- Zhang Chengzhi - contemporary Hui Chinese author; raised as an atheist.[208]
- Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - British musician and singer (had a nominally Christian upbringing, but never was a believer)[209]
- Martin Lings - a widely acclaimed British scholar. He was raised as a Protestant, became an atheist, and later converted to Islam.[210]
- Mos Def - American rapper and actor.[211]
- Nursultan Nazarbayev - The incumbent President of Kazakhstan. Formerly held atheistic views during the Soviet era.[212]
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