Hugh Norman Ross (born July 24, 1945) is a Canadian astrophysicist, Christian apologist, and old-Earth creationist.

[5] Ross rejects both abiogenesis and evolution as explanations for the origin and history of life, contrary to the scientific consensus.

[7][8][9] Hugh Ross was born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia after moving there at the age of five.

[14] At 17 he began to serve as director of observations for Vancouver's Royal Astronomical Society and started examining religious texts.

[citation needed] While in Toronto, Ross began meeting with his fellow Christian students to share their faith.

[15][16][17][18] While at Caltech Ross met Dave Rogstad and joined his Bible study group, which included his future wife, Kathleen Ann Drake.

He attempts to use science to find common ground with people, including secular scientists who reject the idea of God.

[33] He rejects the young-Earth creationist positions that the earth is younger than 10,000 years and that the creation "days" of Genesis 1 represent literal 24-hour periods.

Ross agrees with the scientific community that any version of intelligent design is inadequate if it does not provide a testable hypothesis which can make verifiable and falsifiable predictions, and if not, it should not be taught in the classroom as science.