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Inspiration for Vegans from Vegans Around the Globe

18 - Gary Francione and his 'Abolitionist' Writings  www.gary-francione.com

18 - John Robbins (and Diet for a New America)  www.foodrevolution.org

14 - Peter Singer (also mentioned his book: The Ethics of our Eating)

12 - Capt. Paul Watson (Sea Shepherd Conservation Society)  www.seashepherd.org

12 - Bob and Jenna Torres - Vegan Freak Radio podcasts  www.veganfreakradio.com

11 - Moby (techno artist)

11 - Paul McCartney (musician)

11 - Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary President & co-founder http://www.genebaur.org/

11 - Benjamin Zephaniah - British Poet

11 - Pamela Anderson - U.S. Actress/ P.E.T.A. spokesperson

10 – Gandhi – Indian statesman, pacifist

10 - Colleen Patrick Goudreau - U.S. - www.compassionatecooks.com

10 - Natalie Portman - U.S. actress (EcoRazzi www.ecorazzi.com & her vegan shoe line)

9 - Farm Sanctuary and it's volunteers  www.farmsanctuary.org

9 - Neal Barnard, M.D. (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) www.pcrm.org
      essentially recommending a vegan diet")

8 - Woody Harrelson - U.S. actor (one responder wrote for his 'go further' promo
       advocating raw food veganism

8 - Dr. John McDougall www.drmcdougall.com

 7 - Dr. Will Tuttle (The World Peace Diet) U.S. Activist  www.worldpeacediet.org 

7 - Earthlings Film/or it’s filmmaker; Shaun Monson   www.Earthlings.com

7 - Isa Chandra Maskowitz - U.S. vegan cookbook author; ‘Vegan with a Vengeance’

7 - Dennis Kucinich - U.S. Congressman (preferred  presidential candidate one responded)

6 - River Phoenix - the late U.S. actor

6 - Rory Freedman, author of 'Skinny Bitch' - U.S.  www.SkinnyBitch.net

6 - Keith Mann (ALF activist) Author of:  From Dusk 'til Dawn; An insider view of the growth of the animal rights movement.
 
6 - T. Colin Campbell's THE CHINA STUDY www.thechinastudy.com

6 - ALF (The Animal Liberation Front)

6 - The Animals themselves

5 - Morrissey - British vegetarian (musician)

5 - Chrissie Hynde - American (vegan) Rock musician

5 - Leonardo DaVinci – Italian sculptor, inventor, artist, etc.

5 - Shac 7 - the activists currently imprisoned working against Huntington Life Sciences

4 - Donald Watson - British man who coined the word 'vegan' and formed the first vegan society in the U.K.

4 - Gary Yourofksy - U.S. vegan activist - www.adaptt.org

4 - Wayne Pacelle - Humane Society of the U.S.

4 - Earth Crisis - 100% vegan straight edge band

4 - Prince - musician

4 - Tribe of Heart - U.S. James LaVeck and Jenny Stein, filmmakers of 'The Witness' and
      'The Peaceable Kingdom'  www.tribeofheart.org

4 - Paul Shapiro - Director of Factory Farm Campaigns for H.S.U.S.

4 - Oprah Winfrey's 3 week trial of vegan diet 

4 - Carl Lewis - champion athlete while eating vegan diet

4 - Rod Coronado - former ALF activist

4 - Alice Walker - U.S. author, (even if she is not vegan, someone wrote)

4 - Paul and Linda McCartney

4 - Alex Hershaft - Farm Animal Reform Movement www.farmusa.org

3 - Tom Regan - U.S. - forerunner, author and animal rights philosopher www.cultureandanimals.org

3 - Stella McCartney - British designer, child of Paul & Linda McCartney,
       no animal products in her fashion

3 - The Buddha/teachings of the Buddha

3 - Dr. Michael Klaper, M.D. – vegan physician, international lecturer, ‘Vegan Health Study’

3 - Bruce Freiderich, P.E.T.A. - 'Veganism in a Nutshell' CD

3 - Sarah Kramer - U.S. vegan cookbook author

3 - Jo Stepaniak - U.S. vegan author/advocate Ask Jo on VegSource

3 – Gentle World - Vegan non-profit educational organization/community – www.gentleworld.org

3 - Freya and Jay Dinshah - The American Vegan Society  www.americanvegan.org

3 - James Cromwell - for going vegan with the filming of BABE

3 - St. Francis of Assisi

3 - Dr. Dougles Graham (influencing knowledge on healthy fruitarian/raw food vegan diet)

3 - Veg News (Editors: Joe Connelley & Colleen Holland) U.S.

