List of animal rights advocates
List
The following is a list of impactful animal rights advocates from all positions within the movement, from academics to activists, listed according to their country of birth.

List of animal rights advocates

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: The following is a list of impactful animal rights advocates from all positions within the movement, from academics to activists, listed according to their country of birth.

Name	Born	Image	Country of birth	Occupation	Source

Elisa Aaltola	1976	-	-	Philosopher, author of Animal Individuality: Cultural and Moral Categorisations (2006) and Animal Suffering: Philosophy and Culture (2012)

Carol J. Adams	1951	-	-	Eco-feminist writer, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990)

Bryan Adams	1959	-	-	Musician, campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Douglas Adams	1952–2001	-	-	Writer, campaigner for the Great Ape Project

Casey Affleck	1975	-	-	Actor, animal rights activist

Cleveland Amory	1917–1998	Cleveland Amory 1974.JPG	-	Founder of the Fund for Animals, president of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society

Pamela Anderson	1967	-	-	Model, campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

James Aspey	-	Fitness trainer, animal rights lecturer

Michael Aufhauser	1952	-	Founder of Gut Aiderbichl, an animal sanctuary

Greg Avery	1963	-	Co-founder of the Consort beagles, Hillgrove cats, and SHAC campaigns

Alec Baldwin	1958	-	-	Actor, narrator of Meet Your Meat (2002)

Matt Ball	-	Co-founder and President of One Step for Animals, Senior Media Relations Specialist for The Good Food Institute, vegan, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook (2009)

Martin Balluch	1954	-	-	Co-founder of Vegane Gesellschaft Österreich, president of Verein Gegen Tierfabriken

David Barbarash	-	Former spokesperson for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office

Neal Barnard	-	-	President of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Shane and Sia Barbi	1963	-	-	Models

Brigitte Bardot	1934	-	-	Former actress, animal rights activist, founder of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation

Bob Barker	1923	-	-	Former host of The Price Is Right, animal rights activist

Kim Basinger	1953	Kim Basinger (2105860771) crop.JPG	-	Actress, model, animal rights activist

Gene Baur	-	-	Founder of Farm Sanctuary

Tom Beauchamp	-	Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, co-author of The Human Use of Animals (1998)

Marc Bekoff	1945	-	Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Jeremy Bentham	1748–1832	-	-	Philosopher, author of the oft-quoted "The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"

Steven Best	1955	-	Philosopher, former Animal Liberation Press Office spokesperson

Michela Vittoria Brambilla	1967	-	-	Politician

Brigid Brophy	1929–1995	-	Writer, author of an influential article, "The Rights of Animals," in The Sunday Times, London, 1965.

Mel Broughton	1960	-	Co-founder of the SPEAK campaign

Geezer Butler	1949	-	-	Vegan since the age of 17, advocate for animal rights, devoted animal lover, bassist and founding member of the rock band Black Sabbath.

Ned Buyukmihci	-	Doctor of veterinary medicine, founder of Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights

Lydia Canaan	-	-	Singer-songwriter, first rock star of the Middle East, United Nations delegate, animal rights activist, animal welfare supporter

Joey Carbstrong	-	Animal rights activist

Margarita Carretero-Gonzalez	-	Professor of English Literature at the University of Granada Spain and Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

Paola Cavalieri	-	-	Philosopher, campaigner for the Great Ape Project

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1623–1673	-	-	Writer, anti-vivisectionist

Cesar Chavez	1927–1993	-	-	Co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association

Alan Clark	1928–1999	-	Conservative Member of Parliament (1974–1992 & 1997–1999), historian, diarist

Stephen R. L. Clark	1945	-	-	Professor of philosophy at the University of Liverpool (1984–2009), author of The Moral Status of Animals (1977)

Jean Clemens	1880–1909	-	Daughter of Mark Twain

Frances Power Cobbe	1822–1904	-	-	Founder of the National Anti-Vivisection Society and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection

Alasdair Cochrane	1978	Alasdair Cochrane at the University of Manchester.JPG	-	Political theorist based at the University of Sheffield; author of An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory and Animal Rights without Liberation.

