Religion and Philosophy
- Reverend Francis Bellamy, wrote the Pledge of Allegiance
- Bishop Fulton Sheen
- Bishop Bernard John McQuaid
- Antoinette Brown Blackwell, first female minister
- Kate, Leah, and Margaret Fox, spiritualists
- Philip Kapleau, brought Zen Buddhism to western mainstream 1964, founded Rochester Zen Center
- Carolyn Merchant
- Walter Rauschenbusch, theologian
- Benjamin Titus Roberts, founder, Free Methodist Church
- Joseph Smith, founder of Latter Day Saint movement
- Paul J. Swain, Roman Catholic bishop
- Reverend Dr. Howard Thurman
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