List of children of clergy

List of noted children of clergy is a list concerned with individuals whose status as a child of a cleric is important, preferably critical, to their fame or significance.

=Western religions=

Christian

Catholic

*George Bariţ-Son of an Eastern-rite Catholic priest who once trained for the priesthood. [http://www.ohiou.edu/~chastain/ac/barit.htm]
*Cesare Borgia
*Lucrezia Borgia
*George Coşbuc-Romanian poet, 14 generations of his family were Eastern-rite priests including his father. [http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/cultura/l_cosbuc.html]
*Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma
*Pope Silverius-Legitimate son of a Pope.
*Thomas I of York-Archbishop of York in Catholic era.(Celibacy had become the rule, but was still haphazardly enforced.)

Eastern Orthodox

* Sergei Bulgakov-Russian theologian. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3664/is_200210/ai_n9126255]
* Nikolai Chernyshevsky-Socialist thinker, writer, and materialist [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSchernyshevsky.htm]
* Cyriacus the Anchorite-A saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
* Demetri Martin-Comedian, served as an altar boy. [http://www.believermag.com/issues/200602/?read=interview_martin]
* Slobodan Milosevic
* Ivan Pavlov-Scientist. H. G. Wells's autobiography indicates the Soviets tolerated his continued attendance at the Russian Orthodox Church. [http://www.hindu.com/yw/2005/02/25/stories/2005022501010300.htm]
* George Stephanopoulos Former altar boy. [http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/csrpl/RINVol2No3/Revolting%20Greeks.htm]
* Nicola Tesla [http://www.teslasociety.com/biography.htm] -In adulthood he retained respect for religion, but described himself as "not a believer in the orthodox sense." [http://www.pbs.org/tesla/res/res_art11.html]
* Theophan the Recluse-A saint in the Russian Orthodox Church [http://www.roca.org/OA/24/24e.htm]
* Yevgeny Zamyatin-He had been a Bolshevik who initially supported the October Revolution [http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/sforres1/alum-readings/zamyatin.html]
* Adrian Zmed - Actor

Oriental Orthodoxy

*Abraham Kovoor-Skeptic and atheist. [http://www.uni-giessen.de/~gk1415/kovoor.htm]

