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Vegetarians In History
Abraham Lincoln, advocated vegetarianism but had difficulty practising it at the time. "I am in
favour of animal rights as well as human rights. Animals should not be consumed but valued as priced gifts from God. That is the way of a whole human being."
Albert Einstein, renowned scientist. "Nothing will benefit health or increase chances of survival on earth as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."
Aristotle, Greek philosopher, a disciple of Plato, who was also a Greek philosopher.
Dr Benjamin Spock, a vegan paediatrician, advocated vegan and vegetarian diets for children and pregnant women.
Billie Jean King, a champion tennis player, vegetarian.
Charles Darwin, a naturalist and scientist. "There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher mammals in their mental falculties. The difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as it is, essentially is one of degree and not of kind."
"The love for all creatures is the most noble attribute of man."
Charlotte Bronte, writer, novelist and vegetarian.
Diogenes, Greek philosopher and vegetarian.
Epicurus, Greek philosopher and vegetarian.
H.G. Wells, English writer.
Emmanuel Kant, philosopher.
Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison, The Beatles, vegetarians.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian painter and vegan. He painted the Mona Lisa.
Mark Twain, renowned American writer.
Plato, Greek philosopher.
Plutarch, Greek philosopher.
Pythagoras, Greek mathematician.
St David of Wales, The patron St of Wales and a vegan.
St Francis of Assisi, a vegetarian and the patron St of animals.
Sir Isaac newton, a physicist and mathematician and vegetarian.
Socrates, Greek philosopher and a vegetarian. "Know thy self to be true" or be true to yourself.
Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch post-impressionist artist.
Voiltaire, writer, philosopher and vegetarian. "Men fed on carnage, and drinking strong drinks have all an impoisoned and arid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways." Voiltaire 1694-1778.
William Blake, writer and vegetarian.
William Clay Ford Jr., vegetarian, CEO of Ford Motors, grandson of Henry Ford.
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Vegetarians in History
