List of Seventh-day Adventists

This is a list of notable people who are associated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In addition to living and deceased members, the list also includes Millerites and notable former Seventh-day Adventists.

Academia

Niels-Erik Andreasen – former president at Andrews University and Walla Walla College; also former teacher at Pacific Union College and former dean of Loma Linda University School of Religion
Delbert Baker – President of Adventist University of Africa
Sidney Brownsberger (1845–1930) – educator and first president of Healdsburg College (1882–1886)
Gary Chartier – American legal scholar; philosopher and author who is Associate Dean and Professor of Law and Business ethics at La Sierra University{{Cite web|url=https://lasierra.edu/business-management/gary-chartier/|title=Gary Chartier|publisher=La Sierra University|access-date=9 July 2019}}
Eva Beatrice Dykes (1893–1986) – taught at Dunbar High School; Walden University; Howard University, and was chair of the English department and the Division of Humanities at Oakwood University{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/dykes-eva-beatrice-1893-1986/|title=Eva Beatrice Dykes|website=BLACKPAST|date=8 October 2010 |access-date=6 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://legacyofslavery.harvard.edu/alumni/eva-beatrice-dykes|title=Eva Beatrice Dykes|website=Harvard & Legacy of Slavery|access-date=2023-09-29}}
Larry Geraty – archaeologist; 7th president of Atlantic Union College (1985–1993), and 2nd president of La Sierra University (1993–2007)
Lilia Wahinemaikaʻi Hale (1913-2003) - Kanaka Maoli educator, musician and author{{Cite web|url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2003/06/14/news/story11.html|title=Generous native speaker lovingly passed on isle traditions|last=Apgar|first=Sally|date=2003-06-14|website=Starbulletin.com|access-date=2023-06-26}}
Siegfried Horn (1908–1993) – German archaeologist; Bible scholar; author, and Professor of History of Antiquity and Dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary{{Cite web|title=Siegfried Horn: Dialogue With an Adventist Archaeologist|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/2783/siegfried-horn-dialogue-with-an-adventist-archaeologist|access-date=17 September 2018|website=College and University Dialogue}}{{Cite web|title=Siegfried Horn Biography|url=https://www.andrews.edu/services/research/faculty_research/horn_award/siegfried-horn.html|access-date=17 September 2018|publisher=Andrews University}}
Milton E. Kern (1875–1961) – President of Foreign Mission Seminary (1910–1914); Dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary (1934–1943), and Chairperson of the Ellen G. White Estate (1944–1951)
Heather Knight – 21st president of Pacific Union College (2009–2016)
Dr. Norman Maphosa – Zimbabwean scholar, who is the former Vice Chancellor of Solusi University (1992–2011); former Zimsec board chairman and current Director General of Zimbabwe Institute of Public Management{{Cite web|url=https://archives.adventistworld.org/2010/july/adventist-university-in-zimbabwe-to-build-business-school.html|title=Adventist University in Zimbabwe to Build Business School|website=Adventist World|access-date=18 April 2019|archive-date=18 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418210050/https://archives.adventistworld.org/2010/july/adventist-university-in-zimbabwe-to-build-business-school.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2010-09-17/in-zimbabwe-adventist-university-has-food-again-thanks-to-its-farm/|title=In Zimbabwe, Adventist University has food again thanks to its farm|website=Adventist News Network|access-date=18 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/new-zimsec-board-no-panacea-for-education-woes-critics/1900656.html| title=Critics Say New Zimsec Board No Panacea for education Woes|website=VOA Africa| date=24 April 2014|access-date=18 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.zimdiplomacy.com/news/non-state-actors-apex-alliance-nsaa-staff-spice-service-delivery-business-protocol-etiquette-professional-grooming-training-workshop/|title= Non-State Actors Apex Alliance (NSAA) Staff spice up service delivery through Business Protocol, Etiquette and Professional Grooming Training Workshop|website=Zimbabwe Institute of Diplomacy|access-date=18 April 2019}}
Malcolm Maxwell (1934–2007) – 19th president of Pacific Union College (1983–2001) and son of Arthur S. Maxwell
Richard Osborn – 20th president of Pacific Union College (2001–2009); founder of the Association of Adventist Colleges and Universities; former principal of Takoma Academy; former Education director of Columbia Union Conference; former Vice-President for Education for the North American Division; former president of the Council for American Private Education; chairman of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities & Vice-President of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges{{Cite web|url=https://www.puc.edu/news/archives/2001/richard-osborn-elected-president-of-the-council-for-american-private-education|title=Richard Osborn Elected President of the Council for American Private Education|date=14 November 2007 |publisher=Pacific Union College|access-date=24 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://advindicate.com/articles/3147| title=Confrontation Between WASC and Church Could Spell Religious Liberty Problems|website=AD Vindicate| date=10 May 2013|access-date=24 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://sandiegoadventistforum.org/node/17|title=Challenges Facing Adventist Higher Education|website=San Diego Adventist Forum|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424190252/http://sandiegoadventistforum.org/node/17|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/1989/08/what-shall-we-do-about-movies|title=What shall we do about movies?|website= Ministry Magazine|access-date=24 April 2019}}
Leslie Pollard - African-american who is the 11th president of Oakwood University{{Cite web|url=https://al.com/breaking/2011/01/new_oakwood_president_leslie_p.html|title=New Oakwood President Leslie Pollard gives bold vision for future|last=Gattis|first=Paul|date=2011-01-22|website=The Huntsville Times|access-date=2022-09-30}}
W. W. Prescott (1855–1944) – President of Battle Creek College (1885–1894); founded Union College and became the first president in 1891; became president of Walla Walla College in 1891; founded Avondale School for Christian Workers; editor of the Review and Herald, and vice president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists[https://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/william-w-prescott William Warren Prescott] IMS Media Retrieved 5 March 2019{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiteestate.org/pioneer/prescott.asp|title=William Warren Prescott| website=Ellen G. White Estate|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Denton E. Rebok (1897–1983) – taught at Washington Missionary College, La Sierra College; president of Southern Missionary College; Dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary; Chairperson of the Ellen G. White Estate (1952) and missionary to China
Dr. Leona G. Running (1916–2014) – first female linguist and Bible scholar at Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary (1955–2002) and first female president of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research (1981–1982){{Cite web|url=https://atoday.org/pioneer-woman-bible-scholar-is-dead-dr-leona-g-running/|title=Pioneer Woman Bible Scholar is Dead:Dr. Leona G. Running|website=Adventist Today|date=25 January 2014 |access-date=8 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2014-01-31/remembrance-running-was-first-female-professor-at-adventist-seminary/|title=Remembrance:Running was first female professor at Adventist seminary|website=Adventist News Network|access-date=8 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/leona-running,-long-time-andrews-u.-biblical-scholar,-passes-to-her-rest|title=Leona Running, Long Time Andrews U. Biblical Scholar|website=Adventist Review|date=25 January 2014 |access-date=8 April 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://spectrummagazine.org/article/andrews-university/2014/01/24/remembering-leona-running|title= Remembering Leona Running|website=Spectrum Magazine|access-date=8 April 2019}}
Homer Russell Salisbury (1870–1915) – American professor, minister and missionary who founded Duncombe Hall College, taught at Claremont Union College; also former president of the South England Conference and Indian Union Mission. Killed when the SS Persia was sunk by a German submarine, during World War I.{{Cite news|url=https://nytimes.com/1916/01/06/archives/hear-salisbury-is-lost-friends-of-the-adventist-say-he-may-have.html|title=Hear Salisbury Is Lost.; Friends of the Adventist Say He May Have Been a Britisher|work=The New York Times |date=6 January 1916 |access-date=3 January 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://nytimes.com/1916/01/06/archives/report-another-american-lost-rev-homer-r-salisbury-adventist.html|title=Report Another American Lost; Rev. Homer R. Salisbury, Adventist Missionary, Believed to Have Gone Down on Persia|work=The New York Times |date=6 January 1916 |access-date=3 January 2020}}
John Luis Shaw (1870–1952) – educator; missionary and treasurer

Literature

Anna L. Colcord (1864–1950) – American writer and editor{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Colcord, Willard Allan (1860–1935) |url=https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=495F&highlight=y |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Encyclopedia of Seventh-Day Adventists (ESDA)}}
Ray Garton – horror novelist raised Adventist; credits his interest in horror to a reaction to the beasts in Bible prophecy (see: Seventh-day Adventist eschatology)Quoted in {{cite journal

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Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003) – children's author
Nathan Brown – author and editor of Signs Publishing Company
Candy Carson – African American author; philanthropist and wife of Ben Carson{{Cite news|url=https://washingtonpost.com/national/religion/candy-carson-wife-of-gop-candidate-sees-god-working-in-campaign-marriage/2016/01/05/810a470a-b3ec-11e5-8abc-d09392edc612_story.html|title=Candy Carson: Wife of GOP candidate sees God working in campaign, marriage|last=Banks|first=Adelle|date=2016-01-05|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2022-04-06}}
Diran Chrakian (1875–1921) – Armenian poet, writer, painter, teacher, and victim of the Armenian genocide
Roswell F. Cottrell (1814–1892) – American writer; hymnist; poet; counselor, and preacher
Clifford Goldstein – Jewish-American author and editor
Arthur S. Maxwell (1896–1970) – known as Uncle Arthur, author of the Bedtime Stories series, and The Bible Story set of books, among 112 books
Roger Morneau (1925–1998) – author on faith and prayer
Christopher Mwashinga – author and poet, writes in English and Kiswahili
Andrew Nelson (1893–1975) – missionary and linguist
Cameron Slater – controversial blogger and editor of New Zealand Truth
Annie R. Smith (1828–1855) – wrote 12 hymns and four poems
Steven Spruill – novelistSpectrum 35:4 (Fall 2007). See his article "My Brothers and My Sisters" in that issue
Standish brothers, Colin D. (1933–2018) and Russell R. (1933–2008) – identical twin authors

Movies, television, and radio

Terry Benedict - American film producer who created The Conscientious Objector and co-produced Hacksaw Ridge about Desmond Doss{{Cite web|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/special-sections/oscars/215563/producer-david-permut-brings-soldiers-valor-screen-hacksaw-ridge/|title=Producer David Permut brings a soldier's valor to the screen in "Hacksaw Ridge'|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|date=2017-02-24|website=Jewish Journal|access-date=2022-03-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2016/10/26/behind-the-scenes-on-hacksaw-ridge-an-interview-with-producer-terry-benedict/|title=Behind the Scenes on Hacksaw Ridge: An Interview With Producer Terry Benedict|last=Varangis|first=Nicholas|website=Warfare History Network|date=26 October 2016 |access-date=2022-03-02}}
Fretzie Bercede – Filipino/Chinese actress, television personality, and former reality show contestant; 3rd placer of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010
Grigoriy Dobrygin – Russian film and theatre actor; director, and producer
DeVon Franklin – American producer, author and motivational speaker{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/preacher-turned-producer-devon-franklin-reveals-secret-successful-faith-based-films-1055552|title=Preacher-Turned-Producer DeVon Franklin Reveals the Secret to Successful Faith-Based Films|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=9 November 2017 |access-date=28 February 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://huffpost.com/entry/what-meagan-good-and-devon-franklin-want-you-to-know-about-abstinence_n_56bd8094e4b0c3c55050c9c0|title=What Meagan Good And DeVon Franklin Want You To Know About Abstinence|last=Williams|first=Brennan|date=12 February 2016|website=HuffPost|access-date=28 September 2020}}
Antoinette Hertsenberg – Dutch actress and TV presenter, wife of Niko Koffeman, a politician who belongs to Party for the Animals
Darwood Kaye (1929–2002) – former Our Gang actor who spent his adult life as a pastor
Cesar Montano – multi-awarded Filipino actor, film producer/director; game show host & singer{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzKZL_6Dsh4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IzKZL_6Dsh4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Cesar Montano Converted into SDA|date=12 February 2016 |via=YouTube|access-date=17 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz1OgXZj9fs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Pz1OgXZj9fs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Cesar Montano testimony during Hope Baybay 2014|date=19 November 2015 |via=YouTube|access-date=17 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvVfHy4ic5I|title=Cesar Montano Conversion Story|via=YouTube|access-date=17 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}
Cid Moreira – Brazilian journalist and TV presenter{{cite web |url=https://sdaalmere.org/news/adventist-review-online-east-brazil-celebrates-1000-new-church-buildings-in-five-years/ |title=Adventist Review Online - East Brazil Celebrates 1,000 New Church Buildings in Five Years|trans-title= |access-date=28 June 2024 |date=4 October 2018 |publisher=sdaalmere.org }}
Nǃxau ǂToma (1944–2003) – starred as a Kalahari Bushman in the films The Gods Must Be Crazy, The Gods Must Be Crazy 2, Crazy Safari, Crazy in Hong Kong, and The Gods Must Be Funny in China;{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1435659/Nxau.html|title=N!xau|date=10 July 2003|website=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=10 September 2019}} converted in later life[https://signsmag.com/2005/01/god-isnt-crazy/ God Isn’t Crazy], Signs of the Times"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS72VQcwNOQ#t=592s Reaching the Unreached by Sebastian Tirtirau and Dan Serb]" by Sebastian Tirtirau. [https://www.youtube.com/user/makunz1 Michael Kunz's] YouTube Channel
Utica Queen – American drag queen and contestant on Rupaul's Drag Race{{Cite web|last=McCallion|first=Paul|date=15 January 2021|title=RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Tamisha Said I Had Potential|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-13-episode-3-phenomenon.html|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Vulture}}

Painters, illustrators and sculptors

Harry Anderson (1906–1996) – American painter and illustrator whose clients were American Airlines, The American Magazine, Buster Brown Shoes, Coca-Cola, Collier's, Cosmopolitan, Cream of Wheat, Esso, Ford, Good Housekeeping, Humble Oil, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Ladies' Home Journal, Massachusetts Mutual, Ovaltine, Redbook, Review and Herald Publishing Association, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Saturday Evening Post, Woman's Home Companion, and Wyeth; won many award's and also was elected to the Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1994{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanartarchives.com/anderson,harry.htm|title=Harry Anderson: The Art of Loose Realism|last=Steine|first=Kent|website=American Art Archives|access-date=21 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://thekrakens.com/2015/05/harry-anderson-mormonisms-non-mormon-artist/|title=Harry Anderson: Mormonism's Non-Mormon Artist|website=The Krakens|date=19 May 2015 |access-date=21 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/harry-andersons-paint-studies-on-exhibit-at-church-history-museum?lang=eng|title=Harry Anderson's Paint Studies on Exhibit at Church History Museum|website=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|access-date=21 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/anderson.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981201091353/http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/anderson.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=1 December 1998|title=Harry Anderson Biography|website=JVJ Publishing Illustrators|access-date=21 September 2018}}
Luis Germán Cajiga – Puerto Rican painter, linocutter, and silk-screen printer{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/2345/luis-g-cajiga-dialogue-with-a-puerto-rican-artist|title=Luis G. Cajiga: Dialogue with a Puerto Rican Artist|last=Rasi|first=Humberto|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=12 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUgsGTqy77U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GUgsGTqy77U |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Chat with beloved Puerto Rican painter Luis German Cajigas|date=25 June 2009 |via=YouTube|access-date=28 September 2018}}{{cbignore}}
Alan Collins (1928–2016) – American sculptor and art professor at Atlantic Union College (1968–1971), Andrews University (1971–1978) and La Sierra University (1978–1989){{Cite web|url=https://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story4490-alan-collins,-sculptor-of-silent-sermons,-dies-at-88|title=Alan Collins, Sculptor of 'Silent Sermons,' Dies at 88|website=Adventist Review|date=26 October 2016 |access-date=12 September 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/nov/09/alan-collins-obituary|title=Alan Collins Obituary|website=The Guardian|date=9 November 2016 |access-date=14 September 2018|last1=Masters |first1=Christopher }}
Greg Constantine – Canadian-American painter and illustrator and retired art professor at Andrews University{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/2692/greg-constantine-dialogue-with-an-adventist-artist|title=Greg Constantine: Dialogue With an Adventist Artist|last1=Netteburg|first1=Kermit|last2=Parnell|first2=Michael|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=12 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://atoday.org/innovative-artist-greg-constantine-points-the-way-for-young-artists/|title=Innovative Artist Greg Constantine Points the Way for Young Artists|last=Kovacs|date=9 January 2014|first=Debbonnaire|website=Adventist Today|access-date=9 December 2019}}
Shirley Ardell Mason (1923–1998) – painter and art teacher who was known as Sybil and had Dissociative identity disorder{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/unmasking-sybil-165174|title=Unmasking Sybil|last=Miller|first=Mark|date=24 January 1999|website=Newsweek|access-date=3 December 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141514464/real-sybil-admits-multiple-personalities-were-fake|title=Real 'Sybil' Admits Multiple Personalities Were Fake|last=Neary|first=Lynn|date=20 October 2011|publisher=NPR|access-date=3 December 2018}}

