List Of Quakers
This is a list of notable people associated with the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, who have a Wikipedia page. "Red-links" are listed on the Discussion page until their Wikipedia pages are completed. Entries awaiting references for their basic data/Quaker-dom are also listed on the Discussion page.
The first part consists of individuals who are known to be or to have been Quakers continually from some point in their lives onward.
The second part consists of individuals whose parents were Quakers or who were Quakers themselves at one time in their lives but then converted to another religion, formally or informally distanced themselves from the Society of Friends, or were disowned by their Friends Meeting.
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