List of vegetarians


This is a list of notable people who have adhered to a vegetarian diet at some point during their life. In the cases where a person's vegetarian status is disputed or they no longer adhere to a vegetarian diet, they are categorized as disputed or former.

Vegetarians

Former vegetarians

Disputed vegetarians

This list includes only those for whom there is a legitimate dispute of the fact and omits those merely rumored of being a vegetarian, regardless of how widely such rumor is spread.
NameOccupationCountrySource
John AbrahamActorIndia
Charlotte BrontëNovelistUnited Kingdom
Clement of AlexandriaTheologianGreece
Alan DaviesComedian, TV personalityUnited Kingdom
Albert EinsteinTheoretical physicistGermany
Gautama BuddhaSpiritual teacherNepal
Ralph Waldo EmersonWriter, philosopherUnited States
Jon FitchMixed martial artistUnited States
Henry FordFounder of Ford Motor CompanyUnited States
GaahlBlack metal and folk musicianNorway
Marusha Aphrodite GleißGerman techno artist/DJGermany
Steve JobsCo-founder of Apple Inc.United States
John the BaptistItinerant preacher and a major religious figureRoman Empire
Patrick LangeDuathlete and triathleteGermany
Abraham Lincoln16th President of the United StatesUnited States
José MujicaPresident of UruguayUruguay
Sir Isaac NewtonScientistUnited Kingdom
PlatoClassical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer, founder of the Academy in AthensGreece
Huberto RohdenPhilosopher, educator, theologian, author, pioneer of transcendentalismBrazil
Rodrigo SantoroActorBrazil
William ShakespearePlaywrightUnited Kingdom
SocratesPhilosopherGreece
Serj TankianMusician, songwriter, record producer, poet, activist, System of a Down memberUnited States
Henry David ThoreauAuthorUnited States
Mark TwainAuthor, humoristUnited States
Richard WagnerComposerGermany