50 Famous Vegan Celebrities

Vegan diets have received an increasing amount of attention in recent years. Vegetarianism brings many benefits to human health, including reducing the risk of diseases related to blood fat, diabetes, and high blood pressure. On the other hand, removing meat products from daily meals also brings a humane spirit to livestock and poultry. An increasing number of A-listers are experimenting with plant-based eating and adopting fully vegan diets. Here are the top 50 celebrities who follow a vegan diet every day. 

1. Beyonce

Full name	Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter
Date of birth	September 4, 1981
Birthplace	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Years active	1997 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, Actress,…

Beyoncé is an American singer, dancer, and music producer. Not only does possessing a powerful voice and attractive appearance, but the “Queen Bee” is also impressed by her talent in all fields. Beyoncé is an icon of the global music scene and one of the faces that helped turn this rigid industry forever.

In early 2018, Beyonce announced her decision to go vegan as she prepared for her performance at Coachella 2018 and invited fans to join her. This was the second time the singer went vegan. Before, she partnered with her husband Jay Z for a 22-day vegan challenge in 2013.

2. Ariana Grande

Full name	Ariana Grande-Butera
Date of birth	June 26, 1993
Birthplace	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Years active	2008 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Actress

Ariana Grande is a very successful American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. While she’s famous for her number-one hits and voluminous ponytail, it’s less well-known that the pop diva is a longtime vegan. 

The pop singer says her veganism is rooted in her love for animals. “I love animals more than I love most people; not kidding. But I am a firm believer in eating a full plant-based, whole food diet that can expand your life length and make you an all-around happier person,” she told Mirror UK.

3. Benedict Cumberbatch

Full name	Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
Date of birth	19 July 1976
Birthplace	Hammersmith, London, England
Years active	1998 – present
Occupation	Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the most famous British actors in Hollywood. Although possessing a massive movie career, the actor’s favorite role is definitely the “ultimate wizard” Doctor Strange in Marvel’s MCU universe.

While promoting his Avengers film, the actor revealed that his plant-based diet kept him in action movie-worthy shape. He was even named PETA’s Most Beautiful Vegan in 2018.

4. James Cameron

Full name	James Francis Cameron
Date of birth	August 16, 1954
Birthplace	Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
Years active	1978 – present
Occupation	Film director, producer, screenwriter, editor

James Cameron, who adopted veganism in 2012 due to his concern for the environment, also advocates this diet’s health benefits. Cameron has been vegan for several years and has become an outspoken advocate for a shift away from animal agriculture for health and environmental benefits. 

 “I think what we need is a nice transition to a meatless or relatively meatless world in 20 or 30 years,” he told TVNZ in June 2019. “I think if we don’t make a major shift as a civilization, and I mean that globally, toward plant-based eating, we’re just not going to make it.”

5. Madonna

Full name	Madonna Louise Ciccone
Date of birth	August 16, 1958
Birthplace	Bay City, Michigan, U.S.
Years active	1979 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Actress, …

Madonna is a famous American entertainment star. Madonna has spent more than four decades in the arts and has become one of the most influential figures in popular culture. Not only is the “pop queen” but the star born in 1958 is also a famous beauty icon for a while.

In true Madonna fashion, her diet is intense. According to The Cut, she follows a strict macrobiotic diet that abolishes the consumption of wheat, eggs, meats, and dairy.

6. Joaquin Phoenix

Full name	Joaquin Rafael Phoenix
Date of birth	October 28, 1974
Birthplace	Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Years active	1982 – present
Occupation	Actor, Producer, Animal rights activist

Joaquin Phoenix conquered the world through the magic and madness he planted in the Joker character. He is one of the actors who represent terrifyingly immersive acting. 

Phoenix has been a vegetarian nearly his entire life, starting at age three, and is now one of the most outspoken vegans in Hollywood. He’s particularly concerned with the treatment of cows and other farm animals and spent a portion of his February 2020 Oscars acceptance speech sharing his thoughts with a star-studded audience. 

