List of vegetarians

This is a list of people who have permanently adopted a vegetarian diet at some point during their life.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Former vegetarians and those whose status is disputed are not included on this list.

The following list does not include vegetarians who are identified as vegan—those who do not consume produce that utilise animal derivatives such as eggs and dairy—who are listed separately at List of vegans.

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Name	Occupation	Country	Source
Chris Adler	Musician, drummer of Lamb of God	United States	^[5]
Agathocles	Political grindcore musical band	Belgium	^[6]
Shmuel Yosef Agnon	Writer	Israel	^[7]^{: 171–172}
Dianna Agron	Actress	United States	^[8]^[9]
Eden Ahbez	Musician	United States	^[10]^: 171^[11]^[12]
William Andrus Alcott	Physician	United States	^[10]^: 34–44^[13]
Sam Altman	Entrepreneur	United States	^[14]^[15]
Michael Amott	Musician	Sweden	^[16]
And Then There Were None	Rock band	United States	^[17]
Johan Angergård	Musician, owner of Labrador Records	Sweden	^[18]
Lauren Anderson	Model	United States	^[19]
Anthony the Great	Christian saint	Egypt	^[20]^: 22–23^{[nb 1]}
Álex Anwandter	Musician, director	Chile	^[22]
Apollonius of Tyana	Philosopher	Greece	^[23]^: 30–35
Christina Applegate	Actress	United States	^[24]^[25]^{[unreliable source?]}
Johnny Appleseed	Nurseryman	United States	^[10]^: 6–7^[26]^[27]^{: 184–186, 307–310}
Joan Armatrading	Musician	United Kingdom	^[28]
Ólafur Arnalds	Musician	Iceland	^[29]
Ashoka the Great	Emperor	India	^[23]^: 75–77^[30]^: 14–15^[31]^: 22–23^[32]^: 19–20^[33]^: 55–57
Emilie Autumn	Singer-songwriter, poet, violinist, actress	United States	^[34]
Thaila Ayala	Actress	Brazil	^[35]
Amitabh Bachchan	Actor	India	^[36]
Vidya Balan	Actress	India	^[37]
Nic Balthazar	Film director	Belgium	^[38]
Jacob Bannon	Musician, member of Converge	United States	^[39]
John Banville	Writer	Ireland	^[40]
Arnaldo Baptista	Musician	Brazil	^[41]
Bob Barker	Game show host	United States	^[42]
Samantha Barks	Actress, singer	Isle of Man	^[43]
Brandon Barnes	Musician, drummer of Rise Against	United States	^[44]
Basil of Caesarea	Bishop	Turkey	^[20]^{: 159–160}^[45]^: 78
Rabia Basri	Mystic	Iraq	^[46]^[47]
Joseph Bates	Co-founder of Seventh-day Adventist Church	United States	^[48]
Franco Battiato	Singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker	Italy	^[49]
Beatle Bob	Dancer, St. Louis local figure	United States	^[50]
Jeff Beck	Musician	United Kingdom	^[51]
Nick Beggs	Musician	United Kingdom	^[52]
Conrad Beissel	Religious leader	Germany	^[10]^: 3
Kristen Bell	Actress	United States	^[53]
Raja Bell	Sportsman	United States	^[54]
Brie Bella	Professional wrestler, actress, WWE Ambassador	United States	^[55]
Jo Bench	Bassist	United Kingdom	^[56]
Anthony Benezet	Abolitionist and educator	United States	^[57]
Tony Benn	Politician	United Kingdom	^[58]^[59]
Hilary Benn	Politician	United Kingdom	^[60]
J. D. Beresford	Novelist	United Kingdom	^[61]
Elizabeth Berkley	Actress	United States	^[62]
Annie Besant	Writer	United Kingdom	^[30]^: 99–107
Traci Bingham	Actress	United States	^[63]
Maximilian Bircher-Benner	Physician	Switzerland	^[64]
John Bishop	Comedian	United Kingdom	^[65]^[66]^[67]
Barry Black	Clergyman	United States	^[68]^[69]
Pippa Black	Actress	Australia	^[70]
Tony Blackburn	Disc jockey	United Kingdom	^[71]
Zach Blair	Musician, guitarist of Rise Against	United States	^[72]
Alexa Bliss	Professional wrestler	United States	^[73]
Jeffrey Block	Buddhist monk and translator	United States	^[74]
Reginald Horace Blyth	Author	United Kingdom	^[75]
Kees Boeke	Missionary	Netherlands	^[76]^: 240
Beau Bokan	Musician and singer, frontman of Blessthefall	United States	^[77]
Marc Bolan	Musician	United Kingdom	^[78]
Michael Bolton	Musician	United States	^[79]
Surya Bonaly	Skater	France	^[80]
Bramwell Booth	Chief of the Staff and General of The Salvation Army	United Kingdom	^[81]
William Booth	Preacher, Founder of The Salvation Army	United Kingdom	^[82]
Nathaniel Borenstein	Computer scientist	United States	^[83]^[84]
Magnus Børmark	Musician	Norway	^[85]
Wouter Bos	Politician	Netherlands	^{[nb 2]}
Viktor Bout	Arms dealer, entrepreneur	Russia	^[87]^[88]
Josh Bradford	Guitarist for Silverstein	Canada	^[89]^{[unreliable source?]}
Constantin Brâncuși	Sculptor, painter and photographer, pioneer of modernism	Romania	^[90]^: 228
Gyles Brandreth	Writer and politician	United Kingdom	^[91]
Justin Lee Brannan	Artist, community activist, organizer	United States	^[92]
Claudia de Breij	Comedian	Netherlands	^{[nb 3]}
Eva Briegel	Singer	Germany	^[94]^{[unreliable source?]}
Christie Brinkley	Model, actress	United States	^[95]
Peter Brock	Motor racing driver	Australia	^[96]
Fenner Brockway	Politician	United Kingdom	^[97]^[98]
Joseph Brotherton	Politician	United Kingdom	^[99]
Luitzen E.J. Brouwer	Mathematician	Netherlands	^[76]^: 236
Chris Browne	Cartoonist	United States	^[100]
Kathalijne Buitenweg	Politician	Netherlands	^[101]
Héctor Buitrago	Co-member of the Latin alternative band Aterciopelados	Colombia	^[102]^[103]
Bully	Rock band	United States	^[104]
Tahita Bulmer	Singer-songwriter for electronic band New Young Pony Club	United Kingdom	^[105]
George Burdi	Musician and white supremacist	Canada	^[106]
Peter Burwash	Tennis player	Canada	^[107]
Kate Bush	Musician	United Kingdom	^[108]
Lauren Bush	Model, designer	United States	^[109]^[110]^[111]^[112]^{[unreliable source?]}
John Campbell	Bassist for Lamb of God	United States	^[5]
Nacho Cano	Arranger, composer, musician, record producer	Spain	^[113]
Julia Carling	Journalist	United Kingdom	^[114]
Belinda Carlisle	Singer	United States	^[115]^{[unreliable source?]}
Edward Carpenter	Poet	United Kingdom	^[32]^: 79–80^[116]^{: 256–266, 276}
Ben Carson	Neurosurgeon	United States	^[117]
Chris Carter	Musician	United Kingdom	^[118]
Paul Carton	Physician	France	^[119]
Cathy Cassidy	Author	United Kingdom	^[120]
Dan Castellaneta	Voice actor	United States	^[121]
Saint Catherine of Siena	Theologian	Italy	^[20]^{: 167–168}^[45]^: 89
Stephanie Cayo	Actress, singer, model	Peru	^[122]
Ceschi	Musician	United States	^[123]
Stephen Chan Chi Wan	Businessman	Hong Kong	^[124]
Agustina Cherri	Actress, dancer, model	Argentina	^[125]^[126]
Jacky Cheung	Singer	Hong Kong	^[127]
Sri Chinmoy	Poet	India	^[128]
Julie Christie	Actress	United Kingdom	^[129]^[130]
Saint John Chrysostom	Early Church Father	Turkey	^[45]^: 79^[116]^: 124
Daniël de Clercq	Socialist	Netherlands	^[131]
Sue Coe	Artist	United Kingdom	^[132]
J. M. Coetzee	Writer	South Africa	^[133]^: 63–65^[134]
Rabbi David Cohen	Rabbi	Israel	^[7]^: 172^[135]
She'ar Yashuv Cohen	Rabbi	Israel	^[7]^{: 172–173}^[135]
John Coltrane	Musician	United States	^[136]
Pat Condell	Writer	United Kingdom	^{[nb 4]}
