# Matthias Knutzen

> Matthias Knutzen was a German critic of religion and the author of three atheistic pamphlets. In modern Western history, he is the first self-professed atheist known by name. Knutzen was called "The only person on record who openly professed and taught atheism" in the 1789 Student's Pocket Dictionary by Thomas Mortimer.

*German atheist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1646
- **Died:** 1674
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Matthias Knutzen](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Knutzen)
- [ماثيو كنوتزن](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%86)
- [Matthias Knutzen](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Knutzen)
- [Matthias Knutzen (Theologe)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Knutzen_(Theologe))
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- [Matthias Knutzen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Knutzen)
- [Matthias Knutzen](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Knutzen)
- [Matthias Knutzen](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Knutzen)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95717)

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