Protestant and Anglican

*John Abernethy (minister)
*Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair-Taught by his minister father and taught for the SPCK for a time. [
*Tori Amos-Crucify (song) and "Icicle" deal overtly with the background as do others. [http://www.metrosource.com/Current/article_toriamos_FM03.htm]
*Garner Ted Armstrong-Son of Herbert W. Armstrong who was disfellowed by him. [http://www.rickross.com/reference/wwchurch/wwchurch7.html]
*Robert Baden-Powell, founder of international Scouting movement.
*James Baldwin-Raised by his stepfather who was a preacher and his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain relates to this.
*John Barron (journalist) - Son of a Methodist minister who investigated Communists. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18766-2005Mar8.html]
*Robert Hugh Benson-Son of an Archbishop of Canterbury, convert to Catholicism.
*J. D. Beresford-Agnostic, The Hampdenshire Wonder contains an unflattering minister character.
*Ingmar Bergman-Noted atheist, son of a Lutheran minister.
*William Henry Bliss-Convert to Catholicism who worked at the Vatican.
*Alex Briley-He got his start singing in church.
*Cleanth Brooks-Literary critic who wrote Community, Religion, and Literature: Essays (1995).
*Pearl S. Buck-A child of missionaries with her father being a minister. [http://faculty.rmwc.edu/fwebb/buck/hdmueller/Absalom1.htm] [http://www.bookrags.com/notes/ge/BIO.htm]
*Aaron Burr-Vice President of the United States who studied theology at Princeton University and whose father was Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/duel/peopleevents/pande01.html]
*Alexander Campbell (Restoration movement)
*Lois Capps-Attended Pacific Lutheran University and has a Master's in religion. [http://www.house.gov/capps/about/bio.shtml]
*Bampfylde Moore Carew-Self-proclaimed king of beggars. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/education/betsie/parser.pl/0005/www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/england/devon/article_1.shtml]
*James Carr-Started his music career in church. [http://www.bluejuice.org.au/subpage3.html]
*Wayne K. Clymer-Methodist bishop.
*Sam Cooke-Gospel and Rhythm & blues. [http://www.samcooke.com/biography.php]
*Adelaide Crapsey-Daughter of Episcopalian priest Algernon Sidney Crapsey.
*Larry Davis-Baptist minister who had legal difficulties.
*Isaak August Dorner-Lutheran churchleader and son of a Lutheran pastor.
*John Foster Dulles-Attended international religious conferences. [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jfdulles.htm]
*Holly Dunn-"Daddy's Hands" is about her preacher father. [http://www.hollydunn.com/profile.html]
*Jonathan Edwards (the younger)-Son of Jonathan Edwards. [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11913]
*Jonathan Edwards (theologian)-Son of Timothy Edwards (1668–1759), a minister at East Windsor, Connecticut.
*Monica Edwards-Author whose "Tamzin Grey" character is also a vicar's daughter. [http://www.monicaedwards.co.uk/]
*Leonard K. Elmhirst-Once intended to follow his father into the Church.
*Gudrun Ensslin-Her father was a pastor in the Evangelical Church in Germany, she became a founder of the Baader-Meinhof Group.
*Johann August Ernesti-Theologian
*Leonhard Euler-Mathematician and strongly religious. His mother also had a pastor for a father. [http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Euler.html]
*Gustav Fechner-Experimental psychologist who wrote on religion or metaphysics. [http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/people/data?id=per68]
*Mark Few-Head basketball coach at Gonzaga University; married by his father. [http://gozags.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/few_mark01.html]
*Antony Flew-Noted atheist turned deist. [http://www.adherents.com/people/pf/Anthony_Flew.html]
*Rob Frazier-Christian contemporary musician. [http://www.urgentmedia.com/frazier.htm]
*Israel Gaither-Father was a Baptist preacher, he is currently the first African American to lead the Salvation Army [http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn.nsf/ce952dea4507ee7780256cf4005d2254/b93eed29cce6eba180257108007813b2?OpenDocument]
*Marvin Gaye-His father and killer was minister Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr. "God is Love", from the album What's Going On, directly relates to Christianity.
*Franklin Graham-Son of Billy Graham
*Alfred Perceval Graves-Son of the bishop of Limerick who did "A Celtic Psaltery." [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14232/14232-h/14232-h.htm]
*Kimberly Hahn-Convert to Catholicism.
*Camilla Hall-Early member of the Symbionese Liberation Army killed in a shootout with police. [http://www.super70s.com/super70s/News/Special-Reports/Terrorism/SLA/Camilla_Hall.asp]
*W. C. Handy-His father and grandfather were pastors or ministers and it had an effect on his music. [http://www2.una.edu/library/handy/biography.htm]
*Ryan Hansen-Says Christian Youth Theater is an important part of his life as is being a pastor's son. [http://www.marsinvestigations.net/interviews/ryanhansen.php]
*Nolan Bailey Harmon-Methodist bishop.
*Charles Hartshorne-Philosopher of religion. [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hartshorne/]
*Hampton Hawes-Jazz musician. [http://www.jazzscript.co.uk/extra/art.hawes.htm]
*Archibald Alexander Hodge - Presbyterian theologian and son of Charles Hodge
*Isabella Beecher Hooker-Daughter of Lyman Beecher who became associated to Victoria Woodhull's movement. [http://www.cslib.org/women.htm]
*Chris Hedges-Pulitzer Prize winning journalist with a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. He wrote . Father was a Presbyterian minister and anti-war activist. [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week622/hedges.html]
*Matthew Henry - author of commentaries on the Old and New Testaments
*Tim Hughes-Christian music artist. [http://www.timhughesmusic.com/]
*S. Clifton Ives-Bishop, son of a pastor.
*Daniel Ernst Jablonski-The son of a Moravian Church minister who tried to unite Lutherans and Calvinists. [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Daniel_Ernst_Jablonski]
*Jesse Jackson, Jr.
*Bob Jones, Jr.
*Carl Jung, psychiatrist, influential thinker and founder of analytical psychology was the son of pastor in the Swiss Reformed Church.
*Kenneth Kaunda-First President of Zambia.
