List of atheists

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Percy Bysshe Shelley, author of The Necessity of Atheism

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This is a list of atheists. Atheism, in a broad sense, is the absence of a belief in the existence of deities; in a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Living persons in this list are people whose atheism is relevant to their notable activities or public life, and who have publicly identified themselves as atheists.

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