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 ("ISKCON") and Meher Baba. Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages[1]) is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... Hinduism is going through a phase of regeneration and reform through the vehicle of several contemporary movements, collectively termed as Hindu reform movements. ... Founder of ISKCON: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), also known as the Hare Krishna movement, was founded in 1966 in New York City by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

List of converts to Hinduism

From Christianity

• Agehananda Bharati (born Leopold Fischer) - academic Sanskritist, a prolific author about religious subjects, and a Hindu monk in the Dasanami Sannyasi order
• Alice Coltrane - American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, and composer^[1]
• Larry Coryell - American jazz guitarist
• Alain Daniélou - French historian, intellectual, musicologist,Indologist^[2]
• Ambarish Das (born Alfred Ford) - American businessman, great-grandson of Henry Ford a disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of ISKCON^[3]
• 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 and convert to Gaudiya Vaishnavism under ISKCON
• John Dobson - astronomer and telescope designer
• David Frawley - author on Hinduism, Yoga and Ayurveda^[4]
• Heather Graham - American Actress
• Kelli Williams - American Actress
• George Harrison - popular English guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles who passed away chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra in the company of monks from ISKCON. He is also known for donating Bhaktivedanta Manor, a Hindu temple to the Hare Krishna community in Britain
• 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^[5]
• Stephen Knapp - American author and convert to Gaudiya Vaishnavism and member of ISKCON ^[6]
• 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^[7]
• 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
• J. D. Salinger - American author best known for The Catcher in the RyeLater left Hinduism^[8]
• Bhakti Tirtha Swami (born John E. Favors) - American Hindu leader and disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
• Kenneth R. Valpey - Gaudiya Vaishnava Theologian who studied at Oxford University, St. