If you are considering becoming a vegetarian and think that as a black man you will be the only black vegetarian on the planet, think again. There are millions of black vegans and vegetarians today and throughout history. The list below contains some black vegetarians you may have heard of. The YouTube video that follows contains a general list of historical and contemporary vegetarians including Socrates, Mark Twain, Ben Franklin, Isaac Newton, Tobey Mcguire and Jerry Seinfeld.

Andre 3000, hip hop artist

Hank Aaron, baseball player

B.J. Armstrong, basketball player

Ben Carson, surgeon**

Common, rap artist

Dead Prez, hip-hop artists

Dizzy Gillespie, musician

Dick Gregory, writer, activist, comedian

Desmond Howard, football player

Lenny Kravitz, singer, musician

KRS-One, rap artist, musician

Carl Lewis, track and field athlete

Living Colour, musicians**

Bob Marley, singer, musician**

Ziggy Marley, singer, musician

Edwin Moses, track and field athlete**

Prince, singer, musician**

Seal, singer

Russell Simmons, hip-hop entrepreneur

Keenan Ivory Wayans, actor, comedian

** Persons with an asterisk are featured in Inspirational People here at AfroDaddy.com

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