Confucius	Philosopher	China	^[138]^[139]^[140]
Consolidated	Radical activist music group	United States	^[141]
Jeremy Corbyn	Politician	United Kingdom	^[142]
Liam Cormier	Musician	United States	^[143]
Isabelle Cornish	Actress	Australia	^[144]
Hugo Brandt Corstius	Author	Netherlands	^[145]
Elvis Costello	Musician	United Kingdom	^[146]
Roger Crab	Haberdasher	United Kingdom	^[147]^: 26–38
Stafford Cripps	Politician	United Kingdom	^[148]^[149]
Ernest Howard Crosby	Writer	United States	^[10]^{: 143–147}
Attila Csihar	Extreme metal musician	Hungary	^[150]^[151]
Alfonso Cuarón	Film director	Mexico	^[152]
Mark Cuban	Entrepreneur	United States	^[153]
Rivers Cuomo	Musician	United States	^[154]
Peter Cushing	Actor	United Kingdom	^[155]
Leonardo da Vinci	Polymath	Republic of Florence	^[156]
Eugen d'Albert	Musician	Germany	^{[nb 5]}
John Darnielle	Musician, novelist	United States	^[158]
Georg Friedrich Daumer	Poet	Germany	^[159]^{: 282–286}
Dave Davies	Musician	United Kingdom	^[160]
Ray Davies	Musician	United Kingdom	^[161]
Zsombor Deak	Triathlete	Romania	^[162]
John Dear	Catholic priest, Christian pacifist, vegetarianism advocate	United States	^[163]
Brad Delp	Singer-songwriter, frontman of Boston and RTZ	United States	^[164]
Eugenio Derbez	Television actor, director	Mexico	^[165]
Morarji Desai	4th Prime Minister of India	India	^[166]
Floortje Dessing	Presenter	Netherlands	^[167]
Torrey DeVitto	Actress, musician, former fashion model	United States	^[168]^[169]
Thomas Di Leva	Singer-songwriter	Sweden	^[170]
Julieta Díaz	Actress	Argentina	^[171]
Dave Dictor	Musician	United States	^[172]
Mike Dirnt	Musician	United States	^[173]^{[unreliable source?]}
Donovan	Musician	United Kingdom	^[174]
Eliza Doolittle	Musician	United Kingdom	^[175]^[176]^{[unreliable source?]}^[177]
David D'Or	Musician	Israel	^[178]
Julien Doré	Singer-songwriter, musician, actor	France	^[179]^[180]
Desmond Doss	Combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient	United States	^[181]
Pia Douwes	Actress	Netherlands	^[93]
Hugh Dowding	Officer in the Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	^[182]
Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding	Animal rights activist	United Kingdom	^[183]^{: 137–151}
Anna Drijver	Model	Netherlands	^[184]
Isadora Duncan	Dancer	United States	^[185]
Michael Clarke Duncan	Actor	United States	^[186]^{[unreliable source?]}
Frederik van Eeden	Writer	Netherlands	^[187]
Greg Egan	Writer	Australia	^[188]
Michael Eisner	Businessman	United States	^[189]
Mattias Eklundh	Musician	Sweden	^[190]
Emmanuel	Singer	Mexico	^[191]
Emmylou Harris	Musician	United States	^[192]
Empedocles of Acragas	Ancient Greek philosopher	Greece	^[23]^: 30–32^[45]^: 41–42^[116]^: 64–66
Guy Endore	Writer	United States	^[193]
Selma Ergeç	Actress	Turkey	^[194]
En Esch	Musician	Germany	^[195]
Joshua Evans	Quaker minister	United States	^[196]^: 40^[10]^: 7
Henri W.PH.E. van den Bergh van Eysinga	Writer	Netherlands	^[76]^: 228
Brian Fair	Vocalist for metal band Shadows Fall	United States	^[197]^{[unreliable source?]}
Cosey Fanni Tutti	Performance artist, musician, writer	United Kingdom	^[118]
Corey Feldman	Actor	United States	^[198]^{[unreliable source?]}
Marty Feldman	Comedian	United Kingdom	^[199]
Adam Ferguson	Philosopher	United Kingdom	^[159]^: 208^[200]^{: 204–206}
Vanessa Ferlito	Actress	United States	^[201]
Marsilio Ficino	Philosopher	Italy	^[202]
Doug Fieger	Musician	United States	^[203]
Thomas Gabriel Fischer	Metal musician who led the groups Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Triptykon	Switzerland	^[204]
Harley Flanagan	Founding member and former bassist of the crossover thrash band Cro-Mags.	United States	^[205]
Alba Flores	Actress	Spain	^[206]
Flux of Pink Indians	Anarcho-punk/post-punk band	United Kingdom	^[207]
Jerome Flynn	Actor	United Kingdom	^[208]
Jonathan Safran Foer	Writer	United States	^[209]
Alina Foley	Actress	United States	^[210]^{[unreliable source?]}
Alan Ford	Actor	United Kingdom	^[211]^[212]
Desmond Ford	Evangelical Christian	Australia	^[213]^[214]
Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster	Astronomer	United Kingdom	^[147]^{: 374–375}
J. D. Fortune	Musician	Canada	^[215]
Jorja Fox	Actress	United States	^[216]^[217]^{[unreliable source?]}
Sage Francis	Rapper	United States	^[218]^{[unreliable source?]}
Saint Francis of Paola	Mendicant friar	Italy	^[20]^: 146
Nat Friedman	Programmer	United States	^[219]
Edgar Froese	German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream	Germany	^[220]
Sadie Frost	Actress	United Kingdom	^[221]^{[unreliable source?]}
John Galliano	Fashion designer	United Kingdom	^[222]^{[unreliable source?]}
Mahatma Gandhi	Leader of the Indian independence movement	India	^[223]^: xii^[224]
Gao Yuanyuan	Actress	China	^[225]^{[unreliable source?]}
Jerry Garcia	Singer-songwriter and guitarist	United States	^[226]
Germán Garmendia	YouTuber	Chile	^[227]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Nicky Garratt	Musician, chef	United Kingdom	^[228]
Antoni Gaudí	Architect	Spain	^[229]
John Gay	Poet and dramatist	United Kingdom	^[159]^{: 115–119}
Teri Gender Bender	Musician	United States	^[230]
Geoffrey Giuliano	Actor	United States	^[231]
Philip Glass	Composer	United States	^[232]
Kevin Godley	Musician	United Kingdom	^[233]
Daniel Goldhagen	Author, professor, political scientist	United States	^[234]
Bobcat Goldthwait	Comedian	United States	^[235]
Lewis Gompertz	Animal rights advocate	United Kingdom	^[236]
Jorge González	Musician, former leader of the band Los Prisioneros	Chile	^[237]
João Gordo	Singer-songwriter	Brazil	^[238]
Shlomo Goren	Rabbi	Israel	^[7]^{: 104, 173–174}^[135]
Lawrence Gowan	Musician	Canada	^[239]
Mckenna Grace	Actress	United States	^[240]^{[unreliable source?]}
Sylvester Graham	Dietary reformer	United States	^[10]^: 15–70^[30]^{: 141–148}
Percy Grainger	Musician	Australia	^[241]^: 78–79
Dion Graus	Politician	Netherlands	^[242]
Derrick Green	Extreme metal vocalist for Sepultura	United States	^[243]
Gail Greenwood	Musician	United States	^[244]
Dick Gregory	Comedian	United States	^[30]^{: 215–218}
Amanda Griffin	Model	Philippines	^[245]
Angela Groothuizen	Singer	Netherlands	^[246]
Benjamin Grosvenor	Musician	United Kingdom	^[247]
Vida Guerra	Glamour model	Cuba	^[248]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Nacha Guevara	Singer-songwriter, dancer and actress	Argentina	^[249]
Ramachandra Guha	Historian	India	^[250]
Chin Chin Gutierrez	Actress	Philippines	^[251]^{[unreliable source?]}
GZA	Rapper	United States	^[252]
Ha Okio	Musician	Vietnam	^[253]
Alexander Hacke	Musician	Germany	^[254]
Nina Hagen	Singer and actress	Germany	^[255]
Alexander Haig	Physician	United Kingdom	^[256]
J. B. S. Haldane	Scientist	United Kingdom	^[257]
Alan Halsall	Actor	United Kingdom	^[258]
Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish	Spiritual leader	United States	^[259]
Trés Hanley	Actress and singer	United States	^[260]
Hao Lei	Actress	China	^[261]
Neil Harbisson	Cyborg	Spain	^[262]
John Harris	Journalist	United Kingdom	^[263]
George Harrison	Musician	United Kingdom	^[264]
Lenie 't Hart	Animal rights activist	Netherlands	^[265]
Maarten 't Hart	Biologist	Netherlands	^{[nb 6]}
David Hartley	Philosopher	United Kingdom	^[267]^{: 207–209}^{[nb 7]}
Thom Hartmann	Radio personality, author	United States	^[269]
Annie Haslam	Musician	United Kingdom	^[270]
Juliana Hatfield	Musician	United States	^[271]
Lizzy Hawker	Long-distance runner	United Kingdom	^[272]
Samantha Hayes	News presenter	New Zealand	^[273]
Heaven Shall Burn	Extreme metal band	Germany	^[274]
Sadegh Hedayat	Writer	Iran	^[275]
Martin van Hees	Philosopher	Netherlands	^[276]^[277]
Anne-Marie Helder	Singer-songwriter	United Kingdom	^[278]
Maximiliano Hernández Martínez	Politician	El Salvador	^[279]
Rudolf Hess	Politician	Germany	^[280]
Missy Higgins	Singer-songwriter	Australia	^[281]^[282]
Saint Hilarion	Anchorite	Egypt	^[20]^: 24–25
Arnold Hills	Businessman	United Kingdom	^[283]
Susumu Hirasawa	Musician	Japan	^[284]
Adolf Hitler	Politician	Austria	^[285]^[286]^[287]^[288]^{[nb 8]}
Isa Hoes	Actress	Netherlands	^[167]
Lancelot Hogben	Zoologist	United Kingdom	^[293]
Jens Holm	Politician	Sweden	^[294]
Tuomas Holopainen	Keyboardist, songwriter	Finland	^[295]
Henriette Roland Holst	Poet	Netherlands	^[76]^: 230
Hostage Calm	Punk rock band	United States	^[296]^{[unreliable source?]}
John Howard	Prison reformer	United Kingdom	^[297]
Steve Howe	Musician, guitarist for progressive rock band Yes	United Kingdom	^[298]
Mike Hranica	Singer for metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada	United States	^[299]
Dave Hughes	Television presenter	Australia	^[300]
Richard Hughes	Drummer	United Kingdom	^[301]
Henny Huisman	Television presenter	Netherlands	^[302]
Aldous Huxley	Writer	United Kingdom	^[303]
Chrissie Hynde	Musician, songwriter	United States	^[304]
Iamblichus	Philosopher	Syria	^[305]
Vanilla Ice	Rapper and actor	United States	^[306]
Eric Idle	Comedian, musician, writer	United Kingdom	^[307]
Frank Iero	Musician	United States	^[308]^{[unreliable source?]}
Steve Ignorant	Singer and artist, co-founder of the anarcho-punk band Crass	United Kingdom	^[309]
Michael Imperioli	Actor	United States	^[310]^{[unreliable source?]}
Ewout Irrgang	Politician	Netherlands	^[311]
La Toya Jackson	Singer	United States	^[312]
Susan Saint James	Actress	United States	^[183]^: 47–58
Reid Jamieson	Singer-songwriter	Canada	^[313]
Jim Jarmusch	Film director	United States	^[314]
JeA	Singer	South Korea	^[315]^[316]^[317]
Mick Jenkins	Rapper	United States	^[318]
Joan Jett	Singer-songwriter	United States	^[319]
Éder Jofre	Boxer	Brazil	^[320]
Matt Johnson	Vocalist and keyboardist of the indie pop duo Matt and Kim	United States	^[321]
Christofer Johnsson	Musician, founder member of Therion	Sweden	^[322]
James Johnston	Politician	United Kingdom	^[323]
Howard Jones	Musician	United Kingdom	^[324]
Watkin Tudor Jones	Musician	South Africa	^[325]
Jónsi	Musician, founder of post-rock band Sigur Rós	Iceland	^[326]
Sachiin J. Joshi	Actor, producer	India	^[327]
Mike Joyce	Drummer	United Kingdom	^[328]
Juanes	Singer-songwriter	Colombia	^[329]
Kabīr	Poet	India	^[23]^: 47–49
Alter Kacyzne	Photo-journalist	Lithuania	^[7]^: 171
Franz Kafka	Novelist	Austria-Hungary	^[330]
Shelly Kagan	Philosopher	United States	^[331]
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	11th President of India	India	^[332]
Roberta Kalechofsky	Jewish writer, feminist, animal rights activist	United States	^[333]
Antonie Kamerling	Actor	Netherlands	^[334]
Shahid Kapoor	Actor	India	^[335]^{[unreliable source?]}
Eliane Karp	Anthropologist, former First Lady of Peru	France	^[336]
Raden Adjeng Kartini	Educator, feminist	Indonesia	^[337]
Bill Kaulitz	Singer	Germany	^[338]
Kayah	Singer	Poland	^[339]
Sati Kazanova	Singer	Russia	^[340]
Annette Kellermann	Swimmer and actress	Australia	^[341]
John Harvey Kellogg	Physician	United States	^[30]^{: 149–158}
Matthew Kenney	Chef	United States	^[342]
Etgar Keret	Writer	Israel	^[343]
Kesha	Singer-songwriter	United States	^[344]
Irrfan Khan	Actor	India	^[345]^[346]
Ayya Khema	Bhikkhuni	Germany and United States	^[347]
Steve Kilbey	Singer-songwriter	Australia	^[348]
Masta Killa	Rapper	United States	^[349]^{[unreliable source?]}
Kim Hyo-jin	Actress	South Korea	^[350]
Anna Bonus Kingsford	Magazine editor	United Kingdom	^[159]^{: 374–383}^[351]
Bep van Klaveren	Boxer	Netherlands	^[76]^: 103^[352]
Marcela Kloosterboer	Actress	Argentina	^[353]
Nicolette Kluijver	Television presenter and model	Netherlands	^[167]
Paul Koehler	Drummer of metalcore band Silverstein	Canada	^[89]^[354]
Niko Koffeman	Politician	Netherlands	^{[nb 9]}
Hannes Kolehmainen	Long-distance runner	Finland	^[356]
Martine Wittop Koning	Writer	Netherlands	^[76]^: 231^[357]
Abraham Isaac Kook	Rabbi	Latvia	^[7]^: 175^[23]^{: 118–121}^[135]
Kim van Kooten	Actress and screenwriter	Netherlands	^[334]
David Koresh	Leader of Branch Davidians	United States	^[358]
k-os	Rapper	Canada	^[359]^[360]^{[unreliable source?]}
Killer Kowalski	Professional wrestler	Canada	^[30]^{: 231–236}
Daniel H. Kress	Physician, follower of John Harvey Kellogg	Canada-United States	^[361]^{[page needed]}
Lauretta E. Kress	Physician, follower of John Harvey Kellogg	United States	^[361]
Jiddu Krishnamurti	Writer and public speaker	India	^[362]
Liv Kristine	Singer-songwriter	Norway	^[363]
KRS-One	Rapper	United States	^[364]
Alexander Krull	Singer	Germany	^[363]
Attje Kuiken	Politician	Netherlands	^[365]
Sushil Kumar	Wrestler	India	^[366]
František Kupka	Artist	Czechoslovakia	^{[nb 10]}^{[nb 11]}
Yasmien Kurdi	Singer	Philippines	^[245]
Haldor Lægreid	Singer	Norway	^[369]
Shaul Ladany	Racewalker	Israel	^[370]
Christine Lagarde	managing director of the International Monetary Fund	France	^[371]
Alphonse de Lamartine	Writer, poet and politician	France	^{[nb 12]}^{[nb 13]}
Carla Lane	Television writer	United Kingdom	^[373]
Robert Lange	Record producer and songwriter	South Africa	^[374]
Frances Moore Lappé	Researcher and writer	United States	^[375]
Lauren Laverne	Radio DJ, television presenter and musician	United Kingdom	^[376]^[377]
Maricel Laxa	Comedian and actress	Philippines	^[378]
Benjamin Lay	Abolitionist	United States	^[379]^[380]^[381]
Cloris Leachman	Actress	United States	^[382]
Charles Webster Leadbeater	Author	United Kingdom	^[383]
Rita Lee	Singer-songwriter	Brazil	^[384]^[385]
Patricia de León	Actress, TV host, model, beauty pageant titleholder	Panama	^[386]
Nikolai Leskov	Writer	Russia	^[387]
Chris Leslie	Electric folk musician, member of Fairport Convention	United Kingdom	^[388]
