This is a list of people who have permanently adopted a vegetarian diet at some point during their life. 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. __NOTOC__ List
NameOccupationCountrySourceChris AdlerMusician, drummer of Lamb of GodUnited StatesAgathoclesPolitical grindcore musical bandBelgiumShmuel Yosef AgnonWriterIsraelSchwartz, R. H., 2001. Judaism and Vegetarianism. New revised edition. Lantern Books.Dianna AgronActressUnited StatesDianna Agron profile, Marie Claire UK. Retrieved 1 September 2013.Eden AhbezMusicianUnited StatesIacobbo & Iacobbo, 2004. Vegetarian America: A History, Praeger.Akasha Richmond, Hollywood Dish: More Than 150 Delicious, Healthy Recipes from Hollywood's Chef to the Stars, Avery Publishing Group, 2006 p. 114.LIFE – Vol.24, N.º 19, 10 Mai 1948, p. 132.William Andrus AlcottPhysicianUnited StatesWilliam Alcott, The Vegetable Diet As Sanctioned by Medical Men and By Experience in All Ages, New York, 1859.Sam AltmanEntrepreneurUnited StatesMichael AmottMusicianSwedenAnd Then There Were NoneRock bandUnited StatesJohan AngergårdMusician, owner of Labrador RecordsSwedenLauren AndersonModelUnited States Rhoda AnstySuffragist and teacherUnited KingdomGregory, James Richard Thomas Elliott (2002). "Biographical Index of British Vegetarians and Food reformers of the Victorian Era". The Vegetarian Movement in Britain c.1840–1901: A Study of Its Development, Personnel and Wider Connections (PDF). Vol. 2. University of Southampton. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2025.Anthony the GreatChristian saintEgyptRoberts, H., 2004. Vegetarian Christian Saints, Anjeli Press. Ion AntonescuMilitary officer, politicianRomaniaÁlex AnwandterMusician, directorChileApollonius of TyanaPhilosopherGreeceChristina ApplegateActressUnited StatesJohnny AppleseedNurserymanUnited StatesNewell Dwight Hillis, The Quest of John Chapman: The Story of a Forgotten Hero, The Macmillan Company, 1904Joan ArmatradingMusicianUnited KingdomÓlafur ArnaldsMusicianIcelandAshoka the GreatEmperorIndiaWalters, K. S. & Portmess, L., eds., 2001. Religious Vegetarianism from Hesiod to the Dalai Lama, State University of New York Press.Berry, R., 2003. Famous Vegetarians, Pythagorean Publishers.Phelps, N., 2007. The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA, Lantern Books.Roberts, H., 2006. The Vegetarian Philosophy of Índia, Anjeli Press.Emilie AutumnSinger-songwriter, poet, violinist, actressUnited StatesThaila AyalaActressBrazil Amitabh BachchanActorIndiaVidya BalanActressIndiaNic BalthazarFilm directorBelgiumJacob BannonMusician, member of ConvergeUnited StatesJohn BanvilleWriterIreland When the subject of eating meat was raised (from about 3 minutes in), Banville responded: "I don't" (at exactly 3 minutes and 28 seconds).Arnaldo BaptistaMusicianBrazilBob BarkerGame show hostUnited StatesBiography (TV Programme), unknown date. CBS News, A&E Network.Samantha BarksActress, singerIsle of ManBrandon BarnesMusician, drummer of Rise AgainstUnited StatesBasil of CaesareaBishopTurkeyRabia BasriMysticIraqCousens, Gabriel (2000). Conscious eating. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books. p. 413. . Joseph BatesCo-founder of Seventh-day Adventist ChurchUnited StatesFranco BattiatoSinger-songwriter, composer, filmmakerItalyBeatle BobDancer, St. Louis local figureUnited StatesJeff BeckMusicianUnited KingdomNick BeggsMusicianUnited KingdomConrad BeisselReligious leaderGermanyKristen BellActressUnited StatesRaja BellSportsmanUnited StatesBrie BellaProfessional wrestler, actress, WWE AmbassadorUnited StatesJo BenchBassistUnited KingdomAnthony BenezetAbolitionist and educatorUnited StatesTony BennPoliticianUnited Kingdom"Tony Benn: You Ask The Questions" , The Independent, 5 June 2006.Hilary BennPoliticianUnited KingdomJ. D. BeresfordNovelistUnited Kingdom"J.D. Beresford, who died early this year at the age of seventy-four, was for the last eight years of his life, a confirmed vegetarian." Review of "The Gift" by J.D. Beresford and Esmé Wynne-Tyson, The Vegetarian News magazine, Winter 1947.Elizabeth BerkleyActressUnited StatesAnnie BesantWriterUnited KingdomTraci BinghamActressUnited StatesMcCann, Bob. (2022). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. pp. 47-48. Maximilian Bircher-BennerPhysicianSwitzerlandJohn BishopComedianUnited Kingdom"Bishop, Cole Sexiest Vegetarians," Belfast The Daily Telegraph, 30 December 2013.Barry BlackClergymanUnited StatesPippa BlackActressAustraliaTony BlackburnDisc jockeyUnited KingdomZach BlairMusician, guitarist of Rise AgainstUnited StatesAlexa BlissProfessional wrestlerUnited States Buddhist monk and translatorUnited StatesReginald Horace BlythAuthorUnited KingdomKees BoekeMissionaryNetherlandsBeau BokanMusician and singer, frontman of BlessthefallUnited StatesMarc BolanMusicianUnited KingdomMichael BoltonMusicianUnited StatesSurya BonalySkaterFranceBramwell BoothChief of the Staff and General of The Salvation ArmyUnited KingdomC. W. Leadbeater, Vegetarianism and Occultism, 1913, p. 24-25.William BoothPreacher, Founder of The Salvation ArmyUnited KingdomNathaniel BorensteinComputer scientistUnited StatesMagnus BørmarkMusicianNorwayWouter BosPoliticianNetherlandsViktor BoutArms dealer, entrepreneurRussiaБинецкий А. Э. «Лоббизм и дипломатия в современных условиях» (56:50 — 1:20:50) Josh BradfordGuitarist for SilversteinCanadaConstantin BrâncușiSculptor, painter and photographer, pioneer of modernismRomaniaRoger Lipsey, 2004. The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art. Dover Publications.Gyles BrandrethWriter and politicianUnited KingdomJustin Lee BrannanArtist, community activist, organizerUnited StatesClaudia de BreijComedianNetherlandsEva BriegelSingerGermanyChristie BrinkleyModel, actressUnited StatesPeter BrockMotor racing driverAustraliaFenner BrockwayPoliticianUnited KingdomJoseph BrothertonPoliticianUnited KingdomLuitzen E.J. BrouwerMathematicianNetherlandsChris BrowneCartoonistUnited StatesKathalijne BuitenwegPoliticianNetherlandsHéctor BuitragoCo-member of the Latin alternative band AterciopeladosColombiaBullyRock bandUnited StatesTahita BulmerSinger-songwriter for electronic band New Young Pony ClubUnited KingdomGeorge BurdiMusician and white supremacistCanadaPeter BurwashTennis playerCanadaKate BushMusicianUnited KingdomTanith, Carey "MOTHERING HEIGHTS; Kate Bush has a baby but lives like a virtual recluse", Daily Mirror, 17 July 2000Lauren BushModel, designerUnited StatesJohn CampbellBassist for Lamb of GodUnited StatesNacho CanoArranger, composer, musician, record producerSpainJulia CarlingJournalistUnited Kingdom Belinda Carlisle Singer United StatesEdward CarpenterPoetUnited KingdomGregerson, J., 1994. Vegetarianism: A History, Jain Publishing Company.Spencer, C., 2002. Vegetarianism: A History, Four Walls Eight Windows.Ben CarsonNeurosurgeonUnited StatesChris CarterMusicianUnited KingdomPaul CartonPhysicianFranceP. Carton, La Vie saine, 190 Commentaires sur les Vers d'Or des Pythagoriciens, 1918; P. Carton, Traité de médecine, d'alimentation et d'hygiène naturistes, 1920; P. Carton, Le Naturisme dans Sénèque, 1922, etc.Cathy CassidyAuthorUnited KingdomDan CastellanetaVoice actorUnited StatesSaint Catherine of SienaTheologianItalyStephanie CayoActress, singer, modelPeruCeschiMusicianUnited StatesStephen Chan Chi WanBusinessmanHong KongAgustina CherriActress, dancer, modelArgentinaJacky CheungSingerHong Kong; Translated VersionSri ChinmoyPoetIndiaJulie ChristieActressUnited KingdomSaint John ChrysostomEarly Church FatherTurkeyStephen R. L. ClarkPhilosopherUnited KingdomDaniël de ClercqSocialistNetherlandsSue CoeArtistUnited KingdomSue Coe, Dead Meat, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996.J. M. CoetzeeWriterSouth