List of converts to Hinduism from Christianity

This is a list of converts to Hinduism from Christianity.

Name Nationality Notes Refs
Alfred Ford (Ambarish Das) American heir to the Ford family fortune [1]
Alice Coltrane (Turiyasangitananda Swamini) American raised Baptist but became a follower of Satya Sai Baba; jazz pianist, organist, harpist and composer[2][3] [4]
Annie Indian actress
Christopher Isherwood British novelist [5]
Claudia Ciesla German model and actress. She is vegetarian. Recently moved to Mumbai and acted on Indian movies. [6], [7]
David Frawley American professor and scholar on Sanatana Dharma/Hinduism,author of more than 30 books on Yoga and Hinduism, winner of Padma Bhushan and many more awards [8]
E. C. George Sudarshan Indian physicist, professor and winner of Dirac Prize and Padma Bhusan [9]
François Gautier French political writer and journalist [10]
George Harrison British musician, member of The Beatles [11]
Job Charnock British trade agent who has been controversially described as the founder of Calcutta [12]
John Coltrane American jazz saxophonist and composer. He converted to Hinduism along with his second wife Alice Coltrane. [13]
John Levy British philosopher and translator of books on Advaita Vedanta [14]
Jomol Indian actress [15]
Joseph Ritson British antiquarian and traveller [16]
Julia Roberts American actress [17]
Krishna Das American singer [18]
Leelawathy Ramanathan Australian writer and Hindu activist who converted upon marrying Ponnambalam Ramanathan [19]
Lissy Indian actress [20][21]
Nayanthara Indian actress and model [22]
Russell Brand British comedian to Hare Krishna [23]
Romapada Swami American Vaishnavia sannyasi and initiating guru [24]
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami American senior disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada [25]
Satyananda Stokes American (and later British Indian) farmer [26]
Ieva Zasimauskaitė Lithuanian singer, Eurovision contestant

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References
  1. Raj Nanda (December 21, 2012). "Ambarish das - Memories of Srila Prabhupada" – via YouTube.
  2. Jazz Musician Alice Coltrane dead at 69 News Australia – January 15, 2007
  3. Alice Coltrane; Musician, Spiritual Guru Washington Post – January 15, 2007
  4. "Da Capo companion to twentieth-century popular music", by Phil Hardy, Dave Laing, p. 195, publisher = Da Capo Press
  5. Acclaimed American Author Christopher Isherwood Adherents
  6. Iyer, Meena (June 20, 2009). "Claudia wants to be a Hindu". Times of India. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  7. "Has Claudia Ciesla converted to Hinduism?". santabanta.com. December 7, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  8. David Frawley (2000). How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma. Voice of India. pp. 44–47. ISBN 81-85990-60-3.
  9. V. V. Raman (2009). "Reflections on Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan". Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 196 (1): 012027. Bibcode:2009JPhCS.196a2027R. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/196/1/012027.
  10. "WHY I AM A HINDU". December 29, 2013.
  11. Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today, p.54, Olivier Julien, 2016
  12. Indian Renaissance: British Romantic Art And the Prospect of India – Hermione De Almeida
  13. June 20, WILL FRIEDWALD; 2008. "Ravi Coltrane Honors His Musical and Personal Heritage". The New York Sun.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. Sedgwick, Mark. Against The Modern World: Traditionalism And The Secret Intellectual History Of The Twentieth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2004. 93. Print.
  15. Actress accuses her father Times of India – April 25, 2005
  16. Morton, Timothy, Marilyn Butler, and James Chandler. Shelley and the Revolution in Taste : The Body and the Natural World. New York: Cambridge UP, 1995.
  17. Blake, Heidi (August 5, 2010). "Julia Roberts: I'm a Hindu". Daily Telegraph. London.
  18. This text appears on KD's official website. A similar account is given in the liner notes of his CD One Track Heart, 1996.
  19. Lady Ramanathan Passes away Archived October 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine The Hindu – January 31, 1953
  20. asianetnews (April 18, 2011). "Lissy Priyadarshan-ON Record (Ep 2, Part 2)" – via YouTube.
  21. Ltd, Asianet News Network Pvt. "Asianet News". Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  22. "Exclusive- Nayanthara is now a Hindu". Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  23. Barkham, Patrick (October 30, 2008). "Patrick Barkham on Russell Brand's 'Hare Krishna' chant and temple visits" – via www.theguardian.com.
  24. Biography on Romapada's website
  25. Smith, Huston; Harry Oldmeadow (2004). Journeys East: 20th century Western encounters with Eastern religious traditions. Bloomington, Ind: World Wisdom. p. 272. ISBN 0-941532-57-7. Before his death Prabhupada appointed eleven American devotees as gurus.
    • Rochford, E. Burke (1985). Hare Krishna in America. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press. p. 222. ISBN 0-8135-1114-3. In the months preceding his death Srila Prabhupada appointed eleven of his closest disciples to act as initiating gurus for ISKCON
    • Ron Rhodes (2001). Challenge of the Cults and New Religions. Zondervan. p. 179. ISBN 0-310-23217-1. Before Prabhupada died in 1977, he selected senior devotees who would continue to direct the organization.
    • Rodney Stark (1985). Religious movements. Paragon House Publishers. p. 100. ISBN 0-913757-43-8. Satsvarupa dasa Goswami, one of the eleven initiating gurus Bhaktivedanta appointed to succeed him ...
    • Shinn, Larry (January 1994). "The Maturation of the Hare Krishnas in America". ISKCON Communications Journal. 2 (1). Archived from the original on July 25, 2008.
    • Hare Krishna leader visits local followers Daily Collegian, Penn State University, August 5, 1981
  26. Clymer, Kenton J. (January 1, 1990). "Samuel Evans Stokes, Mahatma Gandhi, and Indian Nationalism". Pacific Historical Review. 59 (1): 51–76. doi:10.2307/3640095. JSTOR 3640095.
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