Vegetarian Era
         
         
Continued 
          list of
          
          Vegetarian and Vegan Elite of the 
          World 
          
        Writers, Poets, Artists & Painters 
         Carol J. Adams 
          (American feminist-vegetarian author), Nikolaj Leskov (Russian 
          writer and journalist), Sadeq Hedayat (Iranian writer), Jim 
          Mason (American author, lecturer and environmentalist ), Martin 
          Rowe (British writer ), Norm Phelps (American writer on animal 
          rights), Victoria Moran (American writer), Zoe Weil (American 
          writer, co-founder and president of the International Institute for 
          Humane Education), Judy Carman (American writer and activist 
          for animal rights and environmental protection), Howard Lyman 
          (American writer, former president of EarthSave, president of Voice 
          for a Viable Future). 
        
 
        
 Models & Fashion Designers 
         Maggie Q 
          (Aulacese-American model). 
        
 
        
 Film and TV Actors, Directors & Producers  
        
         Grant Aleksander (American 
          actor, Soap Opera Digest Awards winner, Emmy Awards nominee, animal 
          rights activist), Persia White (American actress, musician, human 
          rights advocate, animal rights activist and environmentalist), Heng 
          Hsu (Formosan actor), Man-Ning Si (Formosan actress), Jackie 
          Lui (Hong Kong actor), Chao-Te Yin (Formosan actor). 
        
 
        
 Humanitarians & Environmentalists 
         Danny Seo 
          (Korean-American environmentalist, eco-living consultant, and founder 
          of “Earth 2000”), Heather Mills McCartney (American 
          charity campaigner). 
        
 
        
 Medical Practitioners  
         Shu-Hui Jiang 
          (Formosan Chinese medicine doctor). 
        
 
        
 Singers, Pop Stars, Dancers & Musicians  
        
         Conor Oberst 
          (American musician), Melanie (Melanie Ann Safka-Schekeryk, American 
          singer and song writer), Alexander Greenwald (American musician), 
          Will Tuttle (American pianist, composer, author and vegan activist), 
          Carlos Santana (Mexican Grammy Award-winning musician and Latin-rock 
          guitarist), Cheng-Chi Huo (Formosan singer and actor), Jacky 
          Cheung (Hong Kong singer). 
        
 
        
 Philosophers & Scholars 
         Simon Chau 
          (Hong Kong professor and natural living activist), Tom Regan 
          (American professor of philosophy and writer on animal rights), Steven 
          Rosen (Satyaraja Dasa, American Hinduism scholar and writer), Joanna 
          Macy (American eco-philosopher and activist, Buddhism and general 
          systems theory scholar). 
        
 
        
 Politicians, Statespersons & Activists 
        
         Dexter Scott King 
          (American civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 
          son), Julia Butterfly Hill (American eco-activist and writer), 
          Ashoka the Great (Indian emperor of the Maurya Empire, 273-232 
          BC), Lei Hong (Formosan Chief Secretary of Formosa Culture and 
          Education Foundation, wife of former Legislative Yuan member, Mr. Fuhsiong 
          Shen), Tai-Hua Lin (Formosan Legislative Yuan member). 
        
 
        
 Religious and Spiritual Leaders & Personalities 
        
         Sergei Radonezhsky 
          (Russian monk, later canonized as a saint), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami 
          Srila Prabhupada (Indian spiritual leader and founder of International 
          Society for Krishna Consciousness), Suodaji (Tibetan Buddhist 
          and Tantric path master), Thomas Merton (French-American monk 
          and religious writer), Myrtle Fillmore (American co-founder of 
          Unity Church). 
        
 
        
 Scientists, Inventors, Architects & Engineers 
        
         Douglas R. Hofstadter 
          (American physicist and computer scientist), Jau-Fei Chen (Formosan 
          pioneer of Nutritional Immunology). 
        
 
        
 Sports, Health & Fitness Personalities  
        
         Jhoon Rhee 
          (Korean-born Tae Kwon Do martial arts master), ShihHsin Chen 
          (Formosan Olympic Tae Kwon Do gold medal winner), Shu-Ci Yuan 
          (Formosan Olympic archery bronze medal winner).