List of Christian preachers

Early Church

 * Stephen (?–34) Stoned
 * James (?–44) Apostle
 * Barnabas (?–61) Disciple
 * Paul (5–67) Beheaded
 * Peter (?–67) Crucified
 * Mark (?–68) Gospel of Mark
 * Philemon (?–68) Recipient of the Epistle to Philemon
 * Luke (?–84) Four Evangelists
 * Timothy (17–97) Bishop of Ephesus
 * John (6–100) Book of Revelation
 * Silas (?–100) Silvanus of the Seventy
 * Ignatius (35–107) Apostolic Fathers
 * Titus (?–107) Bishop of Crete
 * Simeon (?–117) Jewish Christian
 * Polycarp (69–155) Bishop of Smyrna
 * Matthew (?) Apostle
 * Ananias (?) Sent to restore the sight of Saul of Tarsus
 * Apollos (?) Acts of the Apostles, 1 Corinthians
 * Priscilla and Aquila (?) Christian Missionary
 * Stephanas (?) Household baptized by the Apostle Paul

Roman Catholic

 * Peter Chrysologus (406–450)
 * Pope Leo I (400–461)
 * Fulgentius of Ruspe (c 462–533)
 * Martin of Braga (520–580)
 * Saint Boniface (675–754)
 * Saint Dominic (1170–1221)
 * Anthony of Padua (1195–1231)
 * Johannes Tauler German Dominican (1300–1361), his 80 sermons in German were read for centuries after his death
 * Oliver Maillard, French Franciscan (c.1430–1502)
 * Savonarola Italian Dominican (1452–1498) famous for the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence, finally executed for heresy
 * John of Capistrano (1386–1456), Italian Franciscan, working in Central Europe, where he led resistance to a Turkish invasion
 * Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419) Spanish Dominican
 * Bernardino of Siena (1380–1444), emotive Italian
 * Julian Maunoir (1606–1683) French Jesuit "Apostle of Brittany"
 * Tomasz Młodzianowski (1622–1686), Polish Jesuit
 * Paolo Segneri (1624–1694), Italian Jesuit
 * Junípero Serra, (1713–1784)
 * Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627–1704)
 * Louis Bourdaloue (1632–1704), Jesuit
 * Tobia Lionelli (1647–1714), Slovene in Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
 * Jean Baptiste Massillon (1663–1742)
 * Theobald Mathew (1790–1856), Irish Capuchin and temperance reformer
 * Aloysius Gentili (1801–48) Italian Rosminian, working in England
 * Charles Coughlin (1891–1979)
 * Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979)

Pre-Reformation

 * John Wycliffe (1320–1384) Lollards
 * Jan Hus (1369–1415)

Lutheran

 * Martin Luther (1483–1547) The Ninety-Five Theses
 * Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560)
 * Lars Levi Laestadius (1800–1861)
 * Bernt B. Haugan (1862)
 * C.F.W. Walther (1811–1887)
 * Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)
 * Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)
 * Walter A. Maier (1893–1950)
 * J.A.O. Preus II (1920–1994)
 * Gerhard Forde (1927–2005)
 * John Warwick Montgomery (1931-Present)
 * Rod Rosenbladt (1942–present)
 * Gerald B. Kieschnick (1943–present)
 * Mark Hanson (1946–present)
 * Matt Harrison (1962–present)

Calvinist

 * John Oecolampadius (1482–1531)
 * Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531)
 * Martin Bucer (1491–1551)
 * Peter Martyr Vermigli (1500–1562)
 * Wolfgang Musculus (1497–1563)
 * Andreas Hyperius (1511–1564)
 * John Calvin (1509–1564)
 * Guillaume Farel (1489–1565)
 * Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575)

Presbyterian

 * John Knox (1513–1572) Protestant Reformation
 * Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875)
 * Lyman Beecher (1799–1863)
 * Jonathan Goforth (1859–1936) Canadian Presbyterian Mission
 * Peter Marshall (1903–1949) New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
 * James Montgomery Boice (1938–2000) Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
 * Ian Paisley (1926–2014)
 * Frederick Buechner (1926–present)
 * D. James Kennedy (1930–2007) Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
 * R. C. Sproul (1939–2017) Ligonier Ministries
 * Tim Keller (1950–2023)

