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Celebrities Who Practice Hinduism
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Julia Roberts converted from Christianity to Hinduism around the time that she was filming the 2010 film Eat, Pray, Love.
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- Born: 10-28-1967
- Birthplace: Smyrna, Georgia, USA
- 1Pretty Woman912 Votes
- 2Erin Brockovich750 Votes
- 3Steel Magnolias533 Votes
- 4Notting Hill616 Votes
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Russell Brand practices Hinduism, and he is a vocal advocate of Transcendental Meditation. His 2010 wedding to Katy Perry was a traditional Hindu ceremony in Rajasthan, India.
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- Born: 06-04-1975
- Birthplace: Essex, England, UK
- 1Get Him to the Greek107 Votes
- 2Forgetting Sarah Marshall90 Votes
- 3Arthur77 Votes
- 4Despicable Me67 Votes
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M.I.A., born Mathangi Arulpragasam, attended Hindu and Catholic convent schools when she was growing up in Sri Lanka. She claimed that her infamous Super Bowl middle finger was a tribute to the Hindu Goddess Matangi, whose symbol is the middle finger.
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- Born: 07-18-1975
- Birthplace: England, London
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- RV1864
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George Harrison converted from Christianity to Hinduism in the mid 1960s. After he died in 2001, his ashes were scattered in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in India.
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- Born: 02-25-1943
- Birthplace: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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- New Line Cinema
Kal Penn was born in New Jersey and raised in a Hindu household. The actor and former White House staffmember continues to practice the religion as an adult.
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- Born: 04-23-1977
- Birthplace: Montclair, New Jersey, USA
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- Hugo van Gelderen
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John Coltrane was raised in a Christian household, but he explored many different religions, including Hinduism and Zen Buddhism. He was said to have been consulting a Hindu meditative healer near the end of his life to help him treat his liver cancer.
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- Born: 09-23-1926
- Birthplace: USA, North Carolina, Hamlet
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- The Oprah Winfrey Show
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Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert was raised on a Christmas tree farm in Litchfield, Connecticut, but she converted to Hinduism when she went on the journey that inspired her to write her best-selling book.
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- Born: 07-18-1969
- Birthplace: Waterbury, Connecticut
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- Carl Lender
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Jerry Garcia practiced Hinduism throughout much of his adult life. After he died in 1995, his ashes were spread into the Ganges River at the holy city of Rishikesh, India.
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- Born: 08-01-1942
- Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
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- Lotte Jacobi
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The Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger converted from Zen Buddhism to Hinduism in 1952 after reading The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna.
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- Born: 01-01-1919
- Birthplace: New York City, New York
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- Mitchell Aidelbaum
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Deepak Chopra was born in New Delhi, India and raised in a Hindu household. He uses his Hindu background to promote the importance of a mind-body relationship in living a healthy life.
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- Born: 10-22-1947
- Birthplace: New Delhi, India
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KRS-One is a spiritual man who wrote the book The Gospel of Hip Hop. He believes that organized religion isn't necessary to have a close relationship with God, but his name is a reference to the Hindu god Krishna.
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- Born: 08-20-1965
- Birthplace: South Bronx, New York, USA
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- Markgoff2972
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Ravi Shankar was a Hindu and vegetarian. He was an acclaimed composer of Hindustani classical music.
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- Born: 04-07-1920
- Birthplace: India, Varanasi
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Louis Banks was raised in India in a Hindu household. He is known as the Godfather of Indian jazz.
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- Born: 02-11-1941
- Birthplace: Darjeeling, India
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- Ravi Coltrane
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Like his father, John Coltrane, and his namesake, Ravi Shankar, Ravi Coltrane is a Hindu.
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- Born: 08-06-1965
- Birthplace: USA, New York, Long Island
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- SEarlbaum
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No Doubt musician Tony Kanal was born in London to Hindu parents.
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- Born: 08-27-1970
- Birthplace: England, London
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- Mertex
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NFL player Ricky Williams is a Hindu and vegetarian. He uses a Hindu-based pranic healing to recover from injuries.
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- Born: 05-21-1977
- Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
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- Alex Ramon
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Dinosaur Jr. musician J Mascis is a Hindu. In 2005, he released the album J and Friends Sing and Chant For Amma, which includes devotional songs dedicated to Hindu religious leader Mata Amritanandamayi.
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- Born: 12-10-1965
- Birthplace: USA, Massachusetts, Amherst
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Paramahansa Yogananda was born in India in a Hindu household. He is credited with introducing the Western world to meditation and Kriya Yoga.
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- Born: 01-05-1893
- Birthplace: Gorakhpur, India
Like her husband John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane was a Hindu. She was a devotee of the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba and changed her name to Turiyasangitananda in the late 1970s.
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- Born: 08-27-1937
- Birthplace: Michigan, USA, Detroit
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- National Media Museum
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British novelist Christopher Isherwood was a practicing Hindu.
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- Born: 08-26-1904
- Birthplace: Cheshire, England, UK
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Asha Bhosle is Hindu. She has been both praised and criticized for her modern adaptions of traditional Indian music.
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- Born: 09-08-1933
- Birthplace: India, Sangli
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- Pavlica Photography
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Musician Trevor Hall lives as a Hindu monk when he is not on tour. In 2013, he went on a journey to India.
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- Born: 11-28-1986
- Birthplace: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
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Army Wives actress Kelli Williams converted to Hinduism when she married her husband, Ajay Sahgal, in 1996.
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- Born: 06-08-1970
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
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- sergio_leenen
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John McLaughlin introduced Hinduism into his popular jazz fusion albums.
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- Born: 01-04-1942
- Birthplace: Doncaster, England
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Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay was born in Varanasi, India and was raised in a Hindu household. He introduced the genres of Bengali and Hindi films to a wide audience.
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- Born: 06-16-1920
- Birthplace: Varanasi, India
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- Marc Wathieu
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Satyajit Ray was born in Calcutta and raised in a Hindu household. He explored Hindu superstitions with his film Devi.
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- Born: 05-02-1921
- Birthplace: India, Kolkata
- 1The Big City17 Votes
- 2The World of Apu27 Votes
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