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Leona Lewis
Singer who rose to fame winning The X Factor, best known for Bleeding Love.
5 pts
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Famous vegans, ranked by the community
Actors, world champions, chart-topping musicians, YouTubers and campaigners who are publicly vegan — ranked by how popular they are with the itsvegan community. Every entry links a public source where they say they’re vegan, or is managed by the person themself.
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Gaz Oakley
Welsh chef behind the Avant-Garde Vegan YouTube channel and cookbooks.
5 pts
31 place down
Jessica Chastain
Academy Award-winning actor (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Zero Dark Thirty).
5 pts
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Rooney Mara
Oscar-nominated actor (Carol, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).
5 pts - 5–
Gene Baur
Co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary.
5 pts - 6–
Travis Barker
Drummer of blink-182 and vocal vegan for well over a decade.
5 pts - 7–
Ed Winters (Earthling Ed)
Vegan educator, co-founder of Surge and author of This Is Vegan Propaganda.
5 pts - 8–
Woody Harrelson
Actor known for Cheers, True Detective and The Hunger Games; vegan for more than 30 years.
4 pts - 9–
Evanna Lynch
Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films and co-host of The ChickPeeps vegan podcast.
4 pts - 10–
Alicia Silverstone
Star of Clueless and author of the vegan bestseller The Kind Diet.
4 pts - 11–
Lewis Hamilton
Seven-time Formula One world champion and outspoken advocate for animals and the planet.
4 pts - 12–
Tabitha Brown
Actor and TikTok star loved for her warm, easy vegan cooking videos; bestselling author.
4 pts - 13–
Ian Machado Garry
Irish UFC welterweight contender who credits a vegan diet for his weight management and recovery.
4 pts - 14–
Dotsie Bausch
Olympic silver medallist (London 2012) and founder of the non-profit Switch4Good.
4 pts - 15–
Morgan Mitchell
Australian Olympic sprinter who represented her country at Rio 2016.
4 pts - 16–
Joaquin Phoenix
Oscar-winning actor (Joker) and long-time animal rights campaigner, vegan since childhood.
4 pts - 17–
Pamela Anderson
Actor and animal rights activist; author of the vegan cookbook I Love You (2024).
4 pts - 18–
Max La Manna
London-based zero-waste chef and author of You Can Cook This!
4 pts - 19–
Scott Jurek
Ultramarathon legend, seven-time Western States 100 winner and author of Eat & Run.
3 pts - 20–
Patrik Baboumian
Former German strongman champion famous for his record-breaking yoke walks.
3 pts - 21–
Fiona Oakes
Record-setting marathon runner who also runs the Tower Hill Stables animal sanctuary.
3 pts - 22–
Chris Smalling
England international centre-back, formerly of Manchester United and AS Roma.
3 pts - 23–
Torre Washington
IFBB pro bodybuilder and Olympia qualifier, one of the best-known vegan physiques in the sport.
3 pts - 24–
Nimai Delgado
IFBB pro physique competitor who has never eaten meat.
3 pts - 25–
Kendrick Farris
Three-time Olympic weightlifter who competed for Team USA at Rio 2016 on a vegan diet.
3 pts - 26–
Meagan Duhamel
Two-time pairs world champion and Olympic team-event gold medallist (2018).
3 pts - 27–
Steph Davis
Pioneering free-solo climber, wingsuit flyer and author.
3 pts - 28–
Robbie Balenger
Ultrarunner who ran 3,175 miles across the United States fuelled by plants.
3 pts - 29–
Robert Cheeke
Vegan bodybuilding pioneer and co-author of The Plant-Based Athlete.
3 pts - 30–
BOSH! (Henry Firth & Ian Theasby)
Sheffield duo behind the BOSH! vegan recipe channel and bestselling cookbooks.
3 pts - 31–
Joey Carbstrong
Animal rights activist known for his street outreach conversations and videos.
3 pts - 32–
Billie Eilish
Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer-songwriter, vegan since the age of 12.
2 pts - 33–
Moby
Electronic musician behind the album Play and director of Punk Rock Vegan Movie.
2 pts - 34–
Nisha Vora
Founder of Rainbow Plant Life and author of Big Vegan Flavor.
2 pts - 35–
Carol J. Adams
Author of The Sexual Politics of Meat, a landmark of feminist-vegan theory.
1 pts
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Who is the most famous vegan?
On the itsvegan community ranking, Leona Lewis is currently #1, followed by Gaz Oakley and Jessica Chastain. Among the best-known vegans in the world are Lewis Hamilton, Joaquin Phoenix, Billie Eilish and Woody Harrelson. The ranking changes daily with community votes.
When is World Vegan Day?
World Vegan Day is celebrated every year on 1 November. It was started in 1994 by Louise Wallis, then chair of The Vegan Society, to mark the society’s 50th anniversary, and the whole of November is now celebrated as World Vegan Month.
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