7. Ellen Pompeo

Full name	Ellen Kathleen Pompeo
Date of birth	November 10, 1969
Birthplace	Everett, Massachusetts, U.S.
Years active	1994 – present
Occupation	Actress, Producer

In early 2018, Ellen Pompeo prescribed herself and her family a vegan diet after learning about the health benefits. The connection to vegans and preventing breast cancer was a big reason Pompeo went vegan. “I don’t think it’s tricky at all — it’s actually easier because you have to cook it before it goes bad. Grains and lentils and rice and beans, everything’s in the pantry already,” she told People.

She has also used her platform as a vegan celebrity to speak about the detrimental environmental impacts of meat consumption on the planet.

8. Zac Efron

Full name	Zachary David Alexander Efron
Date of birth	October 18, 1987
Birthplace	California, U.S.
Years active	2002 – present
Occupation	Actor

Zac Efron is one of the most prominent American entertainers. He has appeared in many impressive films, notably Disney’s High School Musical series. He has made significant life changes recently, including transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle. 

He even credits veganism for his svelte physique: “That’s [veganism] completely changed the way that my body works, and the way that I metabolize food, the way it turns into energy, the way that I sleep. It’s been brilliant. It’s been great for my exercise and routine,” he told Teen Vogue.

9. Sadie Sink

Full name	Sadie Elizabeth Sink
Date of birth	April 16, 2002
Birthplace	Brenham, Texas, U.S.
Years active	2011 – present
Occupation	Actress

Sadie Sink is a young actress best known for her role as Max Mayfield in the Netflix series Stranger Things. A 20-year-old actress is a private person about her personal life, and she only uses the social network Instagram to share photos of campaigns, movies, and community issues. Currently, she is one of the young celebrities who are embracing a vegan lifestyle.

10. Nathalie Emmanuel

Full name	Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel
Date of birth	2 March 1989
Birthplace	Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Years active	2006 – present
Occupation	Actress

Stranger Things star Sadie Sink credits Hollywood legend Woody Harrelson for showing her that going vegan is doable. Sink met veteran vegan Harrelson five years ago while filming The Glass Castle and was inspired to go vegan after spending time with his family. Sink explained, “He’s a very vegan, and his entire family is vegan as well, so by spending time with them, I was able to learn that a vegan lifestyle is doable and it’s not as hard as it may seem.”

Nathalie Emmanuel is no longer a strange name in Hollywood when she appeared in Fast & Furious and especially made an impression with her role as Missandei in HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones. Besides acting ability, sexy and healthy beauty is considered a strength of the British actress.

She has been vegan for ten years after trying the diet to see how she felt. Reminiscing about the beginnings of her vegan diet, Nathalie said the changes she felt were even apparent to others. “People kept coming up to me and telling me I looked glowy and my eyes looked really bright, so I kept going,” she said. 

11. Moby

Full name	Richard Melville Hall
Date of birth	September 11, 1965
Birthplace	New York City, U.S.
Years active	1983 – present
Occupation	Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Activist

Moby is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom. 

The musician has been vegan for over three decades (after being inspired to ditch meat thanks to his childhood pets) and regularly uses his platform to educate people about animal rights and environmental issues. He even has the phrase “Vegan for life” tattooed on his neck.

12. Gisele Bündchen

Full name	Gisele Caroline Bündchen
Date of birth	20 July 1980
Birthplace	Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Years active	1997 – present
Occupation	Model, Activist, Businesswoman

Gisele Bündchen, the supermodel with vibrant blood from South America, was once called “the supermodel of the new millennium.” She represented the wave of Latin models that took to the world in the 1990s. Gisele Bundchen was the highest-earning supermodel of 2015, and her hot body resulted from a strict diet. 

The supermodel is concerned with healthy living and making sure her kids grow up with respect and appreciation for the earth and environment. “We all love it. It’s not only good for our health and makes us feel good, but it is also good for the planet,” she told People.