Anglican

 * Hugh Latimer (1470–1555) Oxford Martyrs
 * Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) Oxford Martyrs
 * Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626)
 * John Donne (1572–1631)
 * John Tillotson (1630–1694)
 * John Newton (1725–1807) Author of Amazing Grace
 * Laurence Sterne (1713–1759), mainly in book form
 * Samuel Clapham (known as Theophilus St. John) (1755–1830)
 * J. C. Ryle (1816–1900)
 * Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)
 * John Stott (1921–2011)
 * Dick Lucas (1925–present)
 * John Chapman (evangelist) (1930–2012)
 * Peter Jensen (1943–present)
 * Phillip Jensen (1945–present)
 * N. T. Wright (1948–present)
 * Michael Bruce Curry (1953–present)
 * Nicky Gumbel (1955–present)

Puritan

 * John Harvard (1607–1638)
 * Joseph Alleine (1634–1668)
 * John Davenport (1597–1670)
 * Matthew Henry (1662–1714)
 * Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)
 * G. Campbell Morgan (1863–1945)
 * Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981)

Baptist

 * Balthasar Hubmaier (1480–1528) (Anabaptist)
 * Roger Williams (1603–1684) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
 * John Bunyan (1628–1688) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
 * William Kiffin (1616–1701)
 * Benjamin Keach (1640–1704) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
 * John Gill (1697–1771) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
 * Isaac Backus (1724–1806)
 * Andrew Fuller (1754–1815)
 * Robert Hall (1764–1831)
 * William Carey (1761–1834) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
 * Christmas Evans (1755–1838)
 * William Miller (1782–1849)
 * Adoniram Judson (1788–1850) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
 * Nat Turner (1800-1831)
 * William Garrett Lewis (1834–1885)
 * Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) Metropolitan Tabernacle (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
 * John Alexis Edgren (1839–1908)
 * Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910)
 * Frances E. Townsley (1850–1909)
 * Oswald Chambers (1874–1917)
 * George W. Truett (1867–1944)
 * Harry A. Ironside (1876–1951)
 * J. Frank Norris (1877–1952)
 * Mordecai Ham (1877–1961)
 * Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) (Non Trinitarian, non confessional)
 * Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969)
 * George Beauchamp Vick (1901–1975)
 * John R. Rice (1895–1980)
 * Lester Roloff (1914–1982)
 * Joseph Harrison Jackson (1900–1990)
 * Curtis Hutson (1934–1995)
 * Jack Hyles (1926–2001)
 * Wally Criswell (1909–2002) Southern Baptist Convention
 * Stephen F. Olford (1918–2004)
 * Adrian Rogers (1931–2005)
 * Jerry Falwell (1933–2007)
 * Lee Roberson (1909–2007)
 * Neiliezhü Üsou (1941–2009)
 * Peter Ruckman (1921–2016)
 * Billy Graham (1918–2018) (non confessional)
 * Charles Stanley (1932–2023)
 * Albert N. Martin (1934–present)
 * Tony Campolo (1935–present)
 * Kent Hovind (1953–present)

Methodist

 * George Whitefield (1714–1770)
 * Daniel Rowland (1713–1790)
 * John Wesley (1703–1791)
 * Francis Asbury (1747–1816)
 * Peter Cartwright (1785–1873)
 * William Booth (1829–1912) The Salvation Army
 * Bob Jones, Sr. (1883–1968) Bob Jones University
 * Leslie Weatherhead (1893–1976)
 * William Willimon (1946–present)

Independent

 * Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700–1760), Moravian Church
 * Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899) Moody Bible Institute
 * R. A. Torrey (1856–1928) Church of the Open Door
 * Billy Sunday (1862–1935) Evangelist
 * A.W. Tozer (1897–1963) Christian and Missionary Alliance
 * J. Vernon McGee (1904–1988) Church of the Open Door
 * Walter Martin (1928–1989) Christian Research Institute
 * Paris Reidhead (1919–1992) Christian and Missionary Alliance
 * Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994) Evangelist
 * David Wilkerson (1931–2011) Times Square Church
 * Chuck Smith (1927–2013) Calvary Chapel
 * John MacArthur (1939–present) Grace Community Church
 * Ravi Zacharias (1946–2020) Christian apologist
 * John Piper (1946–present)

Seventh-day Adventist

 * Joseph Bates (1792–1872) Great Disappointment
 * James White (1821–1881) Adventist Review
 * John Nevins Andrews (1829–1883) Andrews University
 * Ellen G. White (1827–1915) Conflict of the Ages (book series)
 * James Edson White (1849–1928) Review and Herald Publishing Association
 * H.M.S. Richards, Sr. (1894–1985) Voice of Prophecy
 * George Vandeman (1916–2000) It Is Written
 * Mark Finley (1945–present) It Is Written

