It is not the purpose or intention of this website to track which famous people are currently active within this or any other denomination. But because so many famous celebrities are adherents of Scientology for only a brief time, while others become life-long members, while there is yet a third group that was born and raised in the Church, we have divided the names below into separate lists. These lists reflect the status indicated by the extensively researched and annotated "scientology celebrities FAQ" of alt.religion.scientology, written by Tilman Hausherr (version last updated 1 July 2005).
Current Scientologists (and deceased famous people who were in Scientology when the passed away):
L. Ron Hubbard - best-selling science fiction author; founder of Scientology
Candice Bergen - actress, star of TV series Murphy Brown, Boston Public, etc. (may have not actually been a member)
Leonard Cohen - songwriter, poet
Stanley Clarke - jazz bassist
Darby Crash - punk rocker
Ricky Martin - singer
Olivia D'Abo - actress
Cathy Lee Crosby - actress
Gloria Gaynor - singer and "disco queen"
Howard Wilkins - founder of Pizza Hut
Diana Canova - singer, actress
Raven de la Croix - stripper, psychic, actress
Gabor Szabo - jazz guitarist and composer (died 1982)
A.E. van Vogt - science fiction writer
Ingo Swann - writer, psychic, painter
Barbara Carrera - actress
Frank Stallone - actor, singer, songwriter; brother of Sylvester Stallone
Michael Garson - musician who toured with David Bowie
Michael Edwards - male model, former boyfriend of Priscilla Presley
Peter Lupus - actor (Mission Impossible TV series)
Al Jarreau - singer
Wendon Swift - Hollywood author, manager
Bobby Lipton - actor
Dini Petty - talk show host
Demi Moore - actress
Kalle Pohl - comedian
Bert Salzman - producer; won Academy Award in 1975 for a short film and thanked L. Ron Hubbard in speech
Bernhard Paul - clown, manager of "Circus Roncalli"
Harold Puthoff - mathematician, physicist, ESP researcher
The Incredible String Band - musicians, band
Lee Konitz - jazz musician
Stephen Boyd - actor
Joan Prather - actress
Leif Garrett - pop star
Carlos Palomino - athlete
Bruce Penhall - actor
Lou Rawls - soul music, jazz, and blues singer
John Dalmas - science fiction writer
Michael Lembeck - actor, director
Mickey McMeel - Three Dog Knight drummer
Cynthia Sikes - actress
Gordon Lightfoot - singer, composer, lyricist
Dale Haddon - actress, model
Chick Vennera - actor
Joan DiVito Vennera - actor
Flo Allen - major Hollywood agent
Hunter Carson - actor
Penny Perry - casting director
Ed Love -
Steven Boyd -
Lisa Blount - actress
Aldous Huxley - writer
Josh Dohnen - agent
Anne Francis - actress
Eileen Brennan - actress
Horst Buchholtz - actor
Tom Skeritt - actor
Nan Herst Bowers - celebrity, publicist
John Longenecker - Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
Kathleen Brown - ran for governor of California (not clear if she was official member)
Maude Adams - actress, model
Charles Manson - infamous serial killer
Names of additional famous people reported as adherents and former adherents, from the links shown above. See the links shown in the box for additional details about these people:
P.J. Proby
Marvin Price
Phil Spickler
Barry Stein
Joseph Winter
Chrissy Monk
Sky Dayton
Rufus Buck
Dominic Preston
Katy Newell
Barbara Schwarz
Doug E. Fresh
Ethan Suplee
Frank Kelly Freas
Lisa McPherson
Liz Phair
Lynsey Bartilson
Marisol Nichols
Pablo Santos
Reed Slatkin
Woody Woodmansey
Trevor Bolder
Crispin Howard Sanford
Ernest Lebel
Calista Carradine
Harriet Schock
Larry Anderson
Jill Tate
Susan Royal
Geoff Levin
Donna Keegan
Martina Migenes
Brian Adams (football player)
Colleen Camp
Lon Tinney
Neal Israel
Jeff Lewis
Kathy Smith
Lisa London
Richard Royce
Tamara Wilcox Smith
Michael Parsons
People who have been reported as having connections to Scientology, but have apparently never actually been Scientologists: - Courtney Love - credited Scientology-associated group Narconon in the liner notes of one of her CDs, but she was not a Church member
Web page created 2 November 2005. Last modified 26 April 2006.
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