Katie Leung	Actress	United Kingdom	^[389]
Leona Lewis	Singer	United Kingdom	^[390]^[391]^[392]^{[unreliable source?]}
Tony Levin	Musician	United States	^[393]
Liang Shuming	Philosopher, teacher, and leader in the Rural Reconstruction Movement	China	^[394]
Jimmy Liao	Picture book illustrator	Taiwan	^[124]
Bart de Ligt	Anarcho-pacifist and antimilitarist	Netherlands	^[76]^: 239
Jan Ligthart	Teacher	Netherlands	^[76]^: 220
Jack Lindsay	Writer	Australia	^[241]^: 77
Richard Linklater	Film director	United States	^[395]^[396]^[397]
Lucy Liu	Actress	United States	^[398]^[399]
Tzipi Livni	Politician	Israel	^[400]
Eneko Llanos	Athlete	Spain	^[401]
Lo Wing-lok	Physician and politician	Hong Kong	^[124]
Michael Locher	Musician	Switzerland	^[402]
Claire Loewenfeld	Nutritionist and herbalist	Germany	^[403]
César López	Musician	Mexico	^[404]
Patricia López	Actress	Chile	^[405]
Kiko Loureiro	Musician, Guitarist	Brazil	^[406]
Lu You	Poet	China	^[407]
Arjen Lucassen	Singer-songwriter	Netherlands	^[408]
Joanna Lumley	Actress	United Kingdom	^[409]
Anni-Frid Lyngstad	Singer	Norway	^[85]
Lady Constance Lytton	Suffragette	United Kingdom	^[410]
M-1	Rapper, member of Dead Prez	United States	^[411]
Grant MacEwan	Professor and politician	Canada	^[412]
Francisco Madero	Politician, writer and revolutionary	Mexico	^[413]^[414]
R. Madhavan	Actor, writer, producer, television presenter	India	^[415]
Jamby Madrigal	Politician	Philippines	^[245]
Jaime de Magalhães Lima	Philosopher, poet and writer	Portugal	^{[nb 14]}
Mahavira	Sage who established tenets of Jainism	India	^[30]^: 19–28
Gustav Mahler	Composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation	Austria-Hungary	^{[nb 15]}^{[nb 16]}
Lucy A. Mallory	Writer, publisher, editor, and spiritualist	United States	^[419]
Andrius Mamontovas	Musician, songwriter, record producer, actor	Lithuania	^[420]^[421]
Mani	Founder of Manichaeism	Iran	^[422]
João Manzarra	Television host	Portugal	^[423]
Jodie Marsh	Media personality, glamour model	United Kingdom	^[424]^{[unreliable source?]}
Andy Martin	Musician and writer	United Kingdom	^[425]
Billy Martin	Guitarist and keyboardist for pop punk band Good Charlotte	United States	^[426]^{[unreliable source?]}
Luis Miguel Martín	Long-distance runner	Spain	^[427]
Ricky Martin	Singer-songwriter, actor	Puerto Rico	^[428]^{[unreliable source?]}
Mariano Gabriel Martínez	Musician and producer, founder of the band Attaque 77	Argentina	^[429]
Sebastián Martínez	Actor	Colombia	^[430]
Doug Martsch	Musician, member of Built to Spill	United States	^[431]^{[unreliable source?]}
Scott Maslen	Actor, model	United Kingdom	^[432]^{[unreliable source?]}
Paul Masvidal	Musician, member of progressive metal band Cynic	United States	^[433]
Mojo Mathers	Politician, member of the New Zealand House of Representatives	New Zealand	^[434]
Andre Matos	Musician	Brazil	^[435]^[436]
Trixie Mattel	Drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian	United States	^[437]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Alicia Mayer	Actress, comedian	Philippines	^[438]^{[unreliable source?]}
Mazdak	Founder of Mazdakism	Iran	^[439]
Paul Mazurkiewicz	Drummer for death metal band Cannibal Corpse	United States	^[440]
Winston McCall	Musician	Australia	^[441]
Colman McCarthy	Journalist, teacher, lecturer, peace activist	United States	^[10]^{: 206–207}
Linda McCartney	Photographer, musician, entrepreneur	United States	^[442]
Paul McCartney	Musician, composer, producer, businessman, member of The Beatles	United Kingdom	^[443]^[444]^[445]^[446]^[447]
Stella McCartney	Fashion designer	United Kingdom	^[448]
Rue McClanahan	Actress, comedian, author	United States	^[449]
Patrick McDonnell	Illustrator, creator of Mutts	United States	^[450]
James McDowall	Politician, member of the New Zealand House of Representatives	New Zealand	^[451]
Jay McGuiness	Singer, member of the boy band The Wanted	United Kingdom	^[175]^[176]^[177]
Tim McIlrath	Musician, vocalist and guitarist of Rise Against	United States	^[452]
Gina McKee	Actress	United Kingdom	^[453]
Virginia McKenna	Actress, author and wildlife campaigner	United Kingdom	^[454]
Edward McMillan-Scott	Member of the European Parliament	United Kingdom	^[455]
Trash McSweeney	Musician, leader of the band The Red Paintings	Australia	^[456]^[457]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Hemant Mehta	Author, blogger, atheist activist	United States	^[458]
Armin Meiwes	Convict who claims to be reformed and concerned about injustices	Germany	^{[citation needed]}
Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz	Rabbi, leader of American Orthodoxy	United States	^[459]^[460]
Natalie Merchant	Musician, songwriter	United States	^[461]
Method Man	Hip hop artist, record producer, actor, member of the Wu-Tang Clan	United States	^[462]
Chucho Merchán	Musician	Colombia	^[463]
Saint Angela de Merici	Religious leader and saint	Italy	^[20]^{: 125–126}
Johan Messchaert	Singer and vocal pedagogue	Netherlands	^[76]^: 219
Reinhard Mey	Singer-songwriter	Germany	^[464]
Eustace Miles	Real tennis player and health writer	United Kingdom	^[465]
Gabrielle Miller	Actress	Canada	^[466]
Crispian Mills	Musician, songwriter, film director	United Kingdom	^[467]
Hayley Mills	Actress, singer	United Kingdom	^[468]
Milo	Rapper	United States	^[469]
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola	Renaissance philosopher	Italy	^[470]
Narendra Modi	14th Prime Minister of India	India	^[471]
Elizabeth Maria Molteno	Suffragist and civil rights activist	South Africa	^[472]
Daniel Mongrain	Musician for metal bands Martyr and Voivod	Canada	^[473]
Théodore Monod	Naturalist, explorer, and humanist scholar	France	^[474]
Andrea Montenegro	Actress, model	Peru	^[475]
Leonardo Montero	TV host	Argentina	^[476]
Alan Moore	Comic book writer	United Kingdom	^[477]
J. Howard Moore	Zoologist, philosopher, educator and socialist	United States	^[478]
Jenna Morasca	Actor, swimsuit model, winner of Survivor: The Amazon	United States	^[479]^{[unreliable source?]}
Tom Morello	Guitarist, singer, songwriter, former member of Rage Against the Machine	United States	^[480]
Edwin Moses	Former track and field athlete	United States	^[481]
Malcolm Muggeridge	Journalist, author, satirist	United Kingdom	^[30]^{: 243–250}
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen	Saintly Tamil-speaking teacher and Sufi mystic from the island of Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	^[23]^: 175
Lillian Müller	Model, actress in motion pictures and television	Norway	^[85]
Desidério Murcho	Philosopher, professor, and writer	Portugal	^{[nb 17]}
Stuart Murdoch	Musician, member of indie pop band Belle & Sebastian	United Kingdom	^[483]^{[unreliable source?]}
Keith Murray	Musician, member of indie rock band We Are Scientists	United States	^[484]^{[unreliable source?]}
