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List of Deists

This is a partial list of believers in Deism - the belief that the universe was created by a God who then made no further intervention in its affairs. They have been selected for their influence on that religion, or for their fame in other areas.

Denis Diderot
Benjamin Franklin
William Hogarth
David Hume
Thomas Jefferson
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
John Locke
James Madison
Thomas Paine
Baruch Spinoza
Voltaire
George Washington

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