Church of Christ

 * Walter Scott (1796–1861)
 * Batsell Baxter (1886–1956)
 * Marshall Keeble (1878–1968)
 * Batsell Barrett Baxter (1916–1982)
 * Ira North (1892–1984)
 * Kenneth W. Wright (1945–present)

Pentecostal

 * Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947) Pentecostalism
 * William J. Seymour (1870–1922) Azusa Street Revival
 * Charles Parham (1873–1929) Speaking in tongues
 * F. F. Bosworth (1877–1958)
 * Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944) Foursquare Church
 * William Branham (1909–1965) Faith Healer, prophet
 * A. A. Allen (1911–1970)
 * James Gordon Lindsay (1906–1973) Faith Healer
 * Kathryn Kuhlman (1907–1976) Faith Healer
 * Derek Prince (1915–2003) Faith, spiritual warfare, demonology
 * Kenneth E. Hagin (1917–2003) Word of Faith
 * Jack Coe (1918–1956)
 * Oral Roberts (1918–2009) Oral Roberts University
 * Yiye Ávila (1925–2013)
 * Marcus Lamb (1957–2021) Pentecostalism, televangelist
 * Morris Cerullo (1931–2020) Pentecostalism, evangelist
 * Jimmy Swaggart (1935–present) Assemblies of God
 * David Yonggi Cho (1936–present) Yoido Full Gospel Church, Assemblies of God Discipleship, church Growth
 * Jim Bakker (1940–present) Tammy Bakker (1942–2007) Assemblies of God televangelists
 * Reinhard Bonnke (1940–2019) evangelist
 * William Kumuyi (1941–present)
 * Ezekiel H. Guti (1923–2023) Forward in Faith Ministries International
 * Steven Furtick (1980–present)

Charismatic

 * Paul Cain (1929–2019) Kansas City Prophets
 * John Wimber (1934–1997) Vineyard Movement
 * Kenneth Copeland (1936–present) Eagle Mountain International Church
 * Benson Idahosa (1938–1998) Word of Faith
 * Enoch Adeboye (1942–present) Redeemed Christian Church of God, Servant of Yahweh
 * Joyce Meyer (1943–present)
 * Benny Hinn (1952–present) Prosperity theology
 * David Oyedepo (1954–present) Living Faith Church Worldwide
 * T.D. Jakes (1957–present) Prosperity theology
 * Nicholas Duncan-Williams (1957–present) Faith, Spiritual Warfare, Prayer
 * Mensa Otabil (1959–present) Prosperity theology
 * Dag Heward-Mills (1963–present) Evangelist & Crusades, Church Growth, Church Planting, Loyalty & Disloyalty
 * Joseph Prince (1963–present) Prosperity theology
 * Joel Osteen (1963–present) Prosperity theology
 * Chris Oyakhilome (1963–present) Christ Embassy
 * General Butt Naked (1971–present) the End Time Train Evangelistic Ministries Inc.

Preachers with secular professions

 * Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787–1851)
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
 * William Gannaway Brownlow (1805–1877)
 * James Garfield (1831–1881)
 * Eric Liddell (1902–1945)
 * Hugh Beaumont (1903–1984)
 * Carl Stuart Hamblen (1908–1989)
 * Jerry Clower (1926–1998)
 * Fred Rogers (1928–2003)
 * Bill Moyers (1935–present)
 * Joe Simon (1936–2021)
 * John Danforth (1936–present)
 * Grady Nutt (1937–1982)
 * Solomon Burke (1940–2010)
 * Ted DiBiase (1954-present)
 * Clifton Davis (1945–present)
 * Al Green (1946–present)
 * Eddie Holman (1946–present)
 * Jesse Jackson (1941–present)
 * Bernice King (1963–present)
 * George Foreman (1949–present)
 * Mike Huckabee (1955–present)
 * Al Sharpton (1954–present)
 * Ernie Fletcher (1956–present)
 * Reggie White (1961–2004)
 * John Battle (1962–present)
 * Richard Rossi (1963–present)
 * Pebbles (1964–present)
 * John Blue (1966–present)
 * Raphael Warnock (1969–present)
 * Kirk Cameron (1970–present)
 * Montell Jordan (1968-present)
 * Napoleon Kaufman (1973–present)
 * Kel Mitchell (1978–present)
 * Freddie Stone (1947–present)
 * Darryl Strawberry (1962–present)
 * Derwin Gray (1971–present)
 * Vanity (1959–2016)
 * Kurtis Blow (1959-present)
 * Jay Underwood (1968-present)
 * Warryn Campbell (1975-present) *
 * Demond Wilson (1946-present) *
 * Rosey Grier (1932-present) *