The following list has been compiled by:with the aid of press cuttings and user's contributions. Occasionally articles mistakenly suggest that a celebrity is vegetarian which may later be found to not be the case, please let us know if this is the case (sources are important!).
If anyone thinks a name should be added, or knows of a WWW article that could be linked from here please send mail to: vegetarianism@aol.comQuick index:
[ Actors & Filmstars | Popstars & Musicians | TV Personalities | Radio Personalities | Sports Personalities | Historical Vegetarians & Advocates of Vegetarianism | Models | Politicians | Bogus Vegetarians ]
Actors & Filmstars
- Grant Aleksander
- Debbie Arnold
- Rosanna Arquette
- Richard & Leslie Bach (He is a writer, she was actress in the old Star Trek series (I think).) Source: Any of Bach's latest books (they say they are so).
- Anette Badland
- Angus Barnett (Square Deal)
- Kim Basinger
- Alexandra Bastedo
- Meredith Baxter Source: Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian
- Maureen Beattie
- Dirk Benedict (A Team)
- Candice Bergen
- Sandra Berkin
- Christopher Blake
- Gillian & Gayle Blakeney (Neighbours)
- Peter Bogdanovich (director) (vegan) (source: NEXP)
- Lisa Bonet (The Cosby Show)
- Blueberry Borovnisa
- Tracy Brabin
- Cathryn Bradshaw
- Faith Brown
- Nicola Bryant
- Kirk Cameron (Star of WB show "Kirk") Source: Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian
- Dan Castellaneta (voice of Homer Simpson)
- Julie Christie
- Margi Clarke -- Margi's Christmas
- Bo Corre (Eldorado)
- Sara Crowe
- Ted Danson (Sam in Cheers)
- Danny DeVito
- Amanda Dickinson
- Jenny Donnison
- Betty Driver
- Christine Elise (Emily Valentine from BH90210, and currently on ER.) Source: I interviewed her in May, 1995.
- Pam Ferris
- Jerome Flynn (Soldier, Soldier)
- Fiona Fullerton
- Richard Gere
- Sara Gilbert (vegan)
- Sheila Gish
- Deborah Grant
- Jane Grayson
- Jill Greenacre
- Louise Milwood Haigh (Jodie in The Lodge)
- Daryl Hannah
- Woody Harrelson (Vegan) (Bartender on "Cheers!", Star of "Natural Born Killers") Source: Details Magazine
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Mariel Hemmingway (played in the t.v. series "Civil wars") (vegan) Source: veronica gids
- Sherrie Hewson (Maureen in Coronation Street)
- Dustin Hoffman (actor)
- Penny Horner
- Reina James
- Louise Jameson
- Cheryl Kennedy
- Lindy Lawton
- Jennie Linden
- Rachel Lindsay (Sammy in Brookside)
- Joanna Lumley
- Cal Macaninch (The Advocates)
- Charlotte Martin (Susan Carter in The Archers)
- Bill Maynard
- Paul McGann
- April McKay
- Ian McKellen
- Virginia McKenna
- Rue McLanahan (Golden Girls)
- Amanda Mealing
- Spike Milligan
- Hayley Mills
- Demi Moore (lead actress in "Indecent Proposal")
- Derin Moore
- Jessica Muschamp (Sharon in Neighbours)
- Marr Nealon (Days of our Lives) (vegan)
- Paul Newman
- Stephen North
- Simon O'Brien
- Hazel O'Connor
- Maureen O'Farrell
- Shaunna O'Grady (Bev in Neighbours)
- Kate O'Mara
- Catherine Oxenberg
- Anne Parillaud
- Alexandra Paul (Baywatch)
- Anthony Perkins
- Polly Perkins (Trish in Eldorado)
- Rhea Perlman
- Mandy Perryment
- River Phoenix (vegan, deceased)
- Tracey Pollen (Family Ties)
- Pamela Power (Bread)
- Jacqueline Reddin
- Joe Regalbuto (Frank Fontana on Murphy Brown) Source: Vegetarian Times, several years ago; also personal knowledge
- Linda Regan
- Eric Richard (The Bill)
- Abigail Rokison (Darling Buds Of May)
- Carol Royle
- Jenny Seagrove
- William Shatner (vegan)
- Martin Shaw
- Brooke Shields
- Cathy Shipton (Casualty)
- John Gordon Sinclair
- Marina Sirtis (Star Trek)
- Rob Spendlove
- Terence Stamp
- Imelda Staunton
- Eric Stolz
- David Thewlis
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Randy on Home Improvement) Source: TeenBeat Magazines, interviews with JTT