Sue Coe	1951	-	Artist, illustrator, author of "Cruel: Bearing Witness to Animal Exploitation" (2012)

J. M. Coetzee	1940	J.M. Coetzee.JPG	-	Novelist, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, author of The Lives of Animals (1999)

Priscilla Cohn	-	Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, associate director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

Rod Coronado	1966	-	Animal rights activist, formerly for the ALF, Earth First!, and ELF

Scott Crary	1978	-	-	Film director

James Cromwell	1940	-	-	Actor, played the farmer in Babe (1995)

Karen Davis	-	-	President of United Poultry Concerns, author of The Holocaust and the Henmaid's Tale (2005)

David DeGrazia	-	Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University, author of Taking Animals Seriously (1996)

Alain Delon	1935	-	-	actor, businessman, animal rights activist,

Chris DeRose	1948	-	Founder of Last Chance for Animals

Rukmini Devi	1904–1986	-	-	Dancer, founder of the Animal Welfare Board of India

Tal Gilboa	1978	-	-	Founder of the Israeli Animal Liberation Front

Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton	1878–1951	-	-	Co-founder of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society

Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding	1882–1970	-	-	Commander of RAF Fighter Command, president of the National Anti-Vivisection Society

Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding	1908–1981	-	Founder of Beauty Without Cruelty

Alice Drakoules	1850-1933	-	Lifelong supporter and treasurer of Humanitarian League et al.

Joan Dunayer	-	Author of Animal Equality (2001) and Speciesism (2004)

Earth Crisis	1989	-	Metalcore band, vegan straight edge pioneers, animal rights and environmental activists

John Feldman	1967	-	-	Musician, appeared in Behind the Mask (2006)

Waka Flocka Flame	1986	-	Rapper

Roger Fouts	1943	-	-	Primate researcher known for his work with Washoe the chimpanzee, adviser to the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

Gary Francione	1951	-	-	Distinguished Professor of Law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law & Philosophy at Rutgers School of Law–Newark, leading abolitionist, author of Animals, Property, and the Law (2005)

Lawrence Finsen	-	Professor of philosophy at University of Redlands, co-author of The Animal Rights Movement in America (1994)

Bruce Friedrich	1969	Bruce Friedrich.jpeg	-	Executive Director, The Good Food Institute

Gauri Maulekhi	-	Animal Rights Activist, Member Secretary People for Animals Uttarakhand, Trustee People for Animals, Consultant Humane Society International, Trustee People for Animals India

Maneka Gandhi	1956	-	Politician, founder of People for Animals

Harish Iyer	1979	Harish iyer.jpeg	-	Animal, LGBTIQ and Child Rights Activist,

Robert Garner	1960	Robert Garner at the University of Manchester.JPG	-	Professor of political theory at the University of Leicester; co-author of The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? (2010)

Juliet Gellatley	-	Founder and director of Viva!

Antoine Goetschel	1958	-	-	Lawyer, animal advocate for the canton of Zurich

Good Riddance	1986	-	Punk rock band, campaigners for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Jordan Halliday	1987	-	-	Animal Rights Activist, Grand Jury Resister & co-host of Which side Podcast

Celia Hammond	-	Former model, founder of the Celia Hammond Animal Trust

Lizzy Lind af Hageby	1878–1963	-	-	Founder of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society, known for the Brown Dog affair

Lee Hall	ca. 1961	-	Lawyer, legal director of Friends of Animals

Stevan Harnad	1945	-	-	Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Sciences, Université du Québec à Montreal

Annie Harvilicz	1977	-	-	National Veterinary Medical Board of The Humane Society of the United States,

Alex Hershaft	1934	-	Founder of Farm Animal Rights Movement and the Chairman of the U.S. Animal Rights National Conference

Barry Horne	1952–2001	-	Animal rights activist, hunger striker

Wayne Hsiung	1980	-	Lawyer, open rescue activist, co-founder of Direct Action Everywhere

Chrissie Hynde	1951	-	-	Singer-songwriter

V. R. Krishna Iyer	1915	-	-	Former judge of the Supreme Court of India

pattrice jones	1961	-	-	Writer, educator, activist, co-founder of VINE Sanctuary

Melanie Joy	1966	-	-	Social psychologist and vegan activist, primarily notable for promulgating the term carnism

Roberta Kalechofsky	1931	-	Writer, author of Animal Suffering and the Holocaust: The Problem with Comparisons (2003)

Shannon Keith	-	Animal rights lawyer, director of Behind the Mask (2006)

Lisa Kemmerer	-	-	Philosopher-activist, author, and educator

Kesha	1987	-	-	Singer-songwriter and rapper

Anna Kingsford	1846–1888	-	-	Physician, anti-vivisectionist, author of The Perfect Way in Diet (1881)

Marti Kheel	1948–2011	-	Ecofeminist writer, founder of Feminists for Animal Rights

Niko Koffeman	1958	-	Senator, Party for the Animals

Christine Korsgaard	1952	-	-	Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University, author of Fellow Creatures (2018)

Dennis Kucinich	1946	-	-	Congressman

Elizabeth Kucinich	1977	-	-	Director of public affairs for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Carla Lane	1928	-	Television scriptwriter, ran Animaline animal sanctuary

k.d. lang	1961	-	-	Musician

Gill Langley	1952	-	Scientist, campaigner against the use of animals in research

Charlotte Laws	1960	-	Author, TV Host and Animal Rights Activist

Ronnie Lee	1951	-	Founder of the Animal Liberation Front

Bob Linden	-	Host of Go Vegan Radio

Ludvig Lindström	1975	-	Animal rights activist, founder of Global Happiness Organization

Andrew Linzey	1951	-	Theologian, founder of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

Jo-Anne McArthur	1976	-	-	Photographer, founder of the We Animals project and subject of The Ghosts in Our Machine

Linda McCartney	1941–1998	-	-	Photographer, musician, founder of Linda McCartney Foods

Dan Lyons	-	CEO, Centre for Animals and Social Justice

Mary McCartney	1969	-	Photographer, has taken photographs for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Paul McCartney	1942	-	-	Musician, campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Stella McCartney	1971	-	Designer, campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Melody MacDonald	-	Animal rights activist, author of Caught in the Act: The Feldberg Investigation (1994)

Colin McGinn	1950	-	Professor of philosopher, University of Miami

Bill Maher	-	-	Comedian, board director of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Keith Mann	-	Animal rights activist, author of From Dusk 'til Dawn: An Insider's View of the Growth of the Animal Liberation Movement (2007)

Dan Mathews	-	-	Senior Vice-President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Brian May	1947	-	-	musician/guitarist of Queen and founder of Save Me

Merzbow	1956	-	-	Noise musician, vegan, numerous albums with animal rights themes

Lea Michele	-	-	Actress, campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Moby	-	-	Musician, DJ, released Animal Rights (1996)

Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson	1941	-	Former psychoanalyst, author of When Elephants Weep (1995)

Mary Midgley	1919	-	Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Newcastle University (retired), author of Animals And Why They Matter (1983)

Heather Mills	1968	-	Campaigner for Viva!

Shaun Monson	1958	-	Director of Earthlings (2005)

José Ferrater Mora	1912-1991	-	Philosopher, honoured by the Ferrater Mora Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

Morrissey	1959	-	-	Musician

Jesús Mosterín	1941	-	-	Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of Barcelona, honorary president of the Spanish Great Ape Project

Ingrid Newkirk	1949	-	-	Co-founder and President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

David Nibert	-	Abolitionist, Professor of Sociology at Wittenberg University

Heather Nicholson	1967	-	Co-founder of the Consort beagles, Hillgrove cats, and SHAC campaigns

Jack Norris	1967	-	Co-founder and executive director of Vegan Outreach, vegan, author of Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It? and Staying Healthy On Plant-Based Diets, Animal Rights Hall of Fame member

Martha Nussbaum	1947	-	-	Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago

Natasja Oerlemans	1969	-	-	Politician, Party for the Animals

Peggy Oki	-	Skateboarder, animal rights activist, campaigner against whaling

Kelly Overton	-	Executive Director of People Protecting Animals & Their Habitats

Esther Ouwehand	1976	-	-	Member of Parliament, Party for the Animals

Alex Pacheco	1958	-	Co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau	1970	-	-	Author, Animal Advocate, Podcaster

David Pearce	-	Philosopher, vegan and animal activist

Jill Phipps	1964–1995	-	Animal rights activist, campaigner against live export

Joaquin Phoenix	1974	-	-	Actor, animal rights activist, narrator of Earthlings (2005)

River Phoenix	1970–1993	-	-	Actor, animal rights activist

Summer Phoenix	1978	-	Actress, animal rights activist

Pink	1979	-	-	Singer

James Rachels	1941–2003	-	Philosopher

Qiu Renzong	ca. 1933	-	Bioethicist

Jacy Reese	-	Writer, effective altruism advocate

Tom Regan	1951	-	-	Professor emeritus of philosophy at North Carolina State University, author of The Case for Animal Rights (1983)

