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This list deals with those who are notable in the history or culture of all Methodist churches. For other Methodists who are not notable in Methodist history or culture, see Category:Methodists.
Early women preachers[edit]
- Ulysses S. Grant – 18th President of the United States (1869–77)
- William McKinley – 25th President of the United States (1897-1901)
- George W. Bush - 43rd President of the United States (2001-2009)
- Alben W. Barkley - 35th vice-president of the United States (1949–53)
- Dick Cheney - 46th vice-president of the United States (2001–09)
- Chiang Kai-shek - Premier of China (1930–31, 1935–38, 1939–45, 1947) and President of the Republic of China (1948–49, 1950–75), the longest-serving non-royal ruler of China, having held the post for 46 years.
- Syngman Rhee - first President of Republic of Korea (1948–60)
- Nelson Mandela – President of South Africa (1994–99), South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist.
- Boris Trajkovski – second President of the Republic of Macedonia (1999-2004) and President of the Church Council of the Macedonian Evangelical Methodist Church.
- David Hallam – British Member of the European Parliament and Methodist Local Preacher
- Paul Boateng – lay preacher who became Britain's first black Cabinet minister in 1997
- Colin Breed – lay preacher and British Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet member
- Minnie Fisher Cunningham – helped found a Methodist church in New Waverly, Texas; political figure who worked to uplift the standard of living for the disenfranchised
- Isaac Foot – Vice President of the Methodist Conference (1937–38) and President of the Liberal Party (UK) (1947)
- John Karefa-Smart – Sierra Leonese foreign minister and Methodist elder
- Robert Newbald Kay – British Liberal MP. Also a member of the Methodist Conference who was important to the Methodist chapel in Acomb, North Yorkshire.
- Winnie Mandela - South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and social worker who was the wife of Nelson Mandela from 1958 to 1996.
- Edmund Marshall – Methodist local preacher, ecumenical adviser to the Bishop of Wakefield and former MP.
- Florence Paton – lay preacher, British Labour party
- Newton Rowell – leading lay figure in Canada's Methodist church and a politician
- Soong May-ling – First Lady of the Republic of China, wife of Chiang Kai-shek
- Frederick Stewart (Australian politician) – Australian Cabinet minister and lay preacher
- Taufa'ahau Tupou IV – lay preacher in the Free Wesleyan Church and former King of Tonga
- Feng Yuxiang – General of the Zhili Clique and later founder of the Guominjun, known as the "Christian General" and "Backstabbing General"
Writers (including hymn writers)[edit]
- William F. Albright (1891–1971) – Methodist archeologist who writes on Bible archaeology
- Jennie M. Bingham (1859 – 1933) – American author
- Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917) – Jamaican/British social reformer
- Adda Burch (1869–1929) – American teacher, missionary, activist, reporter
- Marietta Stanley Case (1845-1900) – American poet and temperance advocate
- Samuel Chadwick (1860–1932) – The Way to Pentecost
- Fanny Crosby – American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer[2]
- Elizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham (1831-1911) – American missionary, church worker, editor, translator
- Nannie Webb Curtis (1861-1920) – American essayist and editor (convert from Baptist)
- Susanna M. D. Fry (1841–1920) – American writer, editor
- Ann Griffiths (1776–1805) – Welsh poet and hymn writer (convert from Anglicanism)
- Phoebe Knapp (1839–1908) – Methodist hymn writer
- Harper Lee (1926–2016) – American author
- William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791) – Welsh Methodist hymn writer (Calvinistic Methodist and preacher)
- Amy Parkinson (1855-1938) – Canadian poet, hymnwriter
- Emma Rood Tuttle (1839–1916) – American author
Fictional characters[edit]
- Superman (Clark Kent) – Superman was raised Protestant by his adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent.[3]
- Supergirl (Linda Danvers) – Supergirl is an active Methodist. Her church's minister, Larry Varvel, was based on a real-life Methodist minister of the same name.
- Hank, Peggy, and Bobby Hill along with the majority of King of the Hill characters – attend Arlen First Methodist Church.
- Amanda Waller – The leader of the Suicide Squad and Checkmate in the DC Comics universe.
- Samuel and Rose Sayer – Methodist missionaries played by Robert Morley and Katharine Hepburn in John Huston's film adaption of C. S. Forester's novel, The African Queen.
- Scout Finch – Main character of To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. The Finch family is described in the first chapter as descended from an English Methodist, Simon Finch, who fled religious persecution and emigrated to Alabama. The Finches are also described as attending Maycomb's Methodist church, in contrast to other characters, such as Miss Maudie Atkins (Baptist) and Calpurnia (AME).
- ^ "José Míguez Bonino". World Council of Churches. July 4, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ Hendry, Micah (April 5, 2023). "Christians You Should Know: Fanny Crosby". Enjoying the Journey. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ "How Superman reflects religious themes as a symbol of hope, faith, and humanity". Fast Company. April 18, 2025. Archived from the original on May 5, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
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