Singers, songwriters, musicians, and conductors

Rose May Alaba - Austrian singer, songwriter, recording artist and sister of David Alaba{{Cite web|url=https://legit.ng/1199630-david-alabas-parents-sister.html|title=David Alaba's parents and sister|last=Stets|first=Regina|date=2018-10-24|website=Legit|access-date=2022-05-31}}{{Cite web|url=https://vanguardngr.com/2019/03/david-alabas-sister-rose-may-joins-bukihq-pr-family/|title=David Alaba's sister, Rose May joins BukiHQ PR family|last=Onikoyi|first=Ayo|date=2019-03-17|website=Vanguard|access-date=2022-05-31}}
Herbert Blomstedt – Swedish conductor for the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor for the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (1954–1962), conductor for the Oslo Philharmonic (1962–1968), conductor for the Staatskapelle Dresden (1975–1985), conductor for the Danish Radio Orchestra (1967–1977), music director for the San Francisco Symphony (1985–1995), music director for the NDR Symphony Orchestra (1996–1998), and music director for the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (1998–2005){{Cite web|url=https://kennedy-center.org/artists/b/ba-bn/herbert-blomstedt|title=Herbert Blomstedt|website=The Kennedy Center|access-date=6 August 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://nytimes.com/2017/02/20/arts/music/herbert-blomstedt-is-turning-90-he-is-also-conducting-over-90-concerts-this-year.html|title=This Maestro Is Turning 90. He's Also Conducting Over 90 Concerts This Year|last=Cooper|first=Michael|date=20 February 2017|website=The New York Times|access-date=6 August 2020}}
Charmaine Carrasco - American Christian pop musician{{Cite web|url=http://iamaonline.com/Bio/Charmaine_Carrasco.htm|title=Charmaine Carrasco|website=International Adventist Musicians Association|access-date=2022-04-05}}
Committed – winner of the second season of NBC's The Sing-Off
Del Delker (1924–2018) – American contralto sacred music female vocalist who sang on the Voice of Prophecy{{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2018-02-03/commentary-5-reasons-del-delker-touched-our-hearts/|title=Commentary: 5 Reasons Del Delker touched our hearts|date=3 February 2018|website=Adventist News Network|access-date=24 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iamaonline.com/Bio/Del_Delker.htm|title=Ardella V. Delker|website=International Adventist Musicians Associations|access-date=10 December 2019}}
Roy Drusky (1930-2004) - American Country music singer, songwriter producer, actor and disc jockey{{Cite web|url=http://legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/roy-drusky-obituary?id=29806472|title=Roy Frank Drusky III|date=2004-09-29|website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=2022-04-20}}
Manuel Escórcio – South African tenor who sang for the Cape Town City Opera{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/509/manuel-escorcio-dialogue-with-a-south-african-international-singer|title=Manuel Escorcio: Dialogue with a South African international singer|last=Duerksen|first=Dick|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=8 October 2020}}
Anna German (1936–1982) – famous Polish singer{{Cite web|url=https://hopetv.org/news/article/go/2013-05-27/going-where-the-people-are/|title=Going Where The People Are|last=Fowler-Kline|first=Fylvia|date=27 May 2013|website=Hope Channel|access-date=25 September 2020|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419223451/https://www.hopetv.org/news/article/go/2013-05-27/going-where-the-people-are/|url-status=dead}}
Heritage Singers – American gospel group founded by Max and Lucy Mace
Wayne Hooper (1920–2007) – Musical Director for Voice of Prophecy radio program; composer; baritone{{Cite web|url=http://www.iamaonline.com/Bio/Wayne_H_Hooper.htm|title=Wayne H. Hooper|website=International Adventist Musicians Association|access-date=13 December 2019}}
The Isley Brothers – Grammy Award-winning American musical group consisting of brothers Ron and Ernie Isley
Iyaz – R&B singer, rapper and songwriter; born Keidran Jones of the Virgin Islands; grew up in the church and still attends from time to time
King's Heralds – American male gospel music quartet{{Cite web|url=http://www.iamaonline.com/history/The%20King's%20Heralds.htm|title=The King's Heralds|website=International Adventist Musicians Associations| access-date=28 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.singers.com/group/Kings-Heralds/|title=King's Heralds|website=Singers.com|access-date=28 March 2019}}
Little Richard (1932–2020) – former singer-songwriter and musician of Rock and roll{{Cite web|url=https://advocate.com/people/2017/10/06/little-richard-once-gay-now-antigay-again|title=Little Richard, Once Gay, Is Now Antigay-Again|last=Ring|first=Trudy|date=6 October 2017|website=The Advocate|access-date=5 August 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17372753|title=Obituary:Little Richard, a flamboyant pioneer|date=2020-05-09|website=BBC|access-date=2023-06-21}}
Sunny Liu (1924–1987) – minister and singing evangelist{{Cite web|url=http://www.iamaonline.com/Bio/Sunny_Liu.htm|title=Sunny Wing Chun Liu|website=International Adventist Musicians Associations|access-date=2 July 2019}}
Joe Lutcher (1919–2006) – American R&B saxophonist and bandleader who abandoned his musical career and witnessed to Little Richard{{Cite web|url=https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/artists-joe-lutcher/|title=Joe Lutcher|website=Spontaneous Lunacy|access-date=8 April 2019}}
Hugh Martin (1914–2011) – American theater and film composer; also accompanist for Del Delker{{Cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2059612,00.html|title='A Merry Little Christmas': Songwriter Hugh Martin Dies at 96|last=Corliss|first=Richard|date=2011-03-12|magazine=Time|access-date=2022-09-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/14/hugh-martin-obituary|title=Hugh Martin obituary|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|date=2011-03-14|website=The Guardian|access-date=28 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://nytimes.com/2011/03/15/arts/music/hugh-martin-composer-of-judy-garland-hits-dies-at-96.html|title=Hugh Martin, Composer of Judy Garland Hits, Dies at 96|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=2011-03-15|website=The New York Times|access-date=2022-09-29}}
NOTA – winner of the first season of NBC's The Sing-Off
Kevin Olusola – cellist and beatboxer, member of Grammy Award-winning a cappella group Pentatonix, winners of third season of NBC's The Sing-Of{{cite web|url=https://qns.com/story/2012/09/22/pentatonix-the-sing-off-champs-release-debut-album/|title=Pentatonix : 'The Sing-Off' champs release debut album|website=QNS.com|date=22 September 2012 }}
Wintley Phipps – singer, songwriter, ordained pastor{{cite web |url=http://www.adventistreview.org/2001-1536/story5.html |title=Wintley Phipps |publisher=Adventist Review |date=14 September 1998 |access-date=17 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830055128/http://www.adventistreview.org/2001-1536/story5.html |archive-date=30 August 2012 }}
Tyler Rand - American arts executive
Salt – American rapper & songwriter who was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church on a mission trip in Ethiopia with Oakwood College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHWP3GjZMqU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/pHWP3GjZMqU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Ethiopia Mission 2001|date=24 August 2015 |via=YouTube|access-date=8 May 2019}}{{cbignore}}
Take 6 – American a cappella gospel music sextet
Rozonda Thomas – singer-songwriter; dancer; actress; television personality and model{{Cite web|url=https://www.jetmag.com/entertainment/tlcs-chilli-faking/|title=TLC's Chilli Is Faking It|last=Thompson|first=L'Oreal|date=27 October 2014|website=JET|access-date=3 September 2019|archive-date=3 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903210832/https://www.jetmag.com/entertainment/tlcs-chilli-faking/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/true-story-marshall-how-accurate-are-characters-1045495/item/thurgood-marshall-portrayed-by-chadwick-boseman-1045500|title='Marshall': 8 of the Film's Stars and Their Real-Life Inspirations|last=Idasetima|first=Courtney|date=13 October 2017|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=3 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantavoice.com/articles/tlcs-chilli-becomes-the-face-of-dayo-loungewear-collection/|title=TLC's Chili becomes the face of DAYO loungewear collection|last=Porter|first=Sierra|date=15 December 2018|website=The Atlanta Voice|access-date=3 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eewmagazineonline.com/inspriration/2019/10/9/digital-evangelist-how-chilli-of-tlc-shares-her-christian-faith-online|title=Digital Evangelist: How Chilli of TLC shares her Christian faith online|last=McKinney|first=Taylor|date=2019-10-09|website=EEW|access-date=2023-06-26}}
Sverre Valen (1925–2023) – Norwegian choir conductor{{Cite web|url=http://www.iamaonline.com/Bio/Sverre_Valen.htm|title= Sverre Valen|website=International Adventist Musicians Associations|access-date=28 March 2019}}
Davido – Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer; his father Adedeji Adeleke, Nigerian Billionaire, business magnate, founder and president of Adeleke University is a devout Seventh-Day Adventist{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/18/davido-cover-story-interview|title=How Davido Became African Pop Music's Fortunate Son|website=The FADER}}

Business

E. G. Fulton (1867–1949) – Canadian-American businessperson and writer{{Cite news |date=1949-01-20 |title=E. G. Fulton Dies at Home Here in Retirement |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://vistahistoricalsociety.com/archive/the-vista-press-archives/1949-01-20/download?p=1 |access-date=2025-03-25 |work=The Vista Press |pages=5}}
Will Keith Kellogg (1860–1951) – American industrialist who was the co-inventor of cornflakes with brother John Harvey Kellogg; philanthropist who founded the Fellowship Corporation, The Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, Child Welfare Foundation, W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center, and Ann J. Kellogg School{{Cite web|url=https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/people/hall-of-fame/detail/w.-k.-kellogg|title=W. K. Kellogg|website=Philanthropy Roundtable|access-date=24 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197652|title=Will Keith Kellogg The Cornflake King|date=10 October 2008|website=Entrepreneur|access-date=24 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/viewed-as-a-flake-w-k-kellogg-ended-up-redefining-breakfast/|title=Viewed As A Flake, W.K. Kellogg Ended Up Redefining Breakfast|last=Smith=Scott|date=4 March 2017| website=Investor's Business Daily|access-date=24 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/secret-ingredient-kelloggs-corn-flakes-seventh-day-adventism-180964247/|title=The Secret Ingredient in Kellogg's Corn Flakes Is Seventh-Day Adventism|last=Markel|first=Howard|date=28 July 2017|website=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=24 July 2019}}
Almeda Lambert – American cookbook writer and businessperson{{Cite book |last1=Griffith |first1=Linda |url=https://archive.org/details/nutsrecipesfroma0000grif |title=Nuts: Recipes from Around the World That Feature Nature's Perfect Ingredient |last2=Griffith |first2=Fred |date=2003 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-312-26624-0 |location=New York |pages=186 |language=en |via=Internet Archive}}
Dale E. Twomley – American businessman, former president of Worthington Foods, educator and author

Law

Samuel Bosire – former appeal Judge of the High Court of Kenya appointed the chairman of the Goldenberg Commission of Inquiry by President Mwai Kibaki{{Cite web|url=https://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Bosire-fights-to-keep-his-job-/-/1064/1397776/-/kx0bgq/-/index.html|title=Bosire fights to keep his job|website=Daily Nation|access-date=26 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/633184/-/item/10/-/ttedtkz/-/index.html|title=Goldenburg: Story of a whistleblower|website=The East African|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927050322/http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/633184/-/item/10/-/ttedtkz/-/index.html|url-status=dead}}
James Alexander Chiles (1860–1930) – African American lawyer who argued at the Supreme Court against Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for desegregation of railroad coaches{{Cite web|url=http://blacksdahistory.org/james-chiles.html|title=James Alexander Chiles|website=blacksdahistory.org|access-date=13 March 2019|archive-date=12 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312042641/http://blacksdahistory.org/james-chiles.html|url-status=dead}}
James E. Graves Jr. – Federal Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit since February 2011 was appointed by President Barack Obama and former Supreme court judge in Mississippi{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/937/james-graves-dialogue-with-a-supreme-court-judge-in-mississippi|title=James Graves: Dialogue with a Supreme Court judge in Mississippi|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=26 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ali.org/members/member/390423/|title=The Honorable James E. Graves, Jr.|publisher=The American Law Institute|access-date=26 September 2018}}
David Maraga – Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya since 19 October 2016 was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41123949|title=David Maraga: The brave judge who made Kenyan history|work=BBC News |date=September 2017 |access-date=26 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story5409-top-judge-in-kenya-an-adventist-nullifies-national-elections|title=International Media Focus on Top Adventist Justice in Kenya|website=Adventist Review|date=6 September 2017 |access-date=3 October 2018}}
Greg Mathis – retired Michigan 36th District Court judge and reality courtroom show judge{{Cite web|url=https://www.speakinoutnews.info/3.1.17_OakwoodUniversity_BlackHistoryMonth2017_JudgeGregMathis_Huntsville_Alabama_CarltonByrd_OakwoodSDAChurch.html|title=Judge Greg Mathis:Oakwood University's 2017 Black History Achievement Award Recipient|website=Speakin' Out News|access-date=16 August 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/12/greg-mathis-running-congress/109390528/|title=Judge Mathis decides against Congress run|website=The Detroit News|access-date=14 September 2018}}
Daniel Nsereko – International Criminal Court judge{{Cite web|url=https://www.bugemauniv.ac.ug/index.php/news/luganda|title=Luganda Comeback in a Big Gear| publisher=Bugema University|access-date=3 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/1749/daniel-d-ntanda-nsereko|title=Daniel D. Ntanda Nsereko: Dialogue with an Adventist judge at the International Criminal Court at The Hague|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=8 October 2018}}
Gibbs Salika – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea and became Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II{{Cite web|url=https://record.adventistchurch.com/2014/06/19/adventists-honoured-on-queens-birthday/|title=Adventists honoured on Queen's Birthday|website=Adventist Record|access-date=4 October 2018|archive-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005071834/https://record.adventistchurch.com/2014/06/19/adventists-honoured-on-queens-birthday/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2018-11-21/adventist-named-chief-justice-of-papua-new-guinea/|title=Adventist named Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea|website=Adventist News Network|date=21 November 2018 |access-date=26 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/sir-gibbs-salika-new-png-chief-justice/|title=Sir Gibbs Salika Is New PNG Chief Justice|website=Post Courier|date=13 November 2018 |access-date=31 May 2019}}

Pioneers

This section includes Millerites (followers of William Miller) who did not necessarily become Seventh-day Adventist:

J. N. Andrews (1829–1883) – first Seventh-day Adventist missionary; minister; writer; editor of the Adventist Review and 3rd President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists[http://www.whiteestate.org/pathways/jandrews.asp J. N. Andrews Biography] Ellen G. White Estate Retrieved 9 October 2018{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/john-n-andrews|title=John N. Andrews| website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Nelson H. Barbour (1824–1905) – Millerite pastor
Joseph Bates (1792–1872) – seaman; founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church; wrote a tract on the seventh-day Sabbath which convinced James and Ellen White to start observing it, and minister{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiteestate.org/pathways/jbates.asp|title=Joseph Bates Biography|website=Ellen G. White Estate|access-date=9 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/joseph-bates|title=Joseph Bates|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Goodloe Harper Bell (1832–1899) – teacher at first Seventh-day Adventist school{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiteestate.org/pathways/gbell.asp|title=Goodloe Harper Bell Biography|website=Ellen G. White Estate|access-date=9 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.andrews.edu/about/index.html|title=About Andrews|publisher=Andrews University|access-date=9 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/goodloe-h-bell|title=Goodloe Harper Bell|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Sylvester Bliss (1814–1863) – Millerite pastor, author and editor of The Signs of the Times{{Cite web|url=http://pastorrussell.blogspot.com/2009/11/sylvester-bliss.html|title=Sylvester Bliss|website=Pastor Charles Taze & The Watch Tower Society|date=28 November 2009 |access-date=20 December 2018}}
O. R. L. Crosier (1820–1912) – Millerite preacher{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/owen-r-crosier|title=Owen Russell Loomis Crosier|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Hiram Edson (1806–1882) – evangelist who introduced sanctuary doctrine and started first Seventh-day Adventist press{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/hiram-edson|title=Hiram Edson|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Charles Fitch (1805–1844) – Millerite evangelist{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/charles-fitch|title=Charles Fitch|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Elon Galusha (1790–1856) – Millerite; minister and lawyer
Apollos Hale (1807–1898) – Millerite and minister
Stephen N. Haskell (1833–1922) – evangelist; missionary; author; editor; president of the New England Conference (1870–1887), president of the California Conference (1879–1887 and 1891–1894) and president of the Maine Conference (1884–1886){{Cite web|url=http://www.whiteestate.org/pioneer/haskell.asp|title=Stephen N. Haskell|website=Ellen G. White Estate|access-date=14 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/stephen-n-haskell|title=Stephen Nelson Haskell|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Joshua V. Himes (1805–1895) – Millerite evangelist and promoter
J. N. Loughborough (1832–1924) – early Seventh-day Adventist pastor{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiteestate.org/pioneer/loughborough.asp|title=John Norton Loughborough|website=Ellen G. White Estate|access-date=5 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/john-n-loughborough|title=John Norton Loughborough|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
William Miller (1782–1849) – founder of the Millerite movement from which Seventh-day Adventism and other groups emerged{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiteestate.org/pathways/wmiller.asp|title= William Miller Biography|website=Ellen G. White Estate|access-date=9 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/william-miller|title=William Miller|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
George Washington Morse (1816–1909) – Millerite Adventist; evangelist and missionary
T. M. Preble (1810–1907) – Millerite pastor, early Sabbath supporter{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/thomas-m-preble|title=Thomas M. Preble|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Uriah Smith (1832–1903) – author; poet; hymn writer; teacher; inventor; engraver, and editor of the Review and Herald{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiteestate.org/pathways/usmith.asp |title=Uriah Smith Biography|website=Ellen G. White Estate|access-date=9 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/uriah-smith|title=Uriah Smith|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Samuel S. Snow (1806–1890) – Millerite preacher
George Storrs (1796–1879) – Millerite preacher and writer{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/george-storrs|title=George Storrs|website=IMS Media|access-date=12 March 2019}}
John T. Walsh (1816–1886) – Millerite and minister
Henry Dana Ward (1797–1884) – Millerite and abolitionist
Jonas Wendell (1815–1873) – Millerite evangelist
Ellen G. White (1827–1915) – a founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church; had 2,000 visions and dreams from God; wrote articles; pamphlets and books including the Conflict of the Ages series{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiteestate.org/pathways/ewhite.asp|title=Ellen G. White Biography|website=Ellen G. White Estate|access-date=9 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/previously-unknown-photo-of-ellen-white-found|title=Previously Unknown Photo of Ellen White Found|website=Adventist Review|access-date=23 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.blacksdahistory.org/ellen-g--white.html|title=Ellen G. White and Blacks|website=blacksdahistory.org|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-date=5 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105203756/http://www.blacksdahistory.org/ellen-g--white.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/ellen-white|title=Ellen Gould White|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}
James Springer White (1821–1881) – a founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church; founder of The Present Truth, and 2nd, 4th, and 6th President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (1865–1867, 1869–1871, and 1874–1880); husband of Ellen White{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiteestate.org/pathways/jwhite.asp|title=James Springer White Biography|website=Ellen G. White Estate|access-date=9 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsmedia.org/adventist-pioneers/james-s-white|title=James Springer White|website=IMS Media|access-date=5 March 2019}}

Church administration leaders

{{Main|List of presidents of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists}}

Stennett H. Brooks (1932–2008) – pastor and President of the Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Mikhail P. Kulakov (1927–2010) – pastor; social and religious activist; Bible scholar/translator; founder of the International Association of Religious Freedom; founder of the Institute for Bible Translation; founder of the Russian Bible Society and head of the church in the former Soviet Union[https://www.adventistreview.org/archive-3141 05CN:Mikhail Kulakov Dies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425193023/https://www.adventistreview.org/archive-3141 |date=25 April 2019 }} Adventist Review Retrieved 25 April 2019[http://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2010-02-11/kulakov-secretly-operated-adventist-work-in-former-soviet-union/ Kulakov secretly operated Adventist work in former Soviet Union] Adventist News Network Retrieved 25 April 2019
Ella Simmons – only woman to be a Vice President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; chair of the Department of Education at Kentucky State University (1988–1990); Assistant professor and associate dean of the School of Education at the University of Louisville (1990–1997); Vice President for academic affairs at Oakwood University (1997); Provost and Vice President for Academic Administration at La Sierra University (2000–2004)[https://www.adventist.org/en/world-church/general-conference/leadership/ General Conference Leadership] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530170021/http://www.adventist.org/en/world-church/general-conference/leadership/ |date=30 May 2017 }} General Conference Retrieved 9 October 2018
James D. Standish – Australian who used to be the communications director, Religious Liberty and Public Affairs for the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists; also former head of news and editorial for Adventist Record (2011–2016)[https://record.adventistchurch.com/2011/08/18/new-communication-director-appointed/ New communication director appointed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023034834/https://record.adventistchurch.com/2011/08/18/new-communication-director-appointed/ |date=23 October 2018 }} Adventist Record Retrieved 22 October 2018[https://record.adventistchurch.com/2016/06/09/new-leaders-of-adventist-news/ New leaders of Adventist news] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023034830/https://record.adventistchurch.com/2016/06/09/new-leaders-of-adventist-news/ |date=23 October 2018 }} Adventist Record Retrieved 22 October 2018
Hendrik Sumendap – Indonesian pastor and former Executive Secretary of the Southern Asia-Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists (2007–2008)[http://archives.adventistreview.org/issue.php?id=1258&action=print 15 Million Adventist, But Who's Counting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010095447/http://archives.adventistreview.org/issue.php?id=1258&action=print |date=10 October 2018 }} Adventist Review Retrieved 9 October 2018[http://hisvoicenews.blogspot.com/2013/02/ Selamat Sabat at Indonesian Church] His Voice Retrieved 9 October 2018

