Eliot, American-born British poet, playwright, and critic, formerly a Unitarian Enmegahbowh, Native American priest and missionary Queen Emma of Hawaii, queen of Hawaii Austin Farrer, philosopher, theologian, and biblical scholar, formerly a Baptist Emily Ford, artist, feminist, former a Quaker Kim Jackson, priest, American politician, first openly LGBTQ+ state senator from Georgia, formerly a Baptist Don Edward Johnson, Bishop of the Diocese of West Tennessee, formerly a Baptist King Kamehameha IV, king of Hawaii Queen Liliʻuokalani, last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, American actress, and humanitarian John Newton, priest, slavery abolitionist, hymnwriter, author of Amazing Grace Rupert Sheldrake, English biochemist, author, formerly a Methodist Margaret Thatcher, UK prime minister, formerly a Methodist Morris King Thompson, Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana, formerly a Baptist and Presbyterian

Formerly other religions Samuel Ajayi Crowther, linguist, clergyman, and first African Anglican bishop in West Africa Thomas Davis, Mohawk war chief King Kyebambe III, king of Toro Magema Magwaza Fuze, author of the first book in the Zulu language published by a native speaker Manteo, Croatan tribe member, first Native American to convert to Anglicanism Spokane Garry, Middle Spokane tribal leader

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