# List of vegetarians

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—who are listed separately at List of vegans.

## List

| Name | Occupation | Country | Source |
| Chris Adler | Musician, drummer of Lamb of God | United States | |
| Agathocles | Political grindcore musical band | Belgium | |
| Shmuel Yosef Agnon | Writer | Israel | $^{:171–172}$ |
| Dianna Agron | Actress | United States | |
| Eden Ahbez | Musician | United States | $^{:171}$ |
| William Andrus Alcott | Physician | United States | $^{:34–44}$ |
| Sam Altman | Entrepreneur | United States | |
| Michael Amott | Musician | Sweden | |
| And Then There Were None | Rock band | United States | |
| Johan Angergård | Musician, owner of Labrador Records | Sweden | |
| Lauren Anderson | Model | United States | |
| Anthony the Great | Christian saint | Egypt | $^{:22–23}$ |
| Álex Anwandter | Musician, director | Chile | |
| Apollonius of Tyana | Philosopher | Greece | $^{:30–35}$ |
| Christina Applegate | Actress | United States | |
| Johnny Appleseed | Nurseryman | United States | $^{:6–7}$$^{:184–186,307–310}$ |
| Joan Armatrading | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Ólafur Arnalds | Musician | Iceland | |
| Ashoka the Great | Emperor | India | $^{:75–77}$$^{:14–15}$​$^{:22–23}$$^{:19–20}$​$^{:55–57}$ |
| Emilie Autumn | Singer-songwriter, poet, violinist, actress | United States | |
| Thaila Ayala | Actress | Brazil | |
| Amitabh Bachchan | Actor | India | |
| Vidya Balan | Actress | India | |
| Nic Balthazar | Film director | Belgium | |
| Jacob Bannon | Musician, member of Converge | United States | |
| John Banville | Writer | Ireland | |
| Arnaldo Baptista | Musician | Brazil | |
| Bob Barker | Game show host | United States | |
| Samantha Barks | Actress, singer | Isle of Man | |
| Brandon Barnes | Musician, drummer of Rise Against | United States | |
| Basil of Caesarea | Bishop | Turkey | $^{:159–160}$$^{:78}$ |
| Rabia Basri | Mystic | Iraq | |
| Joseph Bates | Co-founder of Seventh-day Adventist Church | United States | |
| Franco Battiato | Singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker | Italy | |
| Beatle Bob | Dancer, St. Louis local figure | United States | |
| Jeff Beck | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Nick Beggs | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Conrad Beissel | Religious leader | Germany | $^{:3}$ |
| Kristen Bell | Actress | United States | |
| Raja Bell | Sportsman | United States | |
| Brie Bella | Professional wrestler, actress, WWE Ambassador | United States | |
| Jo Bench | Bassist | United Kingdom | |
| Anthony Benezet | Abolitionist and educator | United States | |
| Tony Benn | Politician | United Kingdom | |
| Hilary Benn | Politician | United Kingdom | |
| J. D. Beresford | Novelist | United Kingdom | |
| Elizabeth Berkley | Actress | United States | |
| Annie Besant | Writer | United Kingdom | $^{:99–107}$ |
| Traci Bingham | Actress | United States | |
| Maximilian Bircher-Benner | Physician | Switzerland | |
| John Bishop | Comedian | United Kingdom | |
| Barry Black | Clergyman | United States | |
| Pippa Black | Actress | Australia | |
| Tony Blackburn | Disc jockey | United Kingdom | |
| Zach Blair | Musician, guitarist of Rise Against | United States | |
| Alexa Bliss | Professional wrestler | United States | |
| Jeffrey Block | Buddhist monk and translator | United States | |
| Reginald Horace Blyth | Author | United Kingdom | |
| Kees Boeke | Missionary | Netherlands | $^{:240}$ |
| Beau Bokan | Musician and singer, frontman of Blessthefall | United States | |
| Marc Bolan | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Michael Bolton | Musician | United States | |
| Surya Bonaly | Skater | France | |
| Bramwell Booth | Chief of the Staff and General of The Salvation Army | United Kingdom | |
| William Booth | Preacher, Founder of The Salvation Army | United Kingdom | |
| Nathaniel Borenstein | Computer scientist | United States | |
| Magnus Børmark | Musician | Norway | |
| Wouter Bos | Politician | Netherlands | |
| Viktor Bout | Arms dealer, entrepreneur | Russia | |
| Josh Bradford | Guitarist for Silverstein | Canada | |
| Constantin Brâncuși | Sculptor, painter and photographer, pioneer of modernism | Romania | $^{:228}$ |
| Gyles Brandreth | Writer and politician | United Kingdom | |
| Justin Lee Brannan | Artist, community activist, organizer | United States | |
| Claudia de Breij | Comedian | Netherlands | |
| Eva Briegel | Singer | Germany | |
| Christie Brinkley | Model, actress | United States | |
| Peter Brock | Motor racing driver | Australia | |
| Fenner Brockway | Politician | United Kingdom | |
| Joseph Brotherton | Politician | United Kingdom | |
| Luitzen E.J. Brouwer | Mathematician | Netherlands | $^{:236}$ |
| Chris Browne | Cartoonist | United States | |
| Kathalijne Buitenweg | Politician | Netherlands | |
| Héctor Buitrago | Co-member of the Latin alternative band Aterciopelados | Colombia | |
| Bully | Rock band | United States | |
| Tahita Bulmer | Singer-songwriter for electronic band New Young Pony Club | United Kingdom | |
| George Burdi | Musician and white supremacist | Canada | |
| Peter Burwash | Tennis player | Canada | |
| Kate Bush | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Lauren Bush | Model, designer | United States | |
| John Campbell | Bassist for Lamb of God | United States | |
| Nacho Cano | Arranger, composer, musician, record producer | Spain | |
| Julia Carling | Journalist | United Kingdom | |
| Belinda Carlisle | Singer | United States | |
| Edward Carpenter | Poet | United Kingdom | $^{:79–80}$$^{:256–266,276}$ |
| Ben Carson | Neurosurgeon | United States | |
| Chris Carter | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Paul Carton | Physician | France | |
| Cathy Cassidy | Author | United Kingdom | |
| Dan Castellaneta | Voice actor | United States | |
| Saint Catherine of Siena | Theologian | Italy | $^{:167–168}$$^{:89}$ |
| Stephanie Cayo | Actress, singer, model | Peru | |
| Ceschi | Musician | United States | |
| Stephen Chan Chi Wan | Businessman | Hong Kong | |
| Agustina Cherri | Actress, dancer, model | Argentina | |
| Jacky Cheung | Singer | Hong Kong | |
| Sri Chinmoy | Poet | India | |
| Julie Christie | Actress | United Kingdom | |
| Saint John Chrysostom | Early Church Father | Turkey | $^{:79}$$^{:124}$ |
| Daniël de Clercq | Socialist | Netherlands | |
| Sue Coe | Artist | United Kingdom | |
| J. M. Coetzee | Writer | South Africa | $^{:63–65}$ |
| Rabbi David Cohen | Rabbi | Israel | $^{:172}$ |
| She'ar Yashuv Cohen | Rabbi | Israel | $^{:172–173}$ |
| John Coltrane | Musician | United States | |
| Pat Condell | Writer | United Kingdom | |
| Confucius | Philosopher | China | |
| Consolidated | Radical activist music group | United States | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Politician | United Kingdom | |
| Liam Cormier | Musician | United States | |
| Isabelle Cornish | Actress | Australia | |
| Hugo Brandt Corstius | Author | Netherlands | |
| Elvis Costello | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Roger Crab | Haberdasher | United Kingdom | $^{:26–38}$ |
| Stafford Cripps | Politician | United Kingdom | |
| Ernest Howard Crosby | Writer | United States | $^{:143–147}$ |
| Attila Csihar | Extreme metal musician | Hungary | |
| Alfonso Cuarón | Film director | Mexico | |
| Mark Cuban | Entrepreneur | United States | |
| Rivers Cuomo | Musician | United States | |
| Peter Cushing | Actor | United Kingdom | |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Polymath | Republic of Florence | |
| Eugen d'Albert | Musician | Germany | |
| John Darnielle | Musician, novelist | United States | |
| Georg Friedrich Daumer | Poet | Germany | $^{:282–286}$ |
| Dave Davies | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Ray Davies | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Zsombor Deak | Triathlete | Romania | |
| John Dear | Catholic priest, Christian pacifist, vegetarianism advocate | United States | |
| Brad Delp | Singer-songwriter, frontman of Boston and RTZ | United States | |
| Eugenio Derbez | Television actor, director | Mexico | |
| Morarji Desai | 4th Prime Minister of India | India | |
| Floortje Dessing | Presenter | Netherlands | |
| Torrey DeVitto | Actress, musician, former fashion model | United States | |
| Thomas Di Leva | Singer-songwriter | Sweden | |
| Julieta Díaz | Actress | Argentina | |
| Dave Dictor | Musician | United States | |
| Mike Dirnt | Musician | United States | |
| Donovan | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Eliza Doolittle | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| David D'Or | Musician | Israel | |
| Julien Doré | Singer-songwriter, musician, actor | France | |
| Desmond Doss | Combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient | United States | |
| Pia Douwes | Actress | Netherlands | |
| Hugh Dowding | Officer in the Royal Air Force | United Kingdom | |
| Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding | Animal rights activist | United Kingdom | $^{:137–151}$ |
| Anna Drijver | Model | Netherlands | |
| Isadora Duncan | Dancer | United States | |
| Michael Clarke Duncan | Actor | United States | |
| Frederik van Eeden | Writer | Netherlands | |
| Greg Egan | Writer | Australia | |
| Michael Eisner | Businessman | United States | |
| Mattias Eklundh | Musician | Sweden | |
| Emmanuel | Singer | Mexico | |
| Emmylou Harris | Musician | United States | |
| Empedocles of Acragas | Ancient Greek philosopher | Greece | $^{:30–32}$$^{:41–42}$$^{:64–66}$ |
| Guy Endore | Writer | United States | |
| Selma Ergeç | Actress | Turkey | |
| En Esch | Musician | Germany | |
| Joshua Evans | Quaker minister | United States | $^{:40}$$^{:7}$ |
| Henri W.PH.E. van den Bergh van Eysinga | Writer | Netherlands | $^{:228}$ |
| Brian Fair | Vocalist for metal band Shadows Fall | United States | |
| Cosey Fanni Tutti | Performance artist, musician, writer | United Kingdom | |
| Corey Feldman | Actor | United States | |
| Marty Feldman | Comedian | United Kingdom | |
| Adam Ferguson | Philosopher | United Kingdom | $^{:208}$$^{:204–206}$ |
| Vanessa Ferlito | Actress | United States | |
| Marsilio Ficino | Philosopher | Italy | |
| Doug Fieger | Musician | United States | |
| Thomas Gabriel Fischer | Metal musician who led the groups Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Triptykon | Switzerland | |
| Harley Flanagan | Founding member and former bassist of the crossover thrash band Cro-Mags. | United States | |
| Alba Flores | Actress | Spain | |
| Flux of Pink Indians | Anarcho-punk/post-punk band | United Kingdom | |
| Jerome Flynn | Actor | United Kingdom | |
| Jonathan Safran Foer | Writer | United States | |
| Alina Foley | Actress | United States | |
| Alan Ford | Actor | United Kingdom | |
| Desmond Ford | Evangelical Christian | Australia | |
| Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster | Astronomer | United Kingdom | $^{:374–375}$ |
| J. D. Fortune | Musician | Canada | |
| Jorja Fox | Actress | United States | |
| Sage Francis | Rapper | United States | |
| Saint Francis of Paola | Mendicant friar | Italy | $^{:146}$ |
| Nat Friedman | Programmer | United States | |
| Edgar Froese | German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream | Germany | |
| Sadie Frost | Actress | United Kingdom | |
| John Galliano | Fashion designer | United Kingdom | |
| Mahatma Gandhi | Leader of the Indian independence movement | India | $^{:xii}$ |
| Gao Yuanyuan | Actress | China | |
| Jerry Garcia | Singer-songwriter and guitarist | United States | |
| Germán Garmendia | YouTuber | Chile | |
| Nicky Garratt | Musician, chef | United Kingdom | |
| Antoni Gaudí | Architect | Spain | |
| John Gay | Poet and dramatist | United Kingdom | $^{:115–119}$ |
| Teri Gender Bender | Musician | United States | |
| Geoffrey Giuliano | Actor | United States | |
| Philip Glass | Composer | United States | |
| Kevin Godley | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Daniel Goldhagen | Author, professor, political scientist | United States | |
| Bobcat Goldthwait | Comedian | United States | |
| Lewis Gompertz | Animal rights advocate | United Kingdom | |
| Jorge González | Musician, former leader of the band Los Prisioneros | Chile | |
| João Gordo | Singer-songwriter | Brazil | |
| Shlomo Goren | Rabbi | Israel | $^{:104,173–174}$ |
| Lawrence Gowan | Musician | Canada | |
| Mckenna Grace | Actress | United States | |
| Sylvester Graham | Dietary reformer | United States | $^{:15–70}$$^{:141–148}$ |
| Percy Grainger | Musician | Australia | $^{:78–79}$ |
| Dion Graus | Politician | Netherlands | |
| Derrick Green | Extreme metal vocalist for Sepultura | United States | |
| Gail Greenwood | Musician | United States | |
| Dick Gregory | Comedian | United States | $^{:215–218}$ |
| Amanda Griffin | Model | Philippines | |
| Angela Groothuizen | Singer | Netherlands | |
| Benjamin Grosvenor | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Vida Guerra | Glamour model | Cuba | |
| Nacha Guevara | Singer-songwriter, dancer and actress | Argentina | |
| Ramachandra Guha | Historian | India | |
| Chin Chin Gutierrez | Actress | Philippines | |
| GZA | Rapper | United States | |
| Ha Okio | Musician | Vietnam | |
| Alexander Hacke | Musician | Germany | |
| Nina Hagen | Singer and actress | Germany | |
| Alexander Haig | Physician | United Kingdom | |
| J. B. S. Haldane | Scientist | United Kingdom | |
| Alan Halsall | Actor | United Kingdom | |
| Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish | Spiritual leader | United States | |
| Trés Hanley | Actress and singer | United States | |
| Hao Lei | Actress | China | |
| Neil Harbisson | Cyborg | Spain | |
| John Harris | Journalist | United Kingdom | |
| George Harrison | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Lenie 't Hart | Animal rights activist | Netherlands | |
| Maarten 't Hart | Biologist | Netherlands | |
| David Hartley | Philosopher | United Kingdom | $^{:207–209}$ |
| Thom Hartmann | Radio personality, author | United States | |
| Annie Haslam | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Juliana Hatfield | Musician | United States | |
| Lizzy Hawker | Long-distance runner | United Kingdom | |
| Samantha Hayes | News presenter | New Zealand | |
| Heaven Shall Burn | Extreme metal band | Germany | |
| Sadegh Hedayat | Writer | Iran | |
| Martin van Hees | Philosopher | Netherlands | |
| Anne-Marie Helder | Singer-songwriter | United Kingdom | |
| Maximiliano Hernández Martínez | Politician | El Salvador | |
| Rudolf Hess | Politician | Germany | |
| Missy Higgins | Singer-songwriter | Australia | |
| Saint Hilarion | Anchorite | Egypt | $^{:24–25}$ |
| Arnold Hills | Businessman | United Kingdom | |
| Susumu Hirasawa | Musician | Japan | |
| Adolf Hitler | Politician | Austria | |
| Isa Hoes | Actress | Netherlands | |
| Lancelot Hogben | Zoologist | United Kingdom | |
| Jens Holm | Politician | Sweden | |
| Tuomas Holopainen | Keyboardist, songwriter | Finland | |
| Henriette Roland Holst | Poet | Netherlands | $^{:230}$ |
| Hostage Calm | Punk rock band | United States | |
| John Howard | Prison reformer | United Kingdom | |
| Steve Howe | Musician, guitarist for progressive rock band Yes | United Kingdom | |
| Mike Hranica | Singer for metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada | United States | |
| Dave Hughes | Television presenter | Australia | |
| Richard Hughes | Drummer | United Kingdom | |
| Henny Huisman | Television presenter | Netherlands | |
| Aldous Huxley | Writer | United Kingdom | |
| Chrissie Hynde | Musician, songwriter | United States | |
| Iamblichus | Philosopher | Syria | |
| Vanilla Ice | Rapper and actor | United States | |
| Eric Idle | Comedian, musician, writer | United Kingdom | |
| Frank Iero | Musician | United States | |
| Steve Ignorant | Singer and artist, co-founder of the anarcho-punk band Crass | United Kingdom | |
| Michael Imperioli | Actor | United States | |
| Ewout Irrgang | Politician | Netherlands | |
| La Toya Jackson | Singer | United States | |
| Susan Saint James | Actress | United States | $^{:47–58}$ |
| Reid Jamieson | Singer-songwriter | Canada | |
| Jim Jarmusch | Film director | United States | |
| JeA | Singer | South Korea | |
| Mick Jenkins | Rapper | United States | |
| Joan Jett | Singer-songwriter | United States | |
| Éder Jofre | Boxer | Brazil | |
| Matt Johnson | Vocalist and keyboardist of the indie pop duo Matt and Kim | United States | |
| Christofer Johnsson | Musician, founder member of Therion | Sweden | |
| James Johnston | Politician | United Kingdom | |
| Howard Jones | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Watkin Tudor Jones | Musician | South Africa | |
| Jónsi | Musician, founder of post-rock band Sigur Rós | Iceland | |
| Sachiin J. Joshi | Actor, producer | India | |
| Mike Joyce | Drummer | United Kingdom | |
| Juanes | Singer-songwriter | Colombia | |
| Kabīr | Poet | India | $^{:47–49}$ |