*Leontine T. Kelly-Retired Methodist bishop who won a Thomas Merton Award and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
*Bernice King
*Dexter Scott King
*Martin Luther King III
*Yolanda King
*Walter Russell Lambuth-Missionary and child of missionaries.
*Julius Lester-Convert to Judaism. [http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/cool6.html]
*Row Lewis-Activist, daughter of a Pentecostal Pastor. [http://libertyspiritwork.blogharbor.com/blog/_WebPages/OurFounder.html]
*Eric Liddell-Athlete and missionary. [http://content.ericliddell.org/ericliddell/content/ashortbiography.htm]
*Henry Liddell-British scholar and reverend. [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Henry_George_Liddell]
*Andrew Marvell-Poet, wrote poems on metaphysical or spiritual subjects. [http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/marvell/marvbio.htm]
*Cotton Mather - American Puritan minister
*Rolf McPherson-His mother was Aimee Semple McPherson.
*Angela Merkel-Chancellor of Germany, chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), and a Lutheran pastor's daughter.
*Ernest John Moeran-English composer, some church music. [http://www.moeran.com/MusicChamber.html]
*Adolphe Monod-A pastor himself.
*Friedrich Nietzsche-Noted critic of Christianity who wrote The Antichrist (book). [http://www.csudh.edu/phenom_studies/europ19/lect_8.html]
*Smokie Norful-Minister and gospel singer. [http://www.smokienorful.com/index2.html]
*John Louis Nuelsen-Methodist Bishop.
*Jaroslav Pelikan-Lutheran religious historian who converted to Russian Orthodoxy later in life. [http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/152/42.0.html] [http://www.svots.edu/Events/Summer-Institute/2003/readings/Pelikan-Legend.html]
*Helen Phillips-Most known for opera, but also did interpretations of "Negro spirituals."
*Clark V. Poling-Reformed Church minister of the Four Chaplains, His father was an Evangelical turned Baptist minister. [http://www.fourchaplains.org/story.html]
*Henry Codman Potter-Bishop and son of a bishop. [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18422/18422-h/18422-h.htm]
*Asafa Powell - Track-and-field sprinter. Both his parents are pastors and he plays for a church band. [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20040228/(spirit)/(spirit)1.html] [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/olympians/story/2008/05/21/f-olympics-athletics-powellfeature.html]
*Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.-A pastor and politician.
*Katharine Purvis-She wrote "When the saints are Marching in", originally a Christian hymn. [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/p/u/purvis_ken.htm]
*Bernice Johnson Reagon-Founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock. [http://www.sweethoney.com/aboutshir.html]
*Bernhard Riemann-Mathematician whose father was a Lutheran pastor, Bernhard also studied theology. [http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Riemann.html]
*Clement Daniel Rockey-Methodist bishop.
*Olaus Rudbeck-Son of bishop Johannes Rudbeckius.
*Gustav Adolf Scheel-Member of Nazi Germany's Schutzstaffel who studied theology. [http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/s/s1/scheel_g_a.shtml]
*Heinrich Schliemann-His minister father was an early influence on his becoming an archaeologist. [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/schliemann_heinrich.html]
*George Gilbert Scott-Architect whose designs include churches. [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/buildings/Scott.shtml]
*Rhoda Scott-Jazz musician who became interested in music at her father's church. [http://www.rhodascott.com/]
*Elias Simojoki-Finnish Fascist clergyman.
*Nina Simone-Her mother was a Methodist minister and as a girl she played at her church. [http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/70/]
*Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer-Bishop. [http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/s/sommer_j_w_e.shtml]
*R. C. Sproul, Jr. - son of Presbyterian theologian R. C. Sproul
*Paul Steinitz-Served as a church organist and as a conductor performed St.Matthew Passion. [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Steinitz-Paul.htm]
*Harriet Beecher Stowe-Daughter of Lyman Beecher, and wife of a minister, who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
*Ted Strehlow-Anthropologist son of pastor/missionary Carl Strehlow. [http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/strehlow/index.html]
*Emanuel Swedenborg-Father was Jesper Swedberg, priest who became the bishop of Skara. [http://www.swedenborg.org.uk/swedenborg/index.htm]
*Prince Albert Taylor Jr-Bishop.
*William Temple (archbishop)-Archbishop of Canterbury and son of a previous Archbishop of Canterbury. [http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/61.html]
*Norman Thomas-Socialist, ordained in Presbyterianism as had his father. [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAthomas.htm]
*Sister Rosetta Tharpe-Gospel singer whose mother was an evangelist.
*Matthew Tindal-English deist. (Christian deism)
*Vincent van Gogh, also a missionary himself before becoming an artist. A pioneer of what came to be known as Expressionism.
*Jim Wacker-Son of a Lutheran minister who coached at Texas Lutheran University. [http://www.ncaasports.com/football/mens/story/6913979]
*C. F. W. Walther-First President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. [http://chi.lcms.org/collections/fa/m-0004.htm]
*Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette-Theologian and exegete.
*Sir Christopher Wren, one of the greatest English architects of his time. Wren designed 53 London churches, including St Paul's Cathedral.
*Lizz Wright-Contemporary jazz/R&B musician who describes herself as having a gospel music influence. [http://www.lizzwright.net/]
*Wright brothers-Sons of Milton Wright (Bishop). [http://www.wwbirthplace.com/pages/history.php]
*Malcolm X-A convert to Islam whose father is described as "an outspoken Baptist minister." [http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/about/bio.htm]
*Yahweh ben Yahweh-Imprisoned founder of the Nation of Yahweh. [http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/yahweh_cult/2.html]
*William P. Young, author of best-selling novel The Shack, child of Canadian missionaries who worked in Dutch New Guinea. [http://www.macleans.ca/culture/media/article.jsp?content=20080820_51506_51506]