Government

Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (1957–2020) – Ghanaian who was Chief Executive Officer of Forestry Commission of Ghana (2017-2020), general secretary of the New Patriotic Party (2010-2014); and lawyer who died of COVID-19{{Cite web|url=https://businessghana.com/site/news/politics/239713/Hundreds-troop-to-Sakora-Wonoo-for-Sir-John-s-burial|title=Hundreds troop to Sakora-Wonoo for Sir John's burial|date=2021-06-04|website=Business Ghana|access-date=2021-07-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://modernghana.com/news/1085948/did-sir-john-demand-a-house-tomb.html|title=Did Sir John demand a 'House Tomb'?|last=Donker|first=Stephen|date=2021-05-06|website=Modern Ghana|access-date=2021-07-28}}
Sir Patrick Allen – eighth Governor-General of Jamaica (2009–present) became Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George by Queen Elizabeth II, and former president of the West Indies Union{{Cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20221103/sir-patrick-allen-life-service-education-and-church|title=Sir Patrick Allen a life of service to education and the Church|last=Williams|first=Paul|date=2022-11-03|website=The Gleaner|access-date=2024-03-04}}{{Cite web |date=2023-05-07 |title=Work or not? Some question GG's coronation attendence on Sabbath day |url=https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/work-or-not-some-question-ggs-coronation-attendence-sabbath-day |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Loop Jamaica News}}
Sir Silas Atopare – seventh Governor-General of Papua New Guinea (1997–2003)
Milly Babalanda - Minister for Presidency of Cabinet of Uganda (2021–present){{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrapevine.co.ug/who-is-milly-babalanda-from-humble-village-girl-to-minister-new-minister-for-presidency-narrates-her-journey/|title=Who is Milly Babalanda? From Hmble Village Girl To Minister, New Minister For Presidency Narrates Her Journey....|date=June 10, 2021|website=Grapevine News|access-date=June 6, 2024|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205193926/https://www.thegrapevine.co.ug/who-is-milly-babalanda-from-humble-village-girl-to-minister-new-minister-for-presidency-narrates-her-journey/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://dailyexpress.co.ug/2021/07/10/who-is-milly-babalanda-here-is-the-biography-of-new-minister-for-presidency/|title=Who Is Milly Babalanda? Here is the Biography of New Minister For Presidency|date=July 10, 2021|website=Daily Express Uganda|access-date=June 10, 2024}}
Roscoe Bartlett – served in Maryland's 6th congressional district/U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2013){{Cite web|url=http://cnsmaryland.org/2011/03/25/bartlett-lets-faith-be-his-guide-as-he-teas-up-social-fiscal-issues/|title=Bartlett Lets Faith Be His Guide as He 'Teas' Up Social, Fiscal Issues|website=Capital News Service|date=25 March 2011 |access-date=18 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/roscoe-bartlett-congressman-off-the-grid-101720|title=The Congressman Who Went Off the Grid|website=Politico Magazine|date=3 January 2014 |access-date=18 October 2018}}
Simeon Bouro – Solomon Islands Ambassador to Cuba since March 2013; member of Solomon Islands National Parliament (2001–2006)
Percival Austin Bramble (born 1931) – Chief Minister of Montserrat British West Indies (1970–1978){{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}
William Henry Bramble (1901–1988) – first Chief Minister of Montserrat British West Indies
Ronald Brisé – Commissioner for the Florida Public Service Commission and former representative in the Florida House of Representatives from the 108th district
Sir James Carlisle – second Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (1993–2007) and dentist{{cite web |url=http://www.adventistreview.org/2004-1550/story1.html |title=He Said No to Her Majesty |publisher=Adventist Review |access-date=17 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919201439/http://www.adventistreview.org/2004-1550/story1.html |archive-date=19 September 2012 }}{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/269/sir-james-carlisle-dialogue-with-the-governor-general-of-antigua|title=Sir James Carlisle: Dialogue with the Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=14 September 2018}}
Ben Carson – former director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital; author; 2016 Republican candidate for president; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2017–2021){{Cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/com/2016/02/01/ben-carson-religion-adventist-evangelical/|title=5 faith facts about Ben Carson: Retired neurosurgeon, Seventh-day Adventist|last=Banks|first=Adelle|date=2016-02-01|website=Religion News Service|access-date=2024-02-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/ben-carsons-war-on-hud/|title=Ben Carson's War on HUD|last=Kadifa|first=Margaret|website=Mother Jones|access-date=2024-02-12}}
Nelson Castro – New York State Assemblyman, from the 86th district, (2008–2013){{cite web |url=http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Nelson-L-Castro/bio/ |title=New York State Assembly – Member Section |publisher=Assembly.state.ny.us |date=25 January 1972 |access-date=17 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810153014/http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Nelson-L-Castro/bio/ |archive-date=10 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://spectrummagazine.org/blog/2011/07/01/new-york-adventist-key-marriage-equality-victory |title=New York Adventist Key to Marriage Equality Victory |work=Spectrum Magazine |date=1 July 2011 |access-date=17 September 2012 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402000427/http://spectrummagazine.org/blog/2011/07/01/new-york-adventist-key-marriage-equality-victory |url-status=dead }}
Ret Chol – former South Sudanese politician
Cari M. Dominguez – senior of human resources at Bank of America; formerly worked at the United States Department of Labor as Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (1989–1993) and Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards (1991–1993); Director at Spencer Stuart (1993–1995); Partner at Heidrick & Struggles (1995–1998); Principal at Dominguez and Associates (1999–2001); 12th Chairman of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2001–2006); Board member of ManpowerGroup (2007–); Board of Director for International Women's Forum; Hispanic Business Roundtable; Founder of Olney Adventist Preparatory School in Olney, Maryland, and the current Senior vice president for human resources for Loma Linda University and Loma Linda University Medical Center{{Cite web|url=https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1055&context=today|title= Senior vice president for human resources named for Loma Linda University educational and health care entities|publisher= Loma Linda University|access-date=26 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/people/603/000170093/|title= Cari M. Dominguez|website= NNDB|access-date=26 March 2019}}
Kim Gangte – member of parliament in India (1998–1999); educator & human right activist{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/569/kim-gangte-dialogue-with-an-adventist-member-of-parliament-in-india|title=Kim Gangte:Dialogue with an Adventist member of parliament in India|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=30 August 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2007-12-09/indian-christians-protest-plan-to-build-technology-center-on-private-land/|title=Indian Christians protest plan to build technology center on private land|website=Adventist News Network|date=26 September 2017 |access-date=17 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.episcopalchurch.org/library/article/india-bishops-demand-end-christian-dalit-oppression|title=INDIA: Bishops demand end to Christian Dalit oppression|website=The Episcopal Church|access-date=17 September 2018}}
Hakainde Hichilema – Seventh President of Zambia, businessman and husband of Mutinta Hichilema{{Cite web|url=https://theafricareport.com/121859/zambia-hichilemas-invitation-to-regional-oppositionists-conveys-message-of-change/|title=Zambia: Hichilema's invitation to regional oppositionists conveys message of change|last=Matiashe|first=Farai|date=2021-08-30|website=The Africa Report|access-date=2022-03-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://africaworldreports.com/hakainde-hichilema-is-africaworld-man-of-the-year/|title=Hakainde Hichilema Is AfricaWorld Man Of The Year|last=Ndhomu|first=Ollus|date=2022-01-03|website=AfricaWorld Reports|access-date=2022-03-11}}
Andrew Holness – tenth and twelfth Prime Minister of Jamaica, (2011–2012, 2016–present); Leader of the Opposition (Jamaica) (2012–2016)
Okezie Ikpeazu – Nigerian politician, ninth Governor of Abia State (2015-2023), husband of Nkechi Ikpeazu{{Cite web|url=https://thestreetjournal.org/gov-ikpeazu-wife-dedicate-twin-children-at-seventh-day-adventist-church/|title=Gov Ikpeazu, wife dedicate twin children at Seventh Day Adventist Church|date=2022-06-06|website=The Street Journal|access-date=2024-02-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://newtelegraphng.com/ikpeazu-welcomes-pastor-ted-wilson-world-president-of-sda-church-to-umuobiakwa/|title=Ikpeazu Welcomes Pastor Ted Wilson, World President Of SDA Church To Umuobiakwa|date=2023-12-01|website=New Telegraph|access-date=2024-02-12}}
Samson Kisekka (1912–1999) – fifth Prime Minister of Uganda, (1986–1991); fifth Vice President of Uganda (1991–1994); physician; agriculturalist; businessman; diplomat and writer{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/2336/samson-kisekka-dialogue-with-the-prime-minister-of-uganda|title=Samson Kisekka: Dialogue with the Prime Minister of Uganda|website=College and University Dialogue |access-date=2 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/1999-11-01/uganda-veteran-adventist-statesman-dies/|title=Uganda: Veteran Adventist Statesman Dies|website=Adventist News Network|access-date=2 November 2018}}
Niko Koffeman – Dutch politician who belongs to Party for the Animals and animal rights activist, husband of actress/TV presenter Antoinette Hertsenberg{{Cite web|url=https://visie.eo.nl/artikel/2009/05/de-verandering-van-antoinette-hertsenberg/|title=Antoinette Hertsenberg's change|date=15 May 2009|website=Visie|access-date=8 October 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/vegan-diet-negatives-health-environment-food-research-study-a8738951.html|title=Veganism is on the rise, but we shouldn't think it is an easy solution to the world's food problems|last1=Cohen|first1=Martin|last2=Leroy|first2=Frederic|date=2019-02-18|website=The Independent|access-date=2024-03-04}}
Jioji Konousi Konrote – President of Fiji, (2015–2021); Fiji High Commissioner to Australia (2001–2006); former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations; retired Major-General in Fiji armed forces; former Force Commander of the United Nations interim force in Lebanon; former Ambassador Pleniopotentiary to Singapore, and former Minister of Employment, Labour Relations and Productivity{{Cite news|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2015-10-20/an-adventist-is-named-president-elect-of-fiji/|title=An Adventist is named president-elect of Fiji|website=Adventist News Network|access-date=18 October 2018}}
Sheila Jackson Lee (1950-2024) – U.S. Representative, 18th congressional district of Texas (Houston){{Cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/sheila-jackson-lee-diagnosed-with-pancreatic-cancer.html|title=Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee asks for prayers as she battles pancreatic cancer|last=Blair|first=Leonardo|date=June 3, 2024|newspaper=The Christian Post|access-date=July 22, 2024}}
Gordon Darcy Lilo – former Prime Minister of Solomon Islands
James Marape – eight Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (2019–present){{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2019-05-31/breaking-adventist-named-prime-minister-of-papua-new-guinea/|title= Breaking: Adventist named Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea|website=Adventist News Network|access-date=31 July 2019}}
Eunice Michiles – Brazilian senator{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/1493/eunice-michiles-a-dialogue-with-the-first-woman-first-adventist-senator-of-brazil|title=Eunice Michiles:A dialogue with the first woman, first Adventist, senator of Brazil|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=25 March 2019}}
Floyd Morris – Jamaica's first blind senator (1998–2007), Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (2001–2007), twelfth president of the Senate of Jamaica (2013–2016) and author{{Cite web|url=https://face2faceafrica.com/article/meet-dr-floyd-morris-jamaicas-first-blind-senator|title=Meet Dr. Floyd Morris, Jamaica's first blind senator|website=Face 2 Face Africa|date=23 February 2018 |access-date=28 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2013-05-23/in-jamaica-visually-impaired-adventist-appointed-senate-president/|title=In Jamaica, visually impaired Adventist appointed senate president| website=Adventist News Network|access-date=28 November 2018}}
Phelekezela Mphoko – Zimbabwean businessman, former diplomat, former military commander, and Vice President of Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe
Rose Namayanja – Ugandan lawyer; columnist; author; security sector manager and politician
John Nkomo (1934–2013) – Zimbabwean politician{{Cite web|url=https://www.herald.co.zw/all-set-for-vp-nkomo-burial/|title=All set for VP Nkomo burial|website= The Herald|access-date=25 April 2019}}
Samuel Sipepa Nkomo – Zimbabwe Minister of Water Resources Development and Management
Manuel Noriega (1934–2017) – dictator of Panama who joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church{{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2017-06-07/in-panama-adventist-pastor-remembers-ministering-to-manuel-noriega/|title=In Panama, Adventist pastor remembers ministering to Mnuel Noriega|website=Adventist News Network|date=26 September 2017 |access-date=1 August 2018}}
George Nga Ntafu (1943–2015) – Malawian statesman, former Cabinet Minister, and Malawi Parliament Chief Whip
Ron Oden – African American former openly gay 19th Mayor of Palm Springs (2003–2007) and former ordained minister{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-palm-springs-lgbt-council-20171115-story.html|title=Palm Springs elects an all-LGBTQ City Council, showing the power of gay politics|website=Los Angeles Times|date=15 November 2017 |access-date=30 July 2019}}
Sam Ongeri – Kenyan Member of Parliament for Nyaribari Masaba Constituency (1988-1992;1997-2002 and 2007-2013), Cabinet Minister for Technical and Vocational Education (1988-1992), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-2013), Kisii County senator (2017–present); professor and physician{{cite web|url=https://kisiifinest.co.ke/samson-kegengo-ongeri-biography|title=Sen Samson Kegengo Ongeri biography, age, wife, family, education, politics, net worth, contacts|last=Enock|first=Sir|date=2021-03-04|website=Kisii Finest|access-date=2021-06-15}}
Harold Bud Otis – former president of Review and Herald Publishing Association (1978–1988) and president of Frederick County, Maryland{{Cite web|url=https://archives.adventistworld.org/2014/december/made-in-russia.html|title=Made In Russia: Review and Herald's remarkable story|website=Adventist World|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227040634/https://archives.adventistworld.org/2014/december/made-in-russia.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-frederick-english-20150904-story.html|title=Official-English reversal reflects change in Frederick County|website=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227084715/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-frederick-english-20150904-story.html|url-status=dead}}
Alex Otti - tenth Governor of Abia State (2023–present){{Cite web|url=https://newtelegraphng.com/education-is-our-biggest-weapon-against-poverty-otti/|title=Education Is Our Biggest Weapon Against Poverty - Otti|last=Ifeanyi|first=Emmanuel|date=2023-12-05|website=New Telegraph|access-date=2024-02-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/11/05/otti-at-sda-centenary-celebration-vows-to-run-god-fearing-administration-in-abia|title=Otti at SDA Centenary Celebration, Vows to Run God-fearing Administration in Abia|date=2024-02-12|website=This Day|access-date=2024-02-12}}
Jerry Pettis (1916–1975) – member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who represented California's 33rd Congressional District (1966–1975) and 37th Congressional District (1975)
Shirley Neil Pettis (1924–2016) – member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who represented California's 37th Congressional District (1975–1979)
Job Pomat– Papua New Guinean Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea (2017–present){{Cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/pomat-opens-new-sda-church/|title=Pomat Opens New SDA Church|last=Nao|first=Kila|date=2021-11-24|website=Papua New Guinea Post-Courier|access-date=2022-09-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://thenational.com.pg/how-job-made-it-right-for-late-dad/|title=How Job made it right for late dad|last=Ingipa|first=Joyce|date=2019-11-07|website=The National|access-date=2022-09-13}}
Henry Puna – Prime Minister of the Cook Islands{{Cite web|url=https://record.adventistchurch.com/2018/07/12/adventists-elected-into-cook-islands-parliament/|title=Adventists elected into Cook Islands Parliament|website=Adventist Record|access-date=5 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forumsec.org/henry-puna/|title=The Hon Henry Puna Prime Minister|website=Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat|access-date=5 July 2019|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116234837/https://www.forumsec.org/henry-puna/|url-status=dead}}
Ngereteina Puna – teacher; MP for Arutanga-Reureu-Nikaupara (1989–1999); Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament (1999–2001), and Minister of Education for Geoffrey Henry (2011–2012){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SdmBdhq6l-gC&q=is+ngereteina+puna+a+seventh-day+adventist&pg=PT87 |title=Dancing from the Heart:Movement, Gender, and Cook Islands Globalization|isbn=9780824832445|access-date=5 July 2019|last1=Alexeyeff|first1=Kalissa|date=23 March 2009|publisher=University of Hawaii Press }}
John Pundari – Papua New Guinean former Speaker of the National Parliament (1997–1999); Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Women and Youth (1999); Minister for Lands (2001); Minister for Foreign Affairs (2001); Minister for Mining (2010–2011), and Minister for Environment and Conservation (2012–present) was recognized as a Companion of the Order St Michael by Queen Elizabeth II{{Cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp9900/2000RP04|title=Papua New Guinea 1999:Crisis of Governance|website=Parliament of Australia|access-date=4 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/1999-07-13/seventh-day-adventist-becomes-papua-new-guineas-deputy-prime-minister/|title=Seventh-day Adventist Becomes Papua New Guinea's Deputy Prime Minister|website= Adventist News Network|access-date=4 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://pngicentral.org/reports/john-pundari-twenty-five-years-as-an-mp-and-businessman#the-politician|title=John Pundari:Twenty-five Years as an MP and Businessman|website= PNGi| access-date=4 October 2018}}
Raul Ruiz – member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing California's 36th congressional district (2013–){{cite web |url=http://www.kesq.com/news/Democrat-Raul-Ruiz-Wins-36th-Congressional-Seat/-/233092/17348710/-/ky5w41z/-/index.html |title=Democrat Raul Ruiz Wins 36th Congressional Seat |first=Rich |last=Tarpening |date=9 November 2012 |access-date=16 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115105513/http://www.kesq.com/news/Democrat-Raul-Ruiz-Wins-36th-Congressional-Seat/-/233092/17348710/-/ky5w41z/-/index.html |archive-date=15 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Desley Scott – Australian politician; member for Electoral district of Woodridge in the Parliament of Queensland, 2001–2015"[http://www.signsofthetimes.org.au/archives/2005/august/article4.shtm Desley Scott: a pollie for good]" by Faith Williams. Signs of the Times (Australian version) 120:8 (August 2005), p7–9
Derek Sloan – former member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Hastings—Lennox and Addington (2019–); was expelled from the Conservative Party caucus on January 20, 2021 for receiving a donation from a white supremacist and other issues{{Cite web|last=Platt|first=Brian|date=20 March 2020|title=Conservative Party disqualifies Jim Karahalios from leadership race after complaints over his behaviour|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/pro-life-candidates-leslyn-lweis-derek-sloan-qualify-for-final-ballot-in-tory-leadership-race|access-date=30 June 2020|website=National Post}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Manasseh Sogavare – Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, (2000–2001), (2006–2007), (2014–2017) and (2019–present); Leader of the Opposition in Solomon Islands (2007–2010){{Cite web|url=https://www.interamerica.org/2016/09/solomon-islands-prime-minister-speaks-of-slain-missionaries-and-ellen-white/|title=Solomon Islands Prime Minister speaks of slain missionaries and Ellen White|website=Inter-American Division|date=8 September 2016 |access-date=19 December 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000693b.htm|title= Manasseh Damukana Sogavare|website=Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia|access-date=7 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/04/25/2003714002|title=Ex-PM prevails in Solomons run-off sparking violence|website=Taipei Times|date=25 April 2019 |access-date=25 July 2019}}
John F. Street – Mayor of the City of Philadelphia (2000–2008)
Mana Strickland (1918–1996) – Minister of Education of Cook Islands
Robert Lee Stump (1927–2003) – served in the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona State Senate (1959–1976); member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arizona's 3rd Congressional District (1977–2003)
Sione Taione – Tongan politician{{Cite news|url=http://kanivatonga.nz/2016/04/land-court-declares-minister-has-no-power-to-overturn-grant-and-give-land-to-somebody-else/|title=Land Court declares Minister has no power to overturn grant and give land to somebody else|newspaper=Kaniva Tonga | Largest Nz-Based Tongan News Service|date=19 April 2016 |access-date=6 September 2018}}
Hannu Takkula – Finnish politician who was member of Parliament of Finland (1995–2004) and member of European Parliament (2004–2018){{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/1705/hannu-takkula|title=Hannu Takkula:Dialogue with an Adventist member of the European Parliamment|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=8 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/open-days-structural-funds-great-help-finland|title=Open days:Structural funds of great help to Finland|website=The Parliament Magazine|access-date=8 April 2019}}
Marianne Thieme – founder and parliamentary leader of the Dutch animal rights party Animal Party & author{{Cite web|url=https://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/pioneering-dutch-politician-finds-success-in-practicing-what-she-preaches|title=Dutch Politician Finds Success in Practicing What She Preaches|website=Adventist Review|date=25 July 2014 |access-date=31 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://atoday.org/marianne-thieme-adventist-animal-rights-politician/|title=Marianne Thieme: Adventist Animal Rights Politician|website=Adventist Today|date=5 May 2017 |access-date=31 October 2018}}
Ronald Sapa Tlau – Indian member for Mizoram in the Rajya Sabha since June 2014
Roman Tmetuchl (1926–1999) – Palau governor of Airai; started Palau's first bank and also start a construction company.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/07/14/palau-tralblazer-tmetuchl-dead-73|title=Palau Trailblazer Tmetuchl Dead at 73|website=Pacific Islands Report|access-date=23 April 2019|archive-date=23 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423212410/http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/07/14/palau-tralblazer-tmetuchl-dead-73|url-status=dead}}
Carolyn Harding Votaw (1879–1951) – public officeholder in Washington, D.C.; youngest sister of President Warren G. Harding, and missionary to Myanmar (1905–1914){{Cite web|url=http://archives.adventistreview.org/article/307/archives/issue-2006-1503/the-nearly-adventist-president|title=The Nearly Adventist President|website=Adventist Review|access-date=30 October 2018|archive-date=31 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031052320/http://archives.adventistreview.org/article/307/archives/issue-2006-1503/the-nearly-adventist-president|url-status=dead}}
James Ronald Webster (1926–2016) – led Anguilla Revolution of 1967; former Chief Minister of Anguilla
Surangel Whipps Jr. – President of Palau (2021–present); was CEO and President of Surangel and Sons Company from 1992-2021 and lead it to becoming the largest Palauan owned company in the Republic of Palau.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story16042-adventist-businessman-inaugurated-as-president-in-palau|title=Adventist Businessman Inaugurated as President in Palau|website=Adventist Review|date=27 February 2021 |access-date=6 March 2021}}
George A. Williams (1864–1946) – served as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska (1925–1931)
Jorge Talbot Zavala (1921–2014) – Ecuadorian Representative and Secretary of the Camara de Diputados, Quito, Ecuador; Nomina de Legisladores Nacionales (1950–1955), Archivo Nacional del Ecuador (1950–1955)

