I think Isaac Newton was a Christian, but I don't get what religion has to do with smart celebritism.

I can name more than a few. 1) Reverend Dr. Peter Marshall (27 May 1902 - January 26, 1949) twice served as Chaplain of the United States Senate. 2) Catherine Marshall, his wife, wrote the best-selling books, "Christy" and "A Man Called Peter", a biography of her husband, Dr. Peter Marshall. From the website http://forerunner.com/mandate/X0075_Can_Scientists_Be_Ch.html, Dr Henry Morris writes about three noted scientists who were Christians: 3) George Washington Carver (1864-1943) was an agricultural chemist considered the world's top authority on peanuts, sweet potatoes and their products. Born a slave in the southern part of the United States, he worked his way through college in the north. He returned to the south, desiring to devote his life to improving the quality of southern farm lands and the economic prosperity of his people. As a faculty member at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, he turned down a number of much more lucrative offers, as the fame of his genius as an agricultural chemist spread. He developed more than 300 products from the peanut and more than 115 from the sweet potato, which were largely responsible for saving the southern part of the United States from economic disaster. Carver was also a sincere and humble Christian, never hesitating to confess his faith in the God of the Bible and attributing all his success and ability to God. In 1939, Carver, who was black, was awarded the Roosevelt medal, with the following citation: "To a scientist humbly seeking the guidance of God and a liberator to men of the white race as well as the black." 4) Dr. Werner von Braun (1912-1977) One of the world's top space scientists. With a Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in Germany, von Braun was a leading German rocket engineer, developing the famed V-2 rocket during World War II. He migrated to the United States in 1945, becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1955. He directed U.S. guided missile development for several years and eventually became director of NASA. 5) Charles Stine (1882-1954) was for many years director of research for the E.I. duPont Company. As an organic chemist with many degrees and honors, he developed many new products and patents for his company. He was a man of top eminence in his field and a believing Christian. He frequently spoke to scientific and university audiences concerning his faith and authored the book, A Chemist and His Bible. After a stirring exposition of the Gospel and an appeal to accept Jesus, Dr. Stine gave this testimony of the Creator: "The world about us, far more intricate than any watch, filled with checks and balances of a hundred varieties, marvelous beyond even the imagination of the most skilled scientific investigator, this beautiful and intricate creation, bears the signature of its Creator, graven in its work." Here's Amazon.com's description of the book "Christian Men of Science": In this day of the atheistic or agnostic stereotype that is attached to the man of science, it is refreshing to study the lives of eleven great scientists who professed Christ as their Lord and Savior. In these short biographies, we are presented with a distilled version of each man’s scientific accomplishments and the evidences of his Christian faith. These testimonies demonstrate that true scientists can be genuine Christians, and that faith in God and the authority of the Bible is not a sign of inferior intellect. This includes biographies of Johannes Kepler, Robert Boyle, David Brewster, Michael Faraday, Samuel Morse, Matthew Fontaine Maury, James Clerk Maxwell, Lord Kelvin, Howard Kelley, Henry Morris, and Walt Brown. About the Author 7) George Mulfinger, Jr. earned his B. A. in chemistry and his M. S. in physics. As a college Professor, he taught astronomy, geology, physics, philosophy, and logic. He served on the Board of Directors of the Creation Research Society and co-authored a series of creation science textbooks. 8) Julia Mulfinger Orozco is the sixth child of George and Joan Mulfinger. Julia graduated with a degree in Humanities and has taught English, elementary school, and music. She lives in Mexico where her husband pastors a church. http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Men-Science-George-Mulfinger/dp/1932307222 More information about some of the above-mentioned eleven men from Wikipedia: 9) Kepler:(December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630) was a German Lutheran mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century astronomical revolution. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astronomy. 10) Robert Boyle (25 January 1627 – 30 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor, and early gentleman scientist, noted for his work in physics and chemistry. He is best known for the formulation of Boyle's law. Although his research and personal philosophy clearly has its roots in the alchemical tradition, he is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist. He is very famous in the science world for being the first scientist that kept accurate experiment logs. Among his works, "The Sceptical Chymist" is seen as a cornerstone book in the field of chemistry. 11) Sir David Brewster,FRS, (11 December 1781 – 10 February 1868) was a Scottish scientist, inventor and writer. 12) Michael Faraday, FRS (September 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of that time) who contributed significantly to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. 13) Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, and co-inventor (with Alfred Vail) of the Morse Code. 14) Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873), USN - American astronomer, astrophysicist, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, educator. 15) James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematician and theoretical physicist. His most significant achievement was formulating a set of equations — eponymously named Maxwell's equations — that for the first time expressed the basic laws of electricity and magnetism in a unified fashion. 16) William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century. 17) Henry Madison Morris, Ph.D. (October 6, 1918 – February 25, 2006) was an American young earth creationist, Christian apologist and hydraulic engineer. As founder of the Creation Research Society and the Institute of Creation Research, he is considered by many to be the "father of modern creation science." From the website http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/newsletter/2001/jan05.html 18) Galileo Galilei, though famous for his scientific achievements in astronomy, mathematics, and physics and infamous for his controversy with the church was, in fact, a devout Christian who saw not a divorce of religion and science but only a healthy marriage: "God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word." 19) Dr. Isaac Newton - Newton wrote on Judaeo-Christian prophecy, whose decipherment was essential, he thought, to the understanding of God. His book on the subject, which was reprinted well into the Victorian Age, represented lifelong study. Its message was that Christianity went astray in the 4th century AD, when the first Council of Nicaea propounded erroneous doctrines of the nature of Christ. The full extent of Newton's unorthodoxy was recognized only in the present century: but although a critic of accepted Trinitarian dogmas and the Council of Nicaea, he possessed a deep religious sense, venerated the Bible and accepted its account of creation. In late editions of his scientific works he expressed a strong sense of God's providential role in nature. http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newtlife.html 20) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Enough said. Genius cuts across all lines. I don't believe there's a correlation between Christianity and genius (or stupidity, for that matter) Many people who are Christians choose to keep quiet about their faith in God rather than have the world stomp all over and ridicule their beliefs.

Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) was the outstanding Christian philosopher and theologian of the eleventh century famous for his "proof" of God's existence. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/anselm/

I can name one who professed to be a Christian, Sir Isaac Newton. Whether he was truly born again or not is between he and the Lord and only the Lord really knows, but Newton did indeed profess to be a Christian. C.S. Lewis was also a professed Christian who wrote quite a few apolegetics and fictional stories as well such as 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series. I hope that this is helpful. :) +pts for the good question as well. :D -In the Master's service. Thank you and God bless you!

My favorite is Mother Theresa. But then, she was a Gypsy so there is another good thing going for her.

Twelve million Mormons are intimately familiar with these lives of devotion to Christ and dedication to the Church.: 1 Joseph Smith 1830-1844 2 Brigham Young 1847-1877 3 John Taylor 1880-1887 4 Wilford Woodruff 1887-1898 5 Lorenzo Snow 1898-1901 6 Joseph F. Smith 1901-1918 7 Heber J. Grant 1918-1945 8 George Albert Smith 1945-1951 9 David O. McKay 1951-1970 10 Joseph Fielding Smith 1970-1972 11 Harold B. Lee 1972-1973 12 Spencer W. Kimball 1973-1985 13 Ezra Taft Benson 1985-1994 14 Howard W. Hunter 1994-1995 15 Gordon B. Hinckley 1995-present

Some Christians who are still well-known by many Christians today include: St. Augustine -- 5th century A.D., classic works still available John Bunyan -- author of classic books including "The Pilgrim's Progress" John Calvin -- Reformation Leader in Switzerland Martin Luther -- Reformation Leader Jonathan Edwards -- Leader of Puritans in 18th century America John Newton -- author of "Amazing Grace" and other hymns Isaac Watts- great writer of many well-known hymns including "Joy to the World" and "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" John Wycliffe -- translator of the first Bible in English William Tyndale -- another translator of the Bible into English; Tyndale Publishing Company is named after him. Billy Graham -- 20th century Evangelist Dwight L. Moody -- late 19th century Evangelist Billy Sunday -- early 20th century Evangelist, great influencer of the temperance/prohibitionist movement in America Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- young German theologian in Nazi Germany