There’s a big chance that someone you know is vegetarian. And there’s a 100% chance that someone you know of is vegetarian. All over the net you’ll find lists of well known vegetarians. No, don’t bother to go searching just yet, here are some highlights:
Susan B. Anthony (a leader in U.S. civil rights history)
“Weird Al” Yankovic (comic singer)
Hank Aaron (baseball player)
Danny De Vito (actor)
Louisa May Alcott (author of Little Women)
Tom Petty (musician)
Bob Barker (game show host - The Price is Right)
Milton Berle (comedian)
Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert)
John Cleese (comedian - of Monty Python)
Joe Namath (U.S. football player)
As you can see, vegetarians come in all shapes and sizes. A list such as this shouldn’t be viewed as supporting evidence for veg*nism, though. Just because some well known people choose to do something doesn’t make it a good choice automatically. But it’s likely that looking through such a list could change your perception of what makes a vegetarian.
There’s also a nice “safety in numbers” feeling. Vegetarians aren’t the weird, on the fringe group they were once seen as.
This has been day nine of my Vegetarian Awareness Month blog-a-thon. You can subscribe by email or RSS to get all future posts delivered right to you. And follow me on Twitter. Every post here will have a tweet there.
And you KNOW what they say about Milton Berle!!!! I wonder if all the women are in favor of converting their men to a veg diet in the hope that….
Wendy
October 11th, 2008