Talk:List of vegans/Temp

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This is a list of notable people who are reported to have adhered to a vegan diet at some point during their lifetime, listed by nationality. The cases where a person's vegan status is disputed or they no longer adhere to a vegan diet are listed separately.

{{legend|pink|Film, stage, TV & radio people}} {{legend|purple|Musicians, singers and composers}} {{legend|blue|Politicians, statespersons, activists and business people}} {{legend|orange|Sports personalities}} {{legend|brown|Writers, artists, poets and philosophers}} {{legend|green|Scientists, engineers and healthcare professionals}} {{legend|yellow|outline=silver|Religious leaders, theologians and spiritualists}} {{legend|red|Models, designers and photographers}} {{legend|black|Other}}

Brazil
{{legend|pink|Elissa Sursara (actress, animal rights activist) }}

Canada
{{legend|purple|Bryan Adams (singer, songwriter) }} {{legend|orange|Brendan Brazier (Triathlete) }} {{legend|brown|Andrew Hunt (Professor of History at the University of Waterloo) }} {{legend|brown|Sarah Kramer (award-winning writer and cookbook author) }} {{legend|purple|k.d. Lang (singer, songwriter) }} {{legend|orange|Georges Laraque (Professional Ice Hockey Player) }} {{legend|purple|Avril Lavigne (singer, songwriter) }} {{legend|brown|James Miller (painter) }} {{legend|purple|Alanis Morissette (singer, songwriter)  }} {{legend|pink|Carrie-Anne Moss (actress) }} {{legend|orange|Daniel Negreanu (professional poker player) }} {{legend|purple|Propagandhi (musicians) }} {{legend|pink|Sandra Oh (actress) }} {{legend|purple|Ember Swift (Canadian singer, songwriter) }} {{legend|purple|Shane Told (From Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein) }} {{legend|purple|Alissa White-Gluz (Lead vocalist of Canadian metalcore band The Agonist) }} {{legend|purple|Mark Browning (singer, songwriter from Canadian band Ox) }}

Czech Republic
{{legend|red|Petra Němcová (supermodel) }}

India
{{legend|brown|Anu Garg (author, speaker, engineer) }}{{legend|purple|Bif Naked (Canadian punk rock singer) }}

Ireland
{{legend|purple|Sinéad O'Connor (singer, songwriter) }}

Italy
{{legend|brown|Leonardo da Vinci (artist, scientist) }}

Jamaica
{{legend|purple|Capleton (reggae musician) }} {{legend|purple|Mutabaruka (Jamaican dub poet) }}

Japan
{{legend|blue|Joi Ito (entrepreneur) }} {{legend|purple|Merzbow (Noise musician) }}

Mexico
{{legend|purple|Cedric Bixler-Zavala (singer for The Mars Volta) }}

Netherlands
{{legend|pink|Wesley Dorrius (dee jay) }} {{legend|blue|Volkert van der Graaf (assassin) }} {{legend|brown|Sten Oomen (author) }} {{legend|brown|Titus Rivas (researcher, author and lecturer) }}

Norway
{{legend|purple|Ildjarn (One-man-band, raw black metal musician) }}

Pakistan
{{legend|blue|Gulu Lalvani (entrepreneur) }}

Slovenia
{{legend|blue|Janez Drnovšek (former president of Slovenia) }}

Sweden
{{legend|purple|Dennis Lyxzén (lead vocalist of The (International) Noise Conspiracy and formerly of Refused) }} {{legend|purple|Angelica Segerbäck (singer in Waves under Water, LinaLaukaR)  }} {{legend|purple|Promoe (Lead rapper of Looptroop Rockers) }}