13. Mayim Bialik

Full name	Mayim Chaya Bialik
Date of birth	December 12, 1975
Birthplace	San Diego, California, U.S.
Years active	1987 – present
Occupation	Actress, Game show host, Author

Mayim Bialik is one of the prominent names in a long-running TV series called Big Bang Theory. She has been a vegetarian since the age of 19 and is also considered one of the pioneering celebrities in raising her children to a vegan lifestyle.

“I wanted to present something that wasn’t going to tell people. The way you’re eating is wrong. You need to change it. We have the right way. We wanted to present plant-based options in a non-threatening way,” she told Ecorazzi.

14. Jason Mraz

Full name	Jason Thomas Mraz
Date of birth	June 23, 1977
Birthplace	Mechanicsville, Virginia, U.S.
Years active	1999- present
Occupation	Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter

Jason Mraz – singer and musician, is considered “the prince of love songs.” Vocalist Jason Mraz won the hearts of music lovers thanks to his simplicity. He regularly appears on popular international music programs such as MTV KOPI, V, and Australia Network… Many genres of music, such as Reggae, Pop, Rock, Folk, Jazz, and Hip-hop, influence Jason Mraz’s style.

The singer lives on an avocado farm in San Diego, so it’s no surprise he’s committed to eating healthy. He adopted his vegan, raw food diet a couple of years ago in support of a bandmate. “A guy in my band found out he had type 2 diabetes and felt the only way he could help himself was to go raw. I did it as a partner for him so it would be a little easier,” he told Vegetarian Times.

15. Ellie Goulding

Full name	Elena Jane Goulding
Date of birth	30 December 1986
Birthplace	Hereford, England
Years active	2009 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter

Ellie Goulding is a household name for music lovers around the world. She is known for songs like Burn, Love Me Like You Do, etc. She was also honored with a prestigious Grammy Award in 2015.

Goulding has been vegetarian for years and told The Cut in January that she was transitioning to veganism. “Once I fully understood where meat came from … I found that concept quite hard to live with. If you don’t need meat to survive, I don’t see why you have to have it. Also, it makes you feel tired and lethargic, and your body finds it hard to process so much meat all the time,” she said.

16. Jessica Chastain

Full name	Jessica Michelle Chastain
Date of birth	March 24, 1977
Birthplace	Sacramento, California, U.S.
Years active	1998 – present
Occupation	Actress, Producer

Jessica Chastain is a famous American actress who is considered a late bloomer of the Hollywood film industry when she won an Oscar at 45. Jessica Chastain has always been a name sought after by horror film directors thanks to her acting, steady hand output, and flexible expression.

The actress has been a vegan for 12 years and says going vegan gave her more energy and clearer skin. The actress initially adopted a plant-based diet to improve her health but has since expressed environmental and animal welfare concerns associated with meat, dairy, and egg consumption. “Being vegan was not anything I ever wanted to be. I just really was listening to what my body was telling me,” she said to W Magazine.

17. Natalie Portman

Full name	Natalie Portman
Date of birth	June 9, 1981
Birthplace	Jerusalem
Years active	1993 – present
Occupation	Actress, Director, Producer

Natalie Portman is highly appreciated by the movie world as one of the very few actresses who go up with real talent. Not only was she praised for her beautiful appearance, but the beauty born in 1981 also possessed an erudite mind when she graduated from Harvard University and has never been controversial in her private life. Owning 1 Oscar and 2 Golden Globe Awards, Natalie Portman is always the name that directors put on top when looking for female leads for Hollywood blockbusters. 

Besides, she is also an artist following a vegan lifestyle. Portman shared what she eats with Harper’s Bazaar and revealed the one thing she doesn’t get from her diet: “I’m vegan, so I generally have a very clean diet; I usually have oatmeal or avocado toast in the morning … I take vitamins too — vitamin D, and I’m still on prenatal vitamins. I get B12 shots once a month because it’s the one thing you don’t get from a vegan diet.”

18. Portia de Rossi

Full name	Portia Lee James DeGeneres
Date of birth	31 January 1973
Birthplace	Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Years active	1994 – present
Occupation	Business executive, Former actress

Portia de Rossi is an Australian-American businesswoman, philanthropist, and former model and actress. She participated in popular sitcoms such as Ally McBeal and Arrested Development.

