Full Idea
Anaxagoras was the first recorded atheist.
Gist of Idea
Anaxagoras was the first recorded atheist
Source
report of Anaxagoras (fragments/reports [c.460 BCE]) by Peter Watson - Ideas Ch.25
Book Reference
Watson,Peter: 'Ideas: from fire to Freud' [Phoenix 2006], p.695
A Reaction
He was a very lively character, right in the middle of the Athenian golden age.