List of Scientologists

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A Scientologist is defined here as a follower of Scientology. The following is a list of well-known past and present Scientologists. Template:ScientologySeries Conventionally, the label applies to members of the Church of Scientology, and to Free Zone (those who practice outside the Church) who maintain their constitututional right to call themselves Scientologists.

The words "Scientologist" and "Scientologists" are used by individuals to indicate that they practice the religion of Scientology, with or without the official church's approval.

1 Church officials
2 General celebrities
3 Former members
4 External links
- 4.1 Official Church of Scientology sites
- 4.2 Controversy Sites

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Church officials

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General celebrities

Kirstie Alley, actress
Anne Archer, actress (her son, Tom Davis, runs the Los Angeles "Celebrity Centre")
James Barbour, Broadway actor
Lynsey Bartilson, actress
Catherine Bell, actress
Mary Bono, congresswoman
Sonny Bono, artist and congressman (claimed Catholicism on campaign biographies)
Sami Boukai, country music singer
Rufus Buck, folk singer
David Campbell, musician
Nancy Cartwright, voiceover artist, most famous as the voice of Bart Simpson
Sharon Case, actress
Kate Ceberano, actress and musician
Erika Christensen, actress
Chick Corea, musician
Tom Cruise, actor (formerly Catholic, according to Parade)
Sky Dayton, founder and Chairman of the Board of EarthLink
Jason Dohring, actor
Jenna Elfman, actress, formerly Catholic, and her husband Bodhi, actor
David S. Freeman, writer, video game developer, and screenwriting teacher
Brent Graber, voice of 'Otis' in movie 'Milo and Otis'
Zachary Goertz, actor
Paul Haggis, director
Beck Hansen, musician
Isaac Hayes, musician, actor, and formerly voiceover artist ("Chef (South Park character)")
Katie Holmes, actress, introduced to Scientology by fiance Tom Cruise
Nicky Hopkins, musician
Mark Isham, musician
Terry Jastrow, TV producer and director (married to Anne Archer)
Mike Joubert, Bronson Pinchot's voice coach
Cyprien Katsaris, musician
Chaka Khan, singer
Jarod Knoten, director
Jason Lee, actor and professional skateboarder
Paul Leland, magician
Geoffrey Lewis, actor
Johnny Lewis, actor
Juliette Lewis, actress
Peggy Lipton, actress
Christopher Masterson, actor
Danny Masterson, actor
Lisa McPherson, died at Fort Harrison Hotel
Peter Medak, director
Jim Meskimen, actor and improviser
Sofia Milos, actress (CSI: Miami)
Elisabeth Moss, actress
Floyd Mutrux, writer, director and producer
Haywood Nelson, actor
Corin Nemec, actor
Marisol Nichols, actress
Judy Norton, actress and musician
Brandy Norwood, actress and singer
Eduardo Palomo, actor, and his wife Carina, actress and musician
Don Pearson, 'Management by Statistics' consultant
Michael Pena, actor
Bernadette Peters, actress and singer (source: Bergen Record 3/10/1985, may be an ex-member)
Jeff Pomerantz, actor and founder of Hollywood Says No to Drugs
Lisa Marie Presley, singer and daughter of Elvis
Priscilla Presley, actress and wife of Elvis
Kelly Preston, actress and John Travolta's wife
Leah Remini, actress
Giovanni Ribisi, actor
Marissa Ribisi, actress, wife of Beck Hansen, sister of Giovanni Ribisi.
Carina Ricco, singer, actress and composer
Michael D. Roberts, actor
Mimi Rogers, actress -- believed to not be active in the church anymore, but still holds the beliefs
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congresswoman
Gloria Rusch-Novello, singer, writer and actress
Pablo Santos, actor
Meghan Schlinder, swimsuit model
Kristin Schwing, actress
Jeffrey Scott, writer for TV cartoons
Billy Sheehan, rock bassist
David Singer, chiropractor, 'Management by Statistics' consultant
Reed Slatkin, criminal ponzi scheme perpetrator
Michelle Stafford, actress
Ethan Suplee, actor
Patrick Swayze, actor
Greta Van Susteren, host of On the Record with Greta Van Susteren on FNC
John Travolta, actor
Josh Wiener, actor
Edgar Winter, musician
David Wittig, CEO
Bryan Zwan, founder of Digital Lightwave, inventor of fiber-optic testing equipment

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Former members

J. J. Abrams, Writer
Adi Da Samraj (a.k.a. Franklin Jones, Da Free John), religious guru (renounced Scientology after ca. one year)
John Brodie, football player
William S. Burroughs, author, Beat Generation icon (later denounced it)
Leonard Cohen, singer, songwriter (at New York Org in late 60s)
Werner Erhard, founder of EST
Emilio Estevez, actor (renounced and won't discuss it)
Soleil Moon Frye, actress
Philip Gale, MIT student and primary developer of EarthLink's innovative ISP software; committed suicide on Hubbard's birthday
Gloria Gaynor, singer (later renounced)
Charles Manson, serial killer (professed Scientology in 1961, but critics claim he only read books in prison in the early 1960s)
Ricky Martin, singer (says he dabbled in it)
Van Morrison, singer, songwriter (renounced Scientology in the 1980s)
Lou Rawls, singer (renounced Scientology)
Melanie Safka, singer, songwriter (renounced Scientology)
Barbara Schwarz, former Scientologist claiming Hubbard parentage
Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
Oliver Stone, director (said involvement was finished after 4 months)
Sharon Stone, actress (reportedly now a convert to Buddhism)