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
53
George Harrison
British musician, member of the Beatles
54
Joaquin Phoenix
American actor, 2006 Oscar nominee for Best Actor
55
Linda Blair
American actress, Oscar nominee for Best Supporting Actress; Golden Globe award winner and People’s Choice Awards winner, and animal rights activist
56
Lindsay Wagner
Noted American TV actress, multiple Emmy award winner
57
Marian Hailey-Moss
Acclaimed American actress, writer and humanitarian
58
Michael J. Fox
Canadian actor
59
Paul McCartney
British musician, member of the Beatles
60
Paul Newman
Americna actor and film director, 1986 Oscar award winner for Best Actor
62
Ringo Starr
British musician, member of the Beatles
64
Tobey Maguire
American actor, starred in many movies including “Spider-Man”
65
Jesus Christ
Spiritual teacher and founder of Christianity
66
Shakyamuni Buddha
Spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism
67
Herbert George Wells
British writer of science fiction
68
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British romantic poet
69
Leo Tolstoy
Russian novelist, pacifist, moral thinker
70
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet and writer
71
Coretta Scott King
American Civil Rights activist and leader, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
72
Manmohan Singh
The 14th and current Prime Minister of India, known as India’s most respected politician
73
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
The current President of India; notable scientist and engineer
74
Dennis Kucinich
House Representative, US Congress
75
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian political leader and humanitarian
77
Paramahansa Yogananda
Indian spiritual teacher
78
Early Christians
Disciples of Jesus Christ
79
Confucius
Chinese saint and philosopher
80
Lao Tzu
Chinese saint and philosopher
81
St. Francis of Assisi
Italian Christian saint, founder of the Franciscan order
82
Thich Nhat Hanh
Aulacese Buddhist monk and writer
83
Yogi Maharishi Mahesh
Indian writer, philosopher, leader of Transcendental Meditation
84
Zoroaster
Iranian founder of Zoroastrianism
85
John Robbins
American writer and promoter of vegan diet
86
Mark Twain
American writer
87
Plutarch
Greek writer
88
Henry Ford
American founder of Ford Motors
89
Susan B. Anthony
American leader of Woman’s Suffrage movement
91
Dr. Janez Drnovsek
2nd President of Slovenia
92
Pamela Anderson
American actress
93
Ashley Judd
American actress
94
Brigitte Bardot
French actress
96
John Cleese
British actor
98
David Duchovny
American actor
101
Richard Gere
American actor
103
Daryl Hannah
American actress & environmental activist
105
Demi Moore
American actress
106
Ian McKellen
British actor
109
Steven Seagal
American actor
110
Brooke Shields
American model and actress
112
Jerry Seinfeld
American actor
113
Naomi Watts
American actress
114
Kate Winslet
British actress
115
Joan Baez
American folk singer and anti-war activist, six Grammy Award nominations
118
Bob Dylan
American singer and songwriter
120
Michael Jackson
American pop singer and songwriter; has won more music awards than any other artists
121
Morrissey
British singer
122
Olivia Newton John
British/Australian singer
123
Sinead O’Connor
Irish singer
124
Pink
American singer
125
Prince
American pop singer and songwriter
126
Justin Timberlake
American pop singer
127
Tina Turner
American pop star
128
Shania Twain
Canadian singer
129
Vanessa Williams
American pop singer
131
Billie Jean King
American tennis champion
132
Bill Walton
American basketball player
133
Christie Brinkley
American supermodel, actress and environmental activist
134
Christy Turlington
American supermodel
135
Anthony Perkins
American actor
136
Dennis Weaver
American actor
137
Dirk Benedict
American actor
138
Eric Stoltz
American actor
139
James Cromwell
American actor
140
Joe Regalbuto
American actor
141
Kirk Cameron
American actor
142
Mike Farrell
American actor
143
River Phoenix
American actor
144
Tico Wells
American actor
145
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
American actor and producer
146
Dan Castellaneta
American actor and writer
147
Woody Harrelson
American actor and environmental activist
148
Alexandra Paul
American actress
149
Catherine Oxenberg
American actress
150
Charlotte Martin
American actress
151
Jean Kasem
American actress
152
Jennie Garth
American actress
153
Kristina Wagner
American actress
154
Lisa Bonet
American actress
155
Meredith Baxter
American actress
156
Rachael Lindsay
American actress
157
Rosanna Arquette
American actress
158
Rue McClanahan
American actress
159
Sara Gilbert
American actress
160
Spice Williams
American actress
161
Tracey Pollen
American actress
162
Traci Bingham
American actress
163
Virginia Madsen
American actress
164
Alicia Silverstone
American actress and producer
165
Rhea Perlman
American actress and producer
166
Gretchen Wyler
American actress
167
Rachael Leigh Cook
American film and television actress and model
168
Peter Bogdanovich
American film director
169
Richard & Leslie Bach
Americans, Richard is an author and Leslie is an actress
170
Shaunna O’Grady
Australian actress
171