| Alter Kacyzne | Photo-journalist | Lithuania | $^{:171}$ |
| Franz Kafka | Novelist | Austria-Hungary | |
| Shelly Kagan | Philosopher | United States | |
| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | 11th President of India | India | |
| Roberta Kalechofsky | Jewish writer, feminist, animal rights activist | United States | |
| Antonie Kamerling | Actor | Netherlands | |
| Shahid Kapoor | Actor | India | |
| Eliane Karp | Anthropologist, former First Lady of Peru | France | |
| Raden Adjeng Kartini | Educator, feminist | Indonesia | |
| Bill Kaulitz | Singer | Germany | |
| Kayah | Singer | Poland | |
| Sati Kazanova | Singer | Russia | |
| Annette Kellermann | Swimmer and actress | Australia | |
| John Harvey Kellogg | Physician | United States | $^{:149–158}$ |
| Matthew Kenney | Chef | United States | |
| Etgar Keret | Writer | Israel | |
| Kesha | Singer-songwriter | United States | |
| Irrfan Khan | Actor | India | |
| Ayya Khema | Bhikkhuni | Germany and United States | |
| Steve Kilbey | Singer-songwriter | Australia | |
| Masta Killa | Rapper | United States | |
| Kim Hyo-jin | Actress | South Korea | |
| Anna Bonus Kingsford | Magazine editor | United Kingdom | $^{:374–383}$ |
| Bep van Klaveren | Boxer | Netherlands | $^{:103}$ |
| Marcela Kloosterboer | Actress | Argentina | |
| Nicolette Kluijver | Television presenter and model | Netherlands | |
| Paul Koehler | Drummer of metalcore band Silverstein | Canada | |
| Niko Koffeman | Politician | Netherlands | |
| Hannes Kolehmainen | Long-distance runner | Finland | |
| Martine Wittop Koning | Writer | Netherlands | $^{:231}$ |
| Abraham Isaac Kook | Rabbi | Latvia | $^{:175}$$^{:118–121}$ |
| Kim van Kooten | Actress and screenwriter | Netherlands | |
| David Koresh | Leader of Branch Davidians | United States | |
| k-os | Rapper | Canada | |
| Killer Kowalski | Professional wrestler | Canada | $^{:231–236}$ |
| Daniel H. Kress | Physician, follower of John Harvey Kellogg | Canada-United States | |
| Lauretta E. Kress | Physician, follower of John Harvey Kellogg | United States | |
| Jiddu Krishnamurti | Writer and public speaker | India | |
| Liv Kristine | Singer-songwriter | Norway | |
| KRS-One | Rapper | United States | |
| Alexander Krull | Singer | Germany | |
| Attje Kuiken | Politician | Netherlands | |
| Sushil Kumar | Wrestler | India | |
| František Kupka | Artist | Czechoslovakia | |
| Yasmien Kurdi | Singer | Philippines | |
| Haldor Lægreid | Singer | Norway | |
| Shaul Ladany | Racewalker | Israel | |
| Christine Lagarde | managing director of the International Monetary Fund | France | |
| Alphonse de Lamartine | Writer, poet and politician | France | |
| Carla Lane | Television writer | United Kingdom | |
| Robert Lange | Record producer and songwriter | South Africa | |
| Frances Moore Lappé | Researcher and writer | United States | |
| Lauren Laverne | Radio DJ, television presenter and musician | United Kingdom | |
| Maricel Laxa | Comedian and actress | Philippines | |
| Benjamin Lay | Abolitionist | United States | |
| Cloris Leachman | Actress | United States | |
| Charles Webster Leadbeater | Author | United Kingdom | |
| Rita Lee | Singer-songwriter | Brazil | |
| Patricia de León | Actress, TV host, model, beauty pageant titleholder | Panama | |
| Nikolai Leskov | Writer | Russia | |
| Chris Leslie | Electric folk musician, member of Fairport Convention | United Kingdom | |
| Katie Leung | Actress | United Kingdom | |
| Leona Lewis | Singer | United Kingdom | |
| Tony Levin | Musician | United States | |
| Liang Shuming | Philosopher, teacher, and leader in the Rural Reconstruction Movement | China | |
| Jimmy Liao | Picture book illustrator | Taiwan | |
| Bart de Ligt | Anarcho-pacifist and antimilitarist | Netherlands | $^{:239}$ |
| Jan Ligthart | Teacher | Netherlands | $^{:220}$ |
| Jack Lindsay | Writer | Australia | $^{:77}$ |
| Richard Linklater | Film director | United States | |
| Lucy Liu | Actress | United States | |
| Tzipi Livni | Politician | Israel | |
| Eneko Llanos | Athlete | Spain | |
| Lo Wing-lok | Physician and politician | Hong Kong | |
| Michael Locher | Musician | Switzerland | |
| Claire Loewenfeld | Nutritionist and herbalist | Germany | |
| César López | Musician | Mexico | |
| Patricia López | Actress | Chile | |
| Kiko Loureiro | Musician, Guitarist | Brazil | |
| Lu You | Poet | China | |
| Arjen Lucassen | Singer-songwriter | Netherlands | |
| Joanna Lumley | Actress | United Kingdom | |
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad | Singer | Norway | |
| Lady Constance Lytton | Suffragette | United Kingdom | |
| M-1 | Rapper, member of Dead Prez | United States | |
| Grant MacEwan | Professor and politician | Canada | |
| Francisco Madero | Politician, writer and revolutionary | Mexico | |
| R. Madhavan | Actor, writer, producer, television presenter | India | |
| Jamby Madrigal | Politician | Philippines | |
| Jaime de Magalhães Lima | Philosopher, poet and writer | Portugal | |
| Mahavira | Sage who established tenets of Jainism | India | $^{:19–28}$ |
| Gustav Mahler | Composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation | Austria-Hungary | |
| Lucy A. Mallory | Writer, publisher, editor, and spiritualist | United States | |
| Andrius Mamontovas | Musician, songwriter, record producer, actor | Lithuania | |
| Mani | Founder of Manichaeism | Iran | |
| João Manzarra | Television host | Portugal | |
| Jodie Marsh | Media personality, glamour model | United Kingdom | |
| Andy Martin | Musician and writer | United Kingdom | |
| Billy Martin | Guitarist and keyboardist for pop punk band Good Charlotte | United States | |
| Luis Miguel Martín | Long-distance runner | Spain | |
| Ricky Martin | Singer-songwriter, actor | Puerto Rico | |
| Mariano Gabriel Martínez | Musician and producer, founder of the band Attaque 77 | Argentina | |
| Sebastián Martínez | Actor | Colombia | |
| Doug Martsch | Musician, member of Built to Spill | United States | |
| Scott Maslen | Actor, model | United Kingdom | |
| Paul Masvidal | Musician, member of progressive metal band Cynic | United States | |
| Mojo Mathers | Politician, member of the New Zealand House of Representatives | New Zealand | |
| Andre Matos | Musician | Brazil | |
| Trixie Mattel | Drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian | United States | |
| Alicia Mayer | Actress, comedian | Philippines | |
| Mazdak | Founder of Mazdakism | Iran | |
| Paul Mazurkiewicz | Drummer for death metal band Cannibal Corpse | United States | |
| Winston McCall | Musician | Australia | |
| Colman McCarthy | Journalist, teacher, lecturer, peace activist | United States | $^{:206–207}$ |
| Linda McCartney | Photographer, musician, entrepreneur | United States | |
| Paul McCartney | Musician, composer, producer, businessman, member of The Beatles | United Kingdom | |
| Stella McCartney | Fashion designer | United Kingdom | |
| Rue McClanahan | Actress, comedian, author | United States | |
| Patrick McDonnell | Illustrator, creator of Mutts | United States | |
| James McDowall | Politician, member of the New Zealand House of Representatives | New Zealand | |
| Jay McGuiness | Singer, member of the boy band The Wanted | United Kingdom | |
| Tim McIlrath | Musician, vocalist and guitarist of Rise Against | United States | |
| Gina McKee | Actress | United Kingdom | |
| Virginia McKenna | Actress, author and wildlife campaigner | United Kingdom | |
| Edward McMillan-Scott | Member of the European Parliament | United Kingdom | |
| Trash McSweeney | Musician, leader of the band The Red Paintings | Australia | |
| Hemant Mehta | Author, blogger, atheist activist | United States | |
| Armin Meiwes | Convict who claims to be reformed and concerned about injustices | Germany | |
| Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz | Rabbi, leader of American Orthodoxy | United States | |
| Natalie Merchant | Musician, songwriter | United States | |
| Method Man | Hip hop artist, record producer, actor, member of the Wu-Tang Clan | United States | |
| Chucho Merchán | Musician | Colombia | |
| Saint Angela de Merici | Religious leader and saint | Italy | $^{:125–126}$ |
| Johan Messchaert | Singer and vocal pedagogue | Netherlands | $^{:219}$ |
| Reinhard Mey | Singer-songwriter | Germany | |
| Eustace Miles | Real tennis player and health writer | United Kingdom | |
| Gabrielle Miller | Actress | Canada | |
| Crispian Mills | Musician, songwriter, film director | United Kingdom | |
| Hayley Mills | Actress, singer | United Kingdom | |
| Milo | Rapper | United States | |
| Giovanni Pico della Mirandola | Renaissance philosopher | Italy | |
| Narendra Modi | 14th Prime Minister of India | India | |
| Elizabeth Maria Molteno | Suffragist and civil rights activist | South Africa | |
| Daniel Mongrain | Musician for metal bands Martyr and Voivod | Canada | |
| Théodore Monod | Naturalist, explorer, and humanist scholar | France | |
| Andrea Montenegro | Actress, model | Peru | |
| Leonardo Montero | TV host | Argentina | |
| Alan Moore | Comic book writer | United Kingdom | |
| J. Howard Moore | Zoologist, philosopher, educator and socialist | United States | |
| Jenna Morasca | Actor, swimsuit model, winner of Survivor: The Amazon | United States | |
| Tom Morello | Guitarist, singer, songwriter, former member of Rage Against the Machine | United States | |
| Edwin Moses | Former track and field athlete | United States | |
| Malcolm Muggeridge | Journalist, author, satirist | United Kingdom | $^{:243–250}$ |
| Bawa Muhaiyaddeen | Saintly Tamil-speaking teacher and Sufi mystic from the island of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | $^{:175}$ |
| Lillian Müller | Model, actress in motion pictures and television | Norway | |
| Desidério Murcho | Philosopher, professor, and writer | Portugal | |
| Stuart Murdoch | Musician, member of indie pop band Belle & Sebastian | United Kingdom | |
| Keith Murray | Musician, member of indie rock band We Are Scientists | United States | |
| Murs | Rapper | United States | |
| Reuben D. Mussey | Medical doctor and an early opponent of tobacco | United States | $^{:44–46}$ |
| My Summer As A Salvation Soldier | Singer-songwriter | Iceland | |
| Adam Myerson | Cyclist | United States | |
| Xavier Naidoo | Singer-songwriter, record producer | Germany | |
| Andrew Napolitano | Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News Channel, former host of Freedom Watch | United States | |
| Kevin Nealon | Actor and comedian | United States | |
| Helen Nearing | Author | United States | |
| Scott Nearing | Economist, educator, writer | United States | |
| Sharon Needles | Drag Queen, Singer | United States | |
| Elizabeth Neesom | 19th-century Chartist and social reformer | United Kingdom | |
| Philip Neri | Priest noted for founding the "Congregation of the Oratory" | Italy | $^{:152}$$^{:153}$ |
| Mike Ness | Musician for punk rock band Social Distortion | United States | |
| Jukka Nevalainen | Musician, member of Nightwish | Finland | |
| Phil Neville | Footballer, played for Manchester United and Everton | United Kingdom | |
| George Nicholson | Nationally known printer | United Kingdom | |
| Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis | The Netherlands' first prominent socialist | Netherlands | $^{:214}$ |
| Nityalila | Singer-songwriter | Philippines | |
