This is a list of Mennonites. Mennonites are a group of Anabaptist Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation.
(To be included on this list, a person must be notable enough to have an already-existing Wikipedia article.)
General list Harold S. Bender – professor of theology, Goshen CollegeGlobal Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online David Bergen – Giller Prize–winning writerMcClelland & Stewart publishers Travis Bergen – baseball player JC Chasez – American solo artist and singer for NSYNC Christopher Dock – educatorEastern Mennonite University Abraham Esau – German physicist Howard Dyck – Canadian conductor and broadcaster"Howard Dyck" The Canadian Encyclopedia Dietrich Enns – baseball player Brendan Fehr – actor; linked to television series Roswell Eric Fehr – hockey player Henry Friesen – endocrinologist; discovered prolactinIndustry Canada Jeff Friesen – former hockey player Byron Froese – hockey player Johann Funk – early Canadian Mennonite bishop Joseph Funk – American music teacher and publisher Michael Funk – former hockey player Lapiso Gedelebo – Ethiopian historian Owen Gingerich – Smithsonian astronomerABC.NetMennonite Weekly Girl Named Tom – winners of season 21 of The Voice Steven Goertzen – former hockey player Herman op den Graeff – Mennonite community leader, Krefeld (Germany); delegate and signer, Dordrecht Confession of Faith in 1632 Joseph B. Hagey – bishopGlobal Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Vincent Harding – African-American historian, theologian and civil-rights activist Hans Herr – bishopLancaster Mennonite Historical Society Jeff Hostetler – National Football League quarterbackHis biography at Amazon.com Julia Kasdorf – poetAvatar Review Graham Kerr – known as "The Galloping Gourmet"Farming MagazineMennonite Economic Development Associates; television personality Cindy Klassen – five-time Olympic medalistCanadian Christianity.com Eduard Klassen – harpist Clayton Kratz – relief workerChristianity Today Erik Kratz – American former professional baseball catcher, including Milwaukee BrewersMennonite World Review Alan Kreider – writer; employee, Associated Mennonite Biblical SeminaryAssociated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Profile Floyd Landis – professional road bicycle racerSwiss Mennonite.org Elaine Larsen – American jet car drag racer John Paul Lederach – professor, international peacebuildingMenno Link Lê Thị Hồng Liên – teacher; former political prisoner María Gloria Penayo De Duarte – former First Lady of Paraguay; her husband, Nicanor Duarte, is a nominal Catholic who attends her churchUS Department of State, Home Page Dustin Penner – former hockey player Casey Plett – writer Nguyen Hong Quang – vice president, Mennonite Church in Vietnam Richie Regehr – former hockey player Robyn Regehr – former hockey player A. James Reimer – Canadian Mennonite theologianMennonite Publishing Network James Reimer – hockey player John D. Roth – Mennonite scholarGoshen Menno Simons – theologian; Mennonitism named for him Jerome Monroe Smucker – founder, The J.M. Smucker Company Dan Snyder – hockey playerCTV Gene Stoltzfus – American peace activist; founding director, Christian Peacemaker Teams Brad Thiessen – hockey player David Toews – hockey player Jonathan Toews – hockey player Miriam Toews – best-selling writer; winner, Andrew Unger – novelist; creator and writer, The Daily Bonnet (satirical Mennonite website) Garry Unger – former hockey player Pierre Widmer – French Mennonite pastor and editor Armin Wiebe – writer Rudy Wiebe – Canadian writer and professor; raised Mennonite so knew no English until age sixMcClelland & Stewart publishers Harvey L. Wollman – 26th Governor of South DakotaSouth Dakota Legislative Manual, 1975 John Howard Yoder – theologian and pacifistGoshen
Canadian politicians connected to the Mennonites Albert Driedger – cabinet minister under Gary Filmon; director, Elim Mennonite Church (Grunthal, Manitoba) Jacob Froese – only Manitoba Social Credit Party MLA between 1959 and 1973, and was the party's leader for most if not all of the period from 1959 to 1977 Kelvin Goertzen – 23rd premier of Manitoba Harold Neufeld – cabinet minister under Gary Filmon; chair, Menno Simons College Foundation Vic Toews – Conservative Party of Canada member; judge, Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba"Mennonites won't lose citizenship over 80-year-old glitch: Toews", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, January 26, 2007, 9:18 report. Retrieved June 14, 2008. Brad Wall – former premier of Saskatchewan Cornelius Wiebe – first Mennonite to serve in the Manitoba Legislature"105-year-old wins Order of Canada" CBC article.
Note: Several Canadian political figures have a Mennonite background. This might be more common in Canada than in most nations. This is perhaps most true in the case of Manitoba, though Saskatchewan and British Columbia also have significant Mennonites in politics. As this more concerns "connected to" this may include people who are ethnic Mennonites and not necessarily members of Mennonite churches.
People of Mennonite ancestry or background These are people of Mennonite ancestry, but who are/were not members of the Mennonite religion. In some cases names, listed here include people whose current status as Mennonites is undetermined.
Sandra Birdsell – Canadian poetSandra Birdsell's website Di Brandt – Canadian poetGriffin Poetry Prize site Greg Brenneman – former chief executive officer, Burger KingUSA Today Dyan Cannon – American actress; father, Ben Friesen, was of Mennonite ancestry Arthur Compton – physicist; 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery of the Compton effect Karl Taylor Compton – physicist, president, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1930–1948) Wilson Martindale Compton – trade-association executive John Denver – folk singer-songwriterUniversity of Michigan Dwight D. Eisenhower – thirty-fourth president of the United States (1953–1961); Eisenhower's direct ancestor, Hans Nicol Eisenhauer, was a Mennonite who settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1741Eisenhower's direct ancestor, Hans Nicol Eisenhauer, was a Mennonite that settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1741. Eisenhower's pacifist roots may have influenced his presidential farewell speech in which he warned the country against the emerging military-industrial complex. Katherine Esau – American botanistThe National Academies Press Patrick Friesen – Canadian poetAssociation of Manitoba Book Publishers Anna German – Polish singer. sz-n.com. April 12, 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-07. Philip D. Gingerich – paleontologist Malcolm Gladwell – English-Canadian journalist, bestselling writer, and speaker; has made a return to religion though not of a specific church at the momentReligion News Jon Gnagy – American art instructor on televisionReal Life Magazine Ashley Graham – American plus-size model and television presenter Matt Groening – American cartoonist; creator, The Simpsons animated sitcom television series; his father, Homer Groening, was born and raised in a Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonite family from SaskatchewanSeattle Times Jonathan Groff – American actor and singer; originated the role of King George in the Broadway musical Hamilton Joey Kelly – former member, The Kelly Family (music group)Kelly, Joey (2014). America for Sale. Reinbek: Rowohlt. Google Books. Retrieved 2015-11-08. 18th-century ancestors of his mother Barbara-Ann Suokko were Amish. James L. Kraft – founder, Kraft FoodsIllinois Review Milton Hershey – founder, The Hershey CompanyHershey history site Robyn Regehr – hockey player Adolph Rupp – college basketball coach Marlin Stutzman – politician; raised Mennonitem but is now BaptistIndyStar Hermann Sudermann – German dramatist and novelist Dick Winters – U.S. Army major; World War II commander, Easy Company (depicted in the television miniseries Band of Brothers)Winters, Richard D. and Cole Christian Kingseed. Beyond Band of Brothers, p. 4-5.
People incorrectly identified as Mennonite George Armstrong Custer – erroneously identified as coming from Mennonite background by biographer Milo Milton Quaife
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