Murs	Rapper	United States	^[485]^{[unreliable source?]}
Reuben D. Mussey	Medical doctor and an early opponent of tobacco	United States	^[10]^: 44–46
My Summer As A Salvation Soldier	Singer-songwriter	Iceland	^[486]
Adam Myerson	Cyclist	United States	^[487]^[488]
Xavier Naidoo	Singer-songwriter, record producer	Germany	^[489]
Andrew Napolitano	Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News Channel, former host of Freedom Watch	United States	^[490]
Kevin Nealon	Actor and comedian	United States	^[491]
Helen Nearing	Author	United States	^[492]
Scott Nearing	Economist, educator, writer	United States	^[492]
Sharon Needles	Drag Queen, Singer	United States	^[493]^{[unreliable source?]}
Elizabeth Neesom	19th-century Chartist and social reformer	United Kingdom	^[494]
Philip Neri	Priest noted for founding the "Congregation of the Oratory"	Italy	^[20]^: 152^[267]^: 153
Mike Ness	Musician for punk rock band Social Distortion	United States	^[495]
Jukka Nevalainen	Musician, member of Nightwish	Finland	^[496]
Phil Neville	Footballer, played for Manchester United and Everton	United Kingdom	^[497]
George Nicholson	Nationally known printer	United Kingdom	^[498]
Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis	The Netherlands' first prominent socialist	Netherlands	^[76]^: 214
Nityalila	Singer-songwriter	Philippines	^[499]
Roberto de Nobili	Jesuit missionary to Southern India	Italy	^[500]
William F. Nolan	Novelist, short story writer	United States	^[501]
Krist Novoselic	Musician, songwriter, author, activist, Nirvana member	United States	^[502]
Laura Nyro	Songwriter, singer, pianist	United States	^[503]
Suresh Oberoi	Character actor	India	^[504]
Vivek Oberoi	Actor	India	^[505]
Billy Ocean	Singer-songwriter	United Kingdom	^[506]
Natasja Oerlemans	Politician, prominent member of the Party for the Animals	Netherlands	^[507]
José Oiticica	Poet, activist	Brazil	^[508]
Henry Oldham	Obstetric physician	United Kingdom	^[509]
Margreth Olin	Film director and producer	Norway	^[85]
Maria O'Neill	Writer, poet, journalist, spiritualist	Portugal	^[510]
Onision	YouTuber and Internet personality	United States	^[511]
Natalia Oreiro	Singer, actress, fashion designer	Uruguay	^[512]
Origen of Alexandria	Early Christian Neoplatonist philosopher and theologian and Church Father	Roman province of Egypt	^[513]
Dean Ornish	Physician and researcher	United States	^[514]
Kelly Osbourne	Singer-songwriter, author, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer	United Kingdom	^[515]
Maja Ostaszewska	Actress	Poland	^[516]^[517]^[518]
Carré Otis	Actress, model	United States	^[519]
Esther Ouwehand	Politician, marketing manager	Netherlands	^{[nb 18]}
Cem Özdemir	Politician	Germany	^[521]
Monty Panesar	Cricketer	United Kingdom	^[522]
Rosa Parks	Civil Rights Activist	United States	^[523]
Alice Paul	Socialist, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist	United States	^[524]
Alexandra Paul	Actress	United States	^[525]
Gastón Pauls	Actor, TV host, producer	Argentina	^[126]
Nicolás Pauls	Actor, musician	Argentina	^[526]
Justin Pearson	Musician for a number of noise rock and hardcore bands, as The Locust	United States	^[527]^{[unreliable source?]}^[528]
Kal Penn	Film and television actor, producer, and civil servant	United States	^[529]
Isaac Leib Peretz	Yiddish language author and playwright	Poland	^[7]^: 171
Tony Perry	Musician, member of Pierce the Veil	United States	^[530]^{[unreliable source?]}
Fiona Phillips	Television broadcaster	United Kingdom	^[531]^{[unreliable source?]}
Richard Phillips	Schoolteacher, author and publisher	United Kingdom	^[159]^{: 235–244}
Kellie Pickler	Singer-songwriter	United States	^[532]^{[unreliable source?]}
Gary Pihl	Guitarist, member of the band Boston	United States	^[533]
Sarah M. Pike	Comparative religion scholar	United States	^[534]
Pitchshifter	Metal band	United Kingdom	^[535]
Plotinus	Ancient Greek Neoplatonist philosopher	Greece	^{[nb 19]}^[537]
Plutarch	Biographer, essayist, priest, ambassador, magistrate	Greece	^[538]
Henri Polak	Trade unionist and politician	Netherlands	^[76]^: 229
Alexander Pope	Poet	United Kingdom	^[539]
John Porcelly	Musician	United States	^[540]
Porphyry	Ancient Greek Neoplatonist philosopher	Greece	^[31]^: 37–38^[45]^: 58–61
Martín de Porres	Lay brother of the Dominican Order	Peru	^[20]^: 206
John Cowper Powys	Novelist	United Kingdom	^[541]
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada	Gaudiya Vaishnava teacher, founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness	India	^[23]^: 56–60^[30]^{: 173–180}
Jade Puget	Musician, member of the alternative rock band AFI	United States	^[542]
Purified in Blood	Metalcore band	Norway	^[543]
Jimmy Pursey	Musician, record producer	United Kingdom	^[544]
Puyi	Emperor	China	^[545]
Pythagoras of Samos	Ionian Greek philosopher, religious teacher, political leader, and founder of Pythagoreanism	Greece	^[46]^[546]
Martha Quinn	One of the original video jockeys on MTV	United States	^[547]
Andrea Rabagliati	Author	United Kingdom	^[548]
Amit Rahav	Actor	Israel	^[549]
Shrimad Rajchandra	Jain poet and philosopher	India	^[550]^[551]
C. V. Raman	Physicist	India	^[552]
Srinivasa Ramanujan	Mathematician and autodidact	India	^[553]
Anna Ramírez Bauxel	Racing cyclist	Spain	^[554]
Murray Rankin	Politician	Canada	^[555]
P.V. Narasimha Rao	9th Prime Minister of India	India	^[556]
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal	Writer and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment	France	^{[nb 20]}
Jean Jacques Élisée Reclus	Geographer, anarchist revolutionary, and writer	France	^[32]^{: 88, 105, 173–176}
Dame Patsy Reddy	Governor-General of New Zealand	New Zealand	^[558]
Redman	Rapper, record producer, actor	United States	^[559]
Dimitri Reinderman	Chess Grandmaster with an Elo rating of 2542	Netherlands	^[302]
Ilya Yefimovich Repin	Leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic school	Russia	^[387]^[560]^{: 110–114}
Rekha	Actress	India	^[561]
Reshma	Renowned folk singer of Pakistan	Pakistan	^[562]
Rou Reynolds	Lead vocalist of Enter Shikari	United Kingdom	^[563]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Saint Richard of Chichester	Saint who was Bishop of Chichester	United Kingdom	^[20]^: 191^[45]^: 81
Penny Rimbaud	Writer, poet, philosopher, co-founder of the punk band Crass	United Kingdom	^[564]
Joseph Ritson	Antiquary	United Kingdom	^[159]^{: 185–190}
Maura Rivera	Dancer, television performer	Chile	^[565]
Reuven Rivlin	10th President of Israel	Israel	^[566]
Andy Robinson	English rugby union coach and retired player	United Kingdom	^[567]
Zack de la Rocha	Rapper, songwriter, activist, singer of Rage Against the Machine	United States	^[480]
Carlos Rodríguez	Musician	Argentina	^[568]