| Roberto de Nobili | Jesuit missionary to Southern India | Italy | |
| William F. Nolan | Novelist, short story writer | United States | |
| Krist Novoselic | Musician, songwriter, author, activist, Nirvana member | United States | |
| Laura Nyro | Songwriter, singer, pianist | United States | |
| Suresh Oberoi | Character actor | India | |
| Vivek Oberoi | Actor | India | |
| Billy Ocean | Singer-songwriter | United Kingdom | |
| Natasja Oerlemans | Politician, prominent member of the Party for the Animals | Netherlands | |
| José Oiticica | Poet, activist | Brazil | |
| Henry Oldham | Obstetric physician | United Kingdom | |
| Margreth Olin | Film director and producer | Norway | |
| Maria O'Neill | Writer, poet, journalist, spiritualist | Portugal | |
| Onision | YouTuber and Internet personality | United States | |
| Natalia Oreiro | Singer, actress, fashion designer | Uruguay | |
| Origen of Alexandria | Early Christian Neoplatonist philosopher and theologian and Church Father | Roman province of Egypt | |
| Dean Ornish | Physician and researcher | United States | |
| Kelly Osbourne | Singer-songwriter, author, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer | United Kingdom | |
| Maja Ostaszewska | Actress | Poland | |
| Carré Otis | Actress, model | United States | |
| Esther Ouwehand | Politician, marketing manager | Netherlands | |
| Cem Özdemir | Politician | Germany | |
| Monty Panesar | Cricketer | United Kingdom | |
| Rosa Parks | Civil Rights Activist | United States | |
| Alice Paul | Socialist, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist | United States | |
| Alexandra Paul | Actress | United States | |
| Gastón Pauls | Actor, TV host, producer | Argentina | |
| Nicolás Pauls | Actor, musician | Argentina | |
| Justin Pearson | Musician for a number of noise rock and hardcore bands, as The Locust | United States | |
| Kal Penn | Film and television actor, producer, and civil servant | United States | |
| Isaac Leib Peretz | Yiddish language author and playwright | Poland | $^{:171}$ |
| Tony Perry | Musician, member of Pierce the Veil | United States | |
| Fiona Phillips | Television broadcaster | United Kingdom | |
| Richard Phillips | Schoolteacher, author and publisher | United Kingdom | $^{:235–244}$ |
| Kellie Pickler | Singer-songwriter | United States | |
| Gary Pihl | Guitarist, member of the band Boston | United States | |
| Sarah M. Pike | Comparative religion scholar | United States | |
| Pitchshifter | Metal band | United Kingdom | |
| Plotinus | Ancient Greek Neoplatonist philosopher | Greece | |
| Plutarch | Biographer, essayist, priest, ambassador, magistrate | Greece | |
| Henri Polak | Trade unionist and politician | Netherlands | $^{:229}$ |
| Alexander Pope | Poet | United Kingdom | |
| John Porcelly | Musician | United States | |
| Porphyry | Ancient Greek Neoplatonist philosopher | Greece | $^{:37–38}$$^{:58–61}$ |
| Martín de Porres | Lay brother of the Dominican Order | Peru | $^{:206}$ |
| John Cowper Powys | Novelist | United Kingdom | |
| A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada | Gaudiya Vaishnava teacher, founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness | India | $^{:56–60}$$^{:173–180}$ |
| Jade Puget | Musician, member of the alternative rock band AFI | United States | |
| Purified in Blood | Metalcore band | Norway | |
| Jimmy Pursey | Musician, record producer | United Kingdom | |
| Puyi | Emperor | China | |
| Pythagoras of Samos | Ionian Greek philosopher, religious teacher, political leader, and founder of Pythagoreanism | Greece | |
| Martha Quinn | One of the original video jockeys on MTV | United States | |
| Andrea Rabagliati | Author | United Kingdom | |
| Amit Rahav | Actor | Israel | |
| Shrimad Rajchandra | Jain poet and philosopher | India | |
| C. V. Raman | Physicist | India | |
| Srinivasa Ramanujan | Mathematician and autodidact | India | |
| Anna Ramírez Bauxel | Racing cyclist | Spain | |
| Murray Rankin | Politician | Canada | |
| P.V. Narasimha Rao | 9th Prime Minister of India | India | |
| Guillaume Thomas François Raynal | Writer and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment | France | |
| Jean Jacques Élisée Reclus | Geographer, anarchist revolutionary, and writer | France | $^{:88,105,173–176}$ |
| Dame Patsy Reddy | Governor-General of New Zealand | New Zealand | |
| Redman | Rapper, record producer, actor | United States | |
| Dimitri Reinderman | Chess Grandmaster with an Elo rating of 2542 | Netherlands | |
| Ilya Yefimovich Repin | Leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic school | Russia | $^{:110–114}$ |
| Rekha | Actress | India | |
| Reshma | Renowned folk singer of Pakistan | Pakistan | |
| Rou Reynolds | Lead vocalist of Enter Shikari | United Kingdom | |
| Saint Richard of Chichester | Saint who was Bishop of Chichester | United Kingdom | $^{:191}$$^{:81}$ |
| Penny Rimbaud | Writer, poet, philosopher, co-founder of the punk band Crass | United Kingdom | |
| Joseph Ritson | Antiquary | United Kingdom | $^{:185–190}$ |
| Maura Rivera | Dancer, television performer | Chile | |
| Reuven Rivlin | 10th President of Israel | Israel | |
| Andy Robinson | English rugby union coach and retired player | United Kingdom | |
| Zack de la Rocha | Rapper, songwriter, activist, singer of Rage Against the Machine | United States | |
| Carlos Rodríguez | Musician | Argentina | |
| José Luis Rodríguez | Singer | Venezuela | |
| Fred Rogers | Educator, minister, songwriter, television host | United States | |
| Romain Rolland | Dramatist, essayist, art historian, novelist | France | |
| Uli Jon Roth | Musician | Germany | |