Gillian & Gayle Blakeney
Australian actresses
172
Jessica Muschamp
Australian born-British actress
173
Angus Barnett
British actor
174
Cal Macaninch
British actor
175
Cathy Shipton
British actress
176
Christopher Blake
British actor
177
Eric Richard
British actor
178
Jerome Flynn
British actor
179
John Gordon Sinclair
British actor
180
Linus Roache
British actor
181
Martin Shaw
British actor
182
Matthew Vaughan
British producer, director and actor
183
Paul McGann
British actor
184
Peter Cushing
British actor
185
Rob Spendlove
British actor
186
Simon O’Brien
British actor
187
Stephen North
British actor
188
Tim Vincent
British actor
189
Nigel Hawthorne
British actor and producer
190
David Thewlis
British actor, director and writer
191
Abigail Rokison
British actress
192
Alexandra Bastedo
British actress
193
Amanda Dickinson
British actress
194
Amanda Mealing
British actress
195
Betty Driver
British actress
196
Carol Royle
British actress
197
Cathryn Bradshaw
British actress
198
Cheryl Kennedy
British actress
199
Deborah Grant
British actress
200
Downtown Julie Brown
British actress
201
Emma Wray
British actress
202
Hayley Mills
British actress
203
Imelda Staunton
British actress
204
Jennie Linden
British actress
205
Jenny Donnison
British actress
206
Jenny Seagrove
British actress
207
Jill Greenacre
British actress
208
Joanna Lumley
British actress
209
Julie Christie
British actress
210
Kate O’Mara
British actress
211
Linda Regan
British actress
212
Lucy Briers
British actress
213
Mandy Perryment
British actress
214
Marina Sirtis
British actress
216
Maureen O’Farrell
British actress
217
Pam Ferris
British actress
218
Pamela Power
British actress
219
Polly Perkins
British actress
220
Reina James
British actress
221
Rita Tushingham
British actress
222
Ruth Whitehead
British actress
223
Sandra Berkin
British actress
224
Sara Crowe
British actress
225
Sheila Gish
British actress
226
Sherrie Hewson
British actress
227
Sophie Ward
British actress
228
Virginia McKenna
British actress
229
Hazel O’Connor
British actress and composer
230
Tracy Brabin
British actress and writer
231
Glenda McKay
British actress,
232
Bill Maynard
British comedian and actor
233
Anne Parillaud
French actress
234
Spike Milligan
Indian actor
235
Madhuri Dixit
Indian actress
236
Jacqueline Reddin
Irish actress
237
Fiona Fullerton
Nigerian actress
238
Bo Corre
Swedish actress
239
Jarrett Lennon
young American actor
240
Robert Lutz
Swiss business executive
241
Barbara Moore
American Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua
242
Dr John Harvey Kellogg
American medical doctor, brother of W K Kellogg
243
Ellen G. White
American writer and founder of Seventh Day Adventist Church
244
Fenner Brockway
British anti-war activist and politician
245
Henry Salt
British artist, diplomat and Egyptologist
246
John Wesley
British clergyman and Christian theologian
247
Sir Isaac Pitman
British inventor of Pitman Shorthand
248
Sir Stafford Cripps
British Labour party politician
249
Alexander Pope
British poet
250
Rupert Brooke
British poet
251
Mary Webb
British romantic novelist
252
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis
British scientist, engineer and inventor
253
Annie Besant
British theosophist, women’s rights activist, writer and orator
254
Richard St Barbe Baker
British world-famous environmentalist
255
Clement of Alexandria
Egyptian, the first member of the Church of Alexandria
256
Plotinus
Egyptian Neoplatonism founder
257
Origen
Egyptian scholar and Christian theologian
258
General William Booth
British founder and 1st General of Salvation Army
259
Clara Barton
American founder of the American Red Cross
260
Montaigne
French Renaissance writer
261
Lamartine
French writer, poet and politician
262
Schopenhauer
German philosopher
263
Martin Luther
German theologian, Augustinian monk and ecclesiastical reformer
264
Mahavira
Indian Jainism founder
265
Chanakya Pandit
Indian philosopher and the minister of King Chandra Gupta
266
Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Indian saint
267
HH A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Indian spiritualist
268
Cesar Chavez
Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader and activist
269
Ilya Repin
Russian artist
270
St John Chrysostom
Syrian Christian bishop and priest
271
Porphyry
Syrian Neoplatonic philosopher
272
Angie Hill
American actress and model
273
Carre Otis
American plus-sized fashion model
274
Kathy Lloyd
British actress and model
275
Laetizia Scherrer
French model & designer
276
Andrew Jacobs
American Congressman
278
James G. Abourezk
American Senator and Congressman
279
Albert Mokhiber
Arabian-American human rights activist
280
Philip Ruddock
Australian Attorney-General
281
Harry Cohen
British Labour Member of Parliament
282
Anne Gilman
British politician
283
Anne Campbell
British politician and Labour Member of Parliament
284
Tony Banks
British politician and Member of Parliament
285
Tony Benn
British politician and Member of Parliament
286
Piers Merchant
British politician and Parliament member
287
Bernard Weatherall
British politician
288
Vos Marijke
Dutch member of Parliament
289
Willem Drees
Dutch politician and prime minister, 1948-1958
290
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
First Home Minister of India
291
Kamel Junblatt
Lebanese Parliament member
292
P.V. Narasimha Rao
Prime Minister of India, 1991-1996
293
Andrew Bartlett
Senator in Australian Parliament
294
Moritz Leuenberger
Swiss Minister of Energy and Transport
295
LaToya Jackson
American pop singer, sister of Michael Jackson
296
Consolidated
American activist performing group
297
Meat Loaf
American actor and rock and roll performer
298
Eddie Jackson
American bassist
299
Omar Hakim
American drummer and musician
300
Michael Diamond
American drummer and singer
301
Moby
American electronic musician
302
Julie Felix
American folk rock recording artist
303
Jane Wiedlin
American guitarist
304
Kirk Hammett
American guitarist
305
Peter Buck
American guitarist
306
Steve Vai
American guitarist and record producer
307
Juliana Hatfield
American guitarist and songwriter
308
Living Colour
American hard rock band
309
Captain & Tennille
American husband and wife pop music duo
310
Michael Franks
American jazz singer and songwriter
311
Dizzie Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter, singer and composer
312
Natalie Merchant
American musician
313
Susanna Hoffs
American musician and actress
314
Weird Al Yankovic
American musician and lyricist
315
Linda Perry
American musician and record producer
316
Dick Dale
American pioneer of surf rock and guitarist
317
Abnegation
American punk rock band
318
Gladys Knight
American R&B singer
319
Boo-Yaa TRIBE
American rap group
320
Eric Johnson
American recording artist
321
B52s
American rock band
322
Shelter
American rock band
323
Rikki Rocket
American drummer
324
Chrissie Hynde
American rock musician
325
Melissa Etheridge
American rock musician
326
Sinitta Renet Malone
American singer
327
Edward Kowalczyk
American singer
328
Geoff Tate
American singer
329
Grace Slick
American singer
330
Lene Lovich
American singer
331
Wendy O. Williams
American singer
332
Tom Scholz
American singer and guitarist
333
Eddie Vedder
American singer and lyricist
334
Doug Hoekstra
American singer and songwriter
335
Fiona Apple
American singer and songwriter
336
Michael Bolton
American singer and songwriter
337
Steve Perry
American singer and songwriter
338
Earth Crisis
American Straight Edge band
339
Fugazi
American Straight Edge band
340
Brad Delp
American vocalist
341
Belinda Carlisle
American vocalist
342
Judith Durham
Australian singer
343
Daniel Johns
Australian singer, guitarist and composer
344
Tim Rogers
Australian vocalist, and solo artist
345
James
British band
346
Charlie Watts
British drummer
347
The Beloved
British electronic music group
348
Alan Wilder
British electronic musician and record producer
349
Kirsty Hawkshaw
British artist and songwriter
351
Phil Collen
British guitarist
352
Steve Howe
British guitarist
353
Terry “Geezer” Butler
British guitarist
354
Tony Hicks
British guitarist
355
Billy Idol
British hard rock musician
356
Marisa Robles
British harpist
357
John Dankworth
British jazz composer and performer
358
Pete Frame
British music historian
359
Beverley Craven
British musician
360
Doris Pearson
British musician
361
Jason Orange
British musician
362
Joe Jackson
British musician
364
Willy M
British musician
365
Kevin Godley
British musician and director
366
Johnny Marr
British musician and singer
368
David Gedge
British musician and song writer
369
Martin & Gary Kemp
British actors and pop musicians
370
Des’ree
British pop singer
371
Sarah Cracknell
British pop singer
372
Yazz
British pop singer
373
Rebel MC
British pop-rapper
374
Dave Goodman
British producer
375
Gary Glitter
British rock and pop singer
377
Carcass
British rock metal band
378
Julian Cope
British rock musician and writer
379
Carol Decker
British singer
380
Corinne Drewery
British singer
382
Gary Clail
British singer
383
Sandie Shaw
British singer
384
Shirley Bassey
British singer
385
Siouxsie Sioux
British singer
386
Captain Sensible
British singer and guitarist
387
Dave Davies
British singer and guitarist
388
Justine Frischmann
British singer and guitarist
389
Jon Anderson
British singer and solo artist
392
Neil Codling
British singer and songwriter
393
Nik Kershaw
British singer and songwriter
395
Richard Thompson
British singer and songwriter
396
Joan Armatrading
British singer, songwriter and guitarist
397
Cathy Dennis
British singer, songwriter and record producer
398
Howard Jones
British singer and songwriter
399
Martin Lee Gore
British singer, songwriter and guitarist
400
Gary Barlow
British singer, songwriter and producer
401
Wendy James
British singer and composer
402
Heather Small
British soul singer
403
Damon Albarn
British vocalist and keyboardist
404
Benjamin Zephaniah
British writer and poet
405
K D Lang
Canadian singer and songwriter
406
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer, guitarist and songwriter
407
Jessica Cody
Canadian vocalist
408
Chris Novoselic
Croatian-American rock musician
409
Kraftwerk
German musical group
410
Tanita Tikaram
German pop/folk singer and songwriter
411
Farin Urlaub
German singer and guitarist
412
Eddie Grant
Guyana-born musician
413
Larry Mullen, Jr.
