Vegetarian Era
Continued list of Vegetarian
and Vegan Elite of the World
Actors & Film Stars
Rosanna Arquette (American actress),
Richard & Leslie Bach (Americans; Richard is an author and
Leslie is an actress), Angus Barnett (British actor), Alexandra
Bastedo (British actress), Meredith Baxter (American actress),
Maureen Beattie (British actress), Dirk Benedict (American
actor), Sandra Berkin (British actress), Traci Bingham
(American actress), Christopher Blake (British actor), Gillian
& Gayle Blakeney (Australian actresses), Peter Bogdanovich
(American film director), Lisa Bonet (American actress), Tracy
Brabin (British actress and writer), Cathryn Bradshaw (British
actress), Lucy Briers (British actress), "Downtown"
Julie Brown (British actress), Kirk Cameron (American actor),
Dan Castellaneta (American actor and writer), Julie Christie
(British actress), Rachael Leigh Cook (American film and television
actress and model), Bo Corre (Swedish actress), James Cromwell
(American actor), Sara Crowe (British actress), Peter Cushing
(British actor), Amanda Dickinson (British actress), Madhuri
Dixit (Indian actress), Jenny Donnison (British actress),
Betty Driver (British actress), Mike Farrell (American
actor), Pam Ferris (British actress), Jerome Flynn (British
actor), Fiona Fullerton (Nigerian actress), Jennie Garth
(American actress,), Sara Gilbert (American actress), Sheila
Gish (British actress), Deborah Grant (British actress),
Jill Greenacre (British actress), Woody Harrelson (American
actor), Nigel Hawthorne (British actor and producer), Sherrie
Hewson (British actress), Reina James (British actress),
Jean Kasem (American actress), Cheryl Kennedy (British
actress), Jarrett Lennon (young American actor), Jennie Linden
(British actress), Rachel Lindsay (American actress), Joanna
Lumley (British actress), Cal Macaninch (British actor),
Virginia Madsen (American actress), Charlotte Martin (American
actress), Bill Maynard (British comedian and actor), Paul
McGann (British actor), Glenda McKay (British actress,),
Virginia McKenna (British actress), Rue McClanahan (American
actress), Amanda Mealing (British actress), Spike Milligan
(Indian actor), Hayley Mills (British actress), Jessica Muschamp
(Australian born-British actress), Stephen North (British actor),
Simon O'Brien (British actor), Hazel O'Connor (British
actress and composer), Maureen O'Farrell (British actress), Shaunna
O'Grady (Australian actress), Kate O'Mara (British actress),
Catherine Oxenberg (American actress), Anne Parillaud
(French actress), Alexandra Paul (American actress), Anthony
Perkins (American actor), Polly Perkins (British actress),
Rhea Perlman (American actress and producer), Mandy Perryment
(British actress), River Phoenix (American actor), Tracey
Pollen (American actress), Pamela Power (British actress),
Jacqueline Reddin (Irish actress), Joe Regalbuto (American
actor), Linda Regan (British actress), Eric Richard (British
actor), Linus Roache (British actor), Abigail Rokison
(British actress), Carol Royle (British actress), Jenny Seagrove
(British actress), Martin Shaw (British actor), Cathy Shipton
(British actor), Alicia Silverstone (American actress and producer),
John Gordon Sinclair (British actor), Marina Sirtis (British
actress), Rob Spendlove (British actor), Imelda Staunton (British
actress), Eric Stolz (American actor), David Thewlis (British
actor, director and writer), Jonathan Taylor Thomas (American
actor and producer), Rita Tushingham (British actress), Matthew
Vaughan (British actor), Tim Vincent (British actor), Kristina
Wagner (American actress), Sophie Ward (British actress),
Dennis Weaver (American actor), Tico Wells (American actor),
Ruth Whitehead (British actress), Spice Williams (American
actress), Emma Wray (British actress), Gretchen Wyler
(American actress).
