List of converts to Hinduism

From Abrahamic religions

Christianity

Islam

Judaism

• Ram Dass – syncretist, and follower of the Hindu deity Hanuman. Professor of psychology at Harvard University
• Tamal Krishna Goswami – governing body commissioner of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
• Urmila Devi Dasi – female ISKCON educator
• Radhanath Swami – very prominent Bhakti yoga guru and a governing body commissioner of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
• Brodananda Paramashivattva Adheenavasi – shaivite, marma martial artist, anarco-punk artist of the brasília activism scene and yoga guru and a niraharee of the Nithyananda Peetham Nirahara Samyama Organization

  From other Dharmic religions

Buddhism

• Mihirakula - Huna ruler
• Rajasinghe I – Sri Lankan king who conquered Kandy
• Rishabhadatta – Satrap viceroy
• Rudradaman I - Satrap ruler and conqueror of the Satavahanas
• Vasudeva I – Kushan king and numismatist

  Jainism

• Mahendravarman I – Pallava King and patron of the arts.
• Vishnuvardhana – King of Hoysala empire and prominent temple-builder
• Tirunavukkarasar – Saivite saint and one of the most prominent of the sixty-three Nayanars

  Other

Other theistic faiths and religions

• Mihirakula – Huna ruler
• Heliodorus – Greek minister to King Bhagabhadra
• Pamheiba – Manipuri King
• Suhungmung – Ahom kingdom ruler who extended Assam up to the Kamarupa Kingdom
• Supangmung – Ahom kingdom ruler who recaptured Guwahati. Converted to Vaishnavism after a killing to make amends
• Susenghphaa – Ahom king, during his rule the Ahom-Mughal conflicts began

  From non-theistic religious backgrounds

• Annie Besant – British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, and supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule.
• John Dobson – astronomer and telescope designer
• Sita Ram Goel – Indian commentator, writer and Hindu activist

  Undetermined former religion

• Agehananda Bharati – academic Sanskritist, a prolific author about religious subjects, and a Hindu monk in the Dasanami Sannyasi order
• Alain Daniélou – French historian, intellectual, musicologist, and Indologist
• Crispian Mills of Kula Shaker – Hare Krishna devotee. His initiated name is Krishna Kantha Dasa. He was initiated by Narayana Maharaja. He wrote a foreword to a book by Bhaktivinoda Thakur titled Sri Siksastaka.
• Geoffrey Giuliano – American biographer
• Nina Hagen – German singer
• Joe Don Looney – football player
• J Mascis – lead vocalist, guitarist, and drummer for Dinosaur Jr.
• John McLaughlin – jazz fusion guitar player
• Lex Hixon – poet, philosopher, spiritual practitioner and teacher
• Sati Kazanova, Russian singer
• Savitri Devi – Greek-French writer and Nazi-sympathiser
• Savitri Khanolkar – designer of India's highest gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra
• Mathias Rust – German daredevil pilot
• Kelli Williams – American actress who played Lindsay Dole Donnell on the ABC legal drama The Practice.