Irish drummer
414
Vivian Campbell
Irish rock guitarist
415
Peter Cunnah
Irish singer and songwriter
417
Marilyn
Jamaica-born rock musician
418
Mutabaruka
Jamaican poet
419
Edgar Froese
Russian artist and electronic music pioneer
420
The Shamen
Scottish experimental electronic music band
421
Charlie Burchill
Scottish guitarist
423
Norman Blake
Scottish musician, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist
424
Jimmy Somerville
Scottish pop singer
425
Annie Lennox
Scottish rock musician and vocalist
426
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer and lyricist
427
Montserrat Caballe
Spanish soprano opera singer
428
Keith Potger
Sri Lankan guitarist and vocalist
429
Pierre Robert
American disc jockey
430
Casey Kasem
American radio personality and voice actor
431
Shelton Walden
American radio producer and show host
432
Chris Mitchell
American radio disc jockey
433
Dave Lee Travis
British actor and disc jockey
434
Tony Blackburn
British award-winning disc jockey
435
Judi Spiers
British broadcaster
436
John Peel
British disc jockey and journalist
437
Janice Long
British radio broadcaster
438
Dianne Oxberry
British radio weather forecaster
439
Claire Sturgess
British radio disc jockey
440
Jackie Brambles
British television and radio presenter
441
Ron de Rijk
Dutch sportscaster
442
Eustace Miles
10-time British tennis champion
443
Tony LaRussa
American baseball team manager
444
David Johnson
American basketball coach
445
Anthony Peeler
American basketball player
446
B J Armstrong
American basketball star
447
Al Beckles
American bodybuilder
449
Cheryl Marek
American cyclist
450
Estelle Gray
American cyclist
451
Leslie Marx
American fencer and two-time national champion
452
Marv Levy
American football coach
453
Kathy Johnson
American gymnast
454
Debbie Spaeth-Herring
American power-lifter
455
Jacque Vaughn
American professional basketball player
456
Desmond Howard
American professional football player
457
Chris Campbell
American world champion wrestler
458
Clare Francis
British writer and sailer
459
Luiz Freitas
Brazilian bodybuilder
460
Jonathan Speelman
British chess player and three-time chess champion
461
Sally Eastall
British marathon runner
462
Carol Gould
British marathon runner, many-time medalist of British Road Race Championships
463
Kirsty McDermott
British runner
464
Alan Jones
British ski jumper
465
Jack Maitland
British triathlete and triathlon coach
466
Sally Hibberd
British women’s mountain bike champion
467
Judy Leden
British world hang gliding champion
468
Silken Laumann
Canadian champion rower
469
Peter Burwash
Canadian longtime health advocate, motivational speaker and world-renowned tennis coach
470
Donnie LaLonde
Canadian professional boxer
471
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish long-distance runner and 12-time Olympic medal winner
472
Jutta Muller
German windsurfing World Cup champion
473
Ruth Heidrich
American health educator and three-time Ironman contestant
474
Killer Kowalski
Polish-Canadian professional wrestler
475
Robert Millar
Scottish professional cyclist
476
Andreas Cahling
Swedish bodybuilder
477
Sharon Hounsell
British, Miss Wales Bodybuilding Champion
478
Roger Hughes
British/Welsh ski champion
479
Jo Stevens
American actor
480
Larry Hagman
American actor and director
481
Leonard Nimoy
American actor, director and producer
482
Maitland Ward
American actress
483
Mary Tyler Moore
American actress and comedian
484
Fred Rogers
American children’s show host
485
Kevin Nealon
American comedian and actor
486
Don McLean
American singer and songwriter
487
Bob Barker
American TV host
488
Simon Hickson
British actor and writer
489
William Woollard
British actor
490
Andrea Arnold
British actress and director
491
Victoria Wood
British comedian
492
Phil Cool
British comedian and impressionist
493
Vanessa Warwick
British director and actress
495
John Simpson
British TV journalist
496
Peter Simon
British TV personality
497
Wendy Turner
British TV presenter
498
Diane-Louise Jordan
British TV presenter and producer
499
Gareth Jones
British TV show host
500
Barbara Edwards
British TV weather forecaster
501
Penny Junor
British writer and journalist
502
Julie Snyder
Canadian TV host
503
Hennie Huisman
Dutch showmaster
504
Antoinette Hertsenberg
Dutch TV host
505
Angela Groothuizen
Dutch TV presenter
506
Viola Holt
Dutch TV presenter
507
Marian Chanter
first female winner of the British game show, “The Krypton Factor”
508
Ricki Lake
Jewish-American actress and talk show host
509
Sy Sperling
President of the Hair Club for Men
510
Alice Walker
American author and feminist, Pulitzer prize winner for Color Purple
511
Berke Breathed
American cartoonist
512
Louisa May Alcott
American novelist
513
Henry Heimlich, M.D.