United Kingdom
{{legend|brown|Brigid Brophy (writer) }} {{legend|purple|Geezer Butler (bassist, songwriter and founding member of Black Sabbath) }} {{legend|purple|Alan Donohoe (lead vocalist of the Rakes) }} {{legend|purple|Robin Gibb (singer, songwriter and founding member of the Bee Gees) }} {{legend|brown|Ellie Harrison (artist) }} {{legend|green|Robert A de J Hart (horticulturist) }} {{legend|blue|Cathy Jamieson (member of the Scottish Parliament) }} {{legend|purple|Steve Kilbey (singer, songwriter and member of The Church) }} {{legend|purple|Macka B (Reggae musician) }} {{legend|blue|Kerry McCarthy (UK Member of Parliament) }} {{legend|purple|Johnny Marr (former guitarist for The Smiths, guitarist for Modest Mouse }} {{legend|blue|Heather Mills (charity campaigner, restaurateur and former model) }} {{legend|purple|Morrissey (singer, songwriter and former lead vocalist of The Smiths) }}

{{legend|blue|Ingrid Newkirk (founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) }} {{legend|brown|David Pearce (philosopher) }} {{legend|purple|John Robb (punk singer) }} {{legend|orange|Geoff Rowley (professional skateboarder) }} {{legend|black|Mandy Smith (media personality) }} {{legend|blue|Peter Tatchell (human rights activist) }} {{legend|purple|Bill Ward (drummer and founding member of Black Sabbath) }} {{legend|blue|Donald Watson (founder of the UK Vegan Society and coiner of the term vegan) }} {{legend|pink|Wendy Turner Webster }} {{legend|brown|Jon Wynne-Tyson (publisher) }} {{legend|purple|Thom Yorke (singer, songwriter and lead vocalist of Radiohead) }} {{legend|purple|James Yorkston (Scottish folk musician) }} {{legend|brown|Benjamin Zephaniah (rastafarian poet) }}

