Happy Human

The full Humanism logo

The Happy Human is an icon and the official symbol of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), a world body of Humanist organizations, and has been adopted by many Humanist organisations and individuals worldwide. Its origin was a competition organised in 1965 by the British Humanist Association to find a symbol for itself. The winning design was created by Denis Barrington whose original designs are in the BHA archive at the Bishopsgate Institute in London.

The trademark is still held by the British Humanist Association, which freely licenses use of the symbol by bona fide Humanist organisations worldwide. Many Humanist organisations use the symbol or an adapted version of it.

Organisations using the Happy Human

• American Humanist Association
• Youth Humanist
• British Humanist Association
• Humanist Association of Canada
• Society of Ontario Freethinkers
• Council of Australian Humanist Societies (CAHS)
• European Humanist Federation
• Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (UK)
• Human-Etisk Forbund (Norway)
• Humanistisk Ungdom (Norwegian Humanist Youth)
• Humanist Association of Ireland
• Humanist Society of New Zealand
• Humanist Society of Scotland
• Humanisterna (Sweden)
• Humanisty (Israel; site in Hebrew)
• Indian Humanist Union
• Institute for Humanist Studies
• International Humanist and Ethical Union
• Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics
• Siðmennt (Iceland)
• Arab Open University

Organisations using similar symbols

• Council for Secular Humanism
• Institute for Humane Studies

External links

• British Humanist Association page on the symbol
• Humanism is Eight Letters, No More — An endorsement of the Happy Human by some leaders of the IHEU, including former Presidents of the IHEU, Rob Tielman and Levi Fragell.
• Origins of the Happy Human logo based on information from Humanist Society of Victoria, a member organisation of CAHS