dawkins? and me.
* Douglas Adams (1952–2001): British radio and television writer and novelist, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.[1]
* Mary Adams (1898–1984): English producer and administrator in the BBC, instrumental in setting up the BBC's television service.[2]
* Phillip Adams (1939–): Australian broadcaster, writer, film-maker, left-wing radical thinker, and iconoclast. He was the Australian Humanist of the Year in 1987.[3]
* Adithya (1974–): Indian actor.[4]
* Joe Ahearne (1963–): British television writer and director, best known for his work on several 'cult' fantasy-based programmes including Ultraviolet and Doctor Who.[5]
* Brandy Alexandre (1964–): American adult actress.[6]
* Woody Allen (1935-): American film director, writer, actor, comedian, and playwright.[7]
* Robert Altman (1925–2006): American film director, recognized in 2006 with an Academy Honorary Award.[8]
* Wil Anderson (1974–): Australian comedian, radio presenter, and former host of The Glass House.[9]
* Asia Argento (1973–): Italian television and film actress, film director, and model.[10]
* Darren Aronofsky (1969–): American film director and screenwriter, known for his films Requiem for a Dream, Pi, and The Wrestler [11]
* Kevin Bacon (1958–): American film and theatre actor whose notable roles include Animal House, A Few Good Men, Stir of Echoes, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, and Footloose.[12]
* Joan Bakewell CBE (1933–): English television presenter and journalist.[13]
* Javier Bardem (1969–): Spanish actor and former rugby player best known for his roles in Jamón, jamón and No Country For Old Men.[14]
* Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923): French stage actress referred to as "the most famous actress in the history of the world". She was asked by French composer Charles Gounod if she ever prayed. Bernhadt replied "No, never. I'm an atheist".[15]
* Paul Bettany (1971–): English actor, known for his roles in A Knight's Tale, A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and The Da Vinci Code.[16]
* Orla Brady (1961–): Irish actress.[17]
* Brannon Braga (1965–): American TV producer and writer, creator of Star Trek: Enterprise.[18]
* Jim Broadbent (1949–): English Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and BAFTA-winning theatre, film, and television actor.[19]
* Jeremy Brock (1959–): British actor, producer, writer, and director, whose work includes Mrs. Brown and the BAFTA award winning screenplay for The Last King of Scotland.[20]
* Charlie Brooker (1971–): British writer and satirist best known for his TV show Screenwipe.[21]
* Derren Brown (1971–): English psychological illusionist, mentalist, and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. Professed to being an atheist in his book Tricks of the Mind and described Bertrand Russell's collection of essays Why I Am Not a Christian "an absolute joy."
* Luis Buñuel (1900–1983): Spanish film-maker, activist of the surrealist movement. Known for his one-liner, "Thank God I'm still an atheist."[22]
* Gabriel Byrne (1950–): Irish actor and film producer, star of over thirty-five films including The Usual Suspects, Miller's Crossing, and Stigmata.[23]
* Peter Caffrey (1949–2008): Irish actor, best known for playing Padraig O'Kelly in Series 1-4 of Ballykissangel.[24]
* Simon Callow (1949–): English stage, film, and television actor.[25]
* Dean Cameron (1962–): American television and film actor known for his role as Francis "Chainsaw" Gremp in the 1987 Mark Harmon comedy Summer School.[26]
* Richard Carleton (1943–2006): Current affairs journalist for Australia's 60 Minutes.[27]
* Jimmy Carr (1972–): English comedian, author, actor, and presenter of radio and television.[28]
* Asia Carrera (1973–): Former American pornographic actress.[29]
* Jeremy Clarkson (1960–): English journalist and broadcaster. Presenter of Top Gear and columnist in The Times.[30]
* Billy Connolly (1942–): Scottish comedian, actor, former musician.[31]
* Sir Noël Coward (1899–1973): English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music.[32]
* David Cronenberg (1943–): Canadian film director, one of the principal originators of the 'body horror' genre.[33]
* Mackenzie Crook (1971–): English actor and comedian, known for playing Gareth Keenan in The Office and Ragetti in Pirates of the Caribbean.[34]
* Adrianne Curry (1982–): American model, television host, and film actress, well-known as the winner of the modelling competition America's Next Top Model.[35]
* Alan Davies (1966–): English comedian, writer, and actor.[36]
* Russell T Davies (1963–): Welsh television producer and writer, most famous for reviving Doctor Who on British television.[37]
* Terence Davies (1945–): English screenwriter, film director, actor, and novelist.[38]