José Luis Rodríguez	Singer	Venezuela	^[569]^[570]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Fred Rogers	Educator, minister, songwriter, television host	United States	^[571]
Romain Rolland	Dramatist, essayist, art historian, novelist	France	^[572]
Uli Jon Roth	Musician	Germany	^[573]
Xavier Rudd	Musician, singer-songwriter	Australia	^[574]^[575]^{[unreliable source?]}^[576]
Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford	Nobility, activist	United Kingdom	^[577]
RZA	Rapper, CEO, record producer, actor, screenwriter, author, director	United States	^[578]^[579]
Jonathan Sacks	Rabbi, philosopher, and scholar of Judaism	United Kingdom	^[580]
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre	Writer, botanist	France	^[147]^{: 208–214}^[159]^{: 173–176}
Henry Stephens Salt	Writer, teacher, social reformer	United Kingdom	^[581]
Cesár Sampson	Singer	Austria	^[582]
Diederik Samsom	Politician	Netherlands	^[583]
Ric Sanders	Violinist, member of Fairport Convention	United Kingdom	^[388]
Justin Sane	Lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the punk rock group Anti-Flag	United States	^[584]
Gabe Saporta	Lead singer and primary creative force behind the synthpop band Cobra Starship	Uruguay	^[308]^{[unreliable source?]}
Susan Sarandon	Actress	United States	^[585]
Judith Sargentini	GreenLeft politician	Netherlands	^[586]
Martin Sastre	Artist, filmmaker	Uruguay	^[587]
Swami Satchidananda	Religious teacher, spiritual master and yoga adept	India	^[588]
Kool Savas	German rapper	Germany	^[489]
Sky Saxon	Musician	United States	^[589]
Nikolas Schiller	Blogger, prominent digital map artist in the blogosphere, civil rights activist	United States	^[590]
Wim T. Schippers	Voice actor, producer, comedian	Netherlands	^[101]
Fred Schneider	Musician, frontman of the rock band The B-52's	United States	^[591]^{[unreliable source?]}
Tom Scholz	Musician, founder of the band Boston	United States	^[592]
Loretta Schrijver	Television host	Netherlands	^{[nb 21]}^{[unreliable source?]}
Richard H. Schwartz	Professor emeritus of mathematics, president of the Jewish Vegetarians of North America	United States	^[594]
Jason Schwartzman	Actor, musician	United States	^[595]
Albert Schweitzer	Music, philanthropist, theologian	Germany	^[596]
Jeremy Scott	Fashion designer	United States	^[597]
Jenny Seagrove	Actress, animal rights activist	United Kingdom	^{[citation needed]}
Kevin Seconds	Singer for hardcore punk band 7 Seconds	United States	^[598]
Virender Sehwag	One of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team	India	^[599]
Sandra Seifert	Nurse, beauty pageant contestant, fashion model	Taiwan	^[245]
Captain Sensible	Musician	United Kingdom	^[600]
Serenity	Erotic dancer and pornographic actress	United States	^[601]
Christian Serratos	Actress	United States	^[602]
Quintus Sextius	Philosopher, whose philosophy combined Pythagoreanism with Stoicism	Italy	^{[nb 22]}
Otep Shamaya	Vocalist of nu metal band Otep	United States	^[604]
Anushka Sharma	Actress, producer	India	^[605]
George Bernard Shaw	Playwright, critic, political activist	Ireland	^[46]^[606]
Martin Shaw	Actor	United Kingdom	^[607]
Francis Sheehy-Skeffington	Pacifist, suffragist	Ireland	^[608]
Percy Bysshe Shelley	Poet, dramatist, essayist, novelist	United Kingdom	^[159]^{: 218–235}^[609]
Herbert Shelton	Alternative medicine advocate, author, pacifist	United States	^[10]^{: 160–161}
Sheetal Sheth	Actress, producer	United States	^[610]
Barbie Shu	Actress and singer	Taiwan	^[124]
Agostinho da Silva	Philosopher, essayist and writer	Portugal	^[611]
Sarah Silverman	Comedian, writer, actress, singer and musician	United States	^[612]
Robert B. Silvers	Editor	United States	^[613]
Aaron Simpson	Mixed martial artist	United States	^[614]
Isaac Bashevis Singer	Novelist, short story writer	United States	^[30]^{: 237–242}^[615]^[616]^[617]
Peter Singer	Moral philosopher	Australia	^[618]
Fauja Singh	Centenarian marathon runner	India	^[619]^[620]^{[unreliable source?]}
Matt Skiba	Musician for Alkaline Trio and Blink-182	United States	^[621]
Jon Skolmen	Actor and comedian	Norway	^[369]
Jaden Smith	Actor, Musician	United States	^[622]^[623]
Frank Somerville	Journalist	United States	^[624]
Song Il-gook	Actor	South Korea	^[350]
Sonu Sood	Actor, model	India	^[625]
Matt Sorum	Musician	United States	^[626]
Patricia Sosa	Singer	Argentina	^[627]
Sotion	Neopythagorean philosopher	Greece	^[628]
Amílcar de Sousa	Medical doctor, author, president of the first Portuguese vegetarian society	Portugal	^[629]
Daniel Sperber	Rabbi and academic	Israel	^[630]
Henry Spira	Widely regarded as one of the most effective animal rights activists of the 20th century	United States	^[631]
Victoria Starmer	Solicitor	United kingdom	^[632]
Freddie Starr	Comedian	United Kingdom	^[633]
Ringo Starr	Musician, singer-songwriter, actor, drummer for the Beatles	United Kingdom	^[634]^[635]
Bill Steer	Guitarist for extreme metal band Carcass	United Kingdom	^[636]
Aad Stelylen	Former Dutch athlete, specialised in long distances	Netherlands	^[76]^: 102
Arran Stephens	Writer, founder of Nature's Path Foods	Canada	^[637]
Jon Stewart	TV show host, comedian	United States	^[638]
Courtney Stodden	Reality show contestant, actress, model	United States	^[639]
Joss Stone	Singer-songwriter, actress	United Kingdom	^[640]^{[unreliable source?]}^[641]^[642]
Jan P. Strijbos	Naturalist, cineast, photographer, journalist, writer	Netherlands	^[76]^: 242
Joe Strummer	Musician, vocalist and guitarist of punk rock band The Clash	United Kingdom	^[643]
Stu Strumwasser	Novelist and entrepreneur	United States	^[644]
Gustav Struve	Politician	Germany	^[159]^{: 271–281}
Poly Styrene	Singer-songwriter	United Kingdom	^[645]
Stza	Musician	United States	^[646]
María Eugenia Suárez	Actress, singer, model	Argentina	^[647]
Mark Suppelsa	Television anchor	United States	^[648]
David Sylvian	Singer-songwriter and musician, lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan	United Kingdom	^[649]
Rabindranath Tagore	Poet, playwright, essayist	India	^[650]^[651]
Amber Tamblyn	Actress	United States	^[652]
Carlo Taranto	Member of the trio of TV and radio commentators Gialappa's Band	Italy	^[653]
Tarkan	Singer-songwriter, record producer, performer	Turkey	^[654]
Tertullian	Prolific early Berber Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa	Roman Empire (Carthage)	^[31]^: 53^[116]^{: 116–117}
Nikola Tesla	Inventor, engineer and futurist	Serbia	^[655]^[656]
Shashi Tharoor	Politician	India	^[657]^{[non-primary source needed]}
The Giving Tree Band	Rock band	United States	^[658]
Marianne Thieme	Politician, animal rights activist, author	Netherlands	^{[nb 23]}
Maarten Tjallingii	Professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Visma–Lease a Bike	Netherlands	^[660]
Olga Tokarczuk	Writer, public intellectual, psychologist, feminist	Poland	^[661]
