Vegetarianism is growing in popularity all the time. When I started reading up on it I was surprised just how many celebrities were veggies like me. Below are some of the more famous vegetarians I found – you may well be surprised at some of the names in the list.
When I was creating the list I found quite a few other vegetarian celebrity lists online that contained celebrities who are not vegetarians, so I have verified the list below to the best of my ability.
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- Leona Lewis – Singer (winner of X-Factor)
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- Victoria Wood – Comedienne, actress, singer and screenwriter.
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- Annie Lennox – Scottish Musician and Recording Artist
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- Paul McCartney – Singer/songwriter, musician
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- Scott Maslen – Actor (Jack Branning in EastEnders)
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- Joanna Lumley – Actress, voice-over artist, activist
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- Thom Yorke – Lead vocalist and song-writer of Radiohead
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- Sean Hughes – Stand-up comedian, writer and actor
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- Chris Martin – Coldplay singer
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- Ruth Rendell – Best-selling crime writer
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- Russell Brand – Comedian, actor and radio and TV presenter
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- Ringo Starr – Musician and drummer of the Beatles
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- Morrissey – Singer/songwriter and musician
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- Joss Stone – Musician
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- Sadie Frost – Actress
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- Jerome Flynn – Actor (most famous for appearing in Soldier Soldier)
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- Heather Small – Singer, best known as the lead singer of M-people.
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- Alexa Chung – Model and TV presenter
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- Hayley Mills – Actress
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- Andrew (Whitey) White – Musician and guitarist of Kaiser Chiefs
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- CJ de Mooi – Professional quizzer, appears on Eggheads
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- Dave Gorman – Comedian
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- Michaela Strachan – TV presenter
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- Stella McCartney – Fashion Designer
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- Lisa Riley – Television presenter and actress, best known for playing Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale
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- Paul Martin – Antiques expert and TV presenter, best known for presenting Flog It! on BBC2
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- Chantelle Houghton – Winner of Celebrity Big Brother in 2006
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- Michael Mansfield Q.C. – Barrister who has participated in prominent and controversial court cases.
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- Martin Shaw – Stage, television and film actor.
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- Nick Rhodes – Keyboardist for Duran Duran.
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- Dave Spikey – Comedian, actor and writer.
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- Wendy Turner Webster – Journalist and TV presenter (vegan)
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- Benjamin Zephaniah – British Jamaican Rastafarian writer and poet (vegan)
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- Heather Mills – Charity campaigner and former model (vegan)
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As a long-term vegetarian (now vegan) I love hearing about celebrity vegetarians. It’s nice to know when they care about animals. Good on them, just makes me respect them even more and they are that little bit more loveable xx
I agree – it was interesting finding out that so many people I read about in the newspapers are vegetarians 🙂
I love being surprised by who is veggie! Morrissey will always have my lifelong thanks. He turned me veggie, though I was on the edge, ohh nearly 30 years ago. He’s the main man 😉 I don’t like Kaiser Chiefs,Coldplay or Radio head, but I have a little more respect seeing some of those guys are veggie!
This shows we are not alone in our vegan life style world.
I never knew any other veggies or vegans in 1977
Thank you for this excellent list. I have worked hard over the past 3 years to create Sweet Expectations, a sweets shop that is the only one in the UK fully approved by the Vegetarian Society. I am keen to contact famous veggies by social media to see if they would be interested in my products. Brilliant work, thanks again. John Baldock
Been watching Masterchef and a bit confused how Scott is a veggie but catches fish, cooks them and cooks meat?
There is a difference between vegetarianism and vegan. I am vegetarian but I still enjoy eggs,fish and seafood. Although I mainly eat meals made with quorn now
There is a difference, but eating fish does not count as vegetarian. Pescetarians eat fish.