Pop Stars
& Musicians
Abnegation (American punk rock
band), Bryan Adams (Canadian singer, guitarist and songwriter),
Damon Albarn (British vocalist and keyboardist), Jon Anderson
(British singer and solo artist), Fiona Apple (American singer
and songwriter), Joan Armatrading (British singer, songwriter
and guitarist), Gary Barlow (British singer/songwriter and producer),
Martin Barre (British guitarist), Shirley Bassey (British
singer), The Beloved (British electronic music group), Norman
Blake (Scottish musician, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist), Blur
(British rock band), Michael Bolton (American singer and
songwriter), Elkie Brooks (British singer), Peter Buck
(American guitarist), Charlie Burchill (Scottish guitarist),
Kate Bush (British singer and songwriter), Terry "Geezer"
Butler (British guitarist), B52s (American rock band), Boo-Yaa
TRIBE (American rap group), Montserrat Caballe (Spanish soprano
opera singer), Vivian Campbell (Irish rock guitarist), Carcass
(British rock metal band), Captain & Tennille (American husband
and wife pop music duo), Belinda Carlisle (American vocalist
), Gary Clail (British singer), Neil Codling (British
singer and songwriter), Jessica Cody (Canadian vocalist), Phil
Collen (British guitarist), Consolidated (American activist
performing group), Julian Cope (British rock musician and writer),
Elvis Costello (British musician and singer/songwriter), Sarah
Cracknell (British pop singer), Beverley Craven (British
musician), Peter Cunnah (Irish singer/songwriter), Dick Dale
(American pioneer of surf rock and guitarist), John Dankworth (British
jazz composer and performer), Dave Davies (British singer and
guitarist), Carol Decker (British singer), Brad Delp (American
vocalist), Cathy Dennis (British singer, songwriter and record
producer), Des'ree (British pop singer), Michael Diamond
(American drummer and singer), Corinne Drewery (British singer),
Judith Durham (Australian singer), Earth Crisis (American
Straight Edge band), Melissa Etheridge (American rock musician),
Julie Felix (American folk rock recording artist), Fini Tribe
(Scottish industrial dance-rockers), Peter Frame (British
music historian), Michael Franks (American jazz singer and songwriter),
Justine Frischmann (British singer and guitarist), Edgar Froese
(Russian artist and electronic music pioneer), Fugazi (American
Straight Edge band), Peter Gabriel (British musician), David
Gedge (British musician and song writer), Boy George (Irish-British
singer/songwriter), Dizzie Gillespie (American jazz trumpeter,
singer and composer), Gary Glitter (British rock and pop singer),
Kevin Godley (British musician and director), Dave Goodman
(British producer), Eddie Grant (Guyana-born musician), Martin
Lee Gore (British singer/songwriter and guitarist), Omar Hakim
(American drummer and musician), Kirk Hammett (American guitarist),
Polly Jean Harvey (British singer and songwriter), Juliana
Hatfield (American guitarist and songwriter), Kirsty Hawkshaw
(British female artist and songwriter), Tony Hicks (British guitarist),
Doug Hoekstra (American singer and songwriter), Susannah Hoffs
(American musician and actress), Steve Howe (British guitarist),
Chrissie Hynde (American rock musician), Billy Idol (British
hard rock musician), Eddie Jackson (American bassist),
Joe Jackson (British musician), LaToya Jackson (African-American
pop singer), James (British band), Wendy James (British
singerand composer), Daniel Johns (Australian singer, guitarist
and composer), Eric Johnson (American recording artist), Howard
Jones (British singer/songwriter), Martin & Gary Kemp
(British performing artists), Jim Kerr (Scottish singer and lyricist),
Nik Kershaw (British singer and songwriter), Gladys Knight
(American R&B singer), Edward Kowalczyk (American singer),
Kraftwerk (German musical group), K D Lang (Canadian singer
and songwriter), Annie Lennox (Scottish rock musician and vocalist),
Living Colour (American hard rock band), Lene Lovich (American
singer), Willy M (British musician), Marilyn (Jamaica-born
rock musician), Johnny Marr (British musician and singer), Meat
Loaf (American actor and rock and roll performer), Natalie Merchant
(American musician), Moby (American electronic musician), Larry
Mullen, Jr. (Irish drummer), Mutabaruka (Jamaican poet),
Chris Novoselic (Croatian-American rock musician), Jason Orange
(British musician), Ozzy Osborne (British singer and solo artist),
Doris Pearson (British musician), Linda Perry (American
musician and record producer), Steve Perry (American singer and
songwriter), Keith Potger (Sri Lankan guitarist/vocalist), Rebel
MC (British pop-rapper), Marisa Robles (British harpist),
Rikki Rocket (American rock group), Tim Rogers (Australian
vocalist, and solo artist), Tom Scholz (American singer and
guitarist), Sandie Shaw (British singer), Shelter (American
rock band), Captain Sensible (British singer and guitarist),
The Shamen (Scottish experimental electronic music band), Sinitta
Renet Malone (American singer), Siouxsie Sioux (British singer),
Grace Slick (American singer), Heather Small (British
soul singer), Jimmy Somerville (Scottish pop singer), Geoff
Tate (American singer), Richard Thompson (British singer
and songwriter), Tanita Tikaram (German pop/folk singer and songwriter),
Farin Urlaub (German singer and guitarist), Steve Vai
(American guitarist and record producer), Eddie Vedder (American
singer and lyricist), Charlie Watts (British drummer), Jane
Weidlin (American guitarist), Alan Wilder (British electronic
musician and record producer), Wendy O. Williams (American singer),
"Weird" Al Yankovic (American musician and lyricist),
Yazz (British pop singer), Benjamin Zephaniah (British
writer and poet).
TV Personalities
Andrea Arnold (British actress
and director), Bob Barker (American TV host), Marian Chanter
(first female winner of the British game show, “The Krypton Factor”),
Phil Cool (British comedian and impressionist), Barbara Edwards
(British TV weather forecaster), Angela Groothuizen (Dutch TV
presenter), Larry Hagman (American actor and director), Antoinette
Hertsenberg (Dutch TV host), Simon Hickson (British actor
and writer), Viola Holt (Dutch TV presenter), Hennie Huisman
(Dutch showmaster), Gareth Jones (British TV show host), Diane-Louise
Jordan (British TV presenter and producer), Penny Junor (British
writer and journalist), Ricki Lake (Jewish-American actress
and talk show host), Joe Longthorne (British singer and actor),
Don McLean (American singer and songwriter), Kevin Nealon
(American comedian and actor), Leonard Nimoy (American actor,
director and producer), Fred Rogers (American children’s
show host), Peter Simon (British TV personality), John Simpson
(British TV journalist), Lisa Simpson (animated TV personality),
Julie Snyder (Canadian TV host), Sy Sperling (President
of the Hair Club for Men), Jo Stevens (American actor), Jonathan
Taylor Thomas (American actor), Wendy Turner (British TV
presenter), Mary Tyler Moore (American actress and comedian),
Maitland Ward (American actress), Vanessa Warwick (British
director and actress), Victoria Wood (British comedian), William
Woollard (British actor).
Radio
Personalities
Tony Blackburn (British award-winning
disc jockey), Jackie Brambles (British television and radio presenter),
Casey Kasem (American radio personality and voice actor), Chris
Mitchell (American ratio disc jockey), John Peel (British
disc jockey and journalist), Janice Long (British radio broadcaster),
Dianne Oxberry (British radio weather forecaster), Judi Spiers
(British broadcaster), Claire Sturgess (British ratio disc jockey),
Dave Lee Travis (British actor and disc jockey), Shelton Walden
(American radio producer and show host), Ron de Rijk (Dutch sportscaster),
Pierre Robert (American disc jockey).
Sports
Personalities
B J Armstrong (American basketball
star), Al Beckles (American body builder), Peter Burwash
(Canadian longtime health advocate, motivational speaker and world-renowned
tennis coach), Andreas Cahling (Swedish body builder), Chris
Campbell (American world champion wrestler), Sally Eastall
(British marathon runner), Clare Francis (Austrian sailer), Louis
Freitas (Brazilian body builder), Carol Gould (British marathon
runner, many-time medalist of British Road Race Championships), Estelle
Gray (American cyclist), Ruth Heidrich (Ph.D., American health
educator and three-time Ironman contestant), Sally Hibberd (British
women's mountain bike champion), Sharon Hounsell (Welsh bodybuilding
champion), Desmond Howard (American professional football player),
Roger Hughes (Welsh ski champion), David Johnson (American
basketball coach), Kathy Johnson (American gymnast), Alan
Jones (British ski jumper), Killer Kowalski (Polish-Canadian
professional wrestler), Donnie LaLonde (Canadian professional
boxer), Tony LaRussa (American baseball team manager), Silken
Laumann (Canadian champion rower), Judy Leden (British world
hang gliding champion), Marv Levey (American football coach),
Jutta Müller (German windsurfing World Cup champion), Jack
Maitland (British triathlete and triathlon coach), Cheryl Marek
(American cyclist), Leslie Marx (American fencer and two-time
national champion), Kirsty McDermott (British runner), Robert
Millar (Scottish professional cyclist), Paavo Nurmi (Finnish
long-distance runner and 12-time Olympic medal winner), Bill Pearl
(American bodybuilder, Mr. America), Anthony Peeler (American
basketball player), Debbie Spaeth-Herring (American power-lifter),
Jonathan Speelman (British chess player and three-time chess
champion), Jacque Vaughn (American professional basketball player),
Eustace Miles (10-time British tennis champion).
Writers,
Philosophers, Scientists
Scott Adams (American writer/artist),
Louisa May Alcott (American novelist), Clive Barker (British
author, director and visual artist), William Blake (British poet
and artist), Berke Breathed (American cartoonist), Charlotte
Bronte (British novelist), Henry Heimlich, M.D. (American
physician), Krishnamurti Jiddu (Indian spiritual teacher), Franz
Kafka (German writer), Carla Lane (British TV writer), Milton
(British poet), Alan Moore (British comic writer), Serge
Raynaud de la Ferriére (French scholar, founder of Universal
Great Brotherhood), Ruth Rendell (British writer), Upton Sinclair
(American writer), Peter Singer (Australian humanist and philosopher),
Colin Spencer (British food writer), Chandrashekar Subrahmanyam
(Indian-born American Nobel prize-winning astrophysicist), Emanuel
Swedenborg (Swedish scientist, philosopher and mystic), Alice
Walker (African-American author and feminist), Alan Watts
(British philosopher and comparative religion writer), H.G. Wells
(British author), William Wordsworth (British romantic poet).
Historical
Vegetarians & Advocates of Vegetarianism
Clara Barton (founder of American
Red Cross), Annie Besant (British theosophist, women's rights
activist, writer and orator), General William Booth (founder
and 1st General of the Salvation Army), Fenner Brockway (British
anti-war activist and politician), Rupert Brooke (British poet),
Cesar Chavez (Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader and
activist), St John Chrysostom (Syrian Christian bishop and priest),
Clement of Alexandria (Egyptian first member of the Church of
Alexandria), Sir Stafford Cripps (British Labour party politician),
Dr John Harvey Kellogg (American medical doctor, brother of W
K Kellogg), Lamartine (French writer, poet and politician), Martin
Luther (German theologian, Augustinian monk and ecclesiastical reformer),
Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Indian saint), Mahavira (Indian
Jainism founder), Montaigne (French Renaissance writer),
Barbara Moore (American Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua),
Canakya Pandit (Indian philosopher and prime minister), Sir
Isaac Pitman (British inventor of Pitman Shorthand), Origen (Egyptian
scholar and Christian theologian), Plotinus (Egyptian Neoplatonism
founder), Alexander Pope (British poet), Porphyry (Syrian
Neoplatonic philosopher), HH A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(Indian spiritualist), Ilya Repin (Russian artist), Richard
St Barbe Baker (British world-famous environmentalist), Henry
Salt (British artist, diplomat and Egyptologist), Schopenhauer
(German philosopher), Sir Barnes Neville Wallis (British
scientist, engineer and inventor), Mary Webb (British romantic
novelist), John Wesley (British clergyman and Christian theologian),
Ellen G. White (American writer and founder of Seventh Day Adventist
Church).
Models
Angie Hill (American actress
and model), Kathy Lloyd (British actress and model), Carre
Otis (American plus-sized fashion model), Laetizia Scherrer
(French model & designer).
Politicians, Statespersons and
Activists
James G. Abourezk
(U.S. Senator and Congressman), Tony Banks (British politician
and Member of Parliament), Andrew Bartlett (Senator in Australian
Parliament), Tony Benn (British politician and Member of Parliament),
Anne Campbell (British politician and Labour Member of Parliament),
Chelsea Clinton (U.S. President Bill Clinton's daughter), Harry
Cohen (British Labour Member of Parliament), Willem Drees
(Dutch politician and prime minister, 1948 - 1958), Anne Gilman
(British politician), Andrew Jacobs (US Congressman), Kamel
Junblatt (Lebanese Parliament member), Moritz Leuenberger
(Swiss Minister of Energy and Transport), Robert Lutz (Swiss
business executive), Vos Marijke (Dutch Member of Parliament),
Piers Merchant (British politician and Parliament member), Albert
Mokhiber (Arab-American human rights activist), Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel (First Home Minister of India), P.V. Narasimha Rao
(Prime Minister of India, 1991-1996), Philip Ruddock (Australian
Attorney-General), Bernard Weatherall (British politician).
And the list goes on…