veganism: For my history fair i am going to do my project on a famous person that has shown compassion not only for animals but for their environment. I know the Mahatma Gandhi, Mark Twain, Einstein, Socrates were all vegan. But does anyone know anyone that "other" people will see as significant? or for the welfare of the environment?|||Captian Paul Watson would be near or at the top because since 1969 he has been working too save all creatures of the sea (though he really got going in 1977 when he founded Sea Shepherd after leaving Greenpeace because they refused to save whales) Being vegan is nice and good but most of the people you listed really didn't do a whole lot for animals other than not eat them. Paul has been on the front lines risking his life too save all sorts of animals and he is not doing it for any humans but directly for the whales and the sharks and even right down to plankton. I would also say the ELF which is a nameless faceless organization that takes action for the environment rather than sitting around talking about how bad things are. Some call them terrorists but it should be noted they have not once killed any beings nor are they randomly targeting anyone but they have specific targets in mind that are destroying the planet and killing living creatures.|||You should be careful about using the term "vegan". It's a relatively new term, and may or may not apply to the eating habits of Gandhi, Twain, Einstein, Socrates, et al. Your project will be more accurate if you stick to "vegetarian", which is a more general term. It sounds like an interesting project. Best wishes.|||I don't remember any off the top of my head. But you can pretty much Google what you need. Just type in "Key Figures for Vegetarianism" or something along those lines. I've come across lists of actors and actresses who practice and I'm sure you could find someone in their to talk about. Watch the movie Earthlings. It's very sad. I couldn't get through the whole thing. Joaquin Phoenix does the narration and is an advocate for animal rights and is a vegetarian.|||Abraham Lincoln was a vegetarian Get the Vegetarian Starter Kit from - Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/|||Please check out this link you will find hundreds of noteworthy vegetarians http://al.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/vg-vi鈥?/a>|||look into leonardo di vinci