Converted to Islam From Atheism

    * Zhang Chengzhi - contemporary Hui Chinese author; raised as an atheist.
    * Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - British musician and singer (had a nominally Christian upbringing, but never was a believer)
    * Martin Lings - a widely acclaimed British scholar. He was raised as a Protestant, became an atheist, and later converted to Islam.
    * Mos Def - American rapper and actor.
    * Nursultan Nazarbayev - The incumbent President of Kazakhstan. Formerly held atheistic views during the Soviet era.
    * Jeffrey Lang