AfricaCoetzee, J.M., 2007. Diary of a Bad Year, Penguin Books.Rabbi David CohenRabbiIsraelShe'ar Yashuv CohenRabbiIsraelAlice ColtraneMusicianUnited StatesJohn ColtraneMusicianUnited StatesLewis Porter, John Coltrane: His Life and Music, The University of Michigan Press, pp. 253–254, 274.Pat CondellWriterUnited KingdomConsolidatedRadical activist music groupUnited StatesJeremy CorbynPoliticianUnited KingdomLiam CormierMusicianUnited StatesIsabelle CornishActressAustraliaHugo Brandt CorstiusAuthorNetherlandsElvis CostelloMusicianUnited KingdomRoger CrabHaberdasherUnited KingdomStafford CrippsPoliticianUnited KingdomErnest Howard CrosbyWriterUnited StatesAttila CsiharExtreme metal musicianHungaryAlfonso CuarónFilm directorMexicoRivers CuomoMusicianUnited StatesPeter CushingActorUnited KingdomLeonardo da VinciPolymathRepublic of FlorenceMüntz, Eugène (1898), Leonardo da Vinci. Artist, Thinker, and Man of Science. Volume 1. London: William Heinemann. p. 17.Eugen d'AlbertMusicianGermanyJohn DarnielleMusician, novelistUnited StatesGeorg Friedrich DaumerPoetGermanyDave DaviesMusicianUnited KingdomRay DaviesMusicianUnited KingdomZsombor DeakTriathleteRomaniaJohn DearCatholic priest, Christian pacifist, vegetarianism advocateUnited StatesBrad DelpSinger-songwriter, frontman of Boston and RTZUnited StatesEugenio DerbezTelevision actor, directorMexicoMorarji Desai4th Prime Minister of IndiaIndiaJon Wynne-Tyson (comp.), The Extended Circle: A Dictionary of Human Thought, Centaur Press, London, 2009, p. 77.Floortje DessingPresenterNetherlandsTorrey DeVittoActress, musician, former fashion modelUnited StatesThomas Di LevaSinger-songwriterSwedenJulieta DíazActressArgentinaDave DictorMusicianUnited StatesMike DirntMusicianUnited StatesDonovanMusicianUnited KingdomEliza DoolittleMusicianUnited KingdomDavid D'OrMusicianIsraelJulien DoréSinger-songwriter, musician, actorFranceDesmond DossCombat medic, Medal of Honor recipientUnited StatesPia DouwesActressNetherlandsHugh DowdingOfficer in the Royal Air ForceUnited KingdomMuriel Dowding, Baroness DowdingAnimal rights activistUnited KingdomAnna DrijverModelNetherlandsIsadora DuncanDancerUnited StatesIsadora Duncan, My Life, W. W. Norton & Co., 1996, pp. 40, 130, 221Michael Clarke DuncanActorUnited StatesFrederik van EedenWriterNetherlandsGreg EganWriterAustraliaMichael EisnerBusinessmanUnited StatesMattias EklundhMusicianSwedenEmmanuelSingerMexicoEmmylou HarrisMusicianUnited StatesEmpedocles of AcragasAncient Greek philosopherGreecePreece, R. ed., 2002 Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lamb: A Chronicle of Sensibility to Animals. Routledge.Guy EndoreWriterUnited States"Such early traumas and dislocations, which included experiences with poverty and academic anti-Semitism at Columbia, often rendered Endore physically ill...They also appear to have spawned in him (in addition to a strict vegetarian diet) a deep sensitivity to human suffering..." *"Guy Endore and the Ironies of Political Repression" by Joseph G. Ramsey The Minnesota Review, Spring/Summer 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2014.Selma ErgeçActressTurkeyEn EschMusicianGermanyJoshua EvansQuaker ministerUnited StatesGail Davis, Vegetarian Food for Thought: Quotations & Inspiration, NewSage Press, 1999Henri W.PH.E. van den Bergh van EysingaWriterNetherlandsBrian FairVocalist for metal band Shadows FallUnited StatesCosey Fanni TuttiPerformance artist, musician, writerUnited KingdomCorey FeldmanActorUnited StatesWatch "The Two Coreys" this Sunday (27 July 2007), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Retrieved 2012-05-11, Archive (11 May 2012), Archive2 (11 May 2012) Chareunsy, Don, Corey Feldman brings Lost Boys Ball, Truth Movement to House of Blues (21 October 2010), Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 2012-05-11, Archive (11 May 2012), Archive2 (11 May 2012)