The actress said she felt like she had no choice but to become vegan after she and Ellen DeGeneres moved to a farm and bonded with the animals. “I always thought going vegan would be difficult, but I genuinely don’t crave meat or cheese,” she told O, The Oprah Magazine. “And I feel happier like I’m contributing to making the world a less violent place.”

19. Billie Eilish

Full name	Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell
Date of birth	December 18, 2001
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	2015 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter

Billie Eilish is the most iconic young singer-songwriter of our time. With a unique style of music composition, she is one of the young artists to have won four major categories of the Grammy Awards in one year. 

In addition, she is also a vegetarian and always supports vegetarianism. Although she is not vegan yet, she always directs herself to this.

20. Daryl Hannah

Full name	Daryl Christine Hannah
Date of birth	December 3, 1960
Birthplace	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Years active	1978 – present
Occupation	Actress, Environmental activist

Actress Daryl Hannah – best known for her roles in Splash , Steel Magnolias, and Kill Bill is an outspoken vegan activist. 

She says that going vegan or vegetarian is an easy way for an individual to lower their environmental impact. “Factory farms are also producing massive amounts of pollution and methane … which is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon,” she told Ecorazzi.

21. Alicia Silverstone

Full name	Alicia Silverstone
Date of birth	October 4, 1976
Birthplace	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Years active	1992 – present
Occupation	Actress

Alicia Silverstone became a phenomenon when she participated in the movie “Clueless” at 19 in 1995. That was also the year Alicia Silverstone’s beauty was the most brilliant. Rising like a kite in the following years, the actress became a phenomenon among young people when her fashion style and hairstyle became popular.

Although Silverstone initially adopted a vegan diet for animal-rights reasons, she said she was shocked at how much better she felt overall. “I ditched my asthma inhaler, stopped my weekly allergy shots, lost weight, and had a new glow from my skin and hair … this way of eating transformed me,” she said to Food & Wine.

22. Woody Harrelson 

Full name	Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
Date of birth	July 23, 1961
Birthplace	Midland, Texas, U.S.
Years active	1985 – present
Occupation	Actor, Playwright

Woodrow Tracy Harrelson is an American actor and playwright. He has received several awards, including a Primetime Emmy, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.

The actor has been vegan since he was 24 years old. “I used to eat burgers and steak, but I would feel knocked out afterward; I had to give them up. Dairy was first, though,” he said to Metro UK.

23. Miley Cyrus

Full name	Miley Ray Cyrus
Date of birth	November 23, 1992
Birthplace	Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.
Years active	2001 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Actress

Miley Cyrus, or Miley Ray Cyrus born Destiny Hope Cyrus, was born in 1992 and is an American singer, songwriter, and music producer. Starting as a child star of Disney, but in adulthood, Miley changed completely. Despite the constant public opinion, she shed her sweet image to make room for rebellion and freedom.

The singer’s Instagram feed is full of posts about vegan meals and how important it is to respect animals. PETA even called her a “super vegan” and the “vegans to ever vegan.”

24. Elliot Page

Full name	Elliot Page
Date of birth	February 21, 1987
Birthplace	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Years active	1997 – present
Occupation	Actor, Film producer

Elliot Page is a Hollywood actor. Before becoming transgender and changing to a new name, the star was recognized as an absolute star with diverse acting abilities. As a female, he had successful roles in films: Hard Candy, Juno, Inception, X-Men, and The Umbrella Academy. He was nominated for an Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe.

PETA named him one of the sexiest vegan celebrities in 2014, thanks to his advocacy efforts. He famously tweeted, “Why are vegans made fun of while the inhumane factory farming process regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for profit?”

25. Liam Hemsworth

Full name	Liam Hemsworth
Date of birth	13 January 1990
Birthplace	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Years active	2006 – present
Occupation	Actor

Liam Hemsworth is one of the most famous actors with impressive film works. Not only that, but many people also notice him because of his attractive appearance and toned body and his older brothers (Luke and Chris).

Between Miley Cyrus and Woody Harrelson, Hemsworth had a lot of close people in his life who were vegan. He told Men’s Fitness, “I have a lot of friends who are vegan. Woody Harrelson was actually one of the original reasons I became vegan because he’s been vegan for, I don’t know, 30 years or something. So, with the facts I was gathering, and then just how I felt physically, I felt like I had to do something different.”

26. Kate Mara

Full name	Kate Rooney Mara
Date of birth	February 27, 1983
Birthplace	Bedford, New York, U.S.
Years active	1997 – present
Occupation	Actress

Kate Mara is an American actress who participated in the series House of Cards. Kate Mare went vegan in 2013 once she learned more about her body. “I decided to go vegan after reading a book called ‘The Beauty Detox Solution by Kimberly Snyder. 

“It’s about how our bodies are not meant to digest animal products and what we should eat instead. It made a lot of sense to me,” she told Shape in April 2018. “I’ve always had a pretty sensitive stomach, but when I cut animal products out of my diet, I felt much better.”

27. Peter Dinklage

Full name	Peter Hayden Dinklage
Date of birth	June 11, 1969
Birthplace	Jersey Shore, New Jersey, U.S
Years active	1993 – present
Occupation	Actor, Producer

Referring to the stars who shine despite having a disadvantage in appearance, Peter Dinklage is a name that many viewers always mention. The 1.32-meter-tall actor won Emmy, Golden Globe, and Best Supporting Actor categories for his role in Game of Thrones.

He has been a vegetarian for many years and recently switched to veganism, according to Veganuary. When he has to eat on-screen for a GoT scene, he reportedly swaps any meat products for tofu, and it’s nearly impossible for viewers to see the difference. He was a celebrity ambassador for Farm Sanctuary, the first and largest animal sanctuary in the nation, in 2012.

28. Jenna Dewan

Full name	Jenna Lee Dewan
Date of birth	December 3, 1980
Birthplace	Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Years active	1990 – present
Occupation	Actress, Dancer

Dancer and actress Jenna Dewan went vegan in 2013 after being vegetarian for 22 years. She explained to the LA Times: “When I was 10 or 11, I saw a program on slaughterhouses. “I remember being blown away, utterly traumatized. And I declared the next day that I was never eating meat again.

Like many vegan celebrities, she has participated in numerous PETA and other animal rights campaigns, criticizing the use of animals for fur, clothing, cosmetics, and other beauty products.

Moreover, during their marriage, she even tried to get her ex-husband Channing Tatum on the vegan train.

29. Olivia Wilde

Full name	Olivia Jane Cockburn
Date of birth	March 10, 1984
Birthplace	New York City, U.S.
Years active	2003 – present
Occupation	Actress, Film director

Olivia Wilde is an American actress and filmmaker. The actress has gone back and forth between veganism and vegetarianism, admitting that it can be difficult. 

“[Being vegan] is not always easy and accessible, but it’s a way of life and makes me as a person feel really good and physically look better,” Wilde said in the Huffington Post.

30. Bellamy Young

Full name	Bellamy Young
Date of birth	February 19, 1970
Birthplace	Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Years active	1994 – present
Occupation	Actress, producer, singer

Bellamy Young is an American actress, producer, and singer, best known for her role as Melody “Mellie” Grant in the ABC drama series Scandal (2012–2018). 

She said that going vegan was a decision she made after having an odd experience in her college dining hall. “I got the baked breast of chicken, and they sort of plated it weird. As I lowered it down to my tray, it looked exactly like my mom’s little furry yippy dog when she’d roll over and want you to rub her tummy. That was it for me,” she told YouBeauty.

31. Emily Deschanel

Full name	Emily Erin Deschanel
Date of birth	October 11, 1976
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1994 – present
Occupation	Actress

Emily Deschanel portrayed Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan in the Fox crime procedural series Bones (2005–2017).

She has been vegan since she was 17 and was motivated to cut meat and animal products from her diet after watching the 1991 documentary Diet for a New America. The actress, a board member of Farm Sanctuary animal haven, noted that her son also follows a vegan diet.