3 - Tom Yorke - U.K. musician

3 - S.A.F.E. - New Zealand's vegan and animal advocacy organization  www.safe.org.nz

3 - Dr. Steve Best - philosopher, writer, activist www.DrSteveBest.org

3 - Dan Mathews - vice president of P.E.T.A.

3 - Bryan Adams - musician - "though he doesn't advertise his veganism"

3 - Joan Dunayer - author

3 - Jeffrey Moossaieff Masson; author of: The Pig Who Sang to the Moon; The Emotional Lives of Farm Animals) - www.jeffreymasson.com

3 - Robert Cohen (The NOT-Milk man) www.notmilk.com

3 - Russell Simmons - U.S. Music mogul - vegan supporter

3 - Clint Eastwood (I was going to remove this, but that would not be accurate. He is not vegan, but possibly eats vegan?)

2 - Sienna Blake - Vegan Voice Magazine www.veganic.net 

2 - Brendan Brazier - triathlete www.brendanbrazier.com

2 - The Smith's Song 'Meat is Murder' - British Rock band

2 - Propagandhi - Canadian all vegan punk band http://propagandhi.com/faq/

2 - Storm and Jinjee Talifero - documentary on their raw food vegan family

2 - Juliet Gellately - Viva! U.K. www.viva.org.uk

2 - Helen and Scott Nearing - back to the landers

2 - Avril Lavigne - Canadian born musician  - www.avrillavigne.com

2 - Casey Affleck - U.S. actor - vegan

2 - Chris Martin - vegan musician, married to Gwyneth Paltrow

2 - Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D. - U.S.  www.heartattackproof.com

2 - Christian Vegetarian Association - U.S.  www.christianveg.com

2 - Vegan Outreach - U.S. organization  www.veganoutreach.org

2 - Lori Bouston, co-founder Farm Sanctuary

2 - Harold Brown - U.S. Beef farmer turned vegan and spokesperson

2 - Rae Sikora - U.S.  www.plantpeacedaily.org

2 - Dan Piraro - cartoonist  www.Bizarro.com

2 - Jesus (Joshua bin Joseph)

2 - Pink - musician

2 - Patty Mark - Australia OPEN RESUCE

2 - Matt Ball - Vegan Outreach

2 - Eric Prescott - publishes ananimalfriendlylife.com, Boston Vegan Association www.bostonvegan.org 

2 - "my conscience is my inspiration"

2 - Carrie Underwood - U.S. singer

2 - Lindsay McDougall - vegan guitarist with Australian band Frenzal Rhomb

2 - Eric Markus - U.S. author  www.vegan.com

2 - Jill Ovnik - U.S.  www.vegangal.com

2 - David Cantor - Responsible Policies for Animals – www.RPAforALL.org

2 - Bryanna Clark Grogan - vegan chef  www.bryannaclarkgrogan.com

2 - Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary (the people who run it)  www.peacefulprairie.org

2 - Albert Einstein – German born/American Noble Prize recipient, physicist

2 - Nathan Runkle - U.S., founder of Mercy for Animals  www.mercyforanimals.org

2 - Pythagoras - Greek philosopher –‘Father of Vegetarianism’

2 - Socrates - classical Greek philosopher

2 - Plato - classical Greek philosopher

2 - Cesar Chaves - Mexican/American labor leader, civil rights activist

2 - Alex Bourke - U.K. www.veggieguides.com

2 - Daniel Johns from Silverchair Band - musician

2 - Steve Hindi – founded SHARK; Showing Animals Respect and Kindness www.sharkonline.org

2 - Davey Havok -vegan, lead singer of AFI

2 - Animal Aid - U.K. organization   www.animalaid.org.uk

2 - Vegan Activists on MySpace

2 - The Phoenix Family - vegan celebrity family - U.S. 

1 - Animal Rights Organizations

1 - "Meet your Meat" Video - P.E.T.A.

1 - Zoe Weil - U.S. Humane Education  www.zoeweil.com

1 - Marti Kheel - U.S. Eco/Feminist; author of Nature Ethics. www.martikheel.com

1 - Carol Adams - U.S. feminist author of: The Sexual Politics of Meat, etc. www.caroljadams.com

1 - Heather Mills - celebrity, was married to Paul McCartney  www.heathermills.org

1 - Alec Baldwin - U.S. Actor, spokesperson for P.E.T.A.

1 - Yolanda Soryl - Christchurch Vegetarian Centre, New Zealand

1 - Shirley Wilkes-Johnson - U.S. 'GoVeganTexas radio show', now WorldVeganRadio

1 - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, M.D. - U.S.  www.drfuhrman.com

1 - Dick Gregory -  American comedian/social activist

1 - Daryl Hannah - U.S. Actress

1 - Stephen Walsh, U.K. - author of Plant-Based Nutrition  www.stephenwalsh.co.uk

1 - Mother Earth

1 - Shanaia Twain - musician

1 - Stanley Sapon www.VeganValues.org

1 - The sights and sounds of video footage

1 - Christine Townend - founded Animal Liberation (NSW) in 1976, and co-founded Animals
     Australia in 1980 (with Peter Singer).

1 - The Film: The Peaceable Kingdom (Tribe of Heart)

1 - The week long international vegan festival in San Diego, California

1 - Andrew Linzey - Anglican priest, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

1 - Jim Mason - writer; Author of: Animal Factories with Peter Singer, etc.

1 - Mark Rowlands - author of: Animals Like Us, philosophy teacher University of Miami

1 - Karen Dawn - Dawn Watch - U.S.  www.DawnWatch.com

1 - Karen Davis - U.S. United Poultry Concerns  www.upc-online.org

1 - Woodstock Sanctuary - U.S. (the folks that run it) www.woodstockfas.org

1 - Julia Butterfly Hill - U.S. environmental activist

1 - Marc Delaney - Salem Vegan Society - U.S.  www.salemvegan.org

1 - Janice Blue - Go Vegan Texas Radio show host  www.goveganradio.com

1 - Rosamund Raha - Vegan Society U.K.  www.vegansociety.com

1 - Jane Goodall - primatologist www.JaneGoodall.org

1 - The Vegan Society and their magazine THE VEGAN  www.vegansociety.com

1 - Vegetarian/Vegan Society of Queensland (and it's members)  www.vegsoc.org.au

1 - Karen Johnson - E.L.A.T.E.D. - South African Vegan Advocacy Group  www.elated.co.za

1 - Steve Smit -  www.AnimalRightsAfrica.org

1 - Barry Horne - died in U.K. prison protesting vivisection

1 - Drew Barrymore - U.S. Actress

1 - Bill Maher - U.S. political talk show host www.BillMaher.com

1 - Dr. Dean Ornish - President/Founder Preventative Medicine Research Institute

1 - Fit for Life Book - Harvey and Marilyn Diamond - U.S.

1 - Victoras Kulvinskas - U.S. - 'Survival into the 21st Century' Early Raw Food advocate

1 - Gail Eisnitz - U.S. - Author of SLAUGHTERHOUSE; expose of U.S. slaughterhouses

1 - Vegan Vixens - U.S. Vegan Dance Troup with a mission  www.veganvixens.com

1 - Jeremy Rifkin - Author of: Beyond Beef; The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture

1 - Henry Spira - forerunner in the Animal Rights Movement, founder of ARI

1 - Niki O'Leary - www.scouseveg.co.uk

1 - Neil Lea Rip - U.K. Vegan Visionary, died 2007

1 - Tim Barford - U.K. Yaoh organic vegan hemp products www.yaoh.co.uk

1 - In Defense of Animals (volunteering there) - U.S.  www.idausa.org

1 - Tonya Zavasta 'Beautiful on Raw'

1 - Forest Whitaker - Vegetarian actor - U.S.

