17. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna
Better known as Che Guevara – Argentinian doctor might have been born in a Catholic family, but he was always an atheist at heart. Being one of the leaders of the Cuban revolution (alongside brothers Fidel and Raul Castro) – nothing less could have been expected from the man. All his life, he has striven to liberate his oppressed Latin American brethren from the clutches of capitalism that had only brought cheap labor, economical dependence and poverty south of the US border. For his ideals, he has paid the ultimate price. Influenced by many notable people from his and before his time (including Marx), Che’s views on religion were pretty straightforward: “…In fact, if Christ himself stood in my way, I, like Nietzsche, would not hesitate to squish him like a worm.”
