Abraham Lincoln (maybe not an athiest but...)
"The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma."

Einstein

Issac Asimov

Charles Darwin

Ben Franklin

I'm not sure if this answers your question, but there have been many great men in history who were athiests. But mainly as others have said, good deads should come from a person having morals, not because god told them too. I help people in need because... well hell it's our nature to help our brother. Why do people need to be scared into doing good. It's sad.
JaggedEdge Reviewed by JaggedEdge on . Atheism What non-mutual original doctrines that have contributed to the well being of anything have come directly from atheism, and atheism only. Now remember, this can't include buddhism, because if you know your history buddha was from a royal line. I know damn well his family had religion just like every other culture. So, from a sociological point of view; his ethics were influenced by the ethics of others who were ultimatley influenced by religion at one point or another. Now, I know the Rating: 5