A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Born as Brian Tibbitts on May 20, 1949, in Palo Alto, California. He eventually joined the US Marines to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam; but a year later he was discharged as a conscientious objector. In December 1971 he was initiated by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and given the name Indradyumna Dasa.