Leo Tolstoy	Novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist	Russia	^[30]^: 88–97^[46]^[662]
Peter Tosh	Musician, member of The Wailers	Jamaica	^[663]
Devin Townsend	Musician, former member of Strapping Young Lad	United States	^[664]
Lily Travers	Actress	United Kingdom	^[665]
Paolo Troubetzkoy	Artist, sculptor	Russia	^{[nb 24]}
Trương Thị May	Beauty pageant titleholder	Vietnam	^[667]
Titia van der Tuuk	Author, feminist, pacifist, teacher	Netherlands	^[76]^: 226
Shania Twain	Singer-songwriter, television personality	Canada	^[668]^[669]^{[unreliable source?]}
Richard Ungewitter	Writer, pioneer of the German nudist movement	Germany	^[147]^{: 436–437}
Uphill Battle	Metalcore band	United States	^[670]
Mellie Uyldert	Writer, alternative healer, occultist and astrologer	Netherlands	^[76]^: 246
Steve Vai	Guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter, producer	United States	^[671]
Pedro Valdjiu	Musician, member of Blasted Mechanism	Portugal	^[672]
Fernando Vallejo	Novelist, filmmaker, essayist	Colombia	^[673]
Ville Valo	Musician	Finland	^[674]
Dada Vaswani	Spiritual leader	India	^[675]
Sadhu Vaswani	Spiritual leader	India	^[676]
Gee Vaucher	Visual artist	United Kingdom	^[564]
Eddie Vedder	Musician, songwriter, member of alternative rock band Pearl Jam	United States	^[677]
David Velasco	Editor	United States	^[678]
Marly van der Velden	Actress	Netherlands	^{[nb 25]}
Krista van Velzen	Politician	Netherlands	^[101]
Milo Ventimiglia	Actor, director	United States	^[680]^[681]
Georgina Verbaan	Actress, singer	Netherlands	^[334]
Dirk Verbeuren	Drummer for melodic death metal band Soilwork	Belgium	^[682]^{[unreliable source?]}
Umberto Veronesi	Surgeon and oncologist	Italy	^[683]
Virgil	Poet	Italy	^[46]
Yolandi Visser	Musician	South Africa	^[325]
M. Visvesvaraya	Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore	India	^[684]
Swami Vivekananda	Chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna	India	^[23]^: 50–52
Voltaire	Writer, philosopher, playwright	France	^[685]
Marijke Vos	Politician	Netherlands	^[101]
Ed Vulliamy	Journalist	United Kingdom	^[686]
Vydūnas	Teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and writer	Lithuania	^[687]
Jeffrey Walker	Vocalist and bassist for extreme metal band Carcass	United Kingdom	^[688]
David Wallechinsky	Author of many Olympic reference books and other reference books	United States	^[30]^{: 219–224}
George Watsky	Hip hop artist, author and poet	United States	^[689]
Gerard Way	Singer/songwriter, comic book writer, My Chemical Romance frontman	United States	^[690]
Keenen Ivory Wayans	Actor, comedian	United States	^[691]
Bernard Weatherill	Politician, Speaker of the House of Commons	United Kingdom	^[692]
Beatrice Webb	Sociologist, economist, socialist	United Kingdom	^[693]
John Wesley	Founder of Methodism	United Kingdom	^[694]
Charlotte Wessels	Singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of Delain	Netherlands	^[695]
Vivienne Westwood	Fashion designer	United Kingdom	^[696]^{[unreliable source?]}
Jason Whalley	Singer for punk rock band Frenzal Rhomb	Australia	^[697]
Forest Whitaker	Actor, producer, director	United States	^[698]
Ellen G. White	Author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church	United States	^[699]
Zara Whites	Former adult film actress	Netherlands	^{[nb 26]}
Norbert Wiener	Mathematician, famous child prodigy, originator of cybernetics	United States	^[701]
Evan Williams	Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Twitter	United States	^[702]
Wendy O. Williams	Singer, actress, member of the punk rock band Plasmatics	United States	^[703]
Liam Wilson	Musician	United States	^[704]
Steven Wilson	Rock musician	United Kingdom	^[705]^[706]
Wismichu	YouTuber	Spain	^[707]^[708]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Dominic Wood	Entertainer and magician	United Kingdom	^[709]
S. Fowler Wright	Novelist	United Kingdom	^{[nb 27]}
Esmé Wynne-Tyson	Actress and writer	United Kingdom	^[30]^{: 167–171}
Jon Wynne-Tyson	Publisher, Quaker, activist and pacifist who founded Centaur Press in 1954	United Kingdom	^[711]
Shmuly Yanklowitz	Modern Orthodox Rabbi, activist, educator, writer, motivational speaker, social entrepreneur, founder of Uri L'Tzedek	United States	^[712]^[713]
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Comedy musician	United States	^[714]^[715]
Nuseir Yassin	Vlogger	Israel	^[716]
Owain Yeoman	Actor	United Kingdom	^[717]^{[unreliable source?]}
Yoon Jin-seo	Actress	South Korea	^[350]
Thom Yorke	Musician, singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Radiohead	United Kingdom	^[718]
Cy Young	Baseball pitcher	United States	^[719]
Marguerite Yourcenar	Author, essayist, poet	France	^[720]^[721]
Zarathustra	Founder of Zoroastrianism	Iran	^[46]^[722]
Ieva Zasimauskaitė	Singer	Lithuania	^[723]
Zendaya	Actress, singer-songwriter	United States	^[724]

Notes

[N 1]
"He ate once a day, after sunset, sometimes once in two days, and often even in four. His food was bread and salt, his drink, water only. Of flesh and wine it is superfluous even to speak, since no such thing was found with the other earnest men."^[21]^{: Paragraph 7}
[N 2]
(Original Dutch) V: "Wie is die man die 's zondags het vlees snijdt?" A: "De tofoe snijdt, want ik ben vegetariër." (Translation into English) Q: "Who is that man preparing the meat on Sunday?" A: "Preparing the tofu, because I am a vegetarian."^[86]
[N 3]
(Original Dutch) "Wat hebben Paul McCartney, Claudia de Breij, Erik Mouthaan en Pia Douwes met elkaar gemeen? [..] Ze zijn vegetariërs..." (Translation into English) "What do Paul McCartney, Claudia de Breij, Erik Mouthaan and Pia Douwes have in common? [..] They're vegetarians..."^[93]
[N 4]
"I became a vegetarian in 1976 while watching a deer being butchered."^[137]
[N 5]
"It may be of interest to note, in view of his exuberant vigor and great powers of endurance, that d'Albert is a strict vegetarian"^[157]^: 196
[N 6]
(Original Dutch) "Presentator Babs Assink vraagt vegetariër en dierenvriend 't Hart of het een angstaanjagend beeld is dat wij het varken tot op het bot verslinden." (Translation into English) "Presenter Babs Assink asks vegetarian and animal friend 't Hart whether or not it is a frightening image that we devour our pigs to the bone."^[266]
[N 7]
"If the FRS knew Hartley as a friend, he would know him to be a mathematician with a special interest in statistics, an amateur violinist, and a vegetarian who saw animals as bearing a "near relation" to humans."^[268]
[N 8]
