success, influence, wealth, health, and a way of life that's good for the environment

What do all of these people from history (past and present) have in common besides success, influence, a little wealth, and a little health?

Abdul Kalam Dr., President of India and Space Scientist
AFI
Alanis Morissette
Albert Einstein
Albert Schweitzer
Alec Baldwin
Alice Walker, writer
Alicia Silverstone
Allen Ginsberg
Ally Sheedy
Alyssa Milano
Andre 3000
Andre Tonelli
Angela Bassett
Angie Everhart
Anna Paquin
Anne Hathaway
Annie Lennox
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Kiedis
Anthony Perkins
Anthony Robbins
Ariana Huffington
Aristotle
Arthur C. Clarke
Ashley Judd
Avril Lavigne
Axella Johannesson
Beatrice Wood, lived to age 105
Belinda Carlisle
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Spock, M.D.
Bernadette Peters
Bill Cosby
Bill Goldberg, world champion pro wrestler
Bill Maher
Bill Pearl, bodybuilder
Billie Jean King
Billie Joe Armstrong, singer of Greenday
Billy Idol
Bob Barker
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bobcat Goldthwait
Bonnie Kline
Bonnie Raitt
Boy George
Boyd Tinsley, of Dave Mathews Band
Brad Pitt
Brandon Boyd, of Incubus
Brandy
Brian Greene, physicist
Brigitte Bardot
Brooke Shields
Bruce Springsteen
Bryan Adams
B-52’s
Candice Bergen
Casey Affleck
Carl Lewis, Olympic winner
Carl Sagan
Carlos Santana
Carmen Miranda
Carole Bouquet
Carrie Anne Moss
Carrie Underwood
Carter Beauford, of Dave Mathews band
Casey Kassem
Cesar Chavez
Charles Darwin
Charlie Watts, of Rollins Stones
Charlotte Bronte
Chelsea Clinton
Chevy Chase
Chris Martin, of Coldplay
Chrissie Hynde
Christena Appelgate
Christian Bale
Christie Brinkley
Dr. Christopher Hills, popularized microalgaes
Christy Turlington
Cicely Tyson
Claudia Schiffer
Clint Eastwood
Clint Walker
Clive Barker
Corretta Scott King
Conor Oberst, of Bright Eyes
Corey Feldman
Dalai Lama
Darryl Hannah
Dave Scott, multi-winning champion of Ironman Triathlon
David Bowie
David Duchovny
Davy Jones
Dean Ornish, M.D.
Demi Moore
Dennis Kucinich, presidential candidate and U.S. Congressman
Dennis Weaver
Deepak Chopra, author and doctor
Diane Warren, songwriter
Dick Gregory
Diogenes, Greek philosopher
Dirk Bach, German actor and comedian
Dizzie Gillespie
Dr. Ruth Bates
Don and Deidre Imus
Doris Day
Drew Barrymore
Dustin Hoffman
Dwight Yoakam
Ed Asner, actor and rights activist
Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder
Eddie Jackson, of Queensryche
Eddie Lama, film maker
Eddie Vedder, of Pearl Jam
Edwin Moses
Elizabeth Berkley
Elvira
Elvis Costello
Emily Dickinson
Emmylou Harris
Epicurus, Greek philosopher
Eric Johnson, guitarist
Eric Roberts
Eric Stoltz
Erkyah Badu, R&B singer
Faith Hill
Fat Mike, of NOFX
Fiona Apple
Forest Whitaker
Francis Lalanne, French singer
Frank Iero, of My Chemical Romance
Franz Kafka
Fred Schneider
Gandhi, Hindu spiritual leader
Gavin Rosedale
Geoffe Tate, of Queensryche
George Bernard Shaw
George Harrison
Gladys Knight
Gloria Swanson
Good Charlotte
Grace Slick
Grant Morrison
Gwyneth Paltrow
H. G. Wells
Hank Aaron
Hans Christian Anderson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Helen Hunt
Henry David Thoreau
Herodotus
Howard Lyman, former cattle rancher and author of Mad Cowboy
Ian McKellan, British actor "Lord of the Rings”
Immanuel Kant
India Arie, singer & songwriter
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize winner
Jackie Chan
Jack Johnson
Jack Lalanne
James Cromwell, actor in movie "Babe"
