Vegetarian Writers, Philosophers, Scientists Alan Moore Alan Watts Albert Schweitzer Alice Walker Amanda Feilen Benjamin Spock Berke Breathed Carla Lane Chandrashekar Subrahmanyam Charles Darwin Charlotte Bronte Clive Barker Colin Spencer Ed. Diana Emanuel Swedenborg Ferriére Franz Kafka George Bernard Shaw H.G. Wells Henry David Thoreau Henry Heimlich M.D. Isaac Bashevis Singer Jean Jacques Rousseau Jeremy Bentham John Robbins Krishnamurti Jiddu Leonardo Da Vinci Louisa May Alcott Mark Twain Milton Nikola Tesla Percy Shelley Peter Singer Plato Ralph Waldo Emerson Ruth Rendell Scott Adams Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere Sir C. V. Raman Sir Isaac Newton Socrates Srinivasa Ramanujan Steven Jobs Thomas Edison Tolstoy Upton Sinclair William Blake William Wordsworth

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

Vegetarian Politicians " Tony Banks (MP) " Tony Benn (MP) " Anne Campbell (MP Lab Cambridge) " Harry Cohen (MP Lab Leyton) " Viscount Craigavon " Anne Gilman (Mayor of Islington) " Dennis Kucinich " Piers Merchant (MP Con, Beckenham) " Bernard Weatherall (ex speaker of the House of Commons)

Vegetarian 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) Scott Jurek ( Marathoner) (Vegan) " 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)

If you could see or feel the suffering you wouldn't think twice. Give back life. Don't eat meat. -Kim Basinger

• Abigail Rokison (Darling Buds Of May)
• Alexandra Bastedo
• Alexandra Paul (Baywatch)
• Amanda Dickinson
• Amanda Mealing
• Anette Badland
• Angus Barnett (Square Deal)
• Anne Parillaud
• Anthony Perkins
• April McKay
• Betty Driver
• Bill Maynard
• Blueberry Borovnisa
• Bo Corre (Eldorado)
• Brooke Shields
• Cal Macaninch (The Advocates)
• Candice Bergen
• Carol Royle
• Catherine Oxenberg
• Cathryn Bradshaw
• Cathy Shipton (Casualty)
• Charlotte Martin (Susan Carter in The Archers)
• Cheryl Kennedy
• Christine Elise (Emily Valentine from BH90210, and currently on ER.)
• Christopher Blake
• Clint Walker
• Dan Castellaneta (voice of Homer Simpson)
• Danny DeVito
• Daryl Hannah
• David Thewlis
• Debbie Arnold
• Deborah Grant
• Demi Moore
• Dennis Weaver
• Derin Moore
• Dirk Benedict (A Team)
• Dustin Hoffman (actor)
• Emma Wray
• Eric Richard (The Bill)
• Eric Stolz
• Faith Brown
• Fiona Fullerton
• Gillian & Gayle Blakeney (Neighbours)
• Grant Aleksander
• Gretchen n/a Wyler (Broadway and Television Actress)
• Hayley Mills
• Hazel O'Connor
• Ian McKellen
• Imelda Staunton
• Jacqueline Reddin
• Jane Grayson
• Jennie Linden
• Jenny Donnison
• Jenny Seagrove
• Jerome Flynn (Soldier, Soldier)
• Jessica Muschamp (Sharon in Neighbours)
• Jill