1 - Anarcho Punk Band - Scotland, vegan hardcore metal band

1 - Dr. Spock - the late influential pediatrician - U.S.

1 - Gretta Gaard - Eco Feminist writer

1 - Operation Biteback - direct action on vivisection labs/fur facilities in the U.S. in the 90's

1 - Eddie Lama - (The Witness)

1 - Ed Begley Jr. - U.S actor

1 - Weird Al Yankovic www.weirdal.com (vegan diet)

1 - John Feldman - Goldfinger's (vegan) lead singer

1 - Kate Bush - Vegetarian singer/song writer

1 - Linda Blair - U.S. Actress - www.lindablair.com

1 - Brook Katz - www.brookkatz.com  vegan chef and cookbook author

1 - Kristen Lee Ohanyan - Founder of Society of Peace www.societyofpeace.org 

1 - Joanna Lumley - English Actress

1 - Scarlett Thomas - writer

1 - Linda Nunn - New Zealand  www.petsonthenet.co.nz

1 - The Film 'EATING', Second Edition Plus - Michael Anderson

1 - Kristal Parks - Denver, US. www.Kristalparks.com

1 - Rynn Berry - author, philosopher  www.vegsource.com/berry/

1 - Bernie Unti - (HSUS)

1 - NZ VegFamilies Chat Group

1 - Optimum Health Institute in Austin  www.optimumhealth.org

1 - Hippocrates Health Institute  www.hippocratesinst.org

1 - Mary Lou Randour - Author, professional psychologist and animal rights advocate

1 - Lynda Stoner, former Australian Actress - vegan and animal rights activist

1 - Info from Animal Rights Organizations

1 - Vegan Blogs

1 - Michael Franti - vegan musician

1 - Jonny Ablewhite - U.K., serving prison sentence for conspiracy to blackmail the Hall   
     Family, who run New Church guinea pig farm.

1 - Sam McCreesh - U.K. Star quality vegan at age 15

1 - Mark Bekoff - author, professor Emeritus of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

1 - Many of the Vegan Athletes

1 - Kevin Kjonaas - National Director of SHAC  www.shac7.com/kevin

1 - Mac Danzig (vegan fighter), Tanya Kay (bodybuilder) & all at GoVeg.com 

1 - Peter Young - Vegan Straight-Edge political prisoner for fur-farm raids

1 - Albert Schweitzer - Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician

1 - Abraham Lincoln - 16th president of the U.S.

1 - Aristotle - Greek philosopher

1 - Sir Isaac Newton - mathematician and physicist

1 - Ralph Waldo Emerson - was an American essayist, philosopher, poet,  leader of the 
     transcendentalist movement.

1 - Henry David Thoreau - was an American author, poet and philosopher

1 - Krishnamurti - Indian philosopher

1 - John Lennon/Yoko Ono

1 - Mark Twain - was an American author and humorist

1 - Rosa Parks, U.S. civil rights leader www.rosaparks.org 

1 - Coretta Scott King, the late wife of Martin Luther King, who had adopted a vegan diet

1 - Charles Darwin - was an English naturalist

1 - Thich Nhat Hanh - Zen-Buddhist monk/teacher - now advocating veganism

1 - Hugo Weaving - Australia Actor (not vegan), but an animal rights advocate

1 - Cleveland Amory - Animal Rights Movement forerunner in the U.S.

1 - The book 'DOMINION' by Mathew Scullery  www.matthewscully.com

1 - ETERNAL TREBLINKA: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust by Charles Patterson

1 - Richard Ryder, British psychologist who once performed tests on animals and now speaks
     against it www.richardryder.com

1 - Dan Vishney - author of:  "You Don't Have To Be A Treehugger To Be A Vegan"

1 - Eric Schlosser - author of: Fast Food Nation

1 - VegWeb and VegSource websites

1 - MeatFreeMedia.com - New Zealand based animal rights organization

1 - Bands - Seven Generations, Gorilla Biscuits, Cherem, Gather, Birthright, H20

1 - Vegan Riech - Hardcore punk band

1 - John Stuart Mill - British philosopher, etc.

