Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Famous Vegans... 'Cuz I Couldn't Think of Anything To Write About Today.

Entertainers
Pamela Anderson (actress) [1]
Casey Affleck (actor) [2]
Gillian Anderson (actress) [3]
Ed Begley, Jr. (actor) [4]
Linda Blair (actress) [5]
Margaret Cho (actress and comedienne) [6]
Jennifer Connelly (actress) [7]
James Cromwell (actor) [8]
Emily Deschanel (actress) [9]
Andrew G (Australian radio and television personality) [10]
Daryl Hannah (actress) [11]
Woody Harrelson (actor) [12]
Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man actor) [13]
Anne Hathaway (actress) --(apparently a "flexitarian"... which is a meat eating vegetarian... so, i guess that she is nothing at all and I don't know why she was added to this list!!!)
Gabrielle Miller (actress) [14]
Kevin Nealon (actor) [15]
Marcus Patrick (actor) [16]
Joaquin Phoenix (actor) [17]
River Phoenix (actor) [18]
Summer Phoenix (actress) [19]
Natalie Portman (actress) [6]
Alicia Silverstone (actress) [20]
Lynda Stoner (actress) [21]
Billy West (Voice actor) [22]
Gretchen Wyler (Broadway actress) [23]

Authors
Anu Garg (author, speaker, engineer) [24]
Haki R. Madhubuti (poet and non-fiction writer) [7]
David Pearce (philosopher) (author of The Hedonistic Imperative) [8]
Dav Pilkey (children's author) [9]
Benjamin Zephaniah (rastafarian poet) [10]
Michael C. Dorf (Columbia law professor, author)
Ed Miller (poker author)
Alice Walker (Pulitzer prize winning author and feminist)
Tom Speaker

Musicians
Darren Cordeux (Lead singer/guitarist of Kisschasy [11]
Bryan Adams (Rock musician) [12],[25]
Kevin Cameron (ex-I Killed the Prom Queen) [26]
Jona Weinhofen (ex-I Killed the Prom Queen/Bleeding Through) [27]
Fiona Apple (singer) [13]
Brian Bell (Guitarist for Weezer) [14]
Cedric Bixler (The Mars Volta) [15]
Sean Brennan (London After Midnight band) [16]
Dan Briggs (musician with Between the Buried and Me) [17]
Paul Waggoner (musician with Between the Buried and Me) [18]
Tommy Rogers (musician with Between the Buried and Me) [19]
Hunter Burgan (Bassist of AFI) [20]
Geezer Butler (Bassist, lyricist and founding member of Black Sabbath)[21]
Greg Cipes (actor, singer, surfer) [22]
Tim Commerford (Bassist for Rage Against the Machine)[28]
Juli Crockett (writer, director, actor, boxer, musician - lead singer of the alt-country band The Evangenitals) [23]
Alan Donohoe (Musician - lead singer of British band, the Rakes) [24]
John Feldmann (Lead singer and guitarist of Goldfinger and producer) [29]
C-drik Fermont (Electronic and noise musician and composer, member of Axiome among other projects).
Michael Franti (Hip Hop artist) [25]
Robin Gibb One of the three Bee Gees [26]
Ben Gibbard (Lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie) [27]
Andy Hurley (Drummer of Fall Out Boy)
John S. Hall (Poet, spoken-word artist, lead vocalist of all incarnations of King Missile) [28]
Davey Havok (lead singer of AFI) [29]
Chrissie Hynde (Rock musician with The Pretenders) [30]
Daniel Johns (Musician, lead singer of Australian rock band Silverchair) [30]
Steve Kilbey (Rock musician/singer with The Church) [31]
Forrest Kline (Lead singer of Hellogoodbye) [32]
Todd Kowalski (Singer and bassist of Propagandhi) [33]
Lenny Kravitz (performer)
K.D. Lang (Solo singer) [34]
Ted Leo (Punk musician with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists)[35]
Dennis Lyxzén (Singer of The (International) Noise Conspiracy and formerly of Refused) [36]
Fred Mascherino (guitar and vocals for Taking Back Sunday) [37]
Tim McIlrath (Lead singer and guitarist of Rise Against) [38]
Merzbow (Noise musician) [39]
Paul McCartney
Moby (Electronic musician) [40]
Morrissey[31]
Sir Millard Mulch (Modern Composer) [41]
Mutabaruka (Jamaican dub poet) [42]
Bif Naked (Canadian punk rock singer) [43]
Prince Rogers Nelson (American rock icon from Minneapolis) [44]
'O' (Lead singer of Undercover Slut)
Sinéad O'Connor (Irish singer/songwriter) [32]
Ocean (pop singer-songwriter-producer, environmental activist) [45]
Justin Pearson (Vocalist/Bassist for The Locust) [46]
Pep Love (rapper in underground hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics)
Promoe (Swedish hiphop musician) [47]
Jonathan Richman (proto-punk singer/songwriter) [48]
John Robb (musician/TV personality) [33]
Rikki Rockett (Drummer for Poison) [49]
Adam Russell (Bassist of Story of the Year) [50]
Justin Sane (Singer and Guitarist of Anti-Flag) [51]
Gabe Saporta (Lead singer of electronica/pop-punk band Cobra Starship)
Grace Slick (Rock musician with The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship) [52]
Stic.man (Hip Hop artist with Dead Prez) [53]
Ember Swift (Canadian singer-songwriter) [54]
Shane Told (From Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein) [55]
Shania Twain (country artist) [56]
Carrie Underwood (country artist)
Brendon Urie (Lead vocals of Panic at the Disco)
Jaci Velasquez (Contemporary Christian and pop singer) [34]
Caitlin Costello (classical singer)
Persia White [57]
"Weird Al" Yankovic [58]
James Yorkston (Scottish folk musician) [59]
Janne "Burton" Puurtinen (Keyboardist of HIM)
Brent Jackson (Singer and guitarist of The Junction)
Propaghandi Legendary Canadian punk band
Jared Leto (singer for 30 seconds to mars)
Oli Sykes (singer for Bring Me The Horizon)
Ariel Lankry
Matthias Voigt (member of Heaven Shall Burn)
Maik Weichert (member of Heaven Shall Burn)
Alexander Dietz (member of Heaven Shall Burn)
Eric Bischoff (member of Heaven Shall Burn)
Marcus Bischoff (member of Heaven Shall Burn)
Patrick Schleitzer (ex-member of Heaven Shall Burn)
Marcio Novelli (member of Euphoria's Depression)

