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The inclusion of certain people in this category is disputed. Please see the relevant discussions on the talk pages of those individual articles. Consider rewording the inclusion criteria of this category if they are unclear. See also the guidelines at WP:BLPCAT and Wikipedia:Categorizing articles about people.

People who converted, or were expelled from one religion to another, or from one religion to no religion, or from one denomination to another within a religion (such as those who are in both Category:Former Roman Catholics and Category:Converts to Eastern Orthodox Christianity), or who simply no longer practice their religion. Please only add people for whom losing their religion is a defining characteristic or related to their notability.

Subcategories

This category has the following 21 subcategories, out of 21 total.

H

Former Hindus‎ (4 C, 3 P)

J

Former Jains‎ (1 C, 3 P)
Former Orthodox Jews‎ (1 C, 17 P)

L

Former Latter Day Saints‎ (3 C, 184 P)

M

Former Manichaeans‎ (1 P)
Former Muslims‎ (7 C, 4 P)

N

Former members of new religious movements‎ (10 C, 9 P)

P

Former pagans‎ (3 C, 3 P)

R

Former Rastafarians‎ (8 P)

S

Former Santeríans‎ (1 P)
Former Satanists‎ (7 P)
Former Shakers‎ (4 P)
Former Sikhs‎ (1 C, 5 P)

T

Former Theosophists‎ (1 C, 5 P)

Z

Former Zoroastrians‎ (3 C, 1 P)

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-People who [[Religious conversion|converted]] (or were expelled) from one religion to another, or from one religion to no religion, or from one [[Religious denomination|denomination]] to another within a religion (such as those who are in both [[:Category:Former Roman Catholics]] and [[:Category:Converts to Eastern Orthodox Christianity]]). Please only add people for whom losing their religion is a defining characteristic or related to their notability.
+People who [[Religious conversion|converted]], or were expelled from one religion to another, or from one religion to no religion, or from one [[Religious denomination|denomination]] to another within a religion (such as those who are in both [[:Category:Former Roman Catholics]] and [[:Category:Converts to Eastern Orthodox Christianity]]), or who simply no longer practice their religion. Please only add people for whom losing their religion is a defining characteristic or related to their notability.
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