32. Michelle Pfeiffer 

Full name	Michelle Marie Pfeiffer
Date of birth	April 29, 1958
Birthplace	Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Years active	1978 – present
Occupation	Actress, Producer

Michelle Pfeiffer became famous when she played Queen Ingrith – Prince Phillip’s mother, in the blockbuster project “Maleficent 2”. She has been famous since the 80s of the last century for her talent and is considered a “beauty icon.”

Pfeiffer says she went vegan for health reasons and to maintain her complexion. “Eating a vegan diet — it’s just so much healthier — and you avoid a lot of toxins that could age your skin and your body. I really noticed a difference in my skin not too long after switching to fully vegan,” she told Urbanette.

33. Pamela Anderson

Full name	Pamela Denise Anderson
Date of birth	July 1, 1967
Birthplace	Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
Years active	1989 – present
Occupation	Actress, Model

Pamela Anderson is an actress and model who appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine. Her name is known to many people after starring in the movie Baywatch. As of January 2021, she has been a vegetarian for nearly 30 years. As a moderator, she also contributed significantly to the production of The Game Changers, a film that has educated many viewers on the subject of veganism.

PETA named Anderson its 2016 Person of the Year for her efforts to encourage vegan eating and animal activism. Regularly collaborating with the animal rights organization, Pamela has appeared in multiple campaigns encouraging people to go vegan. The star regularly tweets about animal protection issues to over a million Twitter followers and even opened a vegan pop-up restaurant in France.

34. Tony Kanal

Full name	Tony Ashwin Kanal
Date of birth	27 August 1970
Birthplace	Kingsbury, London, England
Years active	19 – present
Occupation	Musician, Record producer, Songwriter

Tony Kanal is a British-American musician, record producer, songwriter, and animal rights activist. Kanal is the bassist and co-writer for the American rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar. 

He has been vegan for more than eight years and co-founded the Circle V vegan music festival with Moby. He’s also an animal rights activist and explained to The Kind Life in October 2019 how his love of animals led him to a plant-based diet. 

35. Mýa

Full name	Mya Marie Harrison
Date of birth	October 10, 1979
Birthplace	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Years active	1996 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, Actress

Mýa is an American singer whose famous work is “Lady Marmalade” – the song that brought her the prestigious Grammy Award in her career.

R&B singer Mýa credits her plant-based diet for her youthful appearance. In a post, she said: “I would definitely recommend [a vegan diet] in every possible way. Mýa went vegan to test her willpower but stuck to it after learning the truth about factory farming and the dairy industry. Speaking to PETA, Mýa praised the “wonders” that eating vegan has done for her skin, body, and overall health.

36. Ruby Rose

Full name	Ruby Rose Langenheim
Date of birth	20 March 1986
Birthplace	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Years active	2002 – present
Occupation	Actress, Model, Director,..

Ruby Rose is an Australian model and actress. In the forest of beauties of the Hollywood movie village, it isn’t easy to find a second beauty like Ruby Rose. Referring to the Australian thorn rose, people immediately think of the genderless beauty, the perfect combination of the angular features on the face of Angelina Jolie with the youthful, attractive Justin Bieber. 

The Batwoman star began her gradual transition to the vegan diet in 2013. In June 2018, she shared a look inside her refrigerator, filled with vegan foods such as Kite Hill vegan yogurts, Field Roast vegan meat, and Vego Chocolate.

37. Jerome Flynn

Full name	Jerome Patrick Flynn
Date of birth	16 March 1963
Birthplace	Bromley, Kent, England
Years active	1985 – present
Occupation	Actor, singer

Jerome Flynn is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his roles as Paddy Garvey of the King’s Fusiliers in the ITV series Soldier Soldier, Bronn in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, and Bennet Drake in Ripper Street.

The actor is one of several Game of Thrones alums who follows a vegan diet. Flynn is also an outspoken animal advocate who posed in a small metal cage in the middle of London in December 2019 to highlight the “horrific” conditions factory farming pigs are forced to live in. Flynn has also used his platform to urge fans to stop buying huskies—canines that resemble GOT’s wolf-like wild dogs, known as “Direwolves”.

