People
- Barry Atwater (1918–1978), U.S. actor
- Dorence Atwater (1845–1910), U.S. civil war soldier known for keeping the "Atwater List" of Union fatalities
- Edwin Atwater (1808–1874), a municipal alderman in Montreal for the district of Saint-Antoine
- Helen W. Atwater (1876–1947), U.S. author, home economist and editor
- Jeffrey Atwater (1958–), American politician
- Lee Atwater (1951–1991), a U.S. Republican political strategist.
- P. M. H. Atwater (1937–), a near-death experience researcher and author of several books on the field, such as Beyond the Light and Future Memory
- Reuben Atwater, American politician
- Richard & Florence Atwater (1892–1948; 1899–1979), authors of the children's book Mr. Popper's Penguins
- Steve Atwater (1966–), former Denver Broncos and New York Jets Free Safety
- Tanya Atwater, a professor of geological sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara who specializes in plate tectonics
- Tony Atwater, president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Wilbur Olin Atwater (1844–1907), U.S. developer of the respiration calorimeter
- William Atwater (curator), Director of the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum in Maryland
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“America is the world’s living myth. There’s no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We’re here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing.”
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Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth; with
righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm XCVIII (l. XCVIII, 8–9)