Scientists, doctors, nurses, and engineers

Phyllis B. Acosta (1933–2018) – public health researcher who pioneered nutritional therapy for management of phenylketonuria
Leonard Lee Bailey (1942–2019) – world-renowned heart surgeon who transplanted a baboon's heart into a premature-born baby with underdeveloped heart{{Cite web|url=https://latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-leonard-bailey-baboon-heart-dead-20190515-story.html|title=Leonard Bailey, surgeon who stoked moral dilemma with baboon-to-human heart transplant, dies at 76|website=Los Angeles Times|date=15 May 2019 |access-date=15 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://jamaicaobserver.com/news/iconic-baby-fae-surgeon-bailey-dies-at-age-76/|title=Iconic 'Baby Fae' surgeon Bailey dies at age 76|date=2019-05-14|website=Jamaica Observer|access-date=2023-06-19}}
Lottie Isbell Blake (1876–1976) – first SDA Black Physician{{Cite web|url=https://battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2022/02/21/how-battle-creek-produced-one-armys-first-black-nurses/9285114002/|title=How Battle Creek produced one of the Army's first Black Nurses|date=2022-02-21|website=Battle Creek Enquirer|url-access=subscription|access-date=2023-06-19}}
Leonard R. Brand – Loma Linda University paleobiologist
Mary E. Britton (1855–1925) – physician; educator; journalist; civil rights activist and Suffragist{{Cite web|url=http://www.blacksdahistory.org/mary-e--britton.html|title=Mary E. Britton|website=blacksdahistory.org|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-date=28 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028155853/http://www.blacksdahistory.org/mary-e--britton.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://spectrummagazine.org/article/2018/02/22/hidden-figures-black-adventist-women-who-made-difference-part-1|title=Hidden Figures: Black Adventist Women Who Made A Difference Part 1|website=Spectrum Magazine|access-date=1 November 2018}}
Ferdinand Budicki II (1871–1951) - Croatian engineer, adventurer and motorsports pioneer.{{cite web|title=Najpoznatiji adventist u Hrvatskoj - Ferdinand Budicki, zaštitno ime novog muzeja u Zagrebu|trans-title=The most famous Adventist in Croatia - Ferdinand Budicki, the trademark name of the new museum in Zagreb|url=https://adventisti.hr/najpoznatiji-adventist-u-hrvatskoj-ferdinand-budicki-zastitno-ime-novog-muzeja-u-zagrebu/|date=7 March 2013|access-date=17 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726192319/http://adventisti.hr/najpoznatiji-adventist-u-hrvatskoj-ferdinand-budicki-zastitno-ime-novog-muzeja-u-zagrebu/|archive-date=26 July 2013|language=hr|author=Darko Kovačević|url-status=live}}
Margaret Caro (1848–1938) – first women Dentist on the Register of New Zealand; lecturer; social reformer, and writer{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2c8/caro-margaret|title=Margaret Caro Biography|website=TEARA The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=28 November 2018}}
Alexander A. Clerk – Ghanaian-American teacher; psychiatrist; Sleep medicine specialist and the director of the world's first sleep medical clinic at Stanford University Medical Center
Lenna F. Cooper (1875–1961) – American dietitian and co-founder of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics{{Cite web|url=https://www.vndpg.org/about/academy-co-founder-lenna-frances-cooper-a-pioneer-in-vegetarian-nutrition-and-dietetics|title=Academy Co-Founder Lenna Frances Cooper: A Pioneer in Vegetarian Nutrition and Dietetics|last=Westerdahl|first=John|website=Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group|access-date=2023-12-07}}
Winston J. Craig – American registered dietitian and nutrition writer.{{Cite web|date=2016|title=Winston J. Craig: Issues of Food and Drink|url=https://shalomlc.org/interviews/winston-j-craig-issue-on-food-and-drink|website=Shabbat Shalom Magazine|language=en-GB|archive-date=February 17, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250217215450/https://shalomlc.org/interviews/winston-j-craig-issue-on-food-and-drink|url-status=live}}
Hulda Crooks (1896–1997) – American mountaineer, dietitian and vegetarianism activist{{Cite news|url=https://washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/02/05/up-wtih-hulda/c5c7bd23-fa7c-46ea-8d5d-885fe8571be5/|title=Up With Hulda|last=Kernan|first=Michael|date=1988-02-05|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2023-06-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-26-mn-57923-story.html|title=Hulda Crooks, 101; Oldest Woman to Scale Mt. Whitney|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|date=1997-11-26|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2023-06-23}}
Hans Diehl (1946–2023) – physician and founder of the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP).{{Cite web|last=Huberman|first=Mark|date=2020|title=An Interview with Dr. Hans Diehl|url=https://www.healthscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Dr.-Hans-Diehl-Spring-2020.pdf|website=Health Science|language=en-GB|archive-date=February 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229173043/https://www.healthscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Dr.-Hans-Diehl-Spring-2020.pdf|url-status=live}}
Robert Gentry (1933–2020) – nuclear physicist and young Earth creationist, known for his claims that radiohalos provide evidence for a young age of the Earth
Howard Gimbel – Canadian ophthalmologist; senior editor; international speaker; professor at Loma Linda University and associate professor at University of Calgary, has won many awards including the Alberta Order of Excellence and Order of Canada{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/2799/howard-v-gimbel-dialogue-with-an-adventist-eye-surgeon-in-canada|title=Howard V. Gimbel:Dialogue With an Adventist Eye Surgeon in Canada|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=23 November 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story5859-at-84-celebrated-adventist-eye-surgeon-still-operates-on-20-patients-a-day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207064021/http://www.adventistreview.org/church-news/story5859-at-84-celebrated-adventist-eye-surgeon-still-operates-on-20-patients-a-day|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 February 2018|title=At 84, Celebrated Adventist Eye Surgeon Still Operates on 20 Patients a Day|website=Adventist Review|date=7 February 2018|access-date=23 November 2018}}
Audrey Gregory - Jamaican American health care administrator at AdventHealth and former nurse{{Cite web|url=https://healthcare-brew.com/stories/2023/08/04/meet-audrey-gregory-a-former-nurse-who-s-now-in-her-third-c-suite-role|title=Meet Audrey Gregory, a former nurse who's now in her third C-suite role|last=Anderson|first=Maia|date=August 4, 2023|website=Healthcare Brew|access-date=February 20, 2025}}
Frank Jobe (1925–2014) – orthopedist and sports medicine physician who worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1968–2008); 26 years as a consultant for the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions and Senior PGA Championship and named emeritus physician for the PGA Tour; clinical professor at Keck School of Medicine of USC; inducted into the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine Hall of Fame, Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame and Shrine of the Eternals; received the Dave Winfield Humanitarian Award; was a World War II veteran who won the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Medical Badge and Glider Badge{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/famed-surgeon-frank-jobe-dies-at-88/c-68846290|title=Famed surgeon Jobe dies at 88|last=Gurnick|first=Ken|website=MLB News|date=6 March 2014 |access-date=17 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/frank-jobe/|title=Franke Jobe|last=Quevedo|first=Jane|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=2023-06-23}}
Nettie Florence Keller (1875–1974) – oldest practicing doctor in the world; feminist; prohibitionist; social reformer and missionary to New Zealand{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3k3/keller-nettie-florence|title=Story:Keller, Nettie Florence|website=TEARA The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=28 November 2018}}
Daniel H. Kress (1862–1956) – Canadian physician and missionary to Australia, England and New Zealand.{{Cite web|url=https://www.historictakoma.org/AdventistDoctors.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817214712/http://historictakoma.org/AdventistDoctors.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 August 2015|title=Adventist Doctors Daniel and Lauretta Kress|last=Kohn|first=Diana|website=Historic Takoma|access-date=2023-06-19}}
Lauretta E. Kress (1863–1955) – American physician; wife of Daniel Kress; and missionary to Australia and England.
Jeffrey Kuhlman - White House physician to Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama; Florida Hospital Chief Medical Officer and employee of Naval Aerospace Medical Institute.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/magic/news/orlando-magic-and-florida-hospital-expand-health-and-sports-performance-field-through-renewed|title=Orlando Magic and Florida Hospital Expand Health and Sports Performance Field Through Renewed Partnership|last=Cohen|first=Josh|date=2017-10-05|website=National Basketball Association|access-date=2024-01-24}}
Anita Mackey (1914–2024) – African-american social worker and supercentenarian{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-glendale-resident-celebrates-a-century-of-life-20140101-story.html|title=Glendale resident celebrates a century of life|last=Corrigan|first=Kelly|date=2014-01-01|website=Glendale New-Press|access-date=2024-05-20}}
Alice Garrett Marsh (1908–1997) – dietitian and vegetarianism activist
Frank Lewis Marsh (1899–1992) – creationist and the first Adventist to earn a doctoral degree in biology
Ora Kress Mason (1888–1970) – American nurse and physician; and daughter of Daniel and Lauretta Kress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.murrayledger.com/community/this-and-that/article_ccf58eb6-6583-11ea-804b-d378de3f4eec.html|title=This and That|last=Andrus|first=Martha|date=2020-03-14|website=Murray Ledger & Times|access-date=2023-06-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.murrayledger.com/lifestyles/a-history-of-the-murray-hospital-taken-from-ruth-cole-s-book-memories-stories-places/article_a068918c-77e7-11eb-87ba-e79c4812b988.html|title=A history of the Murray hospital taken from Ruth Cole's book, "Memories, Stories, Places"|last=Andrus|first=Martha|date=2021-02-26|website=Murray Ledger & Times|access-date=2023-06-19}}
George McCready Price (1870–1963) – missionary and leading early creationist
Ruth Janetta Temple (1892–1984) – first African American doctor in California and opened first medical clinic in Los Angeles{{Cite web|url=https://www.rancholoscerritos.org/womens-history-month-spotlight-ruth-janetta-temple/|title=Women's History Month Spotlight: Ruth Janetta Temple|last=Reese|first=Alana|website=Rancho Los Cerritos|access-date=2023-06-19}}
Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi (1911–1943) – Japanese surgeon in the Imperial Japanese Army{{Cite web|url=http://eventorumpuc.org/puc-alumni-who-fought-in-the-wwii-against-the-united-states/|title=PUC alumni who fought in the WWII, in the Japanese Army|website=Eventorumpuc|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=1 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901171218/http://eventorumpuc.org/puc-alumni-who-fought-in-the-wwii-against-the-united-states/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rodsgarden.50megs.com/diary.htm|title=Diary of a Japanese Army Doctor Killed on Attu, Alaska, in 1943|website=Rodsgarden|access-date=14 September 2018}}
Archibald W. Truman (1884–1977) – physician and vegetarianism activist
Walter Veith – South African zoologist, author, creationist and end times lecturer
Kathleen Keen Zolber - American president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Sports

Gretchen Abaniel – Filipino professional boxer who won the Women's International Boxing Association Minimumweight Title; Women's International Boxing Federation Minimumweight Title; Global Boxing Union Minimumweight Title; WIBA Intercontinental Minimumweight Title; WBC International Minimumweight Title and a contestant on The Amazing Race Philippines 2{{Cite web|url=https://sports.inquirer.net/217323/unsung-heroine-abaniel-punches-way-to-stardom|title=Unsung heroine:Abaniel punches way to stardom|last=Eroa|first=Dennis|website=Sports Inquirer|date=26 July 2016 |access-date=29 November 2018}}
David Alaba – Austrian association football player and has a sister Rose May Alaba{{Cite web|url=https://otakukart.com/david-alabas-net-worth-how-much-does-the-austrian-footballer-male/|title=David Alaba's Net Worth: How Much Does The Austrian Footballer Make?|last=Kaushal|first=Om|date=2022-05-05|website=Otakukart|access-date=2022-05-31}}
Luis Aponte – retired Venezuelan baseball player{{Cite web| title=Inter-American News Flashes | url=http://docs.adventistarchives.org/docs/IAM/IAM19860601-360__C.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522040345/http://docs.adventistarchives.org/docs/IAM/IAM19860601-360__C.pdf | archive-date=2014-05-22}}
Ed Correa – retired Puerto Rican Major League Baseball pitcher{{Cite web|url=https://latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-04-sp-40706-story.html|title=Religious Compromise Upsets Ranger Pitcher|date=1988-02-04|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2022-01-24}}
Grace Daley – retired African American Women's National Basketball Association basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://adventistreview.org/2012-1507/2012-1507-18/|title=Driving Forward|last=Caesar|first=Lael|date=2012-03-07|website=Adventist Review|access-date=2023-03-17}}
Devaun DeGraff – retired Bermudian association football player{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalgazette.com/soccer/sport/article/20111011/degraff-back-on-national-team-duty/|title=DeGraff back on national team duty|last=Thompson|first=Colin|website=The Royal Gazette|date=11 October 2011 | access-date=24 October 2018}}
Jimmy Haarhoff – retired British association football player{{Cite web|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/chester-fc-jimmy-haarhoff-recalls-10899595|title=Chester FC: Jimmy Haarhoff recalls his Blues playing days, living with Graham Barrow and quitting the game at 24|website=Cheshire Live|date=17 February 2016 |access-date=24 October 2018}}
Priscah Jeptoo – Kenyan Marathon runner, Olympic and world medalist;{{Cite web|url=http://www.running-physio.com/priscah-jeptoos-knee/|title=Priscah Jeptoo's knee|website=Runningphysio|date=5 August 2012 |access-date=17 October 2019}} winner of the 2013 London Marathon{{Cite news|url=http://bbc.com/sport/athletics/22238317|title=London Marathon 2013:Priscah Jeptoo and Tsegaye Kebede win|work=BBC Sport |access-date=17 October 2019}} and 2013 New York City Marathon,{{Cite news|url=https://nytimes.com/2013/11/04/sports/jeptoo-trailing-for-miles-rallies-to-win-womens-race.html|title=Jeptoo Wins in a Sprint From Behind|work=The New York Times |date=3 November 2013 |access-date=17 October 2019|last1=Pilon |first1=Mary }} and founder of Better Living Marathon{{Cite web|url=http://kenyacurrent.com/adventist-church-launches-better-living-marathon/|title=Adventist church launches Better Living Marathon|website=Kenya Current|date=September 2016|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426175757/http://kenyacurrent.com/adventist-church-launches-better-living-marathon/|url-status=dead}}
Abel Kirui – Kenyan marathon runner, two-time world champion, Olympic medalist,{{Cite web|url=http://nydailynews.com/sports/olympics-2012/ugandan-stephen-kiprotich-wins-olympic-marathon-beating-defending-champ-abel-kirui-kenya-26-seconds-article-1.1135095|title=Ugandan Stephen Kiprotich wins Olympic marathon, beating defending champ Abel Kirui of Kenya by 26 seconds|website=Daily News|access-date=22 October 2019}} 2016 Chicago Marathon winner,{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2016/10/11/2003656925|title=Abel Kirui edges Chumba to win Chicago Marathon|website=Taipei Times|date=11 October 2016 |access-date=22 October 2019}} and founder of Better Living Marathon
Elijah Lagat – Kenyan marathon runner, winner of the 1997 Berlin Marathon, 1998 Prague Marathon and 2000 Boston Marathon{{Cite web|url=https://cbsnews.com/news/kenyans-cruise-in-boston/|title=Kenyans Cruise In Boston|date=1999-04-19|website=CBS NEWS|access-date=2022-05-31}}{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=IE2A|title=Adventist Missionary Volunteer Society in Kenya (1932-1995)|last=Sang|first=Godfrey|date=2021-03-09|website=Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists|access-date=2022-05-31}}
Ljiljana Ljubisic – Canadian who won gold medal in discus and bronze in shot at the 1992 Summer Paralympics & won bronze in the same events at the 1996 Summer Paralympics{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/389/ljiljana-lilo-ljubisic-dialogue-with-an-adventist-world-class-athlete|title=Ljiljana (Lilo) Ljubisic:Dialogue with an Adventist world-class athlete|website=College and University Dialogue| access-date=26 April 2019}}
Germaine Mason (1983-2017) - Jamaican who was an Olympic medalist high jumper{{Cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/usain-bolt-distraught-as-he-buries-team-gb-athlete-germaine-mason-in-jamaica_uk_59229bfde4b094cdba55275a|title=Usain Bolt Distraught As He Buries Team GB Athlete Germaine Mason In Jamaica|last=Hopkins|first=Steven|date=2017-05-22|website=HuffPost UK|access-date=2023-06-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://skysports.com/more-sports/athletics/news/29172/10888582/bolt-carries-friend-germaine-masons-coffin|title=Bolt carries friend Germaine Mason's coffin|last=Bowen|first=Alys|date=2022-05-17|website=Sky Sports|access-date=2023-06-21}}
Archie Moore (1916–1998) – American professional boxer (Light Heavyweight World Champion December 1952 – May 1962){{Cite web|url=https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=9ICG#:~:text=Best%20known%20as%20the%20longest,community%20activism%20in%20the%20church.|title=Moore, Archie (1913-1998)|last=Ruckle|first=Golda|date=2021-11-03|website=Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists|access-date=2023-03-17}}
Amos Tirop Matui – Kenyan marathon runner, winner of the 2005 Singapore Marathon, 2009 Country Music Marathon and Hamburg Half Marathon, and founder of Better Living Marathon.
Vitor Ressurreição – Brazilian association football goalkeeper{{cite web|title=Goalkeeper stuns Brazil's sporting world by refusing to play on Sabbath|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2016-01-28/goalkeeper-stuns-brazils-sporting-world-by-refusing-to-play-on-sabbath/|first=Carolina|last=Félix|website=Adventist News Network|date=28 January 2016|access-date=11 June 2018}}
Carlos Roa – retired Argentine association football goalkeeper{{Cite web|url=https://manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-transfer-carlos-roa-18114697|title=Argentina goalkeeper reveals the bizarre reason he rejected Manchester United transfer|last=Marshall|first=Tyrone|date=2020-04-19|website=Manchester Evening News|access-date=2022-05-16}}
Daren Sammy – St. Lucian, West Indies cricketer
Andrea Silenzi – retired Italian association football player{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSovBQAAQBAJ&q=did+archie+moore+really+become+a+seventh-day+adventist&pg=PA320|title=Historical Dictionary of the Seventh-day Adventists|isbn=9781442241886|access-date=26 April 2019|last1=Land|first1=Gary|date=23 October 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}{{Cite news|url=https://theathletic.com/1694227/2020/03/27/andrea-silenzi-nottingham-forest/|title=The Premier League's first Italian - who - wasn't great in games... or in training|website=The Athletic|access-date=2022-05-31 |last1=Taylor |first1=Daniel |last2=Horncastle |first2=James |last3=Taylor |first3=Paul |last4=Sutcliffe |first4=Richard }}
Davion Taylor - African American linebacker in the National Football League{{Cite web|url=https://nfl.com/news/back-2-campus/walking-by-faith|title=Walking by Faith|last=Goodbread|first=Chase|date=2020-04-01|website=National Football League|access-date=2022-02-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://inquirer.com/eagles/eagles-nfl-draft-davion-taylor-colorado-seventh-day-adventist-sabbath-fast-linebacker-howie-roseman-third-round-20200425.html|title=Howie Roseman on LB Davion Taylor, the Eagles' third round pick: 'He's got some rocket ship to him'|last=Domowitch|first=Paul|date=2020-04-25|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=2022-02-09}}