Political figures
César Chávez (civil rights activist and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association) [60]
Janez Drnovšek (former president of Slovenia) [61]
Maneka Gandhi (Indian politician) [62]
Cathy Jamieson (member of the Scottish Parliament) [35]
Coretta Scott King (civil rights leader) [63]
Dennis Kucinich (Democratic Congressman from Ohio, 2004 & 2008 presidential candidate) [64]
Kerry McCarthy (UK Member of Parliament) [65]
Markos Moulitsas (prominent US political blogger) [66]
Ingrid Newkirk (author and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) [67]
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel First Home Minister of India.
Peter Tatchell (human rights activist) [36]
Donald Watson (founder of the UK Vegan Society and coiner of the term vegan) [68]

Athletes
Peter Brock (deceased Australian touring car driver) [69]
Mac Danzig (professional mixed martial arts fighter) [70]
Tony Gonzalez Professional American Footballer[37]
Scott Jurek (ultramarathon runner) [71]
Carl Lewis (track and field star) [72]
Mike Mahler (Professional strength coach) [73]
Edwin Moses (track and field star)
Martyn Moxon (English cricketer)
Thomas Micklewright (amateur kickboxer)
Salim Stoudamire: Professional NBA basketballer [38]
Ed Templeton (Professional skateboarder) [74]
Desmond Howard (Former Professional American Football Player) [75]
Ricky Williams (Professional Football Player) [76]
Ken Bradshaw (Professional Big Wave Surfer) [77]
Prince Fielder (Professional Baseball Player)
Kyle Takahashi (Hawaiian Big Wave Surfer) [78]

Other notable people
Keith Akers (author and Christian vegetarianism advocate) [79]
Neal Barnard (author and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, medical consultant for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)) [80]
Steve Bellamy (founder of The Tennis Channel and The Ski Channel) [81]
Peter Bogdanovich (film director) [39]
Greg Chappell (Ex Australian cricketer and Team India coach)
George Church (molecular geneticist)[40]
Glen E. Friedman (photographer) [82]
Joi Ito (entrepreneur) [83]
Kamau Kambon (Black Supremacist and advocate of genocide against white people)
Casey Kasem (U.S. DJ/media personality/voice of Shaggy) [84]
Lawrence Lessig (law professor and founder of Creative Commons) [85]
John Mackey (co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market) [86]
Peter Max (artist) [87]
Heather Mills (ex-wife of Paul McCartney and campaigner for amputees and animal rights) [41]
Isa Chandra Moskowitz (chef and author) [88]
Daniel Negreanu (professional poker player) [89]
Dan Piraro (cartoonist and creator of Bizarro) [90]
Russell Simmons (entrepreneur and co-founder of Def Jam Recordings) [91]
David Straitjacket (world record breaking escapologist and sideshow performer) [92]
Bob and Jenna Torres, hosts of the podcast Vegan Freak Radio[42]
Delwin Vriend (Canadian gay rights activist)
Kathleen Tran (Former student)

Fictional Characters
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (convenience store proprietor on The Simpsons)
Oskar Schell (The narrator in Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

3 comments:

Tracy H. said...

Anne Hathaway isn't vegan. She calls herself a "flexitarian." I call her an idiot.

Kerry said...

Thanks for pointing that out... she is an idiot!! I am removing her from my list.

Elaine said...

Here's some more info on flexitarian:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexitarianism