Please
Note: this list is presented in good
faith — while the majority have been confirmed, there is no guarantee that any of these
people still are, or ever were, vegetarian.
Sports Personalities and Athletes
Aaron Behnke, pro BMX rider
Aaron
Pryor, welterweight world boxing champion (unconfirmed)
Adam
Myerson, pro cyclist (vegan)
Al Beckles, bodybuilder
Al Oerter, discus throuwer and winner
of 4 Olympic gold medals
Alexander Dargatz,
bodybuilder (vegan)
Alan Jones, British ski jumper (when captain in USMC did 17,003
consecutive situps as a vegetarian, a world record at
the time)
Alexis Desolneux, pro stunt bicyclist
Amby Burfoot, World
Class marathon runner
Anastasia Ashley, surfer
Andreas Cahling, Mr. International Bodybuilder, Olympic gold medalist
in ski jump
Andrew Reynolds, pro skateboarder
Anil Kumble, cricket player
Anton
Innaver, Olympic ski champion (unconfirmed)
Anthony Peeler, Basketball player,
Art Still, defensive end,
Arto Saari,
professional skateboarder
Austin
Aries, a.k.a. Dan Solwold,
professional wrestler
Austin Carr,
B.J. Armstrong, basketball
Ben Matthews, US Master’s marathon champion
Bess Motta, fitness proponent
Bill
“Spaceman” Lee, pitcher,
Bill Goldberg, world champion pro wrestler
Bill Manetti, powerlifting champion
Bill Pearl, bodybuilder, Mr
Bill Pickering, world record holding swimmer, swam the
Bill Walton, basketball player, Portland Trailblazers
Billie Jean King, Tennis champion
Bob Burnquist, professional skateboarder
Brad Staba, pro skateboarder
Brendan
Brazier, Ironman
triathlete (vegan)
Brian Anderson, pro skateboarder
Brian Conley, professional surfer (vegan)
Brian Sumner, pro skateboarder
Brian Tunney, pro BMX rider
Bruce Lee, martial artist, actor
Cara Beth Burnside, professional skateboarder
Carey Hart, one of the best-known motocross riders
Carl Lewis, Olympic gold medalist in track and field (vegan when
training)
Carol Gould, marathon runner
Charlene Wong Williams, Olympic champion figure skater
Charlotte Hamlin, bicylcist, 8-time Senior
Olympic winner
Chip Oliver, linebacker, Oakland
Raiders, at one time said to be one of the finest young prospects in
football
Chris Campbell, Olympic bronze medalist in wrestling (1981)
Chris Evert, tennis champion
Chris Lambert, pro skateboarder
Christine
Vardaros,
pro cyclist (vegan)
Clare Francis, sailor
Clay Johnson, NBA champion, The
Lakers
Cornelius “Connie” Hawkins, NBA Hall of Fame,
Dan Males, Australian Olympian
Dan Millman, world champion gymnast
Dane Beardsley, pro BMX rider
Danielle Sanderson, International Distance Runner, world-ranked 8th
at 100km
Danny Garcia, professional skateboarder
Dave Scott, six-time winner of Ironman
Triathalon (Note: was
formerly vegan, is now 95% vegetarian but eats fish)
David Johnson, BAA coach
Debbie Lawrence, 5K racewalker world record
holder
Debbie Spaeth-Herring,
Desmond Howard, Heisman Trophy winner,
Di Edwards, runner, Olympic semi-finalist
Dick
Gregory, runner (ran 3,000 miles
across the
Donnie LaLonde, former Heavyweight champion of the world
Dough Hepburn, world champion weightlifter (1953)
Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder (vegan)
Edwin Moses, Olympic Gold Medalist, 400 metre
hurdles woprld record holder, undefeated for more
than 8 years
Elizabeth (Betsy) Beard, member of 1988
Emmil Watson, Gladiators athlete (UK TV)
Essie
Garrett, ultramarathon
runner, instructor
Estelle Gray & Cheryl Marek, world record cross-country tandem cyclists
Ethan Zohn,
professional soccer player, inventor, Survivor
3 contestant
Fiona Oakes, Olympic cyclist, marathon runner, runs an animal sanctuary
Forest Kirby, pro skateboarder
Frederik Kalbermatten,
professional snowboarder
Gary Fanelli, marathon winner
Gary Player, golfer (one of only four players to win the grand
slam of golf)
Gayle Olinekova, triathlete
Gene Stanlee (1917-2005), channel swimmer, bodybuilder, westler, NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion, sold out
Geoff Rowley, professional skateboarder (vegan)
George Hackenschmidt
(1878-1968), “The Russian Lion”, wrestling champion, Mr.
George Spitz, marathon runner
Gianluca Vialli, football
player
Glenn Scolnick, football player,
Goose Gossage, San Diego
Padres (was suspended for saying McDonald’s cheeseburgers poisoned the
world)
Greg Chappell, Former Australian cricketer
Greg Johnson, Australian runner (unconfirmed)
Harry Bonnie, wrestler (unconfirmed)
Howard Lederer, professional poker player
Ingra Manecki, world champion discus thrower
Irving Fisher (1867-1947), legendary American Economist, health
campaigner,
Ivan Lendl, tennis star
Jack LaLanne, fitness guru (Note: Jack is
99.9% vegan, eats fish occasionally)
Jack Maitland, triathlete and fell runner
Jack McClelland, channel swimmer
Jacques Vaughn, All American Point Guard, #1 ranked
James de Donato, world record swimmer
Jamie Lynn, professional snowboarder
Jamie Thomas, pro skateboarder (vegan)
Jane Wetzel, US National marathon champion
Jared Souney, BMX
rider
Jason
Sager, pro mountain biker (vegan)
Jen O’Brien, pro skateboarder, “Godmother of Women’s Skateboarding”
Jim Kaat, baseball player pitcher, Chicago White Sox
Joanna Conway, ice skater
Joe Namath, football player
John McCarthy, relief pitcher (vegan)
John Salley, basketball player, 4-time NBA star,
Johnny Weismuller, actor in classic Tarzan
movies, broke 6 world swimming records as a vegetarian
Jonathan Boyer, cyclist
Jonathan Speelman, chess
Josef Brown, Australian Ballet artist, Sydney Dance Company
Joy Bush, powerlifiting champion
Judy Keden, European & World hang gliding champion
Julie Ann Niewiek, basketball commentator
Jutta Müller, multiple
windsurfing World Cup champion
Kane Hodder, stuntman
Katherine Monbiot, world champion arm westler
(vegan)
Kathy Johnson, Olympic silver medalist in gymnastics
Katie
Coryell, pro surfer (vegan)
Katie Fitzgibbon, marathon runner (vegan)
Keith Holmes, boxer, world middleweight champion (vegan)
Ken Bradshaw, porfessional surfer,
winner 1982 Duke Kahanamoju
Surfing Classic
Kenneth
Williams, pro bodybuilder (vegan)
Killer Kowalski, champion wrestler
Kristi
Lees, yoga teacher, certified
personal trainer, Holistic Fitness practitioner, writer (Bodybuilding and Yoga articles)
Kristen Reislinger, NPC Figure Athlete, nutritional consultant,
freelance writer
Kristy McDermott, runner
Kristy Wade, runner
Laban
Phiedias,
professional skateboarder, American Misfits personality
(vegan)
Lawrence Phillips, football player
Leander Paes, Junior Wimbledon champion
Leroy Burrell, Olympic medalist in track
Les Brown, veteran runner
Leslie Marx, fencer, 1996 Women’s Epee National Champion
Lindford McFarquar,
bodybuilder
Lionel Strongfort (1878-1970), strongman, one of the strongest men who
ever lived
Lisa Dorfman, athlete, author
Louis Freitas, bodybuilder
Lucy Stephens, triathlete (vegan)
Mac Danzig, martial artist (vegan)
Maria
Vlasak,
elite duathlete (vegan)
Marjo Selin,
bodybuilder, 1981 Finland National Champion, 1982 European champion, 8-time
finalist Ms.
Marlys Staley, untramarathoner,
Martina Navrátilová, tennis champion
Marv
Levy, head coach of the Buffalo
Bills (retired)
Matt Field, pro skateboarder
Meghan O’Leary, bodybuilder
Michael Bennett, world heavyweight amateur boxing champion (Note: eats some fish)
Mike Mahler, strength coach, bodybuilding magazine freelance
journalist (vegan)
Mike Manzoori, professional skateboarder
professional
skateboarder, American Misfits personality
(vegan)
Mike Vallely, professional skateboarder
Molly
Cameron, pro cyclist (two-time
Monika montsho, wieghlifter, 1991 NW Woman
Weightlifter of the Year
Moses Itkonen, pro skateboarder (vegan)
Muhammed Ali,
champion boxer, “The Greatest”
Murray Rose, swimmer, winner of many Olympic gold medals and
world records
Natascha Badman, Ironlady of
Nate Sherwood, professional skateboarder, writer for Transworld Skateboarding, American Misfits personality
(vegan)
Nicky Cole, first woman to walk to the North Pole
Nicolas Müller, professional snowboarder
Paavo Nurmi, Finnish
long distance runner with 20 world records
Pat Reeves, powerlifter, won British masters
for 8 years (vegan)
Patrick Ewing, basketball player, coach, Orlando Magic
Peace
Pilgrim (1908-1981), pacifist,
peace activist, first woman to walk the
Peter Brock, Australian automobile racing driver (vegan)
Peter Burwash, Davis Cup winner, tennis champion (vegan)
Peter Hussing, European super-heavyweight boxing champion
“Pistol” Pete Maravich
(1947-1988), basketball star
Raja Bell, basketball player, Phoenix Suns (vegetarian since 1978, vegan except for cheese on
pizza!)
Prince Fielder, Baseball player, Milwaukee
Brewers
Ray May, Denver Broncos
(unconfirmed)
Ricardo Torres Nava, climber
Richard Blackman, amateur bodybuilder (vegan)
Rick McCrank, pro skateboarder
Ricky Williams, NFL running back, Heismna Trophy
winner (1998), Miami Dolphins
Ridgely Abele, world champion in karate, eight-time national
championship winner
Roa Roa, Argentinian soccer player
Robbie Earle, footballer
Robert Cheeke, amateur
bodybuilder (vegan)
Robert De Costella, Australian Olympic marathon champion
Robert Millar, Tour de France cyclist
Robert Parish, center, Warriors, Celtics, Hornets, Bulls
Robert Sweetgall, long-distance walker
Roger Brown, professional football player
Roger Hughes, Welsh National ski champion
Romy Karz, ballerina
Ron Murgatroid, cyclist, swept 15 out of 15 bicycle events in
Rosalyn Sumners, Figure skater, 1983 world champion, 1984 Olympic
Silver Medalist
Roy Hilligan, bodybuilder, lifelong vegetarian (now 77)
Rudy Tomjanovich, basketball player and coach (vegan)
Ruth Heidrich, doctor, Ph.D, 3-time Ironman finisher, age-group record holder (vegan)
Salim
Stoudamire,
NBA player, Atlanta Hawks (vegan)
Sally Eastall, marathon runner (vegan)
Sally Hibberd, British women’s Mountain Bike champion
Sammy Green, runner
Sandy Carson, pro BMX rider
Scott Bourne, professional skateboarder
Scott
Jurek, ultramarathoner (vegan)
Seba Johnson, Olympian, actress, writer (vegan since birth)
Seibu Lions Baseball team, entire team (won the Pacific League championship two
years in a row after switching to a vegetarian diet) (unconfirmed)
Serena Williams, tennis player (note: Reuters newspaper article said her reasons for being
vegetarian are health-based. However, she cooked and ate shrimp on a TV show in
2002)
Sergei Trudnowski, pro
skateboarder (vegan)
Sharon Hounsell, Miss Wales Bodybuilding champion
Shawn Smith, Junior Kayaking champion
Silken Laumann, Olympic rower
Simon Cope, cyclist
Sixto Linares, world
record holder, 24-hour triathlon
Sorya Bonali, ice
skater
Stan Price, world record holder in bench press
Stephen Berra, skateboarder
Steve Bellamy, founder of The Tennis Channel, and tennis coach
Steve Berra, proskater
Surya Bonaly, Olympic
medalist in ice skating
Susan Powter, fitness guru, television personality
Sylvia Cranston, triathlete
Taj Mihelich. Professional BMX rider (vegan)
Ted Newsome, professional skateboarder, American Misfits personality
(vegan)
Thomas Hellriegel, Ironman
TJ Schneider, professional snowboarder
Tom Osborn, coached Nebraska
Corn Huskers football for over 25 years, 4 national championships
Tony LaRussa, Major League Baseball manager,
Tonya Kay, professional dancer (raw vegan)
Tyler Lepore, professional snowboarder
Tyrone Willingham, football coach, Notre
Dame University
Vaslav
Nijinsky (1890-1950), dancer and
choreographer, “The god of Ballet”