American physician
514
Upton Sinclair
American writer
515
Scott Adams
American writer and artist
516
Peter Singer
Australian humanist and philosopher
518
Clive Barker
British author, director and visual artist
519
Alan Moore
British comic writer
520
Colin Spencer
British food writer
521
Charlotte Bronte
British novelist
522
Alan Watts
British philosopher and comparative religion writer
523
John Milton
British poet
524
William Blake
British poet, painter and printmaker
525
William Wordsworth
British romantic poet
526
Carla Lane
British TV writer
527
Ruth Rendell
British writer
528
Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere
French scholar, founder of Universal Great Brotherhood
529
Franz Kafka
Austrian writer
530
Krishnamurti Jiddu
Indian spiritual teacher
531
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedish scientist, philosopher and mystic
532
Anne Hathaway
American actress
533
Christine Kaufmann
Austrian actress and author on beauty and wellness
534
Clint Eastwood
American actor and director
535
Gillian Anderson
American actress
536
Jamie Lee Curtis
American actress
537
Lynda Stoner
Australian actress and animal right activist
538
Monica Weinzettl
Austrian actress, fitness trainer and world class mountain biker
539
Oliver Stone
American film producer and director
540
Willem Dafoe
American actor
541
William Shatner
American actor
543
Edoardo De Filippo
Italian actor and writer
544
Giorgio Albertazzi
Italian actor
545
Pino Caruso
Italian theatre actor
546
Chiu-Nan Lai
Chinese, founder of Lapis Lazuli Light
547
Annalise Braakensiek
Australian supermodel
548
Sylvi Body
Hungarian photo model
549
Edmond Bordeaux Szekely
Hungarian philosopher, philologist and spiritual writer
550
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman philosopher, politician and dramatist
551
Uri Geller
Israeli psychic
552
Giordano Bruno
Italian philosopher
554
Martinetti Piero
Italian philosopher
555
Madeleine Petrovic
Leading representative of the Austrian Green Party
556
Alfred Deakin
Australia’s second prime minister
557
Rosa Parks
American seamstress and civil right activist
558
Peace Pilgrim
1908-1981, real name – unknown; a silver haired woman calling herself only “Peace Pilgrim” walked more than 25,000 miles from 1953 to 1981 on a personal pilgrimage for peace.
559
Marco Tullio Cicerone
Roman politician, orator and writer
560
Lucio Quinzio Cincinnato
Roman general and politician
561
Marcus Aurelius
Roman emperor
562
Mazzini Giuseppe
Italian patriot
563
Plinio Caio Secondo
Roman officer and scholar
564
Albert Szentgy�rgyi
Hungarian physiologist, 1937 Nobel Laureate in Medicine for discovering vitamin C
565
Alexander von Humboldt
German naturalist and explorer
566
Giorgio Celli
Italian entomologist, professor and poet
567
Margherita Hack
Italian astronomer, author and politician
568
Mario Tozzi
Italian geologist and climatologist
569
Anastasia Volochkova
Russian ballet dancer
570
Andras Laar
Hungarian singer
571
Bonnie Raitt
American songwriter and singer
572
Carl Friedberg
German pianist
573
Donovan Philips Leitch
Scottish singer and songwriter
575
Erykah Badu
American singer, actress and composer; Grammy Award nominee
576
India Arie
American singer; two-time Grammy Award winner
577
Josef Brown
Australian ballet dancer and member of the animal rights group, Animal Liberation
578
Katalin Pitti
Hungarian opera singer
579
Katica Illenyi
Hungarian violinist
580
Klari Katona
Hungarian pop singer
581
Lindsay McDougall
Australian guitarist
582
Maurice Ravel
French composer
583
Percy Grainger
Australian composer and pianist
584
Peter (Blackie) Black
Australian singer and guitarist
585
Reinhard Mey
German singer and songwriter
586
Sandor Revesz
Hungarian singer
587
Suzanne Vega
American singer and songwriter
588
Thomas D
Thomas Durr, German musician
589
Gianni Morandi
Italian pop singer
590
Jovanotti
Italian pop singer
591
Niccolo Paganini
Italian violinist and composer
592
Sergiu Celibidache
Romanian orchestral conductor; Zen master
593
Christoph Sieber
Austrian Olympic surfing champion
594
Greg Chappell
Australian sportsman and international cricketer
595
Istvan Sipos
Hungarian world record holder in ultramarathon & long-distance running
596
Murray Rose
Australian swimmer, four-time Olympic gold medal winner
597
Peter Brock
Australian race car driver and animal right activist
598
Rita Koban
Hungarian two-time Olympic medal winner and six-time world champion in kayaking
599
Robert Hazeley
British bodybuilder
600
Tamas Vitray
Hungarian TV commentator
601
Adriano Celentano
Italian singer and TV host
602
Marco Columbro
Italian TV host
603
Red Ronnie
Italian TV host
604
