Famous Mennonites
Celebrity, Influential, Well Known, Notable Mennonites

• Menno Simmons - Menno Simons was a former Catholic priest in the Netherlands whose teachings grew into the Mennonite denomination
• Martin Boehm - co-founder of the United Brethren Church (formerly a Mennonite preacher)
• JC Chasez - singer with popular boy band N'SYNC
• Milton Hershey - founder of Hershey Chocolates
• Brendan Fehr - actor; Final Destination; TV series Roswell, etc. (devout)
• Lois Smith - actress; Grapes of Wrath, Minority Report, etc. (Mennonite roots)
• J.L. Kraft - founder of Kraft cheese company
• Major Dick Winters from Band of Brothers (raised Mennonite)
• Matt Groening - creator of the long-running animated series "The Simpsons" (Groening's father - the model for the "Homer" character - was raised as a Mennonite)
• Rembrandt - famous painter (Dutch Reformed member, but had "close fellowship" with Mennonites)
• Dan Kreider - professional football player for Pittsburgh Steelers (raised Mennonite)
• Dan Snyder - professional hockey player for Atlanta Thrashers (NHL)
• Erie Sauder - founder of Sauder Woodworking, one of largest furniture makers in U.S.
• Maria Gloria Penayo de Duarte Frutos - First Lady of Paraguay
• Floyd Landis - bicyclist; was on Lance Armstrong's winning team in Tour de France (raised Mennonite)
• Graham Kerr - started "The Galloping Gourmet"
• Greg Brennamen - current CEO of Burger King, former CEO of Continental (raised Mennonite)
• Jeff Hostetler - professional football player; quarterback (NFL)
• Larry Sheets - professional baseball player; played for Orioles, Tigers, Mariners
• Miriam Toews - author
• Orie J. Eigsti - developed seedless watermelon
• Owen Gingerich - senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• Robin Regehr - professional hockey player for Calgary Flames
• William Rittenhouse - owned first printing press in America (in Germantown, PA); first director of US Mint, appointed by George Washington
• Brian Doerksen - worship leader. Graduated from Mennonite Educational Institute.

A major source for this page was the "Famous Mennonite" page created by jamesnw, posted on the Goshen College website at: http://famousmennos.googlepages.com/index.html (previously at: http://www.goshen.edu/~jamesnw/menno/)