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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject: VIM's List of "Famous" Vegetarians & Vegans |
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Athletes:
Ridgely Abele: World Champion Karate
Roger Brown: Pro Football Player
Joy Bush: Power Lifting Champion
Andreas Cahling: Champion Bodybuilder
Ruth Heidrich: Ironman Triathlete Record Holder
Desmond Howard: Heisman Trophy Winner
Kathy Johnson: Olympic Gymnast
Carl Lewis: All-Time Olympic Medalist in Track & Field
Edwin Moses: Consistent Olympic Gold Medalist in Hurdles
Martina Navratilova: Tennis Champion
Stan Price: World Record Holder in Bench Press
Dave Scott: Six-Time Ironman Triathlon Winner
Bill Pearl: Four-Time Mr. Universe Bodybuilder
Bill Walton: National Basketball Association & MVP Champion
Hank Aaron, career baseball home run leader
Tony LaRussa, 3rd winningest manager in baseball
Billie Jean King, tennis champion
Jim Kaat, baseball
Marv Levy, former Buffalo Bills coach
Rudy Tomjanovich, Houston Rockets coach
Killer Kowalski, wrestler
Actors:
Bob Barker: TV Personality
Kim Basinger: Actor
Natalie Portman: Actor
David Duchovny: Actor
Tobey Maguire: Actor
Alicia Silverstone: Actor
Woody Harrelson: Actor
Dustin Hoffman: Actor
Casey Kasem: Radio & TV Personality
Bill Maher: TV Personality
Brad Pitt: Actor
Phylicia Rashad: Actor
Keenen Ivory Wayans: Actor
Kevin Nealon: Comedian
James Cromwell
Danny DeVito,
Jerry Seinfeld
Linda Blair
Kim Basinger
Musicians:
Bryan Adams: Rock Musician
Jeff Beck: Rock Guitarist
Moby: Rock Musician
Peter Gabriel: Rock Musician
Richie Havens: Folk-Rock Musician
LaToya Jackson: Pop Vocalist
Gladys Knight: Pop Vocalist
k.d. lang: Country Rock Vocalist
Annie Lennox: Rock Vocalist
Stevie Nicks: Rock Musician
Boz Scaggs: Rock Musician
Grace Slick: Rock Vocalist
John Tesh: Rock Musician
Vanessa Williams: Actress & Vocalist
Beatles
Paul & Linda McCartney
Ringo Starr & Barbara Bach
George Harrison
John & Yoko Lennon
Charlie Watts [Rolling Stones]
Shania Twain
Alanis Morissette
Tom Scholz [Boston]
Belinda Carlisle
Chrissie Hynde [Pretenders]
Joan Baez
Steve Howe [Yes]
Jon Anderson [Yes]
Comedians:
Weird Al Yankovic
Steve Martin
Historical:
Louisa May Alcott: Author & Nurse
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross
Cesar Chavez: Labor Leader
Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Engineer & Naturalist
Charles Darwin: Naturalist & Author
Thomas Edison: Inventor
Albert Einstein: Theoretical Physicist
Henry Ford: Inventor & Industrialist
Mahatma Gandhi: Civil Rights Activist
Sir Isaac Newton: Natural Philosopher & Mathematician
Plato: Philosopher
Albert Schweitzer: Musician, Philosopher, Theologian & Physician
Socrates: Philosopher
Susan B. Anthony, Founder, International Council of Women, International Woman Sufferage Alliance
Benjamin Franklin, scientist
Pythagoras of Samos, mathematician & philosopher
Leo Tolstoy, writer
Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet
George Bernard Shaw, playwrite
Other:
Dennis Kucinich, 2004 U.S. Presidential Candidate
Steve Jobs, Apple Computers / Pixar
Geoffrey Giuliano, former "Ronald McDonald"
Jane Goodall (?), environmentalist |
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