List of Christian Scientists (religious denomination)

Activists, politicians, and military figures Activists Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone (1882-1985) – Native American singer and activist Bonnie Carroll – President and founder of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) Henry Hyde Champion (1859-1928) –Socialist activist and journalistGeoffrey Serle. "Champion, Henry Hyde (1859–1928)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Vida Goldstein (1869-1949) – Australian suffragette and social reformer. Sallie Holley (1818-1893) – Abolitionist and educator Olive Moorman Leader (1852-1930) – temperance reformer, suffragist, educator, and human rights activist Muriel Matters (1877-1969) – Australian suffragist and educatorWright, Clare (2018) You Daughters of Freedom. Text Publishing co. p. 479 Roy Olmstead (1886-1966) – Former bootlegger turned anti-alcoholism activist Nettie Rogers Shuler (1862-1939) – American suffragist and author Marietta T. Webb (1864-1951) – Civil rights activist

Elected officials Nancy Witcher Astor (1879-1964) – second female Member of Parliament to be elected but the first to take her seat, serving from 1919 to 1945 Fred B. Balzar (1880-1934) – 15th Governor of Nevada Louis J. Brann (1876-1948), 56th Governor of Maine; Mayor of Lewiston, MaineWho's Who In Our American Government. The Fellowship Forum: Washington, DC. p. 64. Owen Brewster (1888-1961) – 54th Governor of Maine, member of the United States House of Representatives and Senate Jocelyn Burdick (1922-2019), United States Senator Clarence A. Buskirk (1842-1926) – 10th Indiana Attorney General, traveling lecturer who promoted Christian Science in various countries Ralph Lawrence Carr (1887-1950) – 29th Governor of ColoradoNGA Thelma Cazalet-Keir (1899-1989) – British Conservative Member of Parliament Thomas M. Davis – Member of the United States House of RepresentativesTime Magazine David Dreier – Member of the United States House of Representatives Bob Goodlatte – Member of the United States House of Representatives William Higgs (politician) (1862-1951) – Australian Senator and member of the House of Representatives, Treasurer of Australia Gustav A. Hoff (1852-1930), American businessman and Mayor of Tucson. Scott McCallum – 43rd Governor of Wisconsin Charles H. Percy (1919-2011) – United States Senator from Illinois Lamar S. Smith – Member of the United States House of Representatives Victor Cazalet (1896-1943) – British Conservative Member of Parliament Margaret Wintringham (1879-1955) – Second woman to take her seat as a British Member of Parliament John D. Works (1847-1928) – United States Senator from California, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court

Other political and military figures Mary Bartelme (1866-1954) – pioneering American judge and lawyer, referred to as "America's only woman judge" Dudley de Chair (1864-1958) - British Royal Navy officer and Governor of New South Wales. John Ehrlichman (1925-1999) – Counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth (1909-1984) – British diplomat and politician Thomas P. Griesa (1930-2017) – United States district judge H.R. Haldeman (1926-1993) – White House Chief of Staff Septimus J. Hanna (1845-1921) – Judge and Civil War veteran, later Christian Science practitioner and teacher Cecil Harcourt (1892-1959) - British naval officer, de facto governor of Hong Kong Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940) – British politician, diplomat and newspaper editorTime Magazine obituary Egil Krogh (1939-2020) – American lawyer, United States Under Secretary of Transportation Maurice Mansergh (1896-1966) - British admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth Ursula Mueller – UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in OCHA Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore (1841-1907) – Scottish peer, politician, explorer, author, and teacher of Christian ScienceThe Earl of Dunmore, C.S.B. Longyear.org Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore (1871-1962) – British soldier and politician David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie (1893-1968) - Scottish peer, soldier, and courtier Henry Paulson – 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury Oliver P. Smith (1893-1977), American Marine four star general who served in WWII and the Korean War Stansfield Turner (1923-2018) – Admiral and former CIA Director William Hedgcock Webster – Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1978 to 1987 and Director of Central Intelligence (CIA) from 1987 to 1991

Business J. Robert Atkinson (1887-1964) – founder of the Braille Institute of AmericaJ. Robert Atkinson Longyear Museum (June 10, 2013). Retrieved June 18, 2013 D. G. M. Bernard (1888-1975) - Banker in England, Hong Kong, and the Middle East. B. F. Brisac (1858-1940) – American business executive and humanitarian Dorothy Harrison Eustis (1886-1946) – founder of The Seeing EyeAscarelli, Miriam, Independent Vision: Dorothy Harrison Eustis and the Story of the Seeing Eye, Purdue University Press, 2010, p.106 Antony Fisher (1915-1988) – British businessman and think tank founder Lionel Fraser (1895-1965) – British banker Bette Nesmith Graham (1924-1980) – inventor of Liquid Paper and mother of Mike Nesmith Martha Matilda Harper (1857-1950) – American businesswoman and inventor who launched modern retail franchisingWomen of History: Martha Matilda Harper June 1, 2020 Robert Hotung (1862-1956), Businessman and philanthropist from British Hong KongHoupt, Charles Theodore (1976). Bliss Knapp: Christian Scientist. Clark-Sprague. p. 193. John Munro Longyear (1850-1922), American businessman Mary Beecher Longyear (1851-1931), American philanthropist and preservationist Ben Weingart (1888-1980) – American real estate investor and developer Charles Wyly (1933-2011), American businessman Sam Wyly, American businessman

Arts and entertainment Artists Hilda Carline (1889-1950) – British post-impressionist painter Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) – American artist and film maker Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960) – English artist and muralist, employed as an official war artist during World War II Fougasse (1887-1965) – British cartoonist Mina Loy (1882-1996) – British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps, and bohemian Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981) – British painter Violet Oakley (1874-1961) – American artist known for murals and work in stained glass Marcellus E. Wright Sr. (1881-1962) – American architect who designed the Altria Theater

Authors Richard Bach – author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull Andrew Clements (1949-2019) – American author of children's books, including Frindle Willis Vernon Cole (1882-1939) – American poet and author, Christian Science practitioner tried for practising medicine Heather Vogel Frederick – former journalist & editor, American historical fiction, fantasy, & contemporary fiction author of at least 20 books for young readers Sibyl Marvin Huse (1866-1939) — American author of religious books and teacher/Reader of Christian Science Godfrey John (d. about 2003) – Welsh poet and Christian Science teacher William D. McCrackan (1864-1923) – writer, author of The Rise of the Swiss RepublicFlower, B. O., "Reckless and Irresponsible Attacks on Christian Science" The Arena, Vol. XXXVII, January to June (1907). The Brandt Press, Trenton, N.J., U.S.A., p. 59. Retrieved June 22, 2013 J. D. Salinger (1919-2010)– American writer best known for his novel The Catcher in the Rye Danielle Steel – American author

Entertainment figures Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) – Singer Kenny L. Baker (1912-1985) – singer and actor Valerie Bergere (1867-1938)– French-born actress of stage and screenWeds Old Leading Man. Trenton Evening Times, September 26, 1917, p. 5Memory Lane by I. C. Brenner. Salt Lake Tribune, November 4, 1936, p. 22 Elisabeth Bergner (1949- 1986) - Austrian/British actress Carol Channing (1921-2019) – American actress, singer, dancer, and comedian Juanin Clay (1949-1995) – American actress with roles in WarGames and The Legend of the Lone Ranger Joan Crawford (190?-1977)– American film and television actress Doris Day (1922-2019) – American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) – Canadian-American actress Robert Duvall (1931-2026) – American actor Georgia Engel (1948-2019) – American film, television, and stage actress Edith Evans (1888-1976) - actress Horton Foote (1916-2009) – playwright and screenwriter Kelsey Grammer – actor Charlotte Greenwood (1890-1977) – actress and dancer Joyce Grenfell (1910-1979) – English comedian, singer, actress, monologist, scriptwriter and producer Corinne Griffith (1894-1979) – American actress, producer, author and businesswoman David Liebe Hart – puppeteer, actor, singer and painter Howard Hawks (1896-1977) – film director Peter Horton – actor Bud Jamison (1894-1944) – actor active from 1915 to 1944 Leatrice Joy (1893-1985) – silent film star Val Kilmer (1959-2025) – American actor Matt Lauria (1982- ) -- American actor Eve McVeagh (1919-1997) – American actress Martin Melcher (1915-1968) – producer, third husband of Doris Day Conrad Nagel (1897-1970) – actor Antoinette Perry (1888-1946) – Broadway director, mentor and actress; namesake of the Tony Awards Mary Pickford (1892-1979) – Canadian-American actress; co-founder of the film studio United Artists; one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) – American actress, dancer, and singer Lilia Skala (1896-1994) – Austrian-American architect and actress best known for playing the Mother Superior in Lilies of the Field Jean Stapleton (1923-2013) – actress, best known for playing Edith Bunker W. S. Van Dyke (1889-1943) – director of films, including The Thin Man King Vidor (1889-1982) – director, producer, and screenwriter who won an Academy Honorary Award Anna May Wong (1905-1961) – American actress, considered to be the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star Alfre Woodard – actress who won awards for roles in Miss Evers' Boys, Radio, Memphis Beat: "These days Woodard goes to a Christian Science church." Alan Young (1919-2016) – English–American actor

Musicians Harry C. Browne (1878 -1954) – minstrel songwriter, singer, and banjo player Cornelius Bumpus (1945-2004) – jazz musician, member of the Doobie Bros. and Steely Dan Blanche Calloway (1902-1978) – bandleader; Cab Calloway's sister Alberta Neiswanger Hall (1870-1956) – composer of children's songs and composed musical settings for The Songs of Father Goose"The Songs of Father Goose" Open Library. Retrieved May 6, 2013 Lionel Hampton (1908-2002) – jazz musicianThe Independent Bruce Hornsby – rock musician Kay Kyser (1905-1985) – American bandleader and radio personality, later a Christian Science practitioner and active promoter Everett Lee (1916-2022) – Conductor Michael Nesmith (1942-2021) – member of The Monkees, Ruth Barret Phelps (1899-1980) – theater and church organist, later organist at the Mother Church Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) – Russian Soviet composer, pianist and conductorProkofiev, Sergei (2012). Anthony Phillips (translator), ed. Diaries 1924–1933: Prodigal Son. London/ Ithaca: Faber and Faber/Cornell University Press. . p. 65.

Sports Athletes/sportspeople Harold Bradley Jr. (1929-2021), Football player, actor, singer, and visual artistTony Lobl (February 2022). "A spiritually guided Renaissance man". The Christian Science Journal. vol. 140(2). Adin Brown – U.S. association football player Rowland George (1905–1997), Olympic rower; oldest surviving British Olympic gold medalist upon his death."Rowland George; Obituary". Features. The Times. London. 30 September 1997. pp. 21. Haley Henderson (1984), American Ballet Dancer - worked for Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet San Jose, Ballet West (SLC) Nile Kinnick (1918-1943) – American college football player and Heisman Trophy winner