Theologians, ministers and evangelists

M. L. Andreasen (1876–1962) – theologian, protested against the book Questions on Doctrine, and was influential in "historic Adventism"
Samuele Bacchiocchi (1938–2008) – theologian and author who wrote From Sabbath to Sunday, based on his study at the Pontifical Gregorian University, at which he is the only non-Catholic to have enrolled
Bryan W. Ball – theologian; academic; author; teacher; former principal of Avondale College, and former president of South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
Shawn Boonstra – former Speaker/Director of It Is Written Canada and 3rd Speaker/Director of It Is Written (2004–2011) and 5th Speaker/Director of Voice of Prophecy (2010–present)
John Burden (1862–1942) – minister; administrator, and medical missionary to Australia
Edwin Butz (1864–1956) – pastor and missionary to Australia and Tonga
Arthur Carscallen (1879–1964) – pastor; administrator; linguist; publisher, and missionary to Kenya
John Carter – pastor; evangelist, and founder of The Carter Report
E. E. Cleveland (1921–2009) – pastor; evangelist; civil rights leader; author, and teacher at Oakwood College[https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2009-08-31/adventist-evangelist-and-civil-rights-advocate-ee-cleveland-dies/ Adventist evangelist and civil rights advocate E.E. Cleveland dies] Adventist News Network Retrieved 30 October 2018
Raymond Cottrell (1911–2003) – theologian; teacher; writer; editor; associate editor of the Adventist Review and the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, and missionary to China{{Cite news|url=https://spectrummagazine.org/article/book-reviews/2010/03/08/untold-story-bible-commentary|title= The Untold Story of the Bible Commentary|website=Spectrum Magazine|access-date=29 October 2018}}
Richard M. Davidson – Old Testament scholar, and author of Flame of Yahweh
Herbert E. Douglass (1927–2014) – American theologian who was president of Atlantic Union College (1967–1970); associate editor of Adventist Review (1970–1976); associate book editor and vice-president for Editorial Development at Pacific Press Publishing Association (1979–1985); president of Weimar Institute (1985–1992); vice-president for philanthropy at Adventist Heritage Ministry (1997–2001), and consultant for Amazing Facts (2003–2005)
Jon Dybdahl (1942–2023) – theologian and college administrator
Henry Feyerabend (1931–2006) – Canadian evangelist; singer, and author
Mark Finley – pastor; evangelist and 2nd Speaker/Director of It Is Written 1991–2004
Desmond Ford (1929–2019) – Australian pastor fired for criticizing the investigative judgment teaching, resulting in the most controversial dismissal ever in the church{{Cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/2019/03/12/desmond-ford-90-adventist-theologian-defrocked-for-controversial-beliefs-dies/|title=Desmond Ford, 90, Adventist theologian defrocked for controversial beliefs, dies|last=Kellner|first=Mark|date=March 12, 2019|website=Religion News Service|access-date=June 27, 2024}}
Le Roy Froom (1890– 1974) – pastor; scholar and historian, one of the leading Adventist apologists of his time
Paul A. Gordon (1930–2009) – former director of the Ellen G. White Estate
Gerhard Hasel (1935–1994) – theologian; Professor of Old Testament & Biblical Theology; Dean at Theological Seminary at Andrews University, his childhood experience in Nazi Germany are recounted in the book A Thousand Shall Fall
Edward Heppenstall (1901–1994) – theologian and Bible scholar
Edward Hilliard (1851–1936) – pastor and missionary to Australia and Tonga
John F. Huenergardt (1875–1955) – pastor; teacher; administrator, and missionary
Merritt Kellogg (1832–1921) – doctor; pastor and missionary to Australia; Niue; Pitcairn; Samoa, and Tonga
George R. Knight – historian, author, educator, theologian
Väinö Kohtanen (1889–1963) – Finnish pioneer, evangelist, college president and conference president in Finland in the first half of the 20th centuryRogers, H. E. (Ed.).(1933). 1933 Yearbook of the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination Washington DC: Review and Herald, page 149. [http://www.adventistarchives.org/documents.asp?CatID=77&SortBy=2&ShowDateOrder=True]Rogers, H. E. (Ed.).(1938). 1938 Yearbook of the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination Washington DC: Review and Herald, page 160. [http://www.adventistarchives.org/documents.asp?CatID=77&SortBy=2&ShowDateOrder=True]
Samuel Koranteng-Pipim – Ghanaian theologian; author, and speaker
Hans Karl LaRondelle (1929–2011) – theologian and author
John G. Matteson (1835–1896) – Danish American; minister; evangelist; teacher; missionary to Denmark and Norway; musician; editor, and publisher{{Cite web|url=http://www.iamaonline.com/Bio/John_Gottlieb_Matteson.htm|title=John Gottlieb Matteson|website=International Adventist Musicians Association|access-date=17 April 2019}}
Andrew Nelson (1893–1975) – scholar of East Asian languages and literature and missionary to Japan
Dwight Nelson – pastor at Andrews University
Francis D. Nichol (1897–1966) – apologist, authored a classic defense of Ellen White; editor of Review and Herald, now Adventist Review, (1966–1966); supervising editor of the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary.
James R. Nix – Director of the Ellen G. White Estate
Elizaphan Ntakirutimana (1924–2007) – pastor; administrator, and participant in Rwandan genocide{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/feb/20/rorycarroll1|title= Guilty of Murder|website=The Guardian|date= 20 February 2003|access-date=10 August 2018|last1= Carroll|first1= Rory}}
Robert W. Olson (1920–2013) – former director of the Ellen G. White Estate
Arthur Patrick (1934–2013) – theologian; teacher; pastor; evangelist; administer, and historian at Avondale College{{Cite news|url=https://spectrummagazine.org/article/brenton-stacey/2013/03/14/see-you-soon-arthur-celebrating-life-scholar|title= See yoy soon, Arthur: Celebrating the life of a scholar|website=Spectrum Magazine|access-date=31 October 2018}}
Jon Paulien – leading expert on the Book of Revelation
Richard Rice – developed the "open theism" understanding of God
H. M. S. Richards (1894–1985) – poet, evangelist; founder and 1st Speaker/Director of Voice of Prophecy; pioneer in religious radio broadcasting; the H. M. S. Richards Divinity School at La Sierra University is named in his honor
Ángel Manuel Rodríguez – pastor; professor; theologian, and former director of the Biblical Research Institute
Samir Selmanovic – pastor and author{{Cite web|url=https://atoday.org/manhattan-missionary-leads-wall-street-discussion-of-the-occupy-movement/|title=Manhattan Missionary Leads Wall Street Discussion of the Occupy Movement|website=Adventist Today|date=15 February 2012 |access-date=6 April 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://spectrummagazine.org/article/interviews/2013/09/07/samir-selmanovic-sda-identity-multifaith-world|title=Samir Selmanović on SDA Identity in a Multifaith World|website=Spectrum Magazine|access-date=6 April 2019}}
George Vandeman (1916–2000) – popular evangelist who founded It Is Written (1956–1991)
Alfred Vaucher (1887–1993) – French theologian; church historian and bibliographer
Morris Venden (1932–2013) – proponent of salvation and sanctification by faith alone, a strong supporter of the Pillars of Seventh-day Adventism including the investigative judgment, known for his parables and humor.
Juan Carlos Viera (1938–2016) – former director of the Ellen G. White Estate
Arthur L. White (1907–1991) – former director of the Ellen G. White Estate; son of William C. White and grandson of Ellen G. White
William C. White (1854–1937) – former director of the Ellen G. White Estate and son of Ellen G. White
Benjamin G. Wilkinson (1872–1968) – theologian whose writings influenced the American fundamentalist King-James-Only Movement
Kenneth H. Wood (1917–2008) – pastor; author; editor of Adventist Review; missionary to China, and Chairman of the Ellen G. White Estate{{Cite web|url=https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2008-05-26/former-adventist-review-editor-wood-dies-at-90/|title=Former Adventist Review editor Wood dies at 90|website=Adventist News Network|access-date=23 July 2019}}
Norman Young – New Testament scholar

Military

Admiral Barry Black – 2nd African American Seventh-day Adventist to become chaplain in U.S. Navy Reserve; Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy (2000–2003) and first African American Chaplain of the United States Senate (2003–present){{Cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2016/06/03/who-ministers-us-senators-meet-chaplain-barry-black/85300940/|title=Who ministers to U.S. senators? Meet Chaplain Barry Black|last=Meyer|first=Holly|date=2016-06-03|website=The Tennessean|access-date=2024-03-01}}{{Cite news|url=https://washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/12/little-fire-senate-chaplain-might-go-long-way/|title=A little fire from the Senate Chaplain might go a long way|last=Rosario|first=Jeffrey|date=12 February 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|url-access=subscription|access-date=24 September 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://rollcall.com/2023/07/13/stop-demonizing-government-20-year-veteran-senate-chaplain-urges/|title='Stop demonizing government,' 20-year veteran Senate Chaplain urges|last=Lesniewski|first=Niels|date=2023-07-13|website=Roll Call|access-date=2024-03-01}}
Harlon Block (1924–1945) – one of the six U.S. Marines captured in the famous photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima; appears on the right of the photo, holding the base of the flagpole; won a Purple Heart and other military awards{{Cite web|url=https://www.amarillo.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2010/10/16/beliefs-inspired-wartime-heroes/13178273007/|title=Beliefs inspired wartime heroes|date=2010-10-15|website=Amarillo Globe-News|access-date=2024-03-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://libn.com/2017/09/28/joe-dowd-when-you-take-a-knee-remember-harlon-block-u-s-m-c/| title=When you take a knee, remember Harlon Block, U. S. M. C.|website=Long Island Business News| date=28 September 2017|access-date=14 September 2018}}
Desmond Doss (1919–2006) – conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor from President Harry S. TrumanQuoted in {{cite news

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}} and subject of the Hollywood biopic Hacksaw Ridge{{Cite web|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/special_sections/oscars/215563/producer-david-permut-brings-soldiers-valor-screen-hacksaw-ridge/|title=Producer David Permut brings a soldiers valor to the screen in 'Hacksaw Ridge'|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|date=2017-02-24|website=Jewish Journal|access-date=2022-09-12}}

Jovie Espenido – Police Chief Inspector of Philippine National Police in the Philippines under President Duterte's war against drugs program{{Cite web|url=https://dw.com/en/philippines-police-chief-shows-affinity-for-rodrigo-dutertes-drug-war/a-45537351|title=Philippines police chief shows affinity for Rodrigo Duterte's drug war|last=Neuhof|first=Florian|date=2018-09-18|website=Deutsche Welle|access-date=2022-04-05}}
Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana – Solomon Islanders who rescued the surviving crew of the sunken United States boat PT-109, including its commander, future U.S. president John F. Kennedy, during the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II; were educated at Adventist missionary schools
Bo Mya (1927–2006) – Karen rebel leader from Myanmar
Brigadier General Loree Sutton – American who served in the United States Army and politician
Alois Vocásek (1896–2003) – last surviving Czechoslovakian veteran of World War I and was the oldest member in the church in the Czech Republic{{Cite web|url=http://radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/oldest-czech-legionnaire-was-never-able-to-clear-tarnished-reputation|title=Oldest Czech legionnaire was never able to clear tarnished reputation|website=Radio Praha|date=14 August 2003 |access-date=6 September 2018}} {{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}
Gabrielle Weidner (1914–1945) – Dutch resistance fighter who died of malnutrition at a Nazi concentration camp & sister of Johan Hendrik Weidner
Johan Hendrik Weidner (1912–1994) – organized the Dutch-Paris underground network to coordinate the escapes of more than 1,000 people from Nazi-occupied France; later emigrated to the United States and operated a chain of health-food stores
Ellsworth Wareham (1914-2018) - was an American cardiothoracic surgeon, centenarian and a World War II navy veteran.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/100-year-old-surgeon-wwii-vet-who-retired-at-age-95-shares-secrets-to-longevity|title=100-year-old surgeon WWII vet who retired at age 95 shares secrets to longevity|last=Carstensen|first=Melinda|date=2014-12-16|website=Fox News|access-date=2024-03-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://vegnews.com/2018/12/beloved-vegan-surgeon-dies-at-104-years-old|title=Beloved Vegan Surgeon Dies at 104 Years Old|last=Starostinetskaya|first=Anna|date=2018-12-19|website=VegNews|access-date=2024-03-01}}

