Famous Humanists You May Know If you are a humanist, you are in very good company! Below is a small list of SOME FAMOUS HUMANISTS THROUGHTOUT HISTORY... — Isaac Asimov — Confucius — Mark Twain — Albert Einstein Many Nobel-prize winners. Existentialists, such as Jean-Paul Sartre, have also been Humanists. Here are some quotes from some of our favorite humanists... Isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it? — Richard Dawkins When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it. — Carl Sagan I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty. —Albert Einstein