Famous Vegetarians

There are many famous vegetarians who have practiced compassionate eating. If they can do it, why don't we? We don't have to force ourselves too much but take a little step at one time. We can always start it from  once or twice a month, just like some of the Buddhists practice on the 1st and 15th of the Chinese calender. Slowly we can proceed to once a week. Then to twice a week and slowly we increase it. Do not underestimate your little step and effort of helping those innocent and helpless creatures being killed by human. You are making a giant step instead by making changes and making differences for them. Do consider this little effort to help save animals from being killed continuously. Do it now.

Follows are the list of the famous vegetarians in the world (from Do We Have a Choice? - by Chan Kah Yein) :

Peace-loving Vegetarians:
Mahatma Gandhi, Aung Sang Suu Kyi, Rosa Parks, Jane Goodall, Princess Diana, etc.

Pure Genius Vegetarians:
Albert Einstein, Pythagoras, Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates, Darwin, Plato, Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Confucius, Nikola Tesla, Ramanujan, Leo Tolstoy, Albert Schweitzer, Rabindranath Tagore, George Bernard Shaw, Anthony Robbins, Steve Jobs, Kalpana Chawla, etc.

Sportspeople Vegetarians:
Martina Navratilova (nine time Wimbledon champion), Carl Lewis (nine time Olympic champion sprinter), Edwin Moses (Olympic champion hurdles), Billie Jean King (39 Grand Slam titles in tennis), Joe Namath (professional footballer), Stan Price (world record bench press), Bill Pearl (four time Mr. Universe), Dave Scott (six time winner Ironman Triathlon), Charlene Wong Williams (Olympic champion figure skater), Jack La Lanne (world-famous fitness instructor and swimmer), Tony Gonzales (All-Pac 10 footballer), Mac Danzig (boxer, martial artist, athlete), Salim Stoudamire (NBA basketball player), etc.

Actor Vegetarians:
Brad Pitt (above), Leonardo Dicaprio, Tom Hanks, Forest Whitaker, Jackie Chan, John Cleese, Dustin Hoffman, Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Pierce Brosnan, Richard Gere, Alec Baldwin, Robert Redford, Danny De Vito, Christian Bale, etc.

Actress Vegetarians: 
Natalie Portman (above), Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Liv Tyler, Ashley Judd, Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Pamela Anderson, Kim Basinger, Alicia Silverstone, Alyssa Milano, Jennifer Connely, Reese Witherspoon, Daryl Hannah, Candice Bergen, Kate Winslet, Joanna Lumley, Brigitte Bardot, etc.

Singer Vegetarians:
Avril Lavigne (above), Leona Lewis, Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood, Sade, Tracy Chapman, Vanessa Williams, Annie Lennox, Justin Timberlake, Sir Paul McCartney and the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, etc.

The list above is not exhaustive. There are so many famous vegetarians in the world - then and now.

"If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty. I am a vegetarian because I realise that even little chickens suffer pain and fear and experience a range of emotions." 
- Sir Paul McCartney