38. Travis Barker

Full name	Travis Landon Barker
Date of birth	November 14, 1975
Birthplace	Fontana, California, U.S.
Years active	1993 – present
Occupation	Musician, Songwriter, Record producer

Travis Landon Barker is an American musician who serves as the drummer for the rock band Blink-182. Travis Barker has been vegan since 2008 after surviving a tragic plane crash that inspired him to focus on his health. 

A vegetarian since the age of 13, Barker now enjoys a healthy vegan and gluten-free diet, with the occasional vegan treat! “Honestly, ever since I found this way of eating, I have had endless amounts of energy,” the rocker told Men’s Journal in May 2017.

39. Russell Brand

Full name	Russell Edward Brand
Date of birth	4 June 1975
Birthplace	Grays, Essex, England
Years active	1994 – present
Occupation	Actor, Comedian

Russell Brand is known as an actor; he often appears in his comedic roles. He is also a community thought leader and active in mental health and drug addiction treatment. He started a vegetarian diet at 14 and established a vegetarian habit in 2011 until 2019 he was a vegan. He regularly uses his podcast channel to discuss environmental destruction and vegetarianism topics.

Russell Brand is a vegetarian because he feels terrible witnessing the horrors of slaughtering animals in the factory. “Throughout my life, being in love with my pets has been easy, completely natural, and comforting for me,” he said. I love animals so much!”.

40. Sia

Full name	Sia Kate Isobelle Furler
Date of birth	18 December 1975
Birthplace	Adelaide, South Australia
Years active	1993 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Voice actress

Sia is a famous singer-songwriter around the world. She is also an investor in meat production using Alternative Protein Technology and an animal lover. In 2014, she wrote on Twitter that she had become a vegan.

Loving animals is probably the main reason the female singer is a vegetarian. Sia shared: “I have always loved animals! As a singer, I’ve been able to travel the world a thousand times. And to be honest, animals are the most beautiful “human” species I have ever met.

41. Evanna Lynch

Full name	Evanna Patricia Lynch
Date of birth	16 August 1991
Birthplace	Termonfeckin, County Louth, Ireland
Years active	2006 – present
Occupation	Actress, Voice actress, Activist

Evanna Lynch is an Irish actress best known for her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films. Few people know that she had a vegetarian habit at the age of 11. 

Like many other artists, she was actively involved in animal rights activities. At the same time, she also uses her influence to spread the spirit of love for all species to everyone. Evanna Lynch does not find it challenging to be a vegetarian, and she feels that she is happy to eat foods from plants instead of bloody animals. 

42. Rooney Mara

Full name	Patricia Rooney Mara
Date of birth	April 17, 1985
Birthplace	Bedford, New York, U.S.
Years active	2005 – present
Occupation	Actress

Rooney Mara is known as the Vegan Queen. People call her that because she is not only an actress but also one of the famous women at the forefront of advocating the protectionism of animal rights. At the same time, she is also the founder of a charity, a “vegan” time brand. In 2012, she served as an ambassador for the international alliance Oxfam, which aims to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice.

Up to now, Rooney Mara has been a vegetarian for more than ten years. At first, it was just a regular vegetarian diet, but after accidentally watching a video describing what humans are abusing and abusing other animals, she gradually switched from a vegetarian diet to a vegan diet. 

43. James Cromwell 

Full name	James Oliver Cromwell
Date of birth	January 27, 1940
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1960 – present
Occupation	Actor, Activist

James Cromwell is a 82-years-old famous actor. The Oscar-nominated actor went vegan while playing Farmer Hoggett in the 1995 film Babe. While on set with the animals, he realized he could no longer bring himself to eat them after working closely alongside them.

“I cared about their welfare, and then, of course, you have lunch, and it’s all there in front of you. I thought I should go the whole hog, so to speak,” he explained. Since starring in the movie, Cromwell has teamed up with PETA on several campaigns to improve animal welfare.