Coral Hull
Australian writer and animal rights activist
605
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet
606
John Kinsella
Australian poet
607
Jonathan Safran Foer
American writer
608
Rainer Maria Rilke
Austrian writer and poet
609
Robert Dolak-Saly
Hungarian writer and comedian
611
Wei Wang
Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter and statesman
612
Decimo Giunio Giovenale
Roman satirical poet
613
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer
614
Orazio Flacco Quinto
Roman poet
616
Roberto Gervaso
Italian writer
617
Tito Lucrezio Caro
Roman poet and philosopher
618
Tiziano Vecellio
Italian painter
619
Virgilio Marone Publio
Roman poet
620
Ugo Ceronetti
Italian journalist
621
Umberto Veronesi
Italian oncologist and former Minister of Health
622
Aldo Capitini
Italian philosopher and writer
623
Maria Montessori
Italian educator and physician
624
Rabiah Al Adawiyah
Iraqi female Sufi saint
625
Muhyi-Ddin Ibn Arabi
Spanish Islamic scholar, Sufi master and philosopher
626
Muhammad Al-Ghazali
Iranian Islamic scholar and Sufi saint
627
Muhammad Rahiim Bawa Muhaiyadeen
Sri Lankan Islamic author and Sufi saint
628
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
Indian Sufi saint and the master of Chisti Order
629
Hazrat Mouyinu-Ddien Chisti
Indian the first master of Chisti Order
630
Shaykh Nasir ad-Din Mahmud
Indian Sufi saint
631
Hafiz B.A Masri
British-Indian Imam (scholar who knows the Koran in its entirety), Shah Jehan Mosque, Britain
632
Sufi Sect Shiites
Iranian Mana and Safa (Vegetarian Islam sect)
633
Dora Laki & Levente Szonyi
Hungarian professional dancer couple, three-time winner of Mambo World Competition
634
Carrie Underwood
American country music singer and recording artist, winner of American Idol
635
Axl Peleman
Belgian singer and musician
636
Nic Balthazar
Belgian TV host, film critic and theater creator
637
Albert 1
King of Belgium in 1909-1934; became a vegetarian after age 50
638
Pieter Paul Rubens
Flemish master painter
639
Michel Vandenbosch
Belgian president of animal rights organization Gaia
640
An Vervoort
Belgian singer
641
Christel Marien
Belgian radio presenter
642
Daisy Van Cauwenberg
Belgian TV presenter
643
Dora van der Groen
Belgian film and theater actress
644
Elsje Helewaut
Belgian singer
645
Evy Gruyaert
Belgian TV hostess
646
Katrien Devos
Belgian TV actress
647
Friedl Lesage
Belgian radio presenter
648
Herr Seele (Peter Van Heirseele)
Belgian artist
649
Kristel Verbeke
Belgian singer
650
Ingeborg
Belgian singer and TV presenter
651
Koen De Bouw
Belgian actor
652
Nathalie Delcroix
Belgian folk singer
653
Liesbeth Verbomen
Belgian TV actress
654
Lieven Debrauwer
Belgian movie director
655
Martine Jonckeere
Belgian TV actress
656
Patrick Riguelle
Belgian musician
657
Mies Meulders
Belgian TV actress and singer
658
Sarah Bettens
Belgian singer
659
Stef Kamil Carlens
Belgian musician and singer
660
Wigbert
Belgian singer and songwriter
661
Riet Van Gool
Belgian TV actress
662
Piers Anthony
British writer
663
Sir Edwin Arnold
British poet and journalist
664
Jules Bass
American film producer, director, composer and writer
665
Boris Borges
Cuban painter
666
Stephen Clark
British philosophy professor
667
Sean Conant
American actor
668
Todd Conant
American writer and poet
669
Marilyn Diamond
American writer, married to Donald Schnell
670
Donald Schnell
American writer, married to Marilyn Diamond
671
Alberto Chavez Guatemala
Guatemalan science fiction writer
672
Thomas Hood
British poet and humorist
673
Ted Hughes
British poet and children’s writer
674
Colin McGinn
British philosopher
675
Geneen Roth
American writer
676
Hubert Schirneck
German writer
677
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Indian spiritual leader and founder of the international Art of Living Foundation, a volunteer-based educational and humanitarian organization
678
Thiruvalluvar
Indian, one of the greatest Tamil poets
679
Hanshan
Chinese saint and Buddhist monastic
680
Mao-Sin Syu, Bruce
Chinese journalist and vegetarian restaurant owner
681
Ai-Lin Chen
Chinese CEO of Fubon Cultural & Educational Foundation
682
Ding-Syuan Fan
Chinese chief chef and owner of Shanghai Merits & Virtues Vegetarian Restaurant in Formosa
683
Yin-Long Hong
Chinese owner of Fahua Vegetarian Restaurant, five-time winner of Golden Kitchen Vegetarian Cooking Champion
684
Ci-Mei Wang
Chinese operatic scholar
685
Ren-Siou Syu
Chinese founder of The Society of Wilderness
686
Li-Li Chen
Chinese actress
687
Chong-Tang Shih
Chinese board chairman of AUSTek Computer Inc.
688
Jia-Syun Sie
Chinese TV hostess
689
Ling-Lin Wang
Chinese CEO of Eastern Multimedia Co.
