List of atheists (surnames L to M)

Atheists with surnames starting L to M, sortable by the field for which they are mainly known and nationality.

	Name	Dates	Known as / for	Who	Reference
	Landis, JohnJohn Landis	1950–	American Film Director	Director of movies such as The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London and Animal House.	"I'm an atheist and I certainly don't believe or care about Satan or Jesus". Stated in a radio interview on BBC 5, 29 Oct 2010.[1]
	Larsson, StiegStieg Larsson	1954–2004	Swedish journalist	Author of the Millennium Trilogy and the founder of the anti-racist magazine Expo. Larsson specifically requested that no religious ceremonies should be held at his funeral.	"I was an atheist and won't feel any better because of religious ceremonies".[2]
	Lee, BruceBruce Lee	1940–1973	Chinese martial artist, actor, and taoist philosopher	Author of books like The Tao of Jeet Kune Do and star of film movies like The Big Boss and Enter the Dragon.	John Little states that Lee was an atheist. When asked in 1972 what his religious affiliation was, he replied "none whatsoever." Also in 1972, when asked if he believed in God, he responded, "To be perfectly frank, I really do not."[3]
	Lee, GeddyGeddy Lee	1953–	Singer	Lead singer and front man of Canadian progressive rock band Rush.	"I consider myself a Jew as a race, but not so much as a religion. I’m not down with religion at all. I’m a Jewish atheist, if that’s possible… I celebrate the holidays in the sense that my family gets together for the holidays and I like being a part of that. So I observe the 'getting together' aspect.[4]
	Lewis, MichaelMichael Lewis	1960–	American financial journalist and non-fiction author	Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and The Big Short	Lewis self-identified as an atheist in his nonfiction book Boomerang. While researching the book, he speaks with a priest. Priest: "But what is your religion?" Lewis: "I don't have one." Priest: "But you believe in God?" Lewis: "No."[5][6]
	, Kazimierz ŁyszczyńskiKazimierz Łyszczyński	1634–1689	He was a "martyr" of Polish atheism.	He was a Polish nobleman, landowner in Brest Litovsk Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, philosopher, and soldier in the ranks of the Sapieha family, who was accused, tried, and executed for atheism in 1689.	Łyszczyński wrote a treatise entitled "De non existentia Dei" (the non-existence of God), which stated that God does not exist and that religions are the inventions of man.
	MacFarlane, SethSeth MacFarlane	1973–	American comedian, actor, writer, producer, singer	Creator of Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show	"I do not believe in God. I'm an atheist. I consider myself a critical thinker, and it fascinates me that in the 21st century most people still believe in, as George Carlin puts it, 'the invisible man living in the sky'."[7]
	McKellen, Sir IanSir Ian McKellen	1939–	Actor	English actor and gay rights activist.	"I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti), AIDS (fund-raiser) because I don't want to be forever spouting, diluting the impact of addressing my most urgent concern: legal and social equality for gay people worldwide."[8]
	Martsinkevich, MaximMaxim Martsinkevich	1984–	Russian activist	Russian neo-Nazi activist, media personality and businessman.	"I am an atheist."[9]
	Sean MurphySean Murphy	1960–	American comics writer/artist	Hellblazer: City of Demons, Joe the Barbarian, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest	Discussing his series Punk Rock Jesus in 2012: "Over my evolution from Catholic to atheist, I've inhabited a number of different outlooks, and many of the characters [in Punk Rock Jesus] embody those roles."[10]
	Maher, BillBill Maher	1956–	American comedian	Host of Real Time with Bill Maher	"I'm an atheist pot smoker"[11]
	Miliband, DavidDavid Miliband	1965–	British politician	British Labour politician, Foreign Secretary from 2007 to 2010.	[12]
	Miliband, EdEd Miliband	1965–	British politician	British Labour politician, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2010 to 2015.	[13]

References

3. Little, John (1996). The Warrior Within - The philosophies of Bruce Lee to better understand the world around you and achieve a rewarding life. Contemporary Books. p. 122. ISBN 0-8092-3194-8.
4. http://www.heebmagazine.com/a-show-of-hands-2/
5. Lewis, Michael. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World. W.W. Norton and Company, 2011, hardback, ISBN 978-0-393-08181-7, page 58.
6. Lewis, Michael (October 1, 2010). "Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds". Vanity Fair. Page 4 of 8
7. Seth MacFarlane to Steppin' Out magazine
8. Sir Ian McKellen: Activism (Accessed 15 November 2011)
9. Sergei Minayev (2013). "Максим "Тесак" Марцинкевич и Димитрий Энтео" [Maxim Martsinkevich and Dimitry Enteo] (YouTube) (in Russian). Retrieved 2013-10-06.
10. Dueben, Alex (June 12, 2012). "Murphy Gets Passionate with 'Punk Rock Jesus'". Comic Book Resources.
11. Jake Tapper (February 14, 2014). "THE LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER- Bill Maher "Meddling" In The Political Process, One-on-One Interview With Bill Maher". CNN. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
12. "Miliband, a devout atheist, had forged his reputation as a policy wonk at the Left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research and was headhunted to become Tony Blair's head of policy at Downing Street." Andrew Pierce, 'Profile of Foreign Secretary David Miliband', Daily Telegraph, July 30, 2008 (accessed August 1, 2008).
13. "The Labour leader's atheism puts him in stark contrast to his predecessors Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, for whom religion was a central part of their lives." '', Daily Telegraph, September 29, 2010 (accessed May 25, 2011).