Immer mehr vegan lebende Prominente
Auch die Liste der vegan lebenden Promis wird immer länger, da auch diese vermehrt die vielen Vorteile des Veganismus wie z.B. Gesundheit, Fitness und Umweltschutz erkennen, genauso wie die Anzahl der VeganerInnen in der Bevölkerung mehr und mehr steigt. Hier wie dort ist jedoch nach wie vor der ethische, Tieren helfende Aspekt der Wichtigste.
In folgendger Liste sind die veganen Promis aus den USA aufgeführt (sie ist größtenteils aus dem US-Wikipedia übernommen). Dabei sind einige sehr erfolgreiche und auch bei uns bekannte Personen. Hier in Deutschland kommen noch dazu: Thomas D. von den Fanta 4, Windsurferin Jutta Müller sowie Bodybuildingweltmeister Alexander Dargatz. Die "Dunkelziffer" der vegan lebenden Stars und Sternchen liegt sicherlich um einiges höher...
SchauspielerInnen
- Casey Affleck
- Gillian Anderson (Akte X)
- Ed Begley, Jr.
- Linda Blair
- Margaret Cho (auch Comedian)
- James Cromwell
- Emily Deschanel
- Andrew G (Australian television personality)
- Daryl Hannah
- Woody Harrelson
- Kevin Nealon
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line, Gladiator)
- River Phoenix
- Summer Phoenix
- Nathalie Portman (Star Wars)
- Eric Prescott
- Alicia Silverstone
- Lynda Stoner
- Forest Whitaker
- Gretchen Wyler (Broadway)
MusikerInnen
- Bryan Adams
- Fiona Apple
- Erykah Badu (R&B Singer)
- Brian Bell (guitarist for Weezer)'
- Andre Benjamin (Outkast)
- Dan Briggs (musician with Between the Buried and Me)
- Hunter Burgan (Bassist of AFI)
- Greg Cipes (actor, singer, surfer)
- Common (Hip Hop artist)
- Michael Franti (Hip Hop artist)
- Mylène Farmer (Singer/composer)
- David Frederickson (Singer/Guitarist of The Prids)
- Ben Gibbard (lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie)
- Jan-Christian Göttsche (singer of German band Kurhaus)
- Chris Hannah (Lead singer and guitarist of thrash/punk band Propagandhi)
- Davey Havok (Lead singer of AFI)
- Andy Hurley (Drummer for pop-punk band Fall Out Boy)
- Chrissie Hynde (Rock musician with The Pretenders)
- Daniel Johns (Singer, songwriter and guitarist of Silverchair and The Dissociatives)
- Steve Jocz (Drummer for Canadian Punk rock band Sum 41)
- Mistina Keith (Singer/Bassist for The Prids)
- Butch Klotz (Singer for Houston-based punk band 30 Foot Fall)
- Avril Lavigne
- Ted Leo (Punk musician with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists)
- Dennis Lyxzén (Singer of The (International) Noise Conspiracy and formerly of Refused)
- Chris Martin (Coldplay)
- Fred Mascherino (guitar and vocals for Taking Back Sunday)
- Moby
- Morrissey (British songwriter)
- Mutabaruka (Jamaican dub poet)
- Bif Naked (Canadian punk rock singer)
- Sinéad O'Connor (Irish singer/songwriter)
- Conor Oberst (Singer and Songwriter with Bright Eyes)
- Justin Pearson (Vocalist/Bassist for The Locust)
- Pep Love (rapper in underground hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics)
- Prince
- Promoe (Swedish hiphop musician)
- Adam Russell (Bassist of Story of the Year)
- John K. Samson (from Canadian punk band the Weakerthans)
- Grace Slick (Rock musician with Jefferson Airplane)
- Stic.man (Hip Hop artist with Dead Prez)
- Ember Swift (Canadian singer-songwriter)
- Shane Told (Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein)
- Shania Twain
- Jaci Velasquez (Contemporary Christian and pop singer)
- Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf (Hip hop artist with Why? and cLOUDDEAD)
- Thom Yorke (Rock musician with Radiohead)
- James Yorkston (Scottish folk musician)
Politische Personen
- Cesar Chavez (civil rights activist and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association)
- Janez Drnovšek (president of Slovenia, former president of Yugoslavia)
- Coretta Scott King (civil rights leader)
- Dennis Kucinich (U.S. politician)
- Kerry McCarthy (UK Member of Parliament)
- Peter Tatchell (human rights activist)
Sportler
- Brendan Brazier (top ironman)
- Peter Brock (Australian touring car driver)
- Mac Danzig (professional mixed martial arts fighter)
- Moses Itkonen (one of the world's best skaters)
- Scott Jurek (ultramarathon runner)
- Carl Lewis
- Martina Navratilova
- Dennis Rodman
- Dave Scott (6 times Ironman-Triathlon champion)
- Ed Templeton (professional skateboarder)
Autoren
- Haki R. Madhubuti (poet and non-fiction writer)
- Dav Pilkey (children's author)
- Benjamin Zephaniah (rasta poet)
Andere nennenswerte Personen
- Keith Akers (author and Christian vegetarianism advocate)
- Neal Barnard (author and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, medical consultant for PeTA)
- Peter Bogdanovich (film director)
- Glen E. Friedman (photographer)
- Kathleen Jannaway (founder of Movement for Compassionate Living)
- Casey Kasem (U.S. DJ/media personality/voice of Shaggy)
- John Mackey (co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market)
- Peter Max (artist)
- Isa Chandra Moskowitz (chef and author)
- Ingrid Newkirk (author and president of PeTA)
- John Norris (MTV newscaster)
- Dan Piraro (Cartoonist and creator of Bizarro)
- Russell Simmons (Entrepreneur and co-founder of Def Jam Recordings)
- Donald Watson (founder of the UK Vegan Society and coiner of the term vegan)
