무거운 내용보다는 흥미로운 내용을 찾아 보았습니다.
아래 목록은 각 분야에서 활동하고 있는 공인들로서 현재 여호와의 증인이거나 과거 여호와의 증인이었던 사람들입니다.
참고한 사이트는 http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_jw.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-jehovah-s-witnesses 입니다.
List of famous Jehovah's Witnesses
Politics:
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - U.S. President (raised JW)
- Evelyn Mandela - first wife of South African president Nelson Mandela (convert to JWs)
- Lieby Piliso - Nelson Mandela's younger sister
Sports:
- Venus Williams and Serena Williams - world chamption/Olympic gold medalist tennis players
- Lou Whitaker - professional baseball player (Detroit Tigers)
- Chet Lemon - professional baseball player (Detroit Tigers)
- Shont'e Peoples - professional football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders); convert to JWs
- Kid Gavilan - welterweight champion boxer; elected to boxing Hall of Fame in 1990 (convert to JWs)
- Dave Pear - NFL professional football player for Colts, Buccaneers, and Raiders (convert)
- Mark McCumber - professional golfer
- Dave Meyers - professional basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers in 1970s)
- Danny Granger - professional basketball player (Indiana Pacers)
- Travis Scott - NFL football player for Rams (raised JW)
- Willie Wise - NBA professional basketball player for Seattle Super Sonics and Denver Nuggets
Music:
- Prince - pop singer (convert to JWs)
- Selena - Tejano singer (Selena Quintanilla)
- Hank Marvin - famous guitarist with the Shadows (convert to JWs)
- George Benson - singer, guitarist
- Larry Graham - singer; member of Sly And The Family Stone between 1967 and 1972, founder of Graham Central Station
- David Thomas - songwriter/vocalist for Pere Ubu (convert to JWs)
- Herman Pizzanelli - leading Uruguayan concert guitarist in the 1960s (convert to JWs)
- Dave Hill - musician, Lead Guitarist and back vocals for Slade (convert)
- Rebbie Jackson - singer
- Michael Jackson - singer, pop superstar (lapsed)
- Janet Jackson - singer (lapsed)
- Katherine Jackson - matriarch of the Jacksons musical dynasty and the mother of pop music legends The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
- La Toya Jackson - singer (lapsed)
- Jackson Five - musical group (lapsed)
- Ja Rule - rap singer, film actor (raised)
- Patti Smith - punk rock star
- Geri Halliwell - singer (Spice Girls)
- Jill Scott - R&B/neo-soul singer-poet
- Roy Harper - songwriter, musician (raised)
- La Lupe - Cuban salsa singer (convert)
Actors and Actresses:
- Terrence Howard - actor; Ray, Hustle & Flow, etc.
- Teresa Graves - actress, star of TV movie and TV series "Get Christie Love!" (convert to JWs)
- Lark Voorhies - TV/movie actress
- Michelle Rodriguez - actress, movie star (lapsed)
- Wayans Brothers - and sisters: Damon Wayans, Dwayne Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Kim Wayans, Nadia Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans;
comedians, actors, filmmakers
- Rustom Padilla - Filipino movie star
- Carmina Villarroel - Filipino actress
- Naomi Campbell - supermodel
- Kim Holland - Dutch porn star (former JW)
Literature:
- Mickey Spillane - best-selling crime novelist (convert to JWs)
- Gloria Naylor - novelist, author of The Women of Brewster Place (1982, American Book Award)
Religious Leaders:
- Charles Taze Russell - founder and first president of Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower Society; died in 1916
- Joseph Franklin Rutherford - second president of Jehovah's Witnesses, from 1916 until his death in 1942
- Nathan H. Knorr - third leading figure in the history of the Jehovah's Witnesses, president of Watchtower Bible and Tract Society from 1942 until he died in 1977
- Frederick W. Franz - president of Watchtower Society from 1977 until his death in 1992
- Milton G. Henschel - president of Watchtower Society from 1992 to 2000
- Don A. Adams - current president of the Watchtower Society, since late 2000
Other:
- Margaret Keane - artist famous for her "Big Eye" paintings (convert)
- Carol M. Swain - political scientist; professor at Vanderbilt University; author of Black Faces, Black Interests and The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration; left the Witnesses at the age of 20, in 1975
- Viv Nicholson - famous London lottery winner in 1961. She then became a devout JW. The musical Spend, Spend, Spend was based on her story.
- Rene Montes de Oca Martija - dissident human-rights activist in Cuba (son of JW)
- Hayden Covington - leading attorney for the Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower Society; won multiple U.S. Supreme Court cases; represented Muhammad Ali in court
- Firpo Carr - historian, author of Germany's Black Holocaust: 1890-1945; Wicked Words: Poisoned Minds - Racism in the Dictionary; founder: Scholar Technological Institute of Research, Inc. (STIR)
- Angelo Palego - leader of team searching for Noah's Ark
List of famous Jehovah's Witnesses
A range of participation is represented by these individuals, from full activity to disaffiliation.
George Benson - Jazz guitarist[citation needed]
Maurizio Bianchi - Musician[citation needed]
Cheryl Bradley - Executive Housekeeper[citation needed]
Ivana Brkic - Croatian Musician[citation needed]
Richard Cameron- Dutch Musician[citation needed]
Valerie Campbell - Mother of Naomi Campbell[citation needed]
Tom Edur - Former NHL ice hockey player.[citation needed]
Ida E. Eisenhower - Mother of United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower[1]
Leopold Engleitner - Buchenwald concentration camp survivor and centenarian.[citation needed]
Larry Graham - Sly & the Family Stone[citation needed]
Danny Granger - Indiana Pacers small forward[citation needed]
Teresa Graves - Reputedly the first black woman to play the lead in a police movie, also a singer.[citation needed]
Gary Gygax - Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons.[citation needed]
Katherine Jackson - Michael Jackson's mother.[citation needed]
Rebbie Jackson - Singer, daughter of Katherine Jackson.[citation needed]
Scott Johnson - Actor[citation needed]
Phillip Landry - Musican[citation needed]
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Japanese musician, name comes from the Book of Isaiah[citation needed]
Margaret Keane - Artist who said converting "changed her life."[1]
Peter Knowles - Famous soccer player in England who quit his football career in 1970 aged 24 to join the Jehovah's Witnesses.[citation needed]
Brian Locking - Bass guitarist with The Shadows for eighteen months, but left to Jehovah's Witnesses activities.[citation needed]
Hank Marvin - Lead guitarist for The Shadows[citation needed]
Bohumil Müller - Czech survivor of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp and underground religious leader under Communism.[citation needed]
Viv Nicholson - Major pools winner[citation needed]
David Meyers- Former NBA player [2]
Evelyn Ntoko (first wife of Nelson Mandela[citation needed]
Prince Converted in 2001[citation needed]
Ken Richmond - The man who banged the gong in the Rank Organisation film logo from 1955 onward.[citation needed]
Miu Sakamoto - Japanese Singer, a Daughter of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano[citation needed]
Damo Suzuki (Converted in the 1970s, current membership status uncertain)[citation needed]
Bobby Tambling - English footballer[citation needed]
Phil Terry - member of the 60's R&B group The Intruders.[citation needed]
David Thomas - Avant-garde rocker, "Jehovah's Kingdom come"[2][3]
Jean Terrell - Replaced Diana Ross in the Supremes in 1970.[citation needed]
Akira Toriyama - Japanese Mangaka(Cartoonist), Author of Dragon Ball(Manga)[citation needed]
Yoshito Usui - Japanese Mangaka, Author of Crayon Shin-chan[citation needed]
Reena Virk - Canadian child murder victim[citation needed]
Lark Voorhies - actress, Saved By The Bell[citation needed]
Lou Whitaker - Former MLB baseball player for the Detroit Tigers.[citation needed]
Akiko Yano - Japanese Singer, Former wife of Ryuichi Sakamoto[citation needed]
Solveig Romero - Mexico and Switzerland, Actress and wife of Martin Campbell, the director of James Bond Casino Royale[citation needed]
Chuck Winfield - Former Trumpet player for Blood, Sweat, and Tears.[citation needed]
List of former Jehovah's Witnesses
Gregg Alexander - The New Radicals' lead singer; raised by mother
Peter Andre - Singer raised in Australia, presently living in London with wife pin up model *Jordan
Naomi Campbell- Supermodel; Raised by mother
Dwight David Eisenhower who became the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961)
Geri Halliwell - Singer (Spice Girls); Raised as a Jehovah's Witness[verification needed]
Anthony Henderson - Famous quick tongued rap artist from legendary group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony a.k.a "Krayzie Bone", Sawed-Off Gangsta, or
Leathaface
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison - American writer of Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses (converted to Catholicism)
Latoya Jackson
Michael Jackson - Michael became a Jehovah's Witness but disassociated himself shortly after his hit album, Thriller
Van Morrison-He was once a member, but then converted to Christianity.
