List of pagans

This is a list of historical individuals notable for their pagan religion.

Arabic

Pagans among the Arabic peoples

Amr ibn Hishām, pagan leader
Epiphanius of Petra, pagan sophist and rhetorician
Theodora of Emesa, neoplatonist
Umayyah ibn Khalaf, pagan leader
Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, pagan leader

Baltic

Historic Baltic pagans:

Algirdas (died 1377), Lithuanian grand prince
Kęstutis, brother of Algirdas, killed 1382, for some time held title of grand prince of Lithuania after Algirdas' death
Nameisis (died after 1281), Semigallian duke
Viestards (died 1230), Semigallian duke
Vytautas the Great, grand duke of Lithuania and son of Kęstutis, baptized with his cousin Jogaila in 1386
Jogaila, king of Poland, baptized in 1386 and renamed Władysław II Jagiełło. Together with Vytautas they are the last pagan monarchs of Europe. He gave his name to the Jagiellon branch of Gediminids – one of largest dynasties in medieval Europe.

Celtic

Pagans among the ancient Celtic peoples (Roman Gaul, Roman Britain, Ireland)

Historic Celtic pagans:

Caratacus (born c. 10 AD), chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe which led the British resistance to the Roman Conquest
Boudica (born c. 30 AD–60 AD) Celtic warrior queen of the Iceni tribe who fought against the Roman oppression of Britain
Niall of the Nine Hostages (died c. 405), according to legend kidnapped St. Patrick as a youth
Lóegaire mac Néill (fl. c. 440s), according to Muirchu moccu Machtheni a "great, fierce, pagan emperor of the barbarians reigning in Tara"
Lughaid mac Loeguire (died c. 507)
Diarmait mac Cerbaill (died 585), according to Irish tradition the last high king of Ireland to follow the pagan rituals of inauguration
Gwenc'hlan, legendary as the last Breton bard and druid

Egyptian

Horapollo, 5th-century Egyptian pagan writer

Germanic

Historic Germanic pagans:

Albruna, Germanic seeress, prophetess, soothsayer
Aoric, Gothic pagan
Arbogast (died 394), Frankish general who tried to revive paganism in the Roman Empire
Ariaric, Gothic pagan
Arwald (died 686), last pagan ruler of the Isle of Wight, or any Anglo-Saxon kingdom
Atharid, Gothic pagan
Audofleda, pagan Gothic queen until her marriage
Athanaric (died 381), king of several branches of the Thervings for at least two decades in the 4th century
Björn Eriksson, king of Sweden
Blot-Sweyn, leader of the Swedish pagan renaissance in the 11th century
Coifi, priest of the temple at Goodmanham in the Kingdom of Northumbria in 627
Dagalaifus, pagan of Germanic descent who served as consul in 366
Eadbald (died 640), king of Kent
Eanfrith (590–634), king of Bernicia from 633 to 634 who reverted to paganism after becoming king
Ecgric (died c. 636), East Anglian king of an independent kingdom
Emund Eriksson, Swedish king
Eric of Good Harvests (died c. 1081), semi-historical successor to Blot-Sweyn, and the last pagan king in Scandinavia
Erik Ringsson, Swedish king and the son of Ring
Eric the Victorious (born c. 945 - died c. 995), Swedish monarch who became Christian but later reverted to paganism
Fravitta, pagan chieftain of the Visigoths
Ganna, Germanic prophetess and priestess (Seherin) of the Semnones tribe and a predecessor of Veleda
Gandalf Alfgeirsson, legendary king of the petty kingdom Alfheim, in south-eastern Norway and south-western Sweden^[1] He is portrayed in Snorri Sturluson's saga Heimskringla.
Gibuld (fl. c. 470), king of the Alamanni who freed hostages on the request of Saint Severinus of Noricum
Hermeric (died 441), king of the Suevi in Galicia
Haakon Sigurdsson (c. 937 – 995), de facto ruler of Norway from about 975 to 995 who was in favor of Norse paganism
Palnetoke, legendary pagan foster-father of Sweyn's
Peada of Mercia (died 656), son of Penda and a pagan until his conversion
Penda of Mercia (died 655), one of the last pagan Anglo-Saxon rulers of England
Radagaisus, pagan Gothic king
Redbad, last independent ruler of Frisia
Ragnachar, Frankish pagan petty king
Rechila, Suevic King of Galicia from 438 until his death
Ricberht, East Anglian king of an independent kingdom
Ring, Swedish king
Sæward, brother of Sexred
Sexred (died 626?), pagan king of the East Saxons who refused to accept Christianity, openly practiced paganism and gave permission to his subjects to worship their idols
Sigeberht the Little, king of Essex
Sigehere (died c. 688), joint king of the Kingdom of Essex along with his cousin Sæbbi
Sigrid the Haughty, first wife of Eric the Victorious
Sweyn Forkbeard (died 1014), pagan king of Denmark
Swithhelm, pagan king of Essex but converted to Christianity in 662
Tytila (died c. 616), semi-historical pagan king of East Anglia
Veleda, priestess and prophetess of the Bructeri tribe
Waluburg, Semnonian seeress in the service of the governor of Roman Egypt
Wehha, king of the East Angles
Widukind (died 808), pagan Saxon leader and the chief opponent of Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars
Wingurich, Gothic pagan
Wuffa, king of the East Angles

Graeco-Roman

Historic Graeco-Roman pagans:

Alexander the Great, king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia, with his death marking the start of the Hellenistic period. Alexander became legendary as a classical hero in the mold of Achilles, featuring prominently in the historical and mythical traditions of both Greek and non-Greek cultures.
Hadrian (76–138), completed the Temple of Olympian Zeus and was noted for strengthening ties between the Roman and Greek pantheons
Lucian of Samosata, writer and satirist
Decius, emperor who made efforts to increase public piety. Required sacrifices on his behalf which led to execution for those who refused, mostly non-pagans.
Diocletian, emperor noted for his piety and pagan views. Persecuted and executed Manicheans and Christians in an effort to support the Roman state religion.
Galerius, emperor who strongly supported Roman paganism. Thought to have been the primary driver behind the Diocletian persecutions of Manicheans and Christians in defense of Roman religion.
Porphyry, neoplatonist philosopher who argued strongly in favor of Roman paganism and opposed the rise of Christianity. Also wrote many treatises on Roman paganism and is attributed as the author of many more that are of more uncertain origin.
Iamblichus of Chalcis, disciple of Porphyry
Ammianus Marcellinus, 4th-century historian
Maurus Servius Honoratus, 4th-century grammarian
Julian (ruled 361–363), attempted to re-establish Roman paganism, initiating a "pagan revival" among a number of families of the Roman elite
Alypius of Antioch
Vettius Agorius Praetextatus (died 384)
Virius Nicomachus Flavianus (334–394)
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (c. 340 – c. 402), Roman senator who attempted to have the altar of Altar of Victory restored
Hypatia of Alexandria, neoplatonist philosopher, mathematician and astronomer, killed in 415 by a Christian mob
Nicomachus Flavianus (died after 432)
Eunapius, last hierophant of Eleusis
Martianus Capella, 5th-century author
Proclus (died 485), neoplatonist philosopher
Zosimus, 5th-century Byzantine historian
Damascius (c. 480 – died after 533), "the last of the neoplatonists"
Gemistus Pletho, 15th-century Byzantine philosopher
Salutius, 4th-century author of the treatise On the Gods and the Cosmos for Hellenic paganism
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus (died after 416), Roman imperial poet

Slavic

Turko-Mongolic

Hungarian

References

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