Historical

* 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
* Henry Venn (1725 - 1797) - founder of the small, but highly influential Clapham Sect in Britain. His grandson, also named Henry Venn (1796 - 1873), pioneered the basic principles of indigenous church mission theory
* John Newton (1725 - 1807) - Scottish clergyman; author of Amazing Grace
* William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833) - worked to abolish slavery in the British Empire.
* Charles Grandison Finney (1792 - 1875) - preacher in the Second Great Awakening, advocate of "New Measures"
* Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813 - 1843) - Scottish preacher and minister of St Peter's, Dundee.
* Fanny Crosby (1820 - 1915) - blind American hymnwriter of many famous hymns including Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine
* Phineas F. Bresee (1838–1915) - founder of the Church of the Nazarene
* Robert Pearsall Smith and Hannah Whitall Smith, leaders in the Holiness movement
* Charles Spurgeon, 19th century English Baptist preacher and advocate of Calvinism
* Billy Sunday (1862 - 1935) - American evangelist and proponent of Prohibition
* James Hudson Taylor (1832 - 1905) - British missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission.
* Jimmy G. Tharpe (1930 - 2008) -- American founder of Louisiana Baptist University in Shreveport
* Aimee Semple McPherson (1890 - 1944) Pentecostal preacher and founder of Foursquare Church.
* Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899 - 1981) Former minister Westminster Chapel

Contemporaries

* Miley Cyrus American singer/actress. Church of the Nazarene
* John Ashcroft Former U.S. Senator, Governor of Missouri, and U.S. Attorney General.
* George Barna, directing leader of the Barna Group, Ltd. (Christian research and training organization)
* Miles Bateman Host of Christian Commentary Radio/Television Program and Internet Ministry.
* Ralph Blair, founder of Evangelicals Concerned ministry
* Nathan Braun, activist and author, founder of the Christian Vegetarian Association
* William R. Bright, founder Campus Crusade for Christ, author.]]
* George W. Bush, former President of the United States of America. United Methodist Church.
* Kirk Cameron, former child star, Mike Seaver of Growing Pains.
* Anthony "Tony" Campolo, Pacifist Baptist Pastor. Professor in Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Leader from Compassion Ministry. (associated with the Christian left)
* Charles Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship; author, columnist and speaker. Southern Baptist. Columnist in First Things and Christianity Today Magazines. Political libertarian with ties to the Christian Right.
* Philippe Decourroux, Swiss singer.
* James C. Dobson, Christian Psychologist, Church of Nazarene member, founder of Focus on the Family (Associated with the Christian Right)
* Billy Graham (b. 1918) Best known living evangelist and author. Southern Baptist. First Baptist Church.
* Franklin Graham (b. 1952), son of Billy Graham. Southern Baptist. Evangelist. Current leader of Samaritan's Purse Ministry. Builder of houses for poor Shiites Muslims in Lebanon.
* Ron Hamilton, singer, songwriter, voice actor, and evangelist, more widely known by his nickname "Patch the Pirate".
* Frank Laubach missionary, writer, founder of Laubach Literacy
* Justin Lee, founder of GCN
* Dick Lucas former rector St Helen's Bishopsgate, London
* Luis Palau Argentinian Evangelist. Southern Baptist.
* Tony Perkins
* John Stott - former Rector of All Souls, Langham Place
* Luther Grosvenor - former musician with UK band Mott the Hoople (as Ariel Bender) was part of the traditional Fud Movement throughout the 1980s, active in South East Asia.
* Jimmy Swaggart - former leader of the Assemblies of God. Currently leading the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.
* Jim Wallis of Sojourners
* Ravi Zacharias (born 1946), Canadian apologist, born in India.
* Phillip Jensen notable Sydney Anglican
* Peter Jensen Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Australia.
* Winkie Pratney Christian Apologist and Evangelist.
* Antolìn Tovar. Venezuelan Baptist Pastor. Martyr in fight against dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez.
* Jonas Brothers American Pop/ Rock Band.
* Rodney A. Thomas.