Bernard Rollin	-	Professor of philosophy, animal sciences, and biomedical sciences at Colorado State University

Zoe Rosenberg	2002	-	-	Animal Activist and Founder of Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary

Craig Rosebraugh	1951	-	-	Writer, environmentalist, animal rights activist

Mark Rowlands	1962	-	Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami, author of The Philosopher and the Wolf (2008)

Nathan Runkle	ca. 1984	-	Founder and executive director of Mercy for Animals

Richard D. Ryder	1940	-	-	Psychologist, coined the term "speciesism" in 1970

Becky Sanstedt	ca. 1960	-	Animal rights activist, former investigator for Farm Sanctuary

Steve Sapontzis	-	Professor emeritus of philosophy at California State University, East Bay, author of Morals, Reason, and Animals (1987)

Alicia Silverstone	1976	-	-

Isaac Bashevis Singer	1902–1991	-	Winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature

Henry Stephens Salt	1851–1939	-	-	Civil-rights campaigner, author of Animals' Rights: Considered in Relation to Social Progress (1894)

Anuradha Sawhney	-	Head of Indian operations for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Peter Singer	1946	-	-	Philosopher, author of Animal Liberation (1975)

Paul Shapiro	1979	Paul Shapiro Headshot 2010.JPG	-	Vice President of Policy for the Humane Society of the United States

Henry Spira	1927–1998	-	Animal rights activist, founder of Animal Rights International

Gary Steiner	-	-	John Howard Harris Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University

William O. Stephens	1962	-	-	Professor of Philosophy and Classics at Creighton University

Steve-O	1974	-	-	Stunt performer, animal rights activist

Pelle Strindlund	1971	-	Writer, founding member of the Rescue Service

Cass Sunstein	1954	-	-	Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Adam Suglaski http://www.oneprotest.org/	1975?	-

Elissa Sursara	1988	-	-	Wildlife expert, environmental correspondent and media personality

David Sztybel	-	Philosopher, writer

Peter Tatchell	1952	-	-	Civil-rights activist

Angus Taylor	-	Philosopher

Sunaura Taylor	1982	-	Artist and writer

Marianne Thieme	1972	-	-	Member of Parliament, Party for the Animals

Lynda Thomas	1981	-	-	Retired musician/singer-songwriter, anonymous activist

Darren Thurston	ca. 1970	-	Animal rights activist

Bob and Jenna Torres	-	Writers, animal rights and vegan activists

Andrew Tyler	-	Director of Animal Aid

Jane Velez-Mitchell	1955	-	-	Broadcast journalist

John Vyvyan	-	Writer, author of The Dark Face of Science (1971)

Jerry Vlasak	1958	-	Physician, former Animal Liberation Press Office spokesperson

Alice Walker	1944	-	-	Writer

Donald Watson	1910–2005	-	Founder of the British Vegan Society

Robin Webb	1945	-	Spokesperson for the British Animal Liberation Press Office

Betty White	1922	-	-	Actress, animal rights activist

Caroline Earle White	1833–1916	-	-	Co-founder of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, founder of the American Anti-Vivisection Society

Liz White	-	-	Leader of the Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada

Steven M. Wise	1952	-	Law professor, author of Rattling the Case: Toward Legal Rights for Animals (2000)

Ursula Wolf	1951	-	-	Philosopher, author of Das Tier in der Moral (1990)

Gretchen Wyler	1932–2007	Gretchen Wyler 1977.JPG	-	Actress, dancer, animal rights activist, and founder of the Genesis Awards for producing outstanding works which raise public awareness of animal issues

Jon Wynne-Tyson	1924	-	Founder of Centaur Press, author of The Extended Circle: A Commonplace Book of Animal Rights (1985)

Roger Yates	1957	-	-	Sociologist, co-founder of Vegan Ireland: The Vegan Society of Ireland

Peter Daniel Young	-	-	Animal rights activist

Gary Yourofsky	-	-	Animal rights activist

Benjamin Zephaniah	1958	-	-	Rastafari poet, honorary patron of the Vegan Society

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Canaan is an animal welfare supporter, and animal rights activist.

final_sentence: Canaan is an animal welfare supporter, and animal rights activist.