1 - David Cantor - Responsible Politics for Animals  - www.RPAforAll.org

1 - Association Vegetarienne de France (promotes veganism 100%)

1 - Erica Meier - Executive Director Compassion Over Killing - www.cok.net

1 - Echart Tolle's – author of: A New Earth

1 - St. Padre Pio, St. Anthony of Padua and other Catholic Saints

1 - Freeman Wicklund - Mercy for Animals Director of Campaigns/Compassionate Action  
     for Animals www.freemanwicklund.org

1 - Jenny Brown (Woodstock Farm Sanctuary)  www.woodstockfas.org

1 - Carla Lane - Britain's television writer  www.carlalane.com

1 - Kim Herman  a DC-area vegan and independent—and very active—activist.

1 - The Activists at UNCAGED CAMPAIGNS - U.K.

1 - Senator Andrew Bartlett - Australian, vegan, Queensland senator

1 - Raquy Danziger - (Caveman Musician Group) drummer

1 - All the speakers at the Vegetarian Summerfest - North American Vegetarian Society
     www.vegetariansummerfest.org or www.navs-online.org

1 - Robin Lane - London Vegan Festival  www.vegancampaigns.org


1 - Barry Horne - deceased animal liberationist


1 - Vee & Rhian/others from Stockport Animal Protection


1 - A TV. program from the Movement for Compassionate Living, www.mcl.unisonplus.net/


1 - A Vegan Activist from Vegan Campaigns, U.K.  www.vegancampaigns.org.uk


1 - Mark Berriman - Australia - Editor Natural Health and Vegetarian Magazine


1 - Brenda Davis, R.D. Author of Vegan Nutrition Books  www.brendadavisrd.com


1 - Ben Read/Band 'Foot Sativa' - his lyrics are based on animal rights/global issues


1 - New Zealand band 'Antagonist' - all veg


1 - Justin Sane from band Anti-Flag


1 - Gretchen Wyler - deceased U.S. Actress/Animal Rights advocate


1 - The book: The Pig Who Sang to the Moon; The Emotional Lives of Farm Animals


1 - Joyce Di Benedetto-Colton, M.S. - Earth Ethics Institute, Miami Dade College

1 - Susan Hargreaves - H.E.R.O. Founder, U.S. www.HumaneEducationReachingOut.com

1  - The Supreme Master Ching Hai - Vietnamese

1 –  Jan and Dave, Albany NY Vegetarian Network  http://www.nyvegetarianexpo.org

1 –  Bumper Sticker: “If you Love Animals; Don’t Eat them!”

1 –  Peter Cox’s book: Why You Don’t Need Meat   English, bestselling author

1 -  Rajendra Pachauri - chief of intergovernmental panel on climate change   www.rkpachauri.org 

1 – Priscilla Feral  - President of Friends of Animals  www.friendsofanimals.org

1 – A Local EarthSave Representitive’s lecture

1 – “Pig” plays guitar in a Gisborne, N.Z. band called Saving Grace, (Vegan-straight-edge) Christchurch

1 -  "Activists yes, celebrities, ick, no." Dustin, Washington D.C.

1 - "Anyone who gets positive press and is vegan is great."

1 - "Drew Barrymore used to be vegan and then was advocating fish for the omegas..."

1 - "Celebrities pop up and then dissapear. These people are not models for young people; people who  make  a differnece for animals are."


1 – “I  respect Moby and Joaquin Phoenix for Earthlings and their vegan publicity, but I'm not a follower of  thier music or mainstream films."

1 -  "No, in fact, I got to know very well a few high profile 'activists' and found out they are neither vegan, nor ethical."


1 - I draw inspiration from the celebrities and all the unacknowledged activists and all the great minds who have ever understood the vegan ideal."