Vegetarian VIPs
Vegetarian and Vegan Elite of the World

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Many famous writers, artists, scientists, philosophers and eminent men were vegetarians. The following people have all embraced vegetarianism with enthusiasm:

Shakyamuni Buddha, Jesus Christ, Virgil, Horace, Plato, Ovid, Petrarch, Pythagoras, Socrates, William Shakespeare, Voltaire, Sir Isaac Newton, Leonardo Da Vinci, Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Emile Zola, Bertrand Russell, Richard Wagner, Percy Bysshe Shelley, H. G. Wells, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore, Leo Tolstoy, George Bernard Shaw, Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Schweitzer, Mark Twain, Voltaire, Krishnamurti Jiddu ; and more recently, Paul Newman, Madonna, Princess Diana, Lindsay Wagner, Paul McCartney and Candice Bergen, to name a few.

Vegetarian
Nobel Laureates and Scientists

In order to help preserve our planet’s natural resources, many of the world’s greatest thinkers and scientists throughout history have observed a vegetarian diet and affirmed its necessity from the standpoints of both morality and logic. The following is a brief list of these noble individuals:   Nobel Laureates Rabindranath Tagore, 1913, Literature Albert Einstein, 1921, Physics George Bernard Shaw, 1925, Literature Sir C. V. Raman, 1930, Physics Albert Schweitzer, 1952, Peace Linus Pauling, 1954, Chemistry and 1962, Peace George Wald, 1967, Medicine Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1978, Literature Chandrashekar Subrahmanyam, 1983, Physics Elie Wiesel 1986, Peace The 14th Dalai Lama, 1989, Peace Aung San Suu Kyi, 1991, Peace V. S. Naipaul, 2001, Literature JM Coetzee, 2003, Literature   Eminent scientists and inventors Sir Isaac Newton, father of physics John Ray, father of English natural history Leonardo Da Vinci, architect, inventor and artist Benjamin Franklin, author, journalist, scientist, inventor and statesman Thomas Edison, inventor Nikola Tesla, inventor, physicist and engineer Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician Edward Witten, physicist and string theorist Brian Greene, physicist and string theorist Jane Goodall, primatologist Vijay Raj Singh, medical physicist Kalpana Chawla, NASA astronaut Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple Computer Nathaniel Borenstein, creator of MIME (email) language

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Vegetarian and Vegan Elite of the World

No	Picture	Name	Nationality/Title
1		Rabindranath Tagore	Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist; 1913 Nobel Laureate in Literature
2		Albert Einstein	German theoretical physicist; 1921 Nobel Laureate in Physics
3		George Bernard Shaw	Irish playwright; 1925 Nobel Laureate in Literature
4		Sir C. V. Raman	Indian physicist; 1930 Nobel Laureate in Physics
5		Albert Schweitzer	German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician; 1952 Nobel Laureate in Peace
6		Linus Pauling	American quantum chemist and biochemist; 1954 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and 1962 Nobel Laureate in Peace for his campaign against above-ground nuclear testing
7		George Wald	American biochemist; 1967 Nobel Laureate in Medicine
8		Isaac Bashevis Singer	Polish-born American Jewish writer of short stories and novels; 1978 Nobel Laureate in Literature
9		Chandrashekar Subrahmanyam	Indian-born American astrophysicist; 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physics
10		Elie Wiesel	Hungarian novelist, philosopher, humanitarian, political activist, and Holocaust survivor; 1986 Nobel Laureate in Peace
12		Aung San Suu Kyi	Myanmar (Burma) nonviolent pro-democracy activist; 1991 Nobel Laureate in Peace
13		V. S. Naipaul	Trinidadian-born British of Hindu heritage and Indo-Trinidadian ethnicity writer; 2001 Nobel Laureate in Literature
14		JM Coetzee	South African/Australian writer; 2003 Nobel Laureate in Literature
15		Sir Isaac Newton	British physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor, and natural philosopher; father of physics
16		John Ray	British naturalist; father of English natural history
17		Leonardo Da Vinci	Italian Renaissance polymath: architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, geometer, musician, and painter
18		Benjamin Franklin	American author, journalist, scientist, inventor and statesman
19		Thomas Edison	American inventor and businessman
20		Nikola Tesla	Serbian-American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer
21		Srinivasa Ramanujan	Indian mathematician
22		Edward Witten	American mathematical physicist and Fields Medalist
23		Brian Greene	American physicist and one of the world's foremost string theorists
24		Jane Goodall	British primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist
25		Vijay Raj Singh	Indian medical physicist
26		Kalpana Chawla	Indian-born American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist
27		Steve Jobs	American founder and CEO of Apple Computer
28		Nathaniel Borenstein	American, creator of MIME (email) language
29		Alexander Dargatz	German athlete, 2005 Body-building World Champion, physician
30		Elena Walendzik	2005 German featherweight boxing champion
31		Carl Lewis	American track & field star, nine-time Olympic champion
32		Edwin C. Moses	American track & field star, two-time Olympic champion
33		Leroy Burrell	American track & field star, Olympic champion
35		Robert Parish	American NBA (basketball) star
36		Benjamin Spock	American pediatrician, author
37		John Mackey	American, founder of Whole Foods, the world's biggest organic grocer
38		Charles Darwin	British naturalist, geologist and originator of the evolution theory
39		Diogenes	Greek philosopher and cosmologist
40		Henry David Thoreau	American author, naturalist, pacifist, and philosopher
41		Plato	Greek saint and philosopher
42		Pythagoras	Greek mathematician and philosopher
43		Ralph Waldo Emerson	American author, poet and philosopher
44		Socrates	Greek saint and philosopher
45		Voltaire	French Enlightenment writer and philosopher
46		Yehudi Menuhin	American-British orchestral violinist and conductor
47		Stella McCartney	Renowned British fashion designer, daughter of Paul McCartney
48		Anna Paquin	Canadian actress, Oscar winner
49		Candice Bergen	Acclaimed American actress
50		Christian Bale	British actor, star of the hit movie "Batman Begins"
51		Danny DeVito	American actor, producer and director
52		Dustin Hoffman	American actor, two-time Oscar winner; Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner

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