United States
{{legend|pink|Casey Affleck (actor) }} {{legend|brown|Amos Bronson Alcott (teacher, Transcendentalist) }} {{legend|pink|Gillian Anderson (actress) (disputed) }} {{legend|purple|Fiona Apple (singer, songwriter) }} {{legend|purple|Emilie Autumn (singer, songwriter, violinist, harpsichordist, poet) }} {{legend|purple|Erykah Badu (singer, songwriter) }} {{legend|pink|Alec Baldwin (actor) }} {{legend|green|Neal Barnard (physician) }} {{legend|blue|Gene Baur (activist) }} {{legend|pink|Ed Begley, Jr. (actor) }} {{legend|purple|Brian Bell (guitarist for Weezer) }} {{legend|brown|Steven Best (author) }} {{legend|pink|Mayim Bialik (actress) }} {{legend|pink|Linda Blair (actress) }} {{legend|pink|Peter Bogdanovich (film director) }} {{legend|purple|Sean Brennan (musician) }} {{legend|purple|Dan Briggs (musician with Between the Buried and Me) }} {{legend|green|Patrick O. Brown (biochemist) }} {{legend|purple|Hunter Burgan (Bassist for AFI) }} {{legend|orange|Molly Cameron (Cyclist) }} {{legend|blue|César Chávez (American civil rights activist and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association) }} {{legend|orange|Robert Cheeke (Professional bodybuilder) }} {{legend|purple|Chikezie (American Idol finalist and singer) }} {{legend|green|George M. Church (scientist) }} {{legend|purple|Greg Cipes (actor, singer, surfer) }} {{legend|blue|Bill Clinton (former president) }} {{legend|black|Chelsea Clinton (daughter of Bill Clinton) }} {{legend|purple|Kneel Cohn (Singer, guitarist, songwriter for The Dead Stars On Hollywood) }} {{legend|brown|T Cooper (novelist) }} {{legend|purple|Juli Crockett (writer, director, actor, boxer, musician - lead singer of the alt-country band The Evangenitals) }} {{legend|pink|James Cromwell (actor) }} {{legend|orange|Luke Cummo (mixed martial artist) }} {{legend|orange|Bryan Danielson (professional wrestler) }} {{legend|orange|Mac Danzig (professional mixed martial arts fighter) }} {{legend|pink|Ellen DeGeneres (actress) }} {{legend|pink|Emily Deschanel (actress)  }} {{legend|blue|H. Jay Dinshah (activist) }} {{legend|brown|Michael C. Dorf (Cornell law professor, author) }} {{legend|pink|Michael Dorn (actor) }} {{legend|pink|Lisa Edelstein (actress) }} {{legend|purple|William Faith (gothic rock/dark wave artist of Faith and the Muse) }} {{legend|purple|John Feldmann (lead vocalist and guitarist of Goldfinger and producer) }} {{legend|pink|Pamelyn Ferdin (actress) }} {{legend|purple|Adam Fisher (guitarist of Fear Before) }} {{legend|blue|William Clay Ford, Jr. (executive chairman) }} {{legend|brown|Gary Francione (law professor, author) }} {{legend|purple|Michael Franti (Reggae artist) }} {{legend|brown|Kathy Freston (health and wellness author) }} {{legend|red|Glen E. Friedman (photographer) }} {{legend|brown|Adam Gnade (fiction author) }} {{legend|green|Brian Greene (scientist) }} {{legend|green|Michael Greger (physician) }} {{legend|purple|John S. Hall (poet, spoken-word artist, lead vocalist of all incarnations of King Missile) }} {{legend|pink|Daryl Hannah (actress) }} {{legend|orange|Bob Harper (personal trainer) }} {{legend|pink|Woody Harrelson (actor) }} {{legend|purple|Davey Havok (lead vocalist of AFI) }} {{legend|purple|High Places (Ambient electronic duo, both members) }} {{legend|purple|Jamie Hince (guitarist The Kills) }} {{legend|purple|Chrissie Hynde (singer, songwriter and lead vocalist of The Pretenders) }} {{legend|orange|Scott Jurek (Runner) }} {{legend|pink|Casey Kasem (disc jockey/media personality/voice of Shaggy Rogers) }} {{legend|pink|Tonya Kay (dancer) }} {{legend|brown|Wade Keller (sports writer - PWTorch / MMATorch founder and editor, radio show host, DVD host) }} {{legend|purple|Anthony Kiedis (singer, songwriter and lead vocalist of Red Hot Chili Peppers) }} {{legend|purple|Jamie Kilstein (comedian/Co-Host of Citizen Radio) }} {{legend|blue|Coretta Scott King (civil rights leader) }} {{legend|blue|Dexter Scott King (activist) }} {{legend|green|Michael Klaper (physician) }} {{legend|purple|Forrest Kline (lead vocalist of Hellogoodbye) }} {{legend|pink|Kathy Kolla (film director) }} {{legend|blue|Dennis Kucinich (Democratic Congressman from Ohio, 2004 & 2008 presidential candidate) }} {{legend|pink|Carol Leifer (comedienne) }} {{legend|purple|Ted Leo (singer, songwriter and lead vocalist of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists) }} {{legend|pink|Jared Leto (actor) }} {{legend|orange|Carl Lewis (track and field star) }} {{legend|blue|Bob Linden (activist) }} {{legend|blue|Howard Lyman }} {{legend|brown|Megan McArdle (journalist and business editor of The Atlantic) }} {{legend|purple|Tim McIlrath (singer, songwriter and lead vocalist of Rise Against) }} {{legend|pink|Nellie McKay (actress, animal rights advocate, and musician) }} {{legend|purple|Ian MacKaye (Punk rock singer, songwriter) }} {{legend|blue|John Mackey (CEO) }} {{legend|pink|Tobey Maguire (actor) }} {{legend|orange|Mike Mahler (body-builder) }} {{legend|purple|Fred Mascherino (guitarist and vocalist for The Color Fred) }} {{legend|purple|Matisyahu (singer, songwriter) }} {{legend|brown|Peter Max (artist) }} {{legend|pink|Lea Michele (actress and singer) }} {{legend|brown|Ed Miller (poker author) }} {{legend|purple|Moby (Electronic musician) }} {{legend|brown|Isa Chandra Moskowitz (chef and author) }} {{legend|purple|Alison Mosshart (VV in The Kills) }} {{legend|blue|Markos Moulitsas (prominent US political blogger) }} {{legend|purple|Jason Mraz (American singer/songwriter) }} {{legend|orange|Adam Myerson (Cyclist) }} {{legend|pink|Kevin Nealon (actor) }} {{legend|orange|Pat Neshek (Professional Major League Baseball Player) }} {{legend|purple|N.O.R.E. (rapper) }} {{legend|brown|Colleen Patrick-Goudreau (cookbook author and host of the podcast Vegetarian Food for Thought) }} {{legend|purple|Robin Pecknold (lead singer for Fleet Foxes) }} {{legend|purple|Pep Love (rapper in underground hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics) }} {{legend|pink|Joaquin Phoenix (actor) }} {{legend|pink|River Phoenix (actor) }} {{legend|pink|Summer Phoenix (actress) }} {{legend|brown|Dav Pilkey (children's author) }} {{legend|brown|Dan Piraro (artist) }} {{legend|pink|Brad Pitt (actor, producer) }} {{legend|purple|Prince (singer, songwriter) }} {{legend|purple|Princess Superstar (musician) }} {{legend|pink|Robin Quivers (Talk-show host) }} {{legend|purple|Randy Randall (guitarist of No Age) }} {{legend|purple|Monica Richards (gothic rock/dark wave artist of Faith and the Muse) }} {{legend|purple|Rikki Rockett (drummer and founding member of Poison) }} {{legend|purple|Omar Rodríguez-López (guitarist for The Mars Volta and At The Drive-In) }} {{legend|purple|Kirsten Rosenberg (singer and writer) }} {{legend|orange|John Salley (professional NBA player) }} {{legend|purple|Justin Sane (guitarist and vocalist of Anti-Flag) }} {{legend|pink|Jason Schwartzman (actor, musician) }} {{legend|pink|Daniela Sea (actress) }} {{legend|blue|Cindy Sheehan (American anti-war activist) }} {{legend|pink|Alicia Silverstone (actress) }} {{legend|blue|Russell Simmons (entrepreneur) }} {{legend|purple|Grace Slick (Rock musician with The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship) }} {{legend|purple|Dean Allen Spunt (vocalist/drummer of No Age) }} {{legend|pink|Steve-O (stunt performer and television personality) }} {{legend|purple|Stic.man (Hip Hop artist with Dead Prez) }} {{legend|blue|Biz Stone (entrepreneur) }} {{legend|orange|Salim Stoudamire (Professional NBA Player) }} {{legend|purple|Ruben Studdard (2nd season winner of American Idol) }} {{legend|purple|Tommy Tallarico (video game music composer) }} {{legend|orange|Ed Templeton (Professional skateboarder) }} {{legend|orange|Taryn Terrell (WWE Diva Tiffany) }} {{legend|blue|Bob and Jenna Torres (activists) }} {{legend|orange|Mike Tyson (boxer) }} {{legend|purple|Jaci Velasquez (Contemporary Christian and pop singer) }} {{legend|brown|Alice Walker (Pulitzer prize winning author and feminist) }} {{legend|pink|Billy West (voice actor) }} {{legend|brown|Mike White (scriptwriter) }} {{legend|pink|Persia White (actress) }} {{legend|pink|Olivia Wilde (actress) }} {{legend|purple|Saul Williams (Hip hop musician, poet, writer, and actor) }} {{legend|pink|Spice Williams-Crosby (actress and stunt performer) }} {{legend|pink|Gretchen Wyler (Broadway actress) }} {{legend|blue|Steve Wynn (entrepreneur) }} {{legend|purple|"Weird Al" Yankovic (singer, songwriter) }} {{legend|purple|Adam Yauch (musician) }} {{legend|orange|David Zabriskie (professional cyclist) }} {{legend|purple|Nick Zinner (guitarist for Yeah Yeah Yeahs) }} {{legend|blue|Mortimer Zuckerman (entrepreneur) }}

Vietnam
{{legend|yellow|Thich Nhat Hanh (Zen monk and peace activist) }}

Disputed cases
{{legend|orange|Tony Gonzalez (American football player) }} {{legend|purple|Madonna (American singer and actress) }}

Former cases
{{legend|pink|Jennifer Connelly (actress) }} {{legend|pink|Zooey Deschanel (actress/singer)  }} {{legend|pink|Ginnifer Goodwin (actress) }} {{legend|pink|Angelina Jolie (actress/humanitarian) }} {{legend|pink|Gwyneth Paltrow (actress) }} {{legend|pink|Natalie Portman (actress) }} {{legend|pink|Liv Tyler (actress) }}