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Note: this list is presented in good
faith — while the majority have been confirmed, there is no guarantee that any of these
people still are, or ever were, vegetarian.
Politicians, Statespersons and
Activists
A.D. Gordon, spiritual mentor of the Zionist labor movement
Abdul Kalam, President of
Alan Clarke, British politician, historian and diarist
Albert Mokhiber, Arab-American human rights activist
Alice Walker, activist, author, The Color Purple (vegan)
Andrew Bartlett, Senator in Australian Parliament
Andrew Jacobs, Jr., U.S. Congressman, Indiana
Anne Campbell, MP Lab Cambridge,
Anne Gilman, Mayor of
Annie
Guest, daughter of actress Jamie
Lee Curtis (vegan)
Ariana Huffington,
writer, polictical activist
Ashoka (c. 304 BC-232 BC), Emperor
of
Barbara Moore, Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua (2002)
Bernard Weatherall, former Speaker for House of Commons,
Bernie
Goetz,
Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish Parliament
Carol Adams, femenist, author, The Sexual Politics of Meat (vegan)
Carol Givner, author (vegan)
Chakravarthy Rajagopalachary,
First Indian Governer General of
Chamlong Srumuong,
Bangkok-Thailand Governor
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of U.S. President William Clinton
Christine Gwyther, former cabinet member for Agriculture and the Rural
Economy in
Cory Booker, Mayor,
Dennis Kucinich,
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)
Dick Gregory, comedian and activist
Francisco Madero
(1873-1913), revolutionary President of Mexico
Fred Grandy, actor, The
Love Boat (Gopher), politician (Congressman,
Gary Null, author and health advocate
Gene Bauston, founder of Farm
Sanctuary (vegan)
George Ohsawa, author, founder of Macrobiotics
Graham Spencer, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Excite
(pioneer company in Internet technology and services)
Gypsy Boots, health activist and professional eccentric, American
fitness pioneer
Harry Cohen, MP Lab Leyton,
Helen Nearing (1904-1995), author, pioneer of back-to-the-land
movement
Ina Mae Gaskin, midwifery activist
Ivan Kostov, Prime Minister of the
James G. Abourezk, former U.S. Senator & Congressman (S. Dakota)
Janez Drnovšek,
president of Slovenia (vegan)
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), First Prime Minister of
Jay H. Dinshah
(1933-2000)
Jay Kordich, aka the Juiceman, raw foodist
Jayantilal N. Mankar (1895-1977),
Regional Secretary for India and the East (1957-1977)
Jeremy Rifkin, author and activist
John Nance Garner (1868-1967), U.S. Vice-President (1933-1941)
John Robbins, author, environmentalist, Baskin-Robbins heir
(vegan)
Julia “Butterfly” Hill, activist (sat in the ancient Red Wood, Luna, for two
years)
Kamel Junblatt,
Lebanese political thinker and member of Parliament
Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda, president of
Kenneth Kuanda, Zambian President
Kerry McCarthy, British politician (vegan)
L.K. Advani, Home Minister of
Lady Muriel Dowding, activist, founder of Beauty Without Cruelty (wife of Lord Dowding)
Lal Bhadur Shastri, former Prime Minister of India
Lord Dowding (1882-1970), Military commander, member of House of
Lords
Matthew Sculley, Presidential advisor and speechwriter, author
Moraji
Desai (1896-1995), Prime Minister
of
Moritz Leuenberger, Minister of Energy and Transport in
Nathan Braun, philosopher, writer, activist
Norman Walker, doctor and longest-living raw foodist
P.V. Narasimha
Rao, Prim
Minister of India 1991-1996 (vegan)
Phillip Ruddock, Australia’s Minister for Immigration
Piers Merchant, MP Con,
Radha Krishna Das, activist
Ratu Mara, Fijian Prime Minister
Richard Lamm, former Gov. of Colorado
Robert Cohen, author, anti-dairy advocate, completed 200 day
hunger strike
Robert Hart, English Forest Gardening pioneer, author (vegan)
Robert Lutz, former president of Chrysler Corporation, head of
General Motors
Ron Kaufman, writer and seminar speaker
Rose Bird, chief justice of California 1977-1986
Rose Kane, Scottish Parliament
Sangduen Lek Chailert, activist
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,
first Home Minister of India (vegan)
Scott Nearing (1883-1983), pacifist, author, back-to-the-land
pioneer
Shri. Sunder
Singh Bhandari,
Governer of UP,
Sir Q.K.J. Masire, His Excellency the President of the
Sir Stafford Cripps (1889-1952), British Labour
politician, House of Commons
Sofia of Greece, Queen of
Susan B. Anthony, leader of Woman’s Suffrage movement
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford British politican
(deceased)
Tony Benn, British politician
Victoras Kulvinskas,
author and heath advocate
Viscount
Vos Marijke, Dutch MP
for GroenLinks
Willem Drees, Dutch Prime Minister from 1948 to 1958
Wilson Goode, former Mayor of Philadelphia
Wouter
Bos,
leader of Dutch Labour Party