Famous Person	How do we know they're pagan?
Donna Haraway (modern philosopher and sociologist)	May not be Pagan; refers to famous Pagan events and experiences in her work.
Audre Lorde (Black Lesbian Activist)	Writes about being a Goddess-worshipper
Alice Walker (bisexual poet and author, most famously of The Color Purple)	Says she is!
Virginia Woolf (1920s lesbian/author, especially of A Room of One's Own, To The Lighthouse, and Orlando)	Described herself and her circle of friends as "neo-pagans"
Adrienne Rich (feminist lesbian poet and activist)	Rumor has it...!
Susan Griffin (Artist and jeweler)	Evident in her work and her explanations of it
Diana Paxson (science fiction author)	Says so herself; was first officer of the Covenant of the Goddess for a while
Joanna Russ (genderbending sci-fi author)	Rumor has it...
Starhawk (Activist, Pagan leader, author)	Open Pagan leader.
Kate Orman (Australian sci-fi author)	Says so!
Z. Budapest (famous lesbian Pagan teacher writer etc.)	Open Pagan leader. (Dianic Wicca, to be exact)
Timothy Leary	Writes of it
Marion Zimmer Bradley	Rumored to be because her books (most notably _The Mists of Avalon_) have so much Pagan content; however, if she is Pagan in her personal life, she hasn't "come out of the broom closet." Known to be Episcopal, but there is a strong "Episco-Pagan" contingent. Also sisters-in-law with Diana Paxson; don't you love Pagan gossip? :)
Gael Baudino (lesbian author, mostly fantasy novels)	Was openly Wiccan, then left Dianic Wicca to go to the Quakers and worship the Goddess there.
Nicola Griffith (lesbian sci-fi author)	Says so & writes about it
Alix Dobkin (lesbian folksinger/musician)	Writes very Goddess-centered songs
Luisah Teish (Yoruban writer/teacher)	Open Pagan leader
Robert Heinlein (sci-fi author)	Not Pagan himself, but his book, _Stranger In A Strange Land_, spawned a whole new Pagan religion
Rosemary Edghill (lesbian mystery author)	Open Pagan author; her protagonist is a Witch
Andre Norton (fantasy author)	Writes very Pagan books
W. Somerset Maugham (author)	Anton LaVey says he was
Cybill Shepard (sitcom and movie actress)	Came out at the Golden Globe awards in 1995. First she "thanked God". Then she kind of stopped a minute - you could see she was making up her mind. She took a deep breath and said "And I want to thank the Great Mother Goddess for the gift of righteous anger and for all Her strength and inspiration. Blessed Be!" Later when she was interviewed she was asked what she was going to do after she got home, and she said "have a drink, get laid and cast a spell or two".
Terry Pratchett (hysterical surreal British fantasy author)	According to _Contemporary Paganism_ by Graham Harvey; Pratchett's books, especially _Lords and Ladies_, are full of Pagan humor.
Guy Gavriel Kay (sci-fantasy author)	Rumored to be
Brigitte Nielsen	According to a news article at Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
Fritz Leiber (sci-fantasy author)	Member of the Pagan group Freya's Folk; his obituary was listed in Circle Network News.

Last updated January 9th, 1998.
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