Scholars and theologians

* Dr.Thomas Mathews - Indian missionary pioneer, theologian, and scholar
* Gleason Archer (May 22, 1916 – April 27, 2004) was a Biblical scholar, theologian, educator, and author.
* Greg Bahnsen (September 17, 1948-December 11, 1995) was minister, educator, apologist, and a major figure in Christian Reconstructionism
* Craig Blomberg
* FF Bruce (1910-1990) - British scholar
* Don Carson - Calvinist theologian, member of the Evangelical Free Church of America, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School professor
* William Lane Craig
* John Frame - Calvinist Presbyterian theologian and Reformed Theological Seminary professor
* Norman Geisler
* Carl F. H. Henry (1913 - 2003) - founding editor of Christianity Today
* Graeme Goldsworthy
* Gary Habermas
* Richard Longenecker
* Bruce Metzger
* John Warwick Montgomery
* J.P. Moreland
* Richard Mouw- Christian philosopher, ethicist, and author. Current president of Fuller Theological Seminary.
* Harold Ockenga (June 6, 1905 - February 8, 1985)
* Thomas C. Oden (b. 1931) - father of Paleo-Orthodoxy; theologian associated with Drew University in New Jersey
* J.I. Packer - British-born Canadian theologian
* Andrew Purves - Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
* Alvin Plantinga - University of Notre Dame, philoshopher, *Warrant and Christian Belief*
* Klyne Snodgrass - Professor North Park Theological Seminary, theologian and author of Between Two Truths.
* R. C. Sproul - Reformed theologian
* Merrill Unger
* Kelly James Clark - Calvin College, author *Return to Reason*
* Miroslav Volf- Christian theologian; professor at Yale Divinity School.
* Stephen H. Webb - Christian theologian; professor at Wabash College.
* Nicholas Wolterstorff, influential philosopher, former Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theological at Yale Divinity School, Professor of Philosophy at Yale College; author, *Lament for a Son*
* Edwin M. Yamauchi - Christian scholar

Earlier evangelical scholars/theologians

* Oswald T. Allis (1856-1930)
* William Henry Green (1825 - 1900)
* Robert Dick Wilson (1856–1930)
* William Mitchell Ramsay (1851-1939) Archaeologist

Authors

* William Cowper (1731 - 1800) - English poet/author of numerous hymns
* Hugh Hewitt - conservative radio talk show host, author
* William Irvine (1863-1947)
* Tim Lahaye - Evangelical dispensationalist novelist, best known for the popular Left Behind fictional series on the end times
* John MacArthur (b. 1939) - Calvinist and dispensationalist author and pastor of Grace community Church in Sun Valley, CA.
* Chuck Missler - author, conservative Bible teacher, and founder of the Koinonia House ministry based out of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
* John Piper - Calvinist Baptist pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis and author of Desiring God and Let the Nations Be Glad
* Keith Johnson- Pastor of Saskatoon Christian Centre and author of Life's Priorities and Under The Influence
* Francis Schaeffer (1912 – 1984) - Calvinist evangelist, apologist, theologian, and author
* Joseph M. Scriven (1889 – 1886)- Irish poet, moved to Canada and wrote What a Friend We Have in Jesus after his fiancee's tragic death.
* Albert Benjamin Simpson (1843 - 1919) - preacher, writer, and founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA)
* Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897 - 1963) - preacher and author
* Rick Warren (b. 1954) - Pastor of Saddleback Church and popular author of The Purpose Driven Life, The Purpose Driven Church, among others.
* Philip Yancey - author and editor Christianity Today columnist
* Michael Zarlengo - author

Biblical archaeologists

* William F. Albright (1891 - 1971) - ceramics expert
* Kenneth Kitchen - Egyptologist

Educators

* Don Carson - professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
* R. Albert Mohler, Jr. (b. 1960) - President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky
* Dwight L. Moody (1837 - 1899) - American evangelist, pastor and educator
* Richard Mouw - President at Fuller Theological Seminary
* Chuck Swindoll, former president of Dallas Theological Seminary