Other

Johnny Barnes (1923-2016) – a Bermuda institution mentioned him in guidebooks and profiled him in two documentary films{{Cite web|url=https://telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/11/johnny-barnes-bermudas-mr-happy-who-greeted-commuters-daily--obi/|title=Johnny Barnes, Bermuda's 'Mr Happy' who greeted commuters daily-obituary|date=2016-07-11|website=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2022-09-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://royalgazette.com/other/news/article/20160718/bermuda-bids-farewell-to-iconic-barnes/|title=Bermuda bids farewell to iconic Barnes|last=Zacharias|first=Jonathan|date=2016-07-19|website=The Royal Gazette|access-date=2022-09-12}}
Lindy Chamberlain – Australian Adventist famous for being wrongfully convicted of the murder of her daughter Azaria at Uluru; it was later shown that a dingo took Lindy's baby and was the subject of the film Evil Angels{{Cite web|url=https://nytimes.com/1988/02/07/arts/film-meryl-streep-as-an-accused-murderer.html|title=FILM; Meryl Streep as an Accused Murderer|last=Childs|first=Kevin|date=1988-02-07|website=The New York Times|access-date=2022-09-12}}
Michael Chamberlain (1944-2017) – pastor from Australia falsely accused of murdering his daughter Azaria and was the subject in the film Evil Angels
Michał Belina Czechowski (1818-1876) – missionary to Italy, Romania, and Switzerland
Queen Mantfombi Dlamini (1953-2021) – wife of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu{{Cite web|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/2461809/regent-of-the-zulu-nation-what-you-need-to-know-about-queen-mantfombi-dlamini-zulu/|title=What you need to know about the late Zulu Queen|last=Lekabe|first=Thapelo|date=2021-03-25|website=The Citizen |access-date=2022-09-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://billionaires.africa/as-royal-family-moves-to-bury-queen-regent-tensions-hover-over-zulu-throne/|title=As royal family moves to bury Queen Regent, tensions hover over Zulu throne|date=2021-05-05|website=Billionaires Africa|access-date=2022-09-12}}
Rosetta Douglass (1839-1906) - African-american civil rights activist{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=187421|title=First Church of Seventh-day Adventists|website=The Historical Marker Database|access-date=2023-06-27}}
S. M. I. Henry (1839–1900) – evangelist for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; wrote tracts, pamphlets and books{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiteestate.org/pioneer/Henry.asp|title=Sarepta Myranda I. Henry|website=Ellen G. White Estate|access-date=5 March 2019}}
Mutinta Hichilema - First Lady of Zambia as wife of Hakainde Hichilema{{Cite web|url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2022/10/31/church-key-in-forging-unity-first-lady/|title=Church key in forging unity - First Lady|date=2022-10-31|website=Lusaka Times|access-date=2023-06-23}}
Albert Horsley (1866-1954) – miner who murdered former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg{{Cite web|url=https://adventistreview.org/issue-archives/page-2014/page-9141513/141513-18/|title=Cover|website=Adventist Review|access-date=2023-06-23}}
Nkechi Ikpeazu – Nigerian charities worker; founder of Vicar Hope Foundation and wife of Okezie Ikpeazu{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/274922-abia-governor-declares-support-for-campaign-against-girl-child-abuse.html|title=Abia governor declares support for campaign against girl-child abuse|website=The Premium Times|access-date=1 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/news/governors-wife-commissions-centre-for-women-mental-health/|title=Governor's wife commissions centre for women mental health|last=Udeajah|first=Gordi|website=The Guardian|date=7 October 2018 |access-date=1 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/news/foundation-commences-free-counseling-session-for-sickle-cell-patients/|title=Foundation commences free counseling session for sickle cell patients|last=Udeajah|first=Gordi|website=The Guardian|date=16 July 2017 |access-date=1 April 2019}}
Jon Johanson – Australian aviator who flew around the world three times, in 1995, 1996, and 2000 which he flew over the North Pole and he flew to the South Pole in 2003{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/233/jon-johanson-dialogue-with-an-adventist-record-breaking-aviator-from-australia|title=Jon Johanson: Dialogue with an Adventist record-breaking aviator from Australia|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=25 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vansaircraft.com/public/JJ1.htm|title=Jon Johanson-The Person|website=Van's Aircraft|access-date=25 September 2018|archive-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324031603/http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/JJ1.htm|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.wingnet.org/rtw/RTW009D.HTM|title=Johanson Round-the-World Over-the-North Pole Flight|website=Wingnet|access-date=25 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.southpolestation.com/news/rv4/rv4.html|title=Jon Johanson at McMurdo|website=Southpolestation|access-date=25 September 2018}}
Louise Little (1897–1991) – Grenadian-American activist and mother of Malcolm X{{Cite web|url=https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/12/09/louise-little-mother-of-malcolm-x-and-dedicated-garveyite/|title=Louise Little, mother of Malcolm X and dedicated Garveyite|last=Boyd|first=Herb|date=2021-12-09|website=New York Amsterdam News|access-date=2023-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://jamaicans.com/louise-little-grenada-caribbean-american-woman-of-influence/|title=Louise Little, Grenada - Caribbean-American Woman of Influence|last=Korney|first=Stephanie|website=Jamaicans.com|access-date=2023-06-27}}
Irene Morgan (1917–2007) – African-American who refused to surrender her bus seat and was taken to court, preceding the famous Rosa Parks case{{Cite news|url=https://washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/07/30/the-freedom-rider-a-nation-nearly-forgot/f4568ccf-ae89-47c7-9c53-ba2d2ea70da5/|title=The Freedom Rider a Nation Nearly Forgot|last=Morello|first=Carol|date=2000-07-30|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2022-09-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-14-me-kirkaldy14-story.html|title=Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, 90; won early battle against bus laws|website=Los Angeles Times|date=14 August 2007 |access-date=3 September 2019}}
Barbara O'Neill – Australian naturopath who, in 2019, was banned indefinitely from providing any health service or education for her role in providing dangerous health advice.{{Cite web|url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/australian-naturopath-barbara-oneill-banned-for-her-dangerous-health-advice|title=Australian Naturopath Barbara O'Neill Banned for Her Dangerous Health Advice|last=Hall|first=Harriet|author-link=Harriet Hall|website=Science-Based Medicine|publisher=New England Skeptical Society|date=16 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=16 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016105523/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/australian-naturopath-barbara-oneill-banned-for-her-dangerous-health-advice/}}
Evora Bucknum Perkins (1851–1929) – American educator, cookbook writer, and missionary{{Cite news |last=Perkins |first=C. O. |date=1929-03-07 |title=Perkins |access-date= |work=Silver Spring Advent Review and Sabbath Herald |page=[https://newspaperarchive.com/us/maryland/silver-spring/silver-spring-advent-review-and-sabbath-herald/1929/03-07/page-29 29] |via=NewspaperArchive}}{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Year_Book/6JI3AAAAMAAJ |title=Year Book |date= |publisher=International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association |year=1897 |location=Batlecreek, Michigan |pages=148–149 |language=en}}
Gloria Salii of Palau{{Cite web|url=https://global-geneva.com/palau-at-the-edge-of-the-world/|title=Palau: At the Edge of the World|date=March 15, 2017|last=Graz|first=Liesl|website=Global Geneva|access-date=January 22, 2025}}
Sandra Seifert – Filipino/German fashion model who won Miss Earth-Air at the Miss Earth 2009 pageant{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW08Lq3ozlE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/bW08Lq3ozlE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Miss Philippines Earth 2009|date=14 September 2014 |via=YouTube|access-date=17 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|url=https://tatlerasia.com/style/beauty/sandra-seifert-shares-her-evening-skincare-routine|title=Sandra Seifert Shares How Having a Plant-based Diet Makes Her Skin Glow|last=Andas|first=Christine|date=2022-03-09|website=Tatler|access-date=2023-06-23}}
John Tay (1832-1892) – Missionary to Fiji and Pitcairn
David Trim - Historian, archivist and educator{{Cite web|url=https://washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/11/seventh-day-adventist-church-see-rate-growth-tumbl/|title=Adventist Church sees rate of growth tumble due to pandemic: Report|last=Kellner|first=Mark|date=2021-10-11|website=The Washington Times|access-date=2023-06-23}}
Lynne Waihee – former First Lady of Hawaii as wife of the former Governor John D. Waihe'e III{{Cite web|url=https://dialogue.adventist.org/2904/lynne-waihee-dialogue-with-the-first-lady-of-hawaii|title=Lynne Waihee: Dialogue With the First Lady of Hawaii|website=College and University Dialogue|access-date=3 November 2018}}