Islam (children of Imams, Shaykhs, or Ayatollahs)

*Abdul Majid al-Khoei [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0%2C2763%2C935242%2C00.html]
*Shareef Abdur-Rahim-Basketball player and son of an imam. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/mike_fish/news/2002/03/12/fish_straightshooting/]
*Amadu Seku-Political leader and son of an Imam. [http://www.histoire-afrique.org/article76.html?artsuite=7]
*Ahmadu Tall-Son of Umar Tall.

Jewish

*Boris Aronson [http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/aronson.html]
*Michael Chertoff [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2102-2005Jan11.html]
*Émile Durkheim-Agnostic sociologist and philosopher who descended from a long line of rabbis. [http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/Durkheim/DURKPER.HTML]
*Michael Fabricant [http://www.guardian.co.uk/parl/Story/0,,463800,00.html]
*Moshe Feinstein-A noted rabbi himself. [http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/rabbis/feinstein.htm]
*Alexander D. Goode-Rabbi of the Four Chaplains, his father was also a rabbi. [http://www.fourchaplains.org/story.html]
*Meir Kahane-Rabbi and politician. [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/kahane.html]
*Victor Klemperer- [http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375753787&view=excerpt]
*Judith Malina [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=44837]
*Michael O. Rabin [http://devwin.acm.org/awards/citation.cfm?id=9681074&srt=all&aw=140&ao=AMTURING]
*Moses Rosen-Romanian rabbi.
*Erich Segal-Acts of FaithISBN 0-553-56070-0
*Haym Solomon

=Eastern religion=

Buddhism

*Fumio Niwa-Japanese novelist. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050428/ai_n14603573]
*Kiyoura Keigo-Japanese politician.

hinto

*Akira Ifukube-Japanese classical composer, son of a Shinto priest. [http://www.moviemusicuk.us/gallery-ijk.htm]
*Kamo no Mabuchi-Japanese poet.
*Setzuso Kotsuji (son of a prominent Shinto priest, descended from a long-line of well-known priests.) (converted to Orthodox Judaism) [ [http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1004/japanese_convert.php3 Seek and Save ] ]

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