Olin R. Moyle
Dave Mustaine - Guitarist (ex-Metallica; Megadeth; ex- MD .45)
Miki Nakatani - Japanese Actress, Raised as a Jehovah's Witness
Gloria Naylor - Novelist
Michelle Rodriguez - actress
Patti Smith - Singer and poet
Mickey Spillane - Novelist
Leo Volpe
Wayans brothers - Actors/Comediens ; Raised Jehovah's Witnesses
Jill Scott-Singer; rasied as a Jehovah's Witness
Hinano Yoshikawa - Japanese Fashion model and actress, Raised as a Jehovah's Witness
K-os - Canadian R&B artist ; Raised Jehovah's Witness
Selena Quintanilla Perez - Tejano singer ; raised Jehovah's Witnesses
Sara Vera García - Chilang singer ; raised Jehovah's Witnesses
Unknown - "Rumours about..."
비너스,쎄레나 윌리암스 자매가 여증이었던 건 저도 처음 알았습니다.
하지만 그녀들이 정확히 여증인지는 확실치 않아 보이네요.
윌리암스 자매의 어머니가 여증이며, 아버지는 아니었나 봅니다.
참고 사이트는 아래와 같습니다.
프린스가 여증이란건 알고 있었습니다.
올 7월에 영국 런던에서 공연이 있군요.
잠시 세계공연을 한 뒤 성서공부를 위해 음악을 잠시 쉰다고 하네요.
제 느낌으론 인생의 마지막 공연을 하는것 같아 보이네요.
참고 사이트는 아래와 같습니다.
첫댓글 많은 참조 사이트 를 찾아서 올려주신 불루칩 님께, 감사의 인사 를 전합니다..
아이젠하워는 대통령 임기가 끝나고 개종한 걸까요? 그리고 윌리엄스 자매는 아직도 테니스를 하는 걸 보면 아닐 것 같군요...
아이젠하워 의 어머니가 여증 이었단 말을 들은것 같은데~~ ㅎㅎㅎ 너무 오래전 약 40 년전 얘기라서, 정확한 건 까 묵었슴다~~ 죄송~~
포노베우도.. ㅡㅡ;
George Benson....-_-;; 세상에나... 내가 너무 좋아하는 재즈 아티스트인데... 아 충격..충격....
죠지벤슨, 질스캇, 프린스...저도 정말 좋아하는 흑인 뮤지션들이죠^^ JW들이라니...ㅎ 참고로 얼마전 죠지벤슨 형제는 왕국멜로디를 파퓰러하게 연주해서 화재를 모으기도 했죠..인터넷에 검색해보면 있을껍니다...
아 그렇군요.. 들어보고싶어라 ㅎㅎ
ㅎ탐쿠르즈는 그의 종교에서 독보적이겠는데요.^^ 리차드기어가 그렇듯이.
하하하.............자룰;;;할말없군요. 총과 폭력을 미화하는 힙합가수 자룰도 여호와의 증인이었다니
그러게요..-_-;
이런걸 보면 미국에서의 여호와의증인의 세력도 상당한듯 하군요. 미국에 가보질 않아서 실감이 안나는군요