| Xavier Rudd | Musician, singer-songwriter | Australia | |
| Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford | Nobility, activist | United Kingdom | |
| RZA | Rapper, CEO, record producer, actor, screenwriter, author, director | United States | |
| Jonathan Sacks | Rabbi, philosopher, and scholar of Judaism | United Kingdom | |
| Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre | Writer, botanist | France | $^{:208–214}$$^{:173–176}$ |
| Henry Stephens Salt | Writer, teacher, social reformer | United Kingdom | |
| Cesár Sampson | Singer | Austria | |
| Diederik Samsom | Politician | Netherlands | |
| Ric Sanders | Violinist, member of Fairport Convention | United Kingdom | |
| Justin Sane | Lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the punk rock group Anti-Flag | United States | |
| Gabe Saporta | Lead singer and primary creative force behind the synthpop band Cobra Starship | Uruguay | |
| Susan Sarandon | Actress | United States | |
| Judith Sargentini | GreenLeft politician | Netherlands | |
| Martin Sastre | Artist, filmmaker | Uruguay | |
| Swami Satchidananda | Religious teacher, spiritual master and yoga adept | India | |
| Kool Savas | German rapper | Germany | |
| Sky Saxon | Musician | United States | |
| Nikolas Schiller | Blogger, prominent digital map artist in the blogosphere, civil rights activist | United States | |
| Wim T. Schippers | Voice actor, producer, comedian | Netherlands | |
| Fred Schneider | Musician, frontman of the rock band The B-52's | United States | |
| Tom Scholz | Musician, founder of the band Boston | United States | |
| Loretta Schrijver | Television host | Netherlands | |
| Richard H. Schwartz | Professor emeritus of mathematics, president of the Jewish Vegetarians of North America | United States | |
| Jason Schwartzman | Actor, musician | United States | |
| Albert Schweitzer | Music, philanthropist, theologian | Germany | |
| Jeremy Scott | Fashion designer | United States | |
| Jenny Seagrove | Actress, animal rights activist | United Kingdom | |
| Kevin Seconds | Singer for hardcore punk band 7 Seconds | United States | |
| Virender Sehwag | One of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team | India | |
| Sandra Seifert | Nurse, beauty pageant contestant, fashion model | Taiwan | |
| Captain Sensible | Musician | United Kingdom | |
| Serenity | Erotic dancer and pornographic actress | United States | |
| Christian Serratos | Actress | United States | |
| Quintus Sextius | Philosopher, whose philosophy combined Pythagoreanism with Stoicism | Italy | |
| Otep Shamaya | Vocalist of nu metal band Otep | United States | |
| Anushka Sharma | Actress, producer | India | |
| George Bernard Shaw | Playwright, critic, political activist | Ireland | |
| Martin Shaw | Actor | United Kingdom | |
| Francis Sheehy-Skeffington | Pacifist, suffragist | Ireland | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | Poet, dramatist, essayist, novelist | United Kingdom | $^{:218–235}$ |
| Herbert Shelton | Alternative medicine advocate, author, pacifist | United States | $^{:160–161}$ |
| Sheetal Sheth | Actress, producer | United States | |
| Barbie Shu | Actress and singer | Taiwan | |
| Agostinho da Silva | Philosopher, essayist and writer | Portugal | |
| Sarah Silverman | Comedian, writer, actress, singer and musician | United States | |
| Robert B. Silvers | Editor | United States | |
| Aaron Simpson | Mixed martial artist | United States | |
| Isaac Bashevis Singer | Novelist, short story writer | United States | $^{:237–242}$ |
| Peter Singer | Moral philosopher | Australia | |
| Fauja Singh | Centenarian marathon runner | India | |
| Matt Skiba | Musician for Alkaline Trio and Blink-182 | United States | |
| Jon Skolmen | Actor and comedian | Norway | |
| Jaden Smith | Actor, Musician | United States | |
| Frank Somerville | Journalist | United States | |
| Song Il-gook | Actor | South Korea | |
| Sonu Sood | Actor, model | India | |
| Matt Sorum | Musician | United States | |
| Patricia Sosa | Singer | Argentina | |
| Sotion | Neopythagorean philosopher | Greece | |
| Amílcar de Sousa | Medical doctor, author, president of the first Portuguese vegetarian society | Portugal | |
| Daniel Sperber | Rabbi and academic | Israel | |
| Henry Spira | Widely regarded as one of the most effective animal rights activists of the 20th century | United States | |
| Victoria Starmer | Solicitor | United kingdom | |
| Freddie Starr | Comedian | United Kingdom | |
| Ringo Starr | Musician, singer-songwriter, actor, drummer for the Beatles | United Kingdom | |
| Bill Steer | Guitarist for extreme metal band Carcass | United Kingdom | |
| Aad Stelylen | Former Dutch athlete, specialised in long distances | Netherlands | $^{:102}$ |
| Arran Stephens | Writer, founder of Nature's Path Foods | Canada | |
| Jon Stewart | TV show host, comedian | United States | |
| Courtney Stodden | Reality show contestant, actress, model | United States | |
| Joss Stone | Singer-songwriter, actress | United Kingdom | |
| Jan P. Strijbos | Naturalist, cineast, photographer, journalist, writer | Netherlands | $^{:242}$ |
| Joe Strummer | Musician, vocalist and guitarist of punk rock band The Clash | United Kingdom | |
| Stu Strumwasser | Novelist and entrepreneur | United States | |
| Gustav Struve | Politician | Germany | $^{:271–281}$ |
| Poly Styrene | Singer-songwriter | United Kingdom | |
| Stza | Musician | United States | |
| María Eugenia Suárez | Actress, singer, model | Argentina | |
| Mark Suppelsa | Television anchor | United States | |
| David Sylvian | Singer-songwriter and musician, lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan | United Kingdom | |
| Rabindranath Tagore | Poet, playwright, essayist | India | |
| Amber Tamblyn | Actress | United States | |
| Carlo Taranto | Member of the trio of TV and radio commentators Gialappa's Band | Italy | |
| Tarkan | Singer-songwriter, record producer, performer | Turkey | |
| Tertullian | Prolific early Berber Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa | Roman Empire (Carthage) | $^{:53}$$^{:116–117}$ |
| Nikola Tesla | Inventor, engineer and futurist | Serbia | |
| Shashi Tharoor | Politician | India | |
| The Giving Tree Band | Rock band | United States | |
| Marianne Thieme | Politician, animal rights activist, author | Netherlands | |
| Maarten Tjallingii | Professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Visma–Lease a Bike | Netherlands | |
| Olga Tokarczuk | Writer, public intellectual, psychologist, feminist | Poland | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist | Russia | $^{:88–97}$ |
| Peter Tosh | Musician, member of The Wailers | Jamaica | |
| Devin Townsend | Musician, former member of Strapping Young Lad | United States | |
| Lily Travers | Actress | United Kingdom | |
| Paolo Troubetzkoy | Artist, sculptor | Russia | |
| Trương Thị May | Beauty pageant titleholder | Vietnam | |
| Titia van der Tuuk | Author, feminist, pacifist, teacher | Netherlands | $^{:226}$ |
| Shania Twain | Singer-songwriter, television personality | Canada | |
| Richard Ungewitter | Writer, pioneer of the German nudist movement | Germany | $^{:436–437}$ |
| Uphill Battle | Metalcore band | United States | |
| Mellie Uyldert | Writer, alternative healer, occultist and astrologer | Netherlands | $^{:246}$ |
| Steve Vai | Guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter, producer | United States | |
| Pedro Valdjiu | Musician, member of Blasted Mechanism | Portugal | |
| Fernando Vallejo | Novelist, filmmaker, essayist | Colombia | |
| Ville Valo | Musician | Finland | |
| Dada Vaswani | Spiritual leader | India | |
| Sadhu Vaswani | Spiritual leader | India | |
| Gee Vaucher | Visual artist | United Kingdom | |
| Eddie Vedder | Musician, songwriter, member of alternative rock band Pearl Jam | United States | |
| David Velasco | Editor | United States | |
| Marly van der Velden | Actress | Netherlands | |
| Krista van Velzen | Politician | Netherlands | |
| Milo Ventimiglia | Actor, director | United States | |
| Georgina Verbaan | Actress, singer | Netherlands | |
| Dirk Verbeuren | Drummer for melodic death metal band Soilwork | Belgium | |
| Umberto Veronesi | Surgeon and oncologist | Italy | |
| Virgil | Poet | Italy | |
| Yolandi Visser | Musician | South Africa | |
| M. Visvesvaraya | Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore | India | |
| Swami Vivekananda | Chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna | India | $^{:50–52}$ |
| Voltaire | Writer, philosopher, playwright | France | |
| Marijke Vos | Politician | Netherlands | |
| Ed Vulliamy | Journalist | United Kingdom | |
| Vydūnas | Teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and writer | Lithuania | |
| Jeffrey Walker | Vocalist and bassist for extreme metal band Carcass | United Kingdom | |
| David Wallechinsky | Author of many Olympic reference books and other reference books | United States | $^{:219–224}$ |
| George Watsky | Hip hop artist, author and poet | United States | |
| Gerard Way | Singer/songwriter, comic book writer, My Chemical Romance frontman | United States | |
| Keenen Ivory Wayans | Actor, comedian | United States | |
| Bernard Weatherill | Politician, Speaker of the House of Commons | United Kingdom | |
| Beatrice Webb | Sociologist, economist, socialist | United Kingdom | |
| John Wesley | Founder of Methodism | United Kingdom | |
| Charlotte Wessels | Singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of Delain | Netherlands | |
| Vivienne Westwood | Fashion designer | United Kingdom | |
| Jason Whalley | Singer for punk rock band Frenzal Rhomb | Australia | |
| Forest Whitaker | Actor, producer, director | United States | |
| Ellen G. White | Author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church | United States | |
| Zara Whites | Former adult film actress | Netherlands | |
| Norbert Wiener | Mathematician, famous child prodigy, originator of cybernetics | United States | |
| Evan Williams | Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Twitter | United States | |
| Wendy O. Williams | Singer, actress, member of the punk rock band Plasmatics | United States | |
| Liam Wilson | Musician | United States | |
| Steven Wilson | Rock musician | United Kingdom | |
| Wismichu | YouTuber | Spain | |
| Dominic Wood | Entertainer and magician | United Kingdom | |
| S. Fowler Wright | Novelist | United Kingdom | |
| Esmé Wynne-Tyson | Actress and writer | United Kingdom | $^{:167–171}$ |
| Jon Wynne-Tyson | Publisher, Quaker, activist and pacifist who founded Centaur Press in 1954 | United Kingdom | |
| Shmuly Yanklowitz | Modern Orthodox Rabbi, activist, educator, writer, motivational speaker, social entrepreneur, founder of Uri L'Tzedek | United States | |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Comedy musician | United States | |
| Nuseir Yassin | Vlogger | Israel | |
| Owain Yeoman | Actor | United Kingdom | |
| Yoon Jin-seo | Actress | South Korea | |
| Thom Yorke | Musician, singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Radiohead | United Kingdom | |
| Cy Young | Baseball pitcher | United States | |
| Marguerite Yourcenar | Author, essayist, poet | France | |
| Zarathustra | Founder of Zoroastrianism | Iran | |
| Ieva Zasimauskaitė | Singer | Lithuania | |
| Zendaya | Actress, singer-songwriter | United States | |