List of converts to Hinduism
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The following is a list of people who have converted to Hinduism from non-Hindu religions. Most Western converts to Hinduism have been to Neo-Hinduism movements such as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ("ISKON") and Meher Baba.
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[edit] List of converts to Hinduism
[edit] From Christianity
- Agehananda Bharati (born Leopold Fischer) - academic Sanskritist, a prolific author about religious subjects, and a Hindu monk in the Dasanami Sannyasi order
- Larry Coryell - American jazz guitarist
- Alain Daniélou - French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist
- Ambarish Das (born Alfred Ford) - American businessman, great-grandson of Henry Ford
- Bhagavan Das (born Kermit Michael Riggs) - Western Yogi
- Urmila Devi Dasi (born Edith E. Best) - leading female disciples of Srila Prabhupada specializing in primary and secondary education
- Roy Eugene Davis - American kriya yoga teacher
- Krishna Dharma - British author
- John Dobson - astronomer and telescope designer
- David Frawley - author on Hinduism, Yoga and Ayurveda
- George Harrison - popular English guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles
- Jon B. Higgins - American musician, scholar, and teacher known for his rare skill as a foreigner in the field of Carnatic music
- Lex Hixon - poet, philosopher and spiritual practitioner and teacher
- Aldous Huxley - English writer who emigrated to the United States, author of Brave New World
- Christopher Isherwood - Anglo-American novelist
- Stephen Knapp - American author[1]
- Swami Kriyananda (born J. Donald Walters) - direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda
- Joe Don Looney - professional American football player
- John McLaughlin - jazz fusion guitar player
- Crispian Mills - English musician
- Savitri Devi Mukherji (born Maximiani Portas) - French woman who became enamoured with Hinduism and Nazism, trying to synthesise Hinduism with Nazi philosophy and racial ideology
- Swami B. G. Narasingha (born Jack B. Herber) - American Hindu monk, author, photographer, videographer, and documentarian
- Sister Nivedita (born Margaret Elizabeth Noble) - Anglo-Irish social worker, author, and teacher
- Raimon Panikkar (born Raimundo Pániker Alemany) - proponent of interreligious dialogue
- James Pomerantz - senior sitar disciple of Ali Akbar Khan of the Baba Allauddin Maihar Gharana
- Deva Premal - musician known for New Age meditative music
- J. D. Salinger - American author best known for The Catcher in the Rye
- Bhakti Tirtha Swami (born John E. Favors) - American Hindu leader
- Kenneth R. Valpey - Gaudiya Vaishnava Theologian who studied at Oxford University, St. Cross College
- Benjamin Walker - author on religion and philosophy, and an authority on esoterica in all its curious forms
- Ma Jagattarini Devi - (born Janne Wesly) former hollywood actress
[edit] From Judaism
- Krishna Das (born Jeffrey Kagel) - singer who performs Indian chants called kirtans
- Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert) - professor of psychology at Harvard University
- Hridayananda Goswami (born Howard J. Resnick) - American spiritual leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Tamal Krishna Goswami (born Thomas G. Herzig) - governing body commissioner of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Nina Hagen - German singer
[edit] From Islam
- Annapurna Devi - surbahar (bass sitar) player and music teacher in the North Indian classical tradition
- Houman Younessi - Iranian educator, practitioner, consultant and investigator in computer science, information systems, decision science, business, and systems and software engineering
- Nadira Naipaul - wife of Nobel prize-winning novelist Sir Vidiadhar Naipaul
- Neha (born Shabana Raza) - popular Bollywood actress. Converted to Hinduism after marrying award-winning Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpai.
[edit] See also
- List of people by belief
- List of converts to Christianity
- List of converts to Islam
- List of converts to Judaism