690
Princess Diana
British Princess of Wales and animal rights advocate
691
Chris Mart
British singer, rhythm guitarist and pianist
692
Samuel L. Jackson
American actor, Academy Award nominee
693
Andre 3000 (Andr� Benjamin)
American rapper, hip hop producer and actor
694
Nataputta Vardhamana
Indian prince (599-527 BC), reformer of the Jain religion
695
Henry Spira
American animal rights activist, architect of the movement in the U.S. to stop using animals in experiments
696
Rynn Berry
American writer and historical advisor to the North American Vegetarian Society, board member of Earth Save
697
Frederic Back
Canadian award-winning animator
698
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and children�s literature writer
699
Bodhidharma
Legendary Buddhist Master; founder of Chinese Zen Buddhism and Shaolin School of Chinese Martial Arts
700
Huike
Second Patriarch of Zen Buddhism
701
Hongren
Fifth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism
702
Hui Neng
Sixth and last Patriarch of Zen Buddhism
703
Mazu Daoyi
Chinese Zen master
704
Baizhang Huaihai
Chinese Zen master in Tang Dynasty, disciple of Mazu Daoyi
705
Huangbe Xiyun
Chinese Zen master in Tang Dynasty, disciple of Baizhang Huihai
706
Linji Yixun
Chinese Zen master, disciple of Huangbe-Xiyun
707
Hanshan Deqing
Chinese Zen master
708
Xuyun
Chinese Zen master in later Qing Dynasty
709
Taihsu
Chinese Buddhist master
710
Yinguang
Chinese Buddhist Pure-Land sect master
711
Hongyi
Chinese multi-talented artist and Buddhist Ritsu sect monastic
712
Guangqin
Chinese Buddhist Pure Land sect master
713
Hsuanhua
Chinese Zen master
714
Qingding
Tibetan Buddhist master
715
Bing-Nan Li
Chinese medicine doctor
716
Emperor Wu of Liang
First Emperor of Nan Dynasty of China
717
Nianzu Huang
Chinese professor and Buddhist practitioner
718
Jingkung
Singaporean Pure Land sect Buddhist master
719
Chengyen
Chinese Buddhist master and founder of Tzu Chi Foundation
720
Hsingyun
Chinese Buddhist master and founder of Fo Guang Shan
721
Teresa Hsu
Singaporean charity worker who became known as “Singapore’s Mother Teresa”
722
Elva Hsiao
Chinese singer
723
Shu-Li Chen
Chinese actress
724
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira
Brazilian Minister of Culture, singer-songwriter, guitarist and council-man of Salvador city
725
Cassia Kiss
Brazilian actress
726
Tania Maria Rego Alves
Brazilian actress, dancer, singer and entrepreneur
727
Patrycia Travassos
Patricia de Rezende Travassos, Brazilian actress, TV presenter, writer and songwriter
728
Rita Lee Jones
Brazilian singer-songwriter, radio broadcaster and children�s writer
729
Roberto Zenobio Affonso de Carvalho
Brazilian electric guitarist, Rita Lee Jones�s husband
730
Eder Jofre
Brazilian greatest boxer and council-man of San Paulo city
731
Fernanda Tavares
Brazilian supermodel, animal rights advocate and TV video jockey
732
Flavia Lippi
Brazilian TV editor and presenter, entrepreneur and writer
733
Narcisa Suciu
Romanian singer
734
Gheorghe Zamfir
Famous Romanian pan flute musician
735
Yongjia Huanjue
Chinese Buddhist Tiantai sect and Zen master
736
Huiyuan
Chinese Buddhist Pure Land sect master
737
Lianchi
Chinese Buddhist Pure Land sect master
738
Ouyi
Chinese Buddhist Pure Land sect master
739
Xuanzang
Chinese Buddhist monastic in Tang Dynasty, famous for his 17-year journey to India to bring back many Sanskrit texts
740
Chuang Tzu
Ancient Chinese philosopher and spiritual practitioner
741
Christian Opitz
German author
742
Stephanie Kindermann
German actress
743
Barbara Ruetting
German actress, author and Bavarian Green Party politician
744
Helmut F. Kaplan
Austrian philosopher, author and animal rights activist
745
Christian Morgenstern
German poet and writer
746
Alfred Vogel
Swiss doctor of alternative medicine, author and pharmaceutical entrepreneur
747
Charlotte Karlinder
German TV show host
748
Christian Wagner
German poet and writer
749
Dirk Bach
German actor, TV show host and comedian
750
Kool Savas
German rap musician
751
Nadja Auermann
German supermodel and actress
752
Nena
German pop star
753
Nina Hagen
German punk musician
754
Desiree Nosbusch
Desiree Becker, Luxembourg TV show host and actress
755
Sissi Perlinger
German actress and entertainer
756
Xavier Naidoo
German musician
758
Rupert Sheldrake
British biologist and author
759
Douglas R. Hofstadter
American physicist and computer scientist
760
Conor Oberst
American musician
761
Melanie
Melanie Ann Safka-Schekeryk, American singer and song writer
762
Alexander Greenwald
American musician
763
Carol J. Adams
American feminist-vegetarian author
764
Sergei Radonezhsky
Russian monk, later canonized as saint
765
Nikolaj Leskov
Russian writer and journalist
766
