This is a list of people who are notable due to their influence on the popularity or development of evangelical Christianity or for their professed evangelicalism.

Historical (This list is organized chronologically by birth) William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536), first published use of the term evangelical in English (1531) John Bunyan (1628–1688), persecuted English Puritan Baptist preacher and author of Pilgrim's Progress Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), American Puritan theologian and preacher in the First Great Awakening John Wesley (1703–1791), English clergyman; founder of Methodism Charles Wesley (1707–1788), English clergyman; brother of John Wesley, hymnwriter of Methodism George Whitefield (1714–1770), English clergyman; early Methodist preacher and associate of John Wesley Isaac Backus (1724–1806), advocate of the separation of church and state Henry Venn (1725–1797), founder of the small, but highly influential Clapham Sect in Britain John Newton (1725–1807), English clergyman, author of Amazing Grace William Cowper (1731–1800), English poet/author of numerous hymns, including "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood" Francis Asbury (1745–1816), founder of the Methodist Episcopal Church William Wilberforce (1759–1833), worked to abolish slavery in the British Empire Henry Thornton (1760–1815), banker, philanthropist, reformer and Member of Parliament Richard Allen (1760–1831), founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) denomination (1816) William Carey, (1761–1834) British missionary to India. Known as the "father of modern missions" Nathan Bangs (1778–1862), editor of the Christian Advocate, president of Wesleyan University Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), preacher in the Second Great Awakening, advocate of "New Measures" Henry Venn (1796–1873), grandson of Henry Venn, pioneered the basic principles of indigenous church mission theory Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813–1843), Scottish preacher and minister of St Peter's, Dundee Joseph M. Scriven (1819–1886), Irish poet, moved to Canada and wrote What a Friend We Have in Jesus William Henry Green (1825–1900), chairman of the Old Testament committee for the American Standard Version (1901) Robert Pearsall Smith (1827–1899) and Hannah Whitall Smith (1832–1911), leaders in the Holiness movement William Booth (1829–1912) and Catherine Booth (1829–1890), founders of The Salvation Army. James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905), British missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892), English Baptist preacher and advocate of Calvinism Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899), American evangelist, pastor and educator

Twentieth century (This list is organized chronologically by birth) Fanny Crosby (1820–1915), blind American writer of many famous hymns including "Blessed Assurance" Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910), Scottish Baptist minister Joseph Parker (1830-1902), theologian, Congregationalist minister, pastor of City Temple Edward McKendree Bounds, (1835-1913), American author and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South clergy Phineas F. Bresee, (1838–1915), founder of the Church of the Nazarene Albert Benjamin Simpson, (1843–1919), preacher, writer, founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Maria Woodworth-Etter (1844–1924), was an American healing evangelist. Her ministry style served as a model for Pentecostalism. William Mitchell Ramsay, (1851–1939), archaeologist known for his expertise in Asia Minor R. A. Torrey (1856–1928), American evangelist, pastor and educator and one of the founders of modern evangelical fundamentalism Oswald Thompson Allis (1856–1930), co-founder of Westminster Theological Seminary Robert Dick Wilson (1856–1930), linguist committed to defending the reliability of the Hebrew Bible Smith Wigglesworth (1859-1947), British evangelist, Pentecostal Charles Studd (1860–1931), missionary in China, India and the Congo, founder of WEC International Billy Sunday (1862–1935), American evangelist and proponent of Prohibition William Irvine (1863–1947), Scottish evangelist, founder of the Cooneyites and Two by Twos sects G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945), British evangelist and pastor of Westminster Chapel Edward Cooney (1867–1960), evangelist and early leader of the Cooneyites and Go-Preachers sects Harry Ironside (1876–1951), evangelist and pastor of the Moody Church in Chicago (1930–48). Karl Barth (1886–1968), leader of dialectical theology and author of Church Dogmatics Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960), Japanese evangelist and social reformer Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944), Pentecostal preacher and founder of Foursquare Church Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889-1929?), Indian missionary Clarence Bouma (1891–1962), first president of the Evangelical Theological Society William F. Albright (1891–1971), ceramics expert, founder of the biblical archaeology movement Henri Lanctin (1892-1986), French Protestant evangelist active in Canada Donald Barnhouse (1895–1960), former pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church, founder of Eternity magazine D.P. Thomson (1896–1974), Scottish evangelist, exponent of visitation and lay evangelism, Warden of the St Ninian's Training Centre, Crieff Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897–1963), preacher, author of The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899–1981), reformed preacher at Westminster Chapel Frank E. Gaebelein (1899–1983), founding headmaster of The Stony Brook School, general editor of the Expositor's Bible Commentary John Sung (1901-1944), Chinese evangelist Eric Liddell (1902-1945), 1924 Olympic Gold medalist, Scottish missionary to China Frank Jenner (1903–1977), English Australian evangelist Bakht Singh (1903-2000), pioneer of the Indian Church movement Harold Ockenga (1905–1985), first president of the National Association of Evangelicals James Gordon Lindsay (1906–1973), revivalist preacher, author, and founder of Christ for the Nations Institute Carl Fredrik Wisløff (1908–2004), theologian, professor in church history, preacher in Norwegian Lutheran Mission William M. Branham (1909–1965), preacher and prophet, pacesetter and initiator of the Tent Revival Era of the 1940s and 1950s Merrill Unger (1909–1980), Old Testament professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, defender of biblical inerrancy F. F. Bruce (1910–1990), apologist, one of the founders of the modern evangelical understanding of the Bible A. A. Allen (1911–1970), was a minister with a Pentecostal ministry, associated with the "Voice of Healing" movement. Francis Schaeffer (1912–1984), theologian, philosopher, founder of L'Abri, author of A Christian Manifesto Carl F. H. Henry (1913–2003), founding editor of Christianity Today Robert Pierce (1914–1978), founder of World Vision and Samaritan's Purse Bruce M. Metzger (1914–2007), biblical scholar and translator who served on the board of the American Bible Society Gleason Archer (1916–2004), theologian, educator, and author T. L. Osborn (1923–2013), American Pentecostal evangelist, singer, author, teacher and designer. D. James Kennedy (1930–2007), founder of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and Knox Theological Seminary Jerry Falwell (1933–2007), founder of Liberty University and the Moral Majority James Montgomery Boice (1938–2000), former pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church. Greg Bahnsen (1948–1995), minister, educator, apologist, and a major figure in Christian Reconstructionism

Contemporary

Bible scholars, philosophers, and theologians

Gregory Beale, professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary and former president of the Evangelical Theological Society Craig Blomberg, New Testament scholar at Denver Seminary, author of How Wide the Divide? An Evangelical and a Mormon in Conversation Greg Boyd, theologian, author and senior pastor of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and leading advocate of open theism. William Lane Craig, professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, author of The Kalam Cosmological Argument Millard Erickson, former president of the Evangelical Theological Society, author of Christian Theology Gordon D. Fee, theologian, succeeded F.F. Bruce as editor of the New International Commentary on the New Testament, author of How to Read the Bible for All its Worth (co-authored with Douglas Stuart). Sinclair Ferguson, former editor of Banner of Truth Trust John Frame, theologian noted for his work in epistemology and presuppositional apologetics, author of The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God Norman Geisler, co-founder of Southern Evangelical Seminary, co-author of General Introduction to the Bible Timothy George, founding dean of Beeson Divinity School, executive editor for Christianity Today, former president of the Evangelical Theological Society Graeme Goldsworthy, Australian Anglican theologian Paula Gooder, British theologian and Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral. Wayne Grudem, co-founder of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, author of Systematic Theology Gary Habermas, author, lecturer, and debater on the topic of the Resurrection of Jesus James K. Hoffmeier, archaeologist and Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Karen Jobes, professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis at Wheaton College, and first female president of the Evangelical Theological Society. Kenneth Kitchen, Egyptologist and author of On the Reliability of the Old Testament Craig Keener, Bible scholar, F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary Andreas Köstenberger, editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society Richard Longenecker, professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College John Warwick Montgomery, writer, lecturer and public debater in the field of Christian apologetics J. P. Moreland, professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology Thomas C. Oden, father of Paleo-Orthodoxy; theologian associated with Drew University J. I. Packer, theological editor for the English Standard Version, author of Knowing God Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame, philosopher, Warrant and Christian Belief Frederick K. C. Price, founder and head pastor of Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC). Andrew Purves, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Bong Rin Ro, theologian and missiologist Moisés Silva, former president of the Evangelical Theological Society R. C. Sproul, Reformed theologian, founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries Elaine Storkey, British philosopher and theologian, author of numerous books on Christianity, feminism, gender, and women. John Stott, former Rector of All Souls Church, Langham Place Miroslav Volf, professor at Yale Divinity School Stephen H. Webb, professor at Wabash College Ben Witherington III, Amos professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University Nicholas Wolterstorff, professor emeritus of philosophical theology, and Fellow of Berkeley College (Yale); author, Lament for a Son Edwin M. Yamauchi, former president of the Evangelical Theological Society

Pastors, preachers and evangelists

Leith Anderson, pastor of Wooddale Church, president of the National Association of Evangelicals Jim Bakker, former Assemblies of God minister, host of the PTL Club, convicted federal fraud felon, and current end-of-days evangelical preacher Alistair Begg, pastor of Parkside Church, radio preacher of Truth for Life Reinhard Bonnke, evangelist and organizer of gospel crusades throughout Africa Francis Chan, former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church Douglas Coe, leader of the Fellowship Foundation Mark Dever, pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, founder of 9Marks Ministries Mark Driscoll, co-founder of Mars Hill Church, Acts 29 Network, and The Gospel Coalition