- Niels 'polleke' Tijssen (the dutch epuivalent of Corky (the mentally challenged actor)) (vegan) Source: the dutch tv-show Showtime
- Rita Tushingham
- Matthew Vaughan (Emmerdale)
- Tim Vincent (Children's Ward)
- Lindsay Wagner (vegan)
- Clint Walker
- Sophie Ward (vegan)
- Tom Watt
- Dennis Weaver
- Tico Wells
- Ruth Whitehead (Emmerdale Farm)
- Spice Williams (vegan)
- Emma Wray
- Gretchen n/a Wyler (Broadway and Television Actress)
Popstars & Musicians
- Bryan Adams
- Rose Alba
- Rick Allen (Def Leppard)
- Dee Anderson
- Joan Armatrading
- Joan Baez (folk singer) Source: A Teen's Guide to Becoming a Vegetarian
- Shirley Bassey
- Jeff Beck
- The Beloved
- Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub)
- Blur
- Michael Bolton
- Michael Bolton
- Elkie Brooks
- Peter Buck (REM guitarist)
- Kate Bush
- Terry "Geezer" Butler (Ozzy Osbourne Band)
- B52s
- BOYAA T.R.I.B.E (Samoan L.A Rap Act) Source: WOM Music Magazin 1995
- Carcass Source: Aarschok Magazine and Carcass lyrics
- The Captain & Tenille
- Belinda Carlisle
- Gary Clail
- Phil Collen (Def Leppard) (vegan)
- Consolidated
- Julian Cope (British singer/songwriter/neo-Druid w/ cult following) Source: artist's LPs "Peggy Suicide" and "Jehovahkill"
- Elvis Costello
- Sarah Cracknell (St Etienne)
- Beverley Craven
- Peter Cunnah (Ream)
- John Dankworth
- Dave Davies (Kinks)
- Carol Decker
- Cathy Dennis
- Des'ree (British pop singer) Source: VH1 television
- Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister)
- Melissa Etheridge Source: interview on VH-1 Naked Cafe
- Kevin Eubanks (bandleader/guitar player of the tonight show band)
- Julie Felix
- Fini Tribe
- Peter Frame (music historian-rock)
- Michael Franks (jazz singer)
- Fugazi (straightedge as well)
- Peter Gabriel
- Jerry Garcia (lead guitarist/vocalist for Grateful Dead) Source: A Teen's Guide to Becoming a Vegetarian
- David Gedge (Wedding Present)
- Boy George
- Dizzie Gillespie
- Evelyn Glennie
- Gary Glitter
- Kevin Godley
- Eddie Grant
- Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)
- Kirk Hammet (guitarist with metallica) Source: mtv
- Vijay Hariharan (drummer for Puritan) (vegan) Source: personal acquaintance
- George Harrison (musician, Beatles/solo)
- Polly Jean Harvey (Rid of Me; To Bring You My Love)
- Kirsty Hawkshaw (Opus III)
- Tony Hicks (Hollies)
- Susannah Hoffs (ex Bangles)
- Whitney Houston
- Chrissie Hynde
- Billy Idol
- Indigo Girls
- Joe Jackson
- LaToya Jackson
- Michael Jackson
- Wendy James (Transvision Vamp)
- Howard Jones
- Martin & Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
- Nik Kershaw
- Gladys Knight
- Kraftwerk
- Lenny Kravitz
- K D Lang (vegan)
- Annie Lennox (singer, Eurythmics/solo)
- Living Colour
- Lene Lovich
- Willy M (London Beat)
- Sarah McLachlan (singer/songwriter)
- Paul & Linda McCartney
- Marilyn
- Johnny Marr
- Meatloaf
- Yehudi Menuhin
- Natalie Merchant (ex- 10,000 Maniacs)
- Moby (vegan)
- Morrissey
- Mutabaruka
- Olivia Newton John
- Chris Novoselic (Nirvana)
- Jason Orange (Take That)
- Mark Owen (Take That)
- Sinead O'Connor (vegan)
- Ozzy Osborne
- Doris Pearson (Five Star)
- Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes)
- Steve Perry (Lead singer Journey) Source: S.P.I.N. Steve Perry Info Network
- Prince
- Jackie Quinn
- Rebel MC
- Marisa Robles
- Henry Rollins (Singer, writer, actor, publisher) Source: An interview with Rollins somewhere on the Net
- Doug Savor (singer for Puritan) Source: personal acquaintance
- Tom Scholz (Mastermind behind the rock-n-roll band Boston) (vegan)
- Sandi Shaw
- Seal
- Captain Sensible
- The Shamen
- Sinitta
- Siouxsie Sioux
- Grace Slick (Singer with Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship) Source: Grace talked about it during her workshop for The Learning Annex, San Francisco.
- Heather Small (M-people, vegan)
- Robert Smith (The Cure)
- Jimmy Somerville
- Ringo Starr (and his wife, Barbara Bach)
- Keni St George
- Sting (singer/bassist, Police/solo)
- Michael Stipe (REM)
- Tanita Tikaram
- Sarah Washington
- Charlie Watts (Stones)
- Jane Weidlin (ex Go-Go's)
- Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode)
- Vanessa Williams (pop singer) Source: Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian
- Womack & Womack
- Yazz (vegan)
- Benjamin Zephaniah (vegan)
TV Personalities
- Pamela Armstrong (News reader)
- Andrea Arnold (Children's TV)
- Bob Barker (host of The Price is Right) Source: Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian
- Marian Chanter (Krypton Factor Winner)
- Billy Connolly
- Phil Cool
- David Duchovny (star of the X-Files) Source: Entertainment Weekly, Sept/Oct 95
- Barbara Edwards (BBC TV first woman weather forecaster)
- Philippa Forester (Children's TV)
- Antoinette Hertsenberg (Host consumer programme at TROS TV Netherlands Magazine DIER,Dutch Society Protection Animals) Source: Magazine Dier January 1996
- Simon Hickson (Live & Kicking)
- Sean Hughes
- Gareth Jones (Children's TV)
- Penny Junor
- Diane Kemp (Gardeners World)
- Joe Longthorne
- Don McLean
- Kevin Nealon (US TV)
- Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers on PBS's "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood) Source: Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian
- John Simpson (TV journalist)
- Lisa Simpson (Homer's daughter on "The Simpsons") :-) Source: Lisa became vegetarian on the Oct. 15, 1995 episode
- Maitland Ward (The Bold & The Beautiful, US soap)
- Vanessa Warwick (MTV VJ)
- Trevor Williams (Going Live)
- Victoria Wood
- William Woollard
Radio Personalities
- Tony Blackburn
- Jackie Brambles
- Casey Casem
- Fat Tony
- Meg Griffin Source: New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance
- Chris Mitchell (DJ on KGVM-FM in Nevada, USA; Assistant Sysop, CompuServe Vegetarian Forum;20+ years as vegetarian.)
- John Peel
- Janice Long
- Dianne Oxberry (Radio One Weather Girl)
- Peter Simon (Children's BBC)
- Judi Spiers (Pebble Mill)
- Claire Sturgess
- Dave Lee Travis ("A Jolly Good Show", BBC Worldservice) Source: He said it during his programme.
Sports Personalities
- B J Armstrong (US Basketball star)
- Al Beckles (body builder)
- Sorya Bonali (ice skater)
- Les Brown (veteran runner)
- Peter Burwash (tennis)
- Andreas Cahling (body builder)
- Chris Campbell (1980 world champion wrestler)
- Joanna Conway (ice skater)
- Sylvia Cranston (triathlete)
- Sally Eastall (Marathon runner - UK No 2, vegan)
- Di Edwards (runner, Olympic semi-finalist)
- Cory Everson (bodybuilder, Ms Olympia 6 times)
- Katie Fitzgibbon (marathon runner)
- Clare Francis (sailer)
- Louis Freitas (body builder)
- Carol Gould (marathon runner)
- Sammy Green (runner)
- Sally Hibberd (British Women's Mountain Bike Champion)
- Sharon Hounsell (Miss Wales Bodybuilding Champion)
- Desmond Howard (formerly w/Washington Redskins, now w/Jacksonville Jaguars) Source: PETA mailer
- Roger Hughes (Welsh National Ski Champion)
- David Johnson (BAA coach)
- Kathy Johnson (Olympic Gymnast)
- Alan Jones (British ski jumper)
- Jack LaLaine (Fitness guru) (vegan)
- Tony LaRussa (Coach of Oakland Athletics) Source: PETA, Animals Agenda, Animals Voice, Veg Times, others
- Judy Leden (British, European & World Hang Gliding champion)
- Marv Levey (Buffalo Bills Coach)
- Carl Lewis (sprinter - vegan)
- Jutta Müller (multiple Windsurfing World Cup Champion) Source: Flutlicht 95/6/18 on Südwest 3 (German TV program)
- Jack Maitland (triathlete and fell runner)
- Kirsty McDermott (runner)
- Lindford McFarquar (body builder)
- Robert Millar (cyclist)
- Monika Montsho (weightlifter, 2 x runnerup GB Championships 60kg, NW woman weightlifter of the year 1991)
- Edwin Moses
- Paavo Nurmi
- Dave Scott (five time winner of the Ironman Triathlon) (vegan) "The New Laurel's Kitchen" cookbook
- Jonathon Speelman (chess)
- Lucy Stephens (triathlete - vegan)
- Kirsty Wade (runner)
Historical Vegetarians & Advocates of Vegetarianism
- Annie Besant
- William Blake
- General William Booth
- Fenner Brockway
- Charlotte Bronte
- Rupert Brooke
- Buddha
- St John Chrysostom
- Clement of Alexandria
- Sir Stafford Cripps
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- Diogenes
- Thomas Edison
- Albert Einstein
- Ralph Waldo Emmerson (American lecturer, essayist, and poet)
- Benjamin Franklin
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Goldsmith
- Dr John Harvey Kellog (brother of W K Kellog who founded the Kellog Company) (vegan)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (Spiritual teacher) Source: Krishnamurtis Notebook
- Lamartine
- Martin Luther
- Mahavira
- Eustace Miles
- Milton
- Montaigne
- Barbara Moore
- Sir Isaac Pitman
- Origen
- Ovid
- Plato
- Plotinus
- Plutarch
- Pope
- Porphyry
- Pythagorus
- Sir C. V. Raman (Nobel prize-winning physicist - 1930s?)
- Anthony Robbins (Success Motivational Coach) (vegan)
- Richard St Barbe Baker
- Henry Salt
- Schopenhauer
- Seneca
- George Bernard Shaw (writer)
- Shelley
- Socrates
- Chandrashekar Subrahmanyam (Nobel prize-winning astrophysicist - 1983)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772)
- Nikola Tesla (Inventor; too many to list, including AC Current) Source: Any decent biography of Nickola Tesla
- Henry David Thoreau
- Leo Tolstoy
- Voltaire
- Dr Barnes Wallis
- Mary Webb
- John Wesley
- Ellen .G. PR Department SDA church White (Founder Seventh Day Adventists Church) Source: Review and Herald 1-1996
- Wordsworth
- Zoroaster
Models
- Jenny Blyth
- Pamela Bordes
- Christie Brinkley
- Victoria Cooper
- Rachael Garley
- Angie Hill
- Yasmin le Bon
- Kathy Lloyd
- Gail McKenna
- Carre Otis
- Laetizia Scherrer (model & designer)
- Claudia Schiffer
- Christine Stone
Politicians
- Tony Banks (MP)
- Tony Benn (MP)
- Anne Campbell (MP Lab Cambridge)
- Harry Cohen (MP Lab Leyton)
- Viscount Craigavon
- Anne Gilman (Mayor of Islington)
- Piers Merchant (MP Con, Beckenham)
- Bernard Weatherall (ex speaker of the House of Commons)
Bogus Vegetarians
- Adolf Hitler