Jamie Kennedy
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jane Goodall, primatologist
Jared Leto, actor and singer
JD Fortune, singer for INXS
JD Salinger
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jeff Beck
Jennifer Connelly
Jennie Garth
Jerry Seinfeld
Joan Baez
Joan Jett
Joaquin Phoenix
Joe Namath
John Denver
John Lennon
John Wesley
Dr. John McDougall, physician and author
John Milton
John Tesh
Johnny Cash
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Josh Hartnett
Joss Stone
Julia Stiles
Julie Christie
Jullianna Marguiles
Kate Bush
Kate Winslet
K D Lang
Keenan Ivory Wayans
Kevin Nealon
Killer Walter Kowalski (pro wrestler)
Kim Basinger
Kirk Cameron
Kirsten Johnson
Kristen Bell
Larry Mullen Jr, of U2
LaToya Jackson
Lenny Kravitz
Leo Tolstoy
Leonard Cohen
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo di Caprio
Linda Blair
Linda Carter
Linda McCartney
Lindsay Wagner
Lisa Bonet
Lisa Edelstein, actress, Dr. Cuddy on "House MD"
Lisa Loeb
Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Rinna
Little Richard
Liv Tyler
Lord Byron
Louisa May Alcott
Louise Burns
Mark Twain
Marcus Aurelius
Martina Navratilova, tennis player
Martin Gore, of Depeche Mode
Martin Shaw
Mary Shelley
Mary Tyler Moore
Meatloaf
Melanie Griffith
Melissa Etheridge
Meredith Baxter
Michael Bolton
Michael Jackson
Michael J. Fox
Michael Stipe, singer of REM
Mick Jagger
Moby, musician, co-author of the cookbook, Teany
Morrissey
Mr. (Fred) Rogers, TV personality
Naomi Watts
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Portman
Nelly, rap musician
Nikola Tesla
Noah Wiley and his wife, actor ER
Oliver Stone
Olivia Newton John
Orlando Bloom
Ovid
Pamela Anderson
Paramahansa Yogananda, East Indian spiritual teacher & yogi
Paul McCartney
Paul Newman
Pauly Shore
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Peter Buck, of REM
Peter Gabriel
Phil Ramone
Pierce Bronsnan
Pink, pop singer
PJ Harvey
Plato, Greek philosopher and student of Socrates
Plutarch, Greek philosopher
Porphyry, Greek philosopher
Prince, musician
Princess Diana
Pythagoras of Samos, "Pythagorean Theorem" Greek mathematician
Queen Sofia, of Spain
Rabindranath Tagore, Eastern Indian philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ramana Maharshi, Indian saint
Richard Gere
Richie Havens
Ricki Lake
Rikki Rocket
Ringo Starr
River Phoenix
Rivers Cuomo, of Weezer
Robert Redford
Rosa Parks
Ruben Studdard
Russel Simmons
Sade
Sandra BernHart
Sarah McLachlan
Sant Kirpal Singh Ji, Indian saint and mystic
Seal
Seba Johnson, Olympian, actress, writer
Shania Twain
Sinead O'Connor
Sir Isaac Newton
Socrates, Greek philsopher, "Know thyself to be true"
Stella McCartney, designer and daughter of Paul
Steve Martin
Steve Perry, musician
Steve Vai
Susan B. Anthony
Suzanne Vega
Ted Danson
Terry "Geezer" Butler
Thomas Edison, inventor
Thom Yorke, of Radiohead
Thora Birch
Tobey Maguire
Tracy Chapman
Upton Sinclair
Vanessa Williams
Vanna White
Vincent van Gogh
Voltaire
William Blake
Willem Dafoe
William Shatner
William Wordsworth
Wolfgang Peterson
Woody Harrelson
Yoko Ono
Yeshua (otherwise known as Jesus)

The answer is…

They all live (or lived) a humane vegetarian lifestyle! And there are millions more just like them.
Vegetarian & Vegan Related Quotes: http://www.famousveggie.com/quotes.cfm

For more famous vegetarians see: http://www.ivu.org/people/

Further Reading: http://www.hsus.org/farm/resources/pubs/gve/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism