List of converts to Christianity from paganism

This is a list of notable converts to Christianity from pagan religions. Paganism is a term which, from a Western perspective, has come to connote a broad set of spiritual or cultic practices or beliefs of any folk religion, and of historical and contemporary polytheistic religions in particular.

While the term has historically been used to denote adherents of any non-Abrahamic faith, for the purposes of this list, only adherents of non-major polytheistic, shamanistic, pantheistic, or animistic religions will be listed in this section.

Irish paganism

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British/Germanic (excluding Norse) paganism

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Norse paganism

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Graeco-Roman Paganism

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Egyptian paganism

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  • Horapollo – leader of the few remaining pagan schools of Menouthis during Emperor Zeno's reign (474–491) who converted to Christianity after being tortured.[40]

Mideastern and Arabian paganism

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African traditional religions

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North American or Inuit

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New Zealand and Pacific Islands traditional religions

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European paganism (generic)

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Eastern European/ Slavic paganism

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Baltic paganism

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Finnic paganism

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