In good company

Being a vegetarian is not new. A lot of people in history practiced vegetarianism at one time or another in their lives. Some just for a while, some stayed with it their whole lives.

In addition to some of our good friends who are veggies, like Angie and James, Catherine-Eugene and family, Kara-Eliot and family, Giana-Todd and family, Annalisa and family, Bobby and family (who is vegan), and Im sure Ive missed a few...here is just some of the famous people who at one time or another were vegetarians (for a longer list go here):

Leonardo da Vinci, artist and inventor

Thomas Edison, inventor

Albert Einstein, physicist

Ben Franklin, American statesman, philosopher and scientist

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian independence leader

Jerry Garcia, musician, member of Grateful Dead

Bob Marley, musician

Sir Isaac Newton, physicist

Plato, philosopher

Pythagoras, Greek philosopher

Socrates, Greek philosopher

Dr. Spock, author and pediatrician

Henry David Thoreau, writer

Leo Tolstoy, author

Vincent Van Gogh, painter

Voltaire, French writer

HG Wells, author

Steve Jobs - CEO of Apple

John Coltrane - jazz musician

Paul McCartney of The Beatles

Saint Francis of Assisi - patron saint of animals

and these are possible based on quotes about vegetarianism:

Charles Darwin, author and scientist

Mark Twain - author

Abraham Lincoln - US president