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
Indian spiritual leader and founder of International Society for Krishna Consciousness
767
Suodaji
Tibetan Buddhist and Tantric path master
768
Jau-Fei Chen
Chinese pioneer of Nutritional Immunology
769
Shu-Hui Jiang
Chinese medicine doctor
770
Simon Chau
Hong Kong professor and natural living activist
771
Heng Hsu
Chinese actor
772
Sadeq Hedayat
Iranian writer
773
Danny Seo
Korean-American environmentalist,�eco-living consultant,�and founder of “Earth 2000”
774
Jhoon Rhee
Korean-born Tae Kwon Do martial arts master
775
Jim Mason
American author, lecturer and environmentalist
776
Martin Rowe
British writer
777
Will Tuttle
American pianist, composer, author and vegan activist
778
Norm Phelps
American writer on animal rights
779
Victoria Moran
American writer
780
Tom Regan
American professor of philosophy and writer on animal rights
781
Zoe Weil
American writer, co-founder and president of the International Institute for Humane Education
782
Judy Carman
American writer and activist for animal rights and environmental protection
783
Steven Rosen (Satyaraja Dasa)
American Hinduism scholar and writer
784
Dexter Scott King
American civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.�s son
785
Julia Butterfly Hill
American eco-activist and writer
787
Thomas Merton
French-American monk and religious writer
788
Myrtle Fillmore
American co-founder of Unity Church
790
Heather Mills McCartney
American charity campaigner
791
Howard Lyman
American writer, former president of EarthSave, president of Voice for a Viable Future
792
Ashoka the Great
Indian emperor of the Maurya Empire, 273-232 BC
793
Man-Ning Si
Formosan actress
794
Jackie Lui
Hong Kong actor
795
Chao-Te Yin
Formosan actor
796
MaggieQ
Aulacese-American model
797
Cheng-Chi Huo
Formosan singer and actor
798
Shih Hsin Chen
Formosan Olympic Tae Kwon Do gold medal winner
799
Lei Hong
Formosan Chief Secretary of Formosa Culture and Education Foundation, wife of former Legislative Yuan member, Mr. Fuhsiong Shen
800
Tai-Hua Lin
Formosan Legislative Yuan member
801
Shu-Ci Yuan
Formosan Olympic archery bronze medal winner
802
Jacky Cheung
Hong Kong singer
803
Grant Aleksander
American actor, Soap Opera Digest Awards winner, Emmy Awards nominee, animal rights activist
804
Persia White
American actress, musician, human rights advocate, animal rights activist and environmentalist
805
Lakshmi Mittal
London-based Indian billionaire industrialist
806
Harun Kolcak
Turkish singer
807
Cem Ozdemir
Turkish-born German politician and member of the European Parliament
808
Chi-Hui Shen
Formosan Taichong Legislative Yuan member
809
Wojciech Eichelberger
Polish psychotherapist
810
Katarzyna Piekarska
Polish politician
811
Maria Szyszkowska
Polish philosopher, politician and activist
812
Jan Stepien
Polish sculptor, artist, poet and writer
813
Czeslaw Niemen
Polish musician
814
Kuba Sienkiewicz
Polish musician and physician
815
Izabela Sowa
Polish writer
816
Krzysztof Pieczynski
Polish actor and poet
817
Barbara Labuda
Polish politician and activist
818
Maja Ostaszewska
Polish actress
819
Maria Grodecka
Polish writer on vegetarianism
820
Natalia and Paulina Przybysz
Polish singers
821
Brooke Johnston
Miss United Kingdom Universe 2005
822
Marc Benioff
Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com
823
Scott Jurek
American vegan ultra-marathon runner and record-setting winner of Badwater Ultramarathon
824
Catherine Booth
American, wife of William Booth
825
Matthew Scully
American presidential advisor and speechwriter
826
Tony Campolo
American author, speaker and presidential advisor
827
Tertullian
Early Christian Church leader and prolific author; known as the “Father of the Latin Church”
828
Hongchi Lin
Formosan Legislative Yuan member
829
Dick Gregory
American comedian, social activist, writer, entrepreneur, and nutritionist
830
Joy Askew
American Singer
831
Susan Saladino
American artist
832
Sadegh Hedayat
Iranian novelist
833
Kabir
Muslim Master
834
Sultan Bahu
Muslim Sufi Saint
835
Bulleh Shah
Muslim Sufi Saint
836
Sixto Linares
American world record holder, 24-hour Triathlon
837
Stan Price
American world weightlifting record holder, Bench Press
838
Roy Hilligan
American body builder, Mr. America Body Building champion
839
Ridgely Abele
American 8-time national champion, Karate
840
Linda McCartney
American photographer, musician, animal rights activist, wife of Sir Paul McCartney
841
Yves Potvin
American chef, founder of Yves Veggie Cuisine
842
Leona Lewis
British singer
843
Tzipi Livni
Foreign Affairs Minister and the designated Acting Prime Minister of Israel
844
Maureen Shea
American boxer, world Champaign
845
Zhao Wei
Chinese actress