44. Kevin Smith

Full name	Kevin Patrick Smith
Date of birth	August 2, 1970
Birthplace	Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	1992 – present
Occupation	Filmmaker, Actor, Comedian

Kevin Smith is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, and comic book writer.  He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob.He went vegan following a heart attack that threatened his life. Realizing he needed to make drastic changes to his lifestyle, his daughter Harley Quinn persuaded him to go vegan for two months.

45. Ava DuVernay

Full name	Ava Marie DuVernay
Date of birth	August 24, 1972
Birthplace	Long Beach, California, U.S.
Years active	1999 – present
Occupation	Filmmaker, Television producer, Film publicist

In 2017, Ava DuVernay was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the 13th film (2016). With talent and strength in thinking and acting, Ava DuVernay is the only black female director who dares to fight for the rights of black people and women in the unequal film industry.

The award-winning filmmaker views veganism as a social justice issue. “Like many new food trends, black veganism has historical roots. For many black people, it’s also about social justice and food access,” she tweeted in 2017. “The food we’ve been eating has been killing us.” DuVernay was also named one of PETA’s “Most Beautiful Vegan Celebrities of 2018.”

46. Katy Perry 

Full name	Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson
Date of birth	October 25, 1984
Birthplace	Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Years active	2001 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter

Katy Perry is famous for her unique bass voice, which many people love. Perry is recognized for her influence on 2010s pop music influences and styles.

In January 2021, the Grammy winner revealed her decision to go vegan. “I’m about 95% ready to be 100% vegan,” she tweeted at the time. Before that declaration, Perry was publicly a fan of vegan products, notably the Impossible Burger. She’s an investor in Impossible Foods, has endorsed the company on multiple occasions, and has also invested in Bragg Live Food Products. 

47. Lizzo

Full name	Melissa Viviane Jefferson
Date of birth	April 27, 1988
Birthplace	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Years active	2010 – present
Occupation	Singer, Rapper, Songwriter, Actress

Lizzo is a talented rapper. She built her own mark thanks to the cheerful, fresh, and self-controlled music skillfully integrating social and political issues. Talented, constantly expanding, and experimenting with different music genres, Lizzo reaped the sweet fruit after many years. Currently, she quickly becomes one of the most famous female rappers.

The Grammy winner announced she began a vegan lifestyle in 2020 via a series of Tik Tok. According to Lizzo, her vegan diet is all about health and joy.

48. Leona Lewis

Full name	Leona Louise Lewis
Date of birth	3 April 1985
Birthplace	Islington, London, England
Years active	2006 – present
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Model, Activist

Leona Lewis is an English singer with a low and soprano voice. Leona Lewis was actually raised in a vegan household! As a result, she has always been conscious of her dietary choices. She turned vegetarian at the age of 12, saying it was a “natural choice,” but went fully vegan in 2012.

The talented star has been a trustee at Hopefield animal sanctuary in Essex for eleven years. The X-Factor winner regularly uses social media to raise awareness about the sanctuary and animal welfare.

49. Brian May

Full name	Brian Harold May
Date of birth	19 July 1947
Birthplace	Hampton Hill, Middlesex, England
Years active	1963 – present
Occupation	Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Author, Astrophysicist

Referring to the legendary rock band Queen, one important piece of the puzzle is Brian May – lead guitarist and a participant in composing and performing many of the group’s songs.

He isn’t just a talented musician but also an animal lover and activist. A passionate and outspoken vegan May recently speak out about the link between the pandemic and eating animals.

50. Maggie Q

Full name	Margaret Denise Quigley
Date of birth	May 22, 1979
Birthplace	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Years active	1998 – present
Occupation	Actress, Model

Maggie Q is a Vietnamese-born actress who shines in the Hollywood sky. She has an admirable career in both film and business.

For Maggie Q, eating a plant-based diet is nothing new. After all, the Divergent star has been vegan for over 20 years. Maggie has been a vocal animal activist for many years and regularly teams up with PETA to promote the organization’s causes. She’s also a badass athlete who performs her own stunts thanks to her plant-based diet.