Traudl Junge, who became Hitler's secretary in December 1942, wrote in her memoirs that he ate only side dishes, always avoiding meat.^[289] Likewise, Margot Wölk, who was forced to work as one of Hitler's food tasters at the Wolf's Lair (1941–1944), stated that all the food she tested for Hitler was vegetarian, and she recalled no meat or fish.^[290] Léon Degrelle, an acquaintance of Hitler, also recalled "He could not bear to eat meat, because it meant the death of a living creature. He refused to have so much as a rabbit or a trout sacrificed to provide his food. He would allow only eggs on his table, because egg-laying meant that the hen had been spared rather than killed."^{[citation needed]} See also: the Vegetarianism of Adolf Hitler. In 2017 Russia's Federal Security Service granted permission to a team of French scientists to undertake an examination of Hitler's bones. An analysis of the tartar deposits found on the Führer's teeth and dentures found no traces of meat fibre.^[291]^[292]
[N 9]
(Original Dutch) "Zijn gedrevenheid moet, zeggen velen, voortkomen uit religieus besef: de vegetariër Koffeman is net als zijn vrouw belijdend Zevende-dagsadventist, een klein protestants kerkgenootschap."' (Translation into English) "His determination has to, some say, come from religieus belief: the vegetarian Koffeman is just like his wife a practising Seventh-day Adventist, a small protestant denomination."^[355]
[N 10]
[1892] "Under Diefenbachs theosophical influence Kupka becomes a strict vegetarian and adopts a regime of daily physical exercises".^[367]^: 21
[N 11]
[1894] "Meets Nazarene artist Karl Diefenbach, who advocates man's return to naure. Moves to Diefenbach's home and participates in communal life-style there, which features vegetarian cuisine, outdoor baths, nude exercising, discussions about spiritual issues, music, and painting."^[368]^: 408
[N 12]
"True it is that Lamartine ate flesh and fish at one period of his life; but we have the authority of Douglas Jerrold's London Journal for assuring our readers that he is again a vegetarian."^[200]^: 222
[N 13]
"Lamartine said that, despite his conventions, in adulthood he conformed to society by eating meat. But contemporaries recall that later in life Lamartine reconverted to vegetarianism after travelling through India, and lived in Paris like a Hindu vegetarian..."^[372]^: 214
[N 14]
Jaime de Magalhães Lima (1859–1936) was a Portuguese writer born in Aveiro. He studied Law in the University of Coimbra. He was an admirer of Tolstoy and visited him in Russia. In 1912 he wrote the essay O Vegetarismo e a Moralidade das raças.^[416]
[N 15]
"The following season proved a very gloomy one for Mahler. Once more the "city of music" could furnish him no greater material consolation than that of a few piano-pupils. Evenings he would attach himself to a group of young, poverty-stricken Wagnerian enthusiasts and over a cup of coffee help wage the abstract battles of the music-dramatist's political and ethical doctrines. Of these sage utterances one the young musicians adopted unanimously was the proposal to regenerate mankind through strict, vegetarian diet. Perhaps the cost of meat-dishes had as much to do with this resolution as the realization that carnivorous humanity was going to the dogs. [...] Although two years had passed since those unforgettable meatless meetings of the young Wagnerians in Vienna, Mahler was in Olmuetz still a vegetarian, claiming bitterly that he went to the restaurant to starve."^[417]^{: Chapter III}
[N 16]
"Keussler is also already here. A splendid fellow. After the Saturday evening rehearsal I'll be joining him for a vegetarian meal. (10 September 1908)";^: 254 "I'll presumably have to assume the role of 'the flesh pots in the land of Egypt'. Ouch! What a metaphor for a husband with vegetarian inclinations! (June 1909)."^: 272^[418]
[N 17]
'O consumo de animais é supérfluo, não há razão para continuar a comê-los quando é tão fácil ser vegetariano', comentou Desidério Murcho, filósofo e vegetariano convicto ['The consumption of animals is unnecessary, there is no reason to continue to eat them when it is so easy to be vegetarian,' said Desiderio Murch, philosopher and vegetarian].^[482]
[N 18]
(Original Dutch) "De koeien waren moe en zwak, maar werden toch de vrachtwagens ingeschopt en geslagen. Toen heb ik besloten daar niet mee aan mee te werken en vegetariër te worden." (Translation into English) "The cows were tired and weak and were brutally thrown into the trucks. At that point I decided to become a vegetarian and stop supporting this."^[520]
[N 19]
"Plotinus came from somewhere in Egypt and lived a frugal life. He was celibate and vegetarian and took little in the way of food, drink and sleep."^[536]
[N 20]
"Outro autor muito afamado de nossos dias, Raynal, era igualmente sóbrio. A senhora Marquesa de Alorna, que muitas vezes o teve a jantar, me contou, que nunca o vira comer mais que algumas poucas ervas e fruta, nem beber senão água."^[557]^{: 281–282}
[N 21]
(Original Dutch) "Of vlees-vrije stijlvolle godinnen als Marly van der Velden, Alyssa Milano, Isa Hoes, Jorinde Moll, Loretta Schrijver [..]" (Translation into English) "Or meat free stylish goddesses like Marly van der Velden, Alyssa Milano, Isa Hoes, Jorinde Moll, Loretta Schrijver [..]"^[593]
[N 22]
"Sextius thought, that there was food enough for man in the world without shedding blood; and that the taking pleasure in butchering helpless animals, only inspired men with cruelty."^[603]
[N 23]
(Original Dutch) "Of ik zelf ook vegetariër ben? [..] Zelf heb ik dat vlees echter niet meer nodig. Bovendien wil ik graag advocaat voor de dieren zijn en u snapt dat ik dan liever niet mijn eigenklanten opeet." (Translation into English) "Whether or not I am a vegetarian myself? [..] I do not to eat meat anymore. In fact, I want to defend the rights of animals (as a lawyer) and I guess you understand I would rather not eat my own clients"^[659]
[N 24]
"Repin's contemporary the prominent sculptor Paolo Trubetskoi was also sympathetic to theosophical ideas and was a vegetarian and confirmed antivivisectionist".^[666]
[N 25]
(Original Dutch) V: "Waarom ben je vegetariër?" A: "'Ik vind het onzin om vlees te eten terwijl er tegenwoordig genoeg vleesvervangers zijn. Vlees eten is ontzettend zielig voor de diertjes. Ik ben dus zeker al twee jaar vegetariër." (Translation into English) Q: "Why are you a vegetarian?" A: "I think there is no sense in eating meat since there are loads of alternatives available. Eating meat, it's so sad for those poor animals. So I have been a vegetarian for at least two years."^[679]
[N 26]
"[..] or Zara Whites, a former Dutch porn actress. The militant vegetarian made a half-naked appearance at the last 'Salon International de l'Agriculture'"[..]^[700]
[N 27]
He (Wright) did not smoke or eat meat, rarely drank alcohol, and exercised with a rare determination".^[710]

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