* William B. Davis (1938–): Canadian actor, known for his role as the Cigarette Smoking Man in The X-Files.[39]
* Andrew Denton (1960–): Australian comedian and television presenter host of the ABC's weekly interview program Enough Rope.[40]
* Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992): German-born American actress, singer and entertainer. She is considered to be the first German actress to flourish in Hollywood.[41]
* Stanley Donen (1924–): American film director, best known for his musicals including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Singin' in the Rain; awarded honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement.[42]
* Amanda Donohoe (1962–): English film, stage, and television actress.[43]
* Natalie Dormer (1982–): English film and television actress.[44]
* John Doyle (1953–): Australian comedian, actor, and writer, famous as "Rampaging" Roy Slaven in the comedy duo Roy and HG.[45]
* Christopher Eccleston (1964–): English stage, film, and television actor, known for his roles in Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later, and as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who.[46]
* David Edgar (1948–): British playwright, noted for his adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby.[47]
* Frances Farmer (1913–1970): American film, television, and theater actress.[48]
* Diane Farr (1969–): American actress perhaps best known for her role as FBI agent Megan Reeves in the television CBS series Numb3rs.[49]
* Harvey Fierstein (1962—): American Tony award-winning actor, playwright, and Emmy-nominated screenwriter best known for his work in the Torch Song Trilogy.[50]
* Brian Flemming (1966–): American film director and playwright, notable for his 2005 film The God Who Wasn't There.[51]
* Dave Foley (1963–): Canadian actor best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall and NewsRadio.[52]
* Sir Denis Forman (1917–): British Director (1949–1954) and later Chair (1971–1973) of The British Film Institute, Chairman and Managing Director of Granada Television, and Director of the Royal Opera House in London.[53]
* Jodie Foster (1962–): American film actress, director, and producer. Two-time Academy Award-winner.[54]
* Nick Frost (1972–): Award-winning English actor, comedian, and writer.[55]
* Stephen Fry (1957–): British humourist, writer, actor, and filmmaker.[56][57]
* Ricky Gervais, British (voice)actor, film and tv director, (screen)writer, producer, and comedian. [58]
* Paul Giamatti (1967–): American film and television actor.[59]
* Richard E. Grant (1957–): British actor perhaps most well known for portraying the world-weary, drug-crazed alcoholic Withnail in Withnail and I.[60]
* Eva Green (1980–): Award-winning French actress and model, notable for her roles in Casino Royale and The Golden Compass.[61]
* Seth Green (1974–): American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer.[62]
* Peter Greenaway, CBE (1942–): Welsh-born English film director.[63]
* Kathy Griffin (1960–): American Emmy-winning actress, comedian, and media personality. As well as the star of the two-time Emmy Award-winning show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.[64]
* Rachel Griffiths (1968–): Australian Golden Globe- and SAG Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated film and television actress.[65]
* Kamal Haasan (1954–): Indian film actor and film director, considered among the leading method actors of Indian cinema.[66]
* Brian Hall (1937–1997): English actor best known for his role as Terry the chef in Fawlty Towers.[67]
* Tony Hancock (1924–1968): British actor and comedian, star of the popular Hancock's Half Hour.[68]
* Sir David Hare (1947–): Award-winning English dramatist and theatre and film director.[69]
* Nina Hartley (1959–): American pornographic actress, film director, author, and sex educator.[70]
* Amber Heard (1986–): American film and television actress.[71]
* Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003): American actress who appeared in 53 films from 1932 to 1994; winner of four Academy Awards for Best Actress.[72]
* Mathew Horne (1978–): English comedian and actor, best known for playing Gavin Shipman in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey.[73]
* Kenny Hotz (1973–): Canadian comedian, filmaker, actor, producer, director, photographer, and co-star of the Canadian television show Kenny vs. Spenny.[74]
* John Huston (1906–1987): American Academy Award-winning film director and actor, especially known for the classic films The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Asphalt Jungle, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Misfits, and The Man Who Would Be King.[75]
* Jamie Hyneman (1956–): American visual effects expe