Former baptized members and people raised

Anthony B – Jamaican deejay and member of the Rastafari movement
Les Balsiger – belonged to a Seventh-day Adventist Church that was disfellowshipped for firing their minister
Joseph R. Bartlett – former member of the Maryland House of Delegates who was raised Seventh-day Adventist, and son of Roscoe Bartlett{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/07/05/in-western-maryland-stronghold-a-bartlett-faces-questions/|title=In Western Maryland Stronghold, a Bartlett faces questions|last=Linskey|first=Annie|date=2010-07-05|website=The Baltimore Sun| url-access=subscription|access-date=2018-10-25}}
Jungkook – idol, BTS member raised by an Adventist mother
Ryan J. Bell – former pastor who became an atheist
Wayne Bent – former pastor who founded Lord Our Righteousness Church{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4765519&page=1|title=Teens Taken From N.M. Doomsday Church|last=Schoetz|first=David|date=2008-05-01|website=abcNEWS|access-date=2023-06-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/nation/2008/12/apocalyptic_nm_sect_leader_way.html|title=Apocalyptic N.M. sect leader Wayne Bent gets 10 years for sexual misconduct with teen girls|last=Meyer|first=Bill|date=2008-12-31|website=Cleveland.com|access-date=2023-06-22}}
Usain Bolt – Jamaican Olympic sprinter who competed in three Summer Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016), winning eight gold medals; raised Seventh-day Adventist by his mother{{Cite web|url=https://www.stvincenttimes.com/bolt-is-seriously-contemplating-rejoining-seventh-day-adventist-church-in-jamaica/|title=Bolt is seriously contemplating rejoining Seventh Day Adventist Church|website=St. Vincent Times|date=7 April 2023 |access-date=2023-06-20}}
Nana Kwaku Bonsam – Ghanaian witch doctor and fetish priest
Robert Brinsmead – edited Present Truth Magazine
Joyce Bryant (1941-2022) – African-American singer/dancer, and former Seventh-day Adventist{{Cite web|url=https://nytimes.com/1977/07/22/archives/new-jersey-weekly-joyce-bryant-after-the-age-of-silver.html|title=Joyce Bryant, After the Age of Silver|last=Wilson|first=John|date=1977-07-22|website=The New York Times|access-date=2023-06-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://nytimes.com/2022/12/07/arts/music/joyce-bryant-dead.html#:~:text=She%20had%20been%20raised%20a,the%20more%20famous%20she%20became.|title=Joyce Bryant, Sensual Singer Who Changed Course, Dies at 95|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2022-12-07|website=The New York Times|access-date=2023-06-20}}
D. M. Canright (1840–1919) – pastor who left over difficulties concerning Ellen White
Bill Chambers – Australian country singer{{Cite web|url=https://theguardian.com/culture/2000/jul/04/artsfeatures|title=Daughter of a preacher man|last=Sweeting|first=Adam|date=2000-07-03|website=The Guardian|access-date=2018-08-13}}
Kasey Chambers – Australian country singer/songwriter and daughter of Bill Chambers who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church{{Cite web|url=https://dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/kasey-chambers-asks-the-ultimate-question-through-her-latest-single/news-story/8dfc852f506df9952d3ba1a026318fda|title=Kasey Chambers asks the ultimate question through her latest single|date=2015-04-18|website=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2023-06-20}}
Nash Chambers – Australian country singer and son of Bill Chambers who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church{{Cite web|url=https://theage.com.au/entertainment/music/the-man-behind-kasey-chambers-20021013-gduons.html|title=The man behind Kasey Chambers|date=2002-10-13|website=The Age|access-date=2023-06-20}}
Ludwig R. Conradi (1856–1939) – missionary and evangelist
Daniel Cooper (1881–1923) – New Zealand child murderer and illegal abortionist who was disfellowshipped
Heidi Cruz – wife of Ted Cruz; former employee for President George W. Bush; bank employee, and raised Seventh-day Adventist by her parents{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/14/heidi-cruz-trying-to-close-her-biggest-deal-making-her-husband-president/?noredirect=on|title=Heidi Cruz trying to close her biggest deal: Making her husband president|last=Zezima|first=Katie|date=2015-09-14|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2018-09-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/heidi-cruz-texas-ted-cruz-b1806929.html|title=Who is Heidi Cruz? The High-powered Goldman Sachs executive and wife to 'disgraced' Texas senator Ted Cruz|last=Hutton|first=Alice|date=2021-02-24|website=The Independent|access-date=2023-06-27}}
Kat Von D – tattoo artist; model; musician; author; entrepreneur; and television personality and raised Seventh-day Adventist by her parents{{Cite web|url=https://chron.com/life/article/A-new-canvas-for-tattoo-artist-Kat-Von-D-1737098.php|title=A new canvas for tattoo artist Kat Von D|last=Dooley|first=Tara|date=2009-02-01|website=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2022-09-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://grunge.com/129362/the-untold-truth-of-kat-von-d/|title=The Untold Of Kat Von D|last=Benjamin|first=Kathy|date=2018-07-23|website=Grunge|access-date=2022-09-29}}
Clifton Davis – former Seventh-day Adventist pastor; songwriter; singer and actor
Clive Doyle (1941-2022) - Branch Davidian who had been raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church{{Cite magazine|url=https://newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/31/sacred-and-profane-4|title=Sacred and Profane|last=Gladwell|first=Malcolm|date=2014-03-24|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=2023-06-20}}
Livingstone Fagan - British african who left the Seventh-day Adventist Church and joined the Branch Davidians{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/04/25/in-the-end-cult-members-had-one-thing-in-common-koresh/|title=In the end, cult members had one thing in common: Koresh|date=1993-04-25|website=Tampa Bay Times|access-date=2023-06-20}}
Luke Ford – Australian/American writer; blogger; and former pornography gossip columnist
Muma Gee - Nigerian pop singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church by her mother{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypeopleonline.com/why-i-left-the-music-scene-in-the-last-6-years-rivers-state-born-song-goddess-muma-gee/|title=Why I Left The Music Scene In The Last 6 Years, Rivers State Born Song Goddess, Muma Gee|date=2018-10-29|website=City People Magazine|access-date=2023-06-22}}
Vincent Harding (1931–2014) – former African American Seventh-day Adventist pastor who became a Mennonite pastor; civil rights author, and associate of Martin Luther King Jr. who wrote the main draft of King's 1967 speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence".[https://ml.bethelks.edu/issue/vol-69/article/a-prophet-pushed-out-vincent-harding-and-the-menno/ A Prophet Pushed Out: Vincent Harding And The Mennonites] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031103559/http://ml.bethelks.edu/issue/vol-69/article/a-prophet-pushed-out-vincent-harding-and-the-menno/ |date=31 October 2015 }} Mennonite Life Retrieved 12 March 2019{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/vincent-harding-author-of-martin-luther-king-jrs-antiwar-speech-dies/2014/05/22/9de4e31a-e1d1-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html |title=Vincent Harding, author of Martin Luther King Jr's antiwar speech, dies |first=Matt |last=Schudel |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=12 March 2019}}
Earle Hilgert (1923-2020) - American academic theologian, administrator and librarian{{Cite web|url=https://www.mccormick.edu/news/earle-hilgert-professor-emeritus-of-new-testament|title=Earle Hilgert, Professor Emeritus of New Testament|last=Sawyer|first=Ken|date=2021-01-06|website=McCormick Theological Seminary|access-date=2024-05-15}}
Victor Houteff (1885–1955) – Bulgarian who founded the Shepherd's Rod who was disfellowshipped by the Seventh-day Adventist Church{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/03/01/cult-s-roots-stretch-to-1934-seventh-day-adventists/|title=Cult's roots stretch to 1934, Seventh-day Adventists|date=1993-03-01|website=Tampa Bay Times|access-date=2023-06-20}}
Moses Hull (1836–1907) – former pastor who became a Spiritualist lecturer and author
Magic Johnson - African American who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church by his mother{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamag.com/longform/master-of-illusion1/|title=Master of Illusion|last=Katz|first=Jesse|date=2003-10-01|website=Los Angeles Magazine|access-date=2023-07-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://adventistreview.org/news/magic-johnson-shows-gratitude-to-adventists-with-550-000-donation/|title=Magic Johnson Shows Gratitude to Adventists With $550,000 Donation|last1=Hyman|first1=Ramona|last2=McChesney|first2=Andrew|date=2016-05-18|website=Adventist Review|access-date=2023-07-03}}
Angus T. Jones - American child actor who played Jake Harper in Two and a Half Men{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/why-angus-t-jones-left-faith-based-organizations-slowly-returning-acting/|title=Why Agnus T. Jones Has Left Faith-Based Organizations - and Is 'Slowly' Returning to Acting|last=Gomez|first=Patrick|date=2016-10-26|website=People|access-date=2022-07-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://thelist.com/425482/heres-what-really-happened-to-angus-t-jones/|title=Here's What Really Happened To Angus T. Jones|last=Marsh|first=Taylor|date=2021-06-01|website=The List|access-date=2022-07-13}}
John Harvey Kellogg (1852–1943) – medical doctor who was disfellowshipped, co-founder of cornflakes with brother Will Keith Kellogg{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/sc-kelloggs-howard-markel-books-0809-20170807-story.html|title=Feuding Kellogg brothers snap, crackle and pop in vivid new biography|last=Upchurch|first=Michael|date=2017-08-07|website=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2019-07-24}} and subject of the Hollywood film The Road to Wellville{{Cite web|url=https://battlecreekenquirer.com/story/entertainment/2019/10/24/battle-creek-road-wellville-tc-boyle-kellogg-anthony-hopkins-alan-parker-matthew-broderick/3974083002/|title=Battle Creek reluctant to revisit 'The Road to Wellville' 25 years after film's release|last=Buckley|first=Nick|date=2019-10-24|website=Battle Creek Enquirer|access-date=2022-08-16}}
Hamaas Abdul Khaalis (1921–2003) – Islamic leader who led the 1977 Hanafi Siege{{Cite magazine|url=https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/01/moustapha-messenger-of-hollywood/304524/|title=Moustapha, Messenger of Hollywood|last=Steyn|first=Mark|website=The Atlantic|date=January 2006 |access-date=2023-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://nytimes.com/2022/12/05/books/review/american-caliph-shahan-mufti.html|title=Two Days of Terror in Washington, D.C.|last=Mahler|first=Jonathan|date=2022-12-05|website=The New York Times|access-date=2023-06-27}}
David Koresh (1959–1993) – American leader of the Branch Davidians who was disfellowshiped by the Seventh-day Adventist Church{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-03-02-9303186458-story.html|title=Adventists Kicked Out Cult, Leader|last=Hirsley|first=Michael|date=1993-03-02|website=Chicago Tribune|url-access=subscription|access-date=2023-06-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://menshealth.com/entertainment/a32237856/david-koresh-waco-netflix/|title=Here's What Happened to David Koresh Before Waco|last=Freedman|first=Adrianna|date=2020-04-22|website=Men's Health|access-date=2023-06-22}}
Bob Lanier (1948-2022) - African American National Basketball Association player who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church by his mother{{Cite web|url=https://nba.com/news/bob-lanier-qa|title=NBA legend Bob Lanier reflects on career, current game and impact off floor|last=Aschburner|first=Steve|date=2018-09-10|website=National Basketball Association|access-date=2023-07-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2016/02/22/Champions/Lanier.aspx|title=Bob Lanier, the NBA's inside man|last=Lombardo|first=John|date=2016-02-22|website=Sports Business Journal|access-date=2023-07-03}}
Sandra Lee - American celebrity chef and author raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/news/features/sandra-lee-2011-4/|title=The Ravenous and Resourceful Sandra Lee|last=Wallace|first=Benjamin|date=2011-03-25|website=New York|access-date=2021-06-21}}
Zhang Lingsheng – helped start the True Jesus Church
Luciano – Jamaican roots reggae singer
Lee Boyd Malvo – former Seventh-day Adventist and convicted murderer who was connected to the D.C. sniper attacks in the Washington metropolitan area and converted to Islam{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/01/12/a-boy-of-bright-promise-and-no-roots/aa08f90d-8528-423d-af0d-ed1b0fe2d944/|title=A Boy of Bright Promise and No Roots|last1=Kovaleski|first1=Serge|last2=Sheridan|first2=Mary|date=2003-01-12|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2018-08-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/19/sprj.dcsp.malvo.trial/index.html|title=Sniper victims' families describe heartache|date=2003-12-19|website=CNN|access-date=2018-08-16}}
Jesse Martin – boy sailor; his parents were AdventistsIn particular, Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit, p6 mentions they were married in the Adventist Church
Wayne Martin - American who left the Seventh-day Adventist Church and joined the Branch Davidians{{Cite web |last=Green-Bishop |first=Joseph |date=1993-06-06 |title=Branch Davidians: Thinking About the Followers A Harvard-Trained Lawyer, Not a Mindless 'Fanatic' |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-06-06-1993157053-story.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Baltimore Sun}}
Kenneth Chi McBride – raised Seventh-day Adventist by his parents; singer-songwriter & actor{{Cite web|url=https://newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/chi-mcbride-aims-for-a-bull-s-eye-with-human-target-v39113|title=Chi McBride aims for a bull's eye with 'Human Target'|website=Newsday|date=11 February 2010 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2023-06-22}}
Brian McKnight – raised Seventh-day Adventist by his parents; Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter;producer; radio host, and 2009 The Celebrity Apprentice contestant[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/brian-mcknight Brian McKnight Biography] Encyclopedia.com Retrieved 16 August 2018[http://www.bmcknight.com Brian McKnight fan page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825004146/http://www.bmcknight.com/ |date=25 August 2004 }} Retrieved 16 August 2018[https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/brian-mcknight-eight-contestant-fired-from-the-celebrity-apprentice-8832.php Eighth Contestant Fired] Reality TV World Retrieved 16 August 2018
Ronald Numbers – science historian and author of The Creationists, and former Adventist lecturer
David Pendleton – former member of the Hawaii House of Representatives and 2002 candidate for lieutenant governor, now a Catholic
T. M. Preble (1810–1907) – wrote articles against the Seventh-day Sabbath in The World's Crisis and a book First-Day Sabbath
Forrest Preston – American billionaire who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the founder of Life Care Centers of America
Cherie Priest – former Seventh-day Adventist, American novelist and blogger[https://www.seattlemag.com/article/arts/spotlight-award-winners/2010-spotlight-award-cherie-priest 2010 Spotlight Award:Cherie Priest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912091943/https://www.seattlemag.com/article/arts/spotlight-award-winners/2010-spotlight-award-cherie-priest |date=12 September 2018 }} Seattle Magazine Retrieved 23 February 2012[https://www.cheriepriest.com/2005/09/27/damn Damn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912131041/https://www.cheriepriest.com/2005/09/27/damn/ |date=12 September 2018 }} The Haunt Retrieved 23 February 2012
Prince (1958–2016) – raised in the church, later converted to the Jehovah's Witnesses{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/apr/04/popandrock.shopping|title=Royal Blush|last=O'Hagan|first=Sean|date=2004-04-04|website=The Guardian|access-date=2023-06-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-prince-jehovah-witness-20160422-story.html|title=Prince practiced door-to-door evangelism|last=Hill|first=Libby|date=2016-04-22|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2023-06-22}}
Mark "Chopper" Read (1954–2013) – notorious Australian ex-criminal and author of real and fictional crime books; claims in his books to have been raised Adventist by a strictly devout mother{{Cite news|url=https://theguardian.com/film/2000/nov/17/culture.features5|title=I was not a well person|website=The Guardian|date=17 November 2000 |access-date=4 February 2020}}
Walter T. Rea (1922–2014) – former pastor for his criticisms of the inspiration of Ellen G. White; author of The White Lie
Busta Rhymes – American rapper, producer and actor, raised in Brooklyn by Seventh-day Adventist Jamaican-immigrant parents; later converted to Islam[http://www.snakkle.com/galleries/musicians-who-found-religion/busta-rhymes-muslim-2008-photo-gc/ Hot Gallery] Snakkle Retrieved 19 August 2012[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/busta-rhymes Busta Rhymes Biography] Encyclopedia.com Retrieved 16 August 2018
Ruth Riddle - Canadian Branch Davidian who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church{{Cite web|url=https://upi.com/Archives/1994/02/26/Davidians-At-A-Glance/9698762238800/|title=Davidians At A Glance|last=Cardwell|first=Cary|date=1994-02-26|website=United Press International|access-date=2023-06-22}}
Terrence Roberts – former member who was one of the nine African American students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School{{Cite web|url=https://adventistreview.org/2008-1505/2008-1505-8/|title=Nine Children Face an Angry Town|last=Adams|first=Roy|date=2010-02-05|website=Adventist Review|access-date=2023-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2007/sep/22/schooled-faith-20070922/|title=Schooled in faith|last=Hahn|first=Heather|date=2007-09-22|website=Arkansas Democrat Gazette|access-date=2023-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/fighting-the-system-at-15-in-1957|title=Fighting the system at 15 ... in 1957|last=Lee|first=Steve|website=Grand Forks Herald|date=7 February 2012 |access-date=2023-06-27}}
Benjamin Roden (1902–1978) – religious leader and organizer of the Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Church, who was disfellowshipped{{Cite web|url=https://wrldrels.org/2016/10/08/lois-roden/|title=Lois Roden|last=Pitts|first=Bill|website=World Religions and Spirituality Project|access-date=2023-06-22}}
Lois Roden (1916–1986) – wife of Benjamin Roden and president of the Branch Davidians after her husband's death
G. G. Rupert (1847–1922) – former American Seventh-day Adventist minister who founded Independent Church of God
Paul Rusesabagina – internationally honored for saving 1,268 civilians during the Rwandan genocide; the subject of 2004 film Hotel Rwanda; describes himself as a "lapsed Adventist" in his autobiography
Lena Sadler (1875–1939) – American surgeon and obstetrician who was the wife of William S. Sadler
William S. Sadler (1875–1969) – American surgeon; self trained psychiatrist and author who helped publish The Urantia Book
Ahn Sahng-hong (1918–1985) – Korean pastor and founder of Witnesses of Jesus Church of God
Dumelang Saleshando – Botswanan politician raised Seventh-day Adventist by his mother, now is member of an unspecified church{{cite web|url=http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=6&aid=142&dir=2011/April/Friday8|title=A day with Dumpling |work=Mmegi|first=Ndaba|last=Nkomo|date=9 April 2011|access-date=16 June 2016}}
Augusto César Sandino (1895–1934) – Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician, cooperativist, member of Adventist church in his youth, adopted vegetarianism due to church teachings
Steve Schneider - American Branch Davidian who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church by his parents{{Cite web|url=https://heavy.com/news/2020/04/steve-judy-schneider-waco-real-story/|title=Steve & Judy Schneider: Real Story of the Waco Characters|last=McBride|first=Jessica|date=2020-04-26|website=Heavy.com|access-date=2023-06-21}}
Vladimir Shelkov (1895–1980) – former Ukrainian Seventh-day Adventist minister and leader of the True and Free Seventh-day Adventists
Sirhan Sirhan – Palestinian convicted of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/sirhan-sirhan|title=Sirhan Sirhan|website= BIOGRAPHY|access-date=2019-05-30}}
Bette Smith - African-american soul, rock and blues singer who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church by her parents.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bette-smith-jetlagger-debut-interview-7874090/|title=Bed-Stay Soul Singer Bette Smith Talks 'Cinderella Story' Signing, Premieres 'Man Child' Video|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=July 26, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 28, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wunc.org/arts-culture/2018-06-08/singer-bette-smith-shows-its-never-too-late-for-a-leap-of-faith|title=Singer Bette Smith Show's It's Never Too Late For A Leap Of Faith|last1=Pellicer|first1=Laura|last2=Stasio|first2=Frank|date=June 8, 2018|website=WUNC-FM|access-date=May 28, 2024}}
Heinz Spanknöbel (1893–1947) – former German Seventh-day Adventist minister and led the pro Nazi Friends of New Germany{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/1933/10/29/archive/heinz-spanknoebel-no-desperado-only-ridiculous-german|title=Heinz Spanknoebel No Desperado, Only Ridiculous German|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=20 March 2015 |access-date=2019-05-30}}
Mathew Staver – former American Seventh-day Adventist pastor who became a Southern Baptist; professor and lawyer; also founding member and Chairman of Liberty Counsel and dean at Liberty University
Sean Taylor (1983–2007) – former African American member who played for the Washington Redskins and was murdered{{Cite web|url=https://www.adventistreview.org/2007-1534-32|title=Sean Taylor Washington Redskins player murdered|website=Adventist Review|access-date=2019-04-05|archive-date=5 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405204808/https://www.adventistreview.org/2007-1534-32|url-status=dead}}
Roch Thériault (1947-2011) - Canadian who founded the Ant Hill Kids and was disfellowshipped by the Seventh-day Adventist Church{{Cite web|url=https://investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/roch-theriault-the-horrifying-savagery-home-surgery-of-canadas-most-violent-cult-leader|title=Roch Thériault: The Horrifying Savagery (& Home Surgery) Of Canada's Most Violent Cult Leader|last=McPadden|first=Mike|date=2017-09-28|website=Investigation Discovery|access-date=2023-07-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://nydailynews.com/news/crime/canadian-messiah-formed-doomsday-cult-ulcer-problems-article-1.3797931|title=Canadian 'messiah' formed horrifying doomsday cult after ulcer surgery left him with chronic pain|last=Bovsun|first=Mara|website=New York Daily News|date=4 February 2018 |access-date=2023-07-06}}
Iya Villania – Filipina host, actress and performer, wife of Drew Arellano
Paul Wei – Chinese evangelist of the True Jesus Church
Marcus Wesson - African American mass murderer and child rapist who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church by his mother{{Cite web|url=https://latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jun-30-me-wesson30-story.html|title=Wesson Gets Death in 2004 Mass Murder|last=Arax|first=Mark|date=2005-06-30|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2024-04-03}}
Richard Wright (1908–1960) – author whose autobiography Black Boy mentions clashes with his Adventist family{{Cite web|url=http://newsone.com/2033996/richard-wright-biography/|title=Happy Birthday, Richard Wright!|website=NewsOne|date=4 September 2012 |access-date=30 October 2019}}
Malcolm X (1925–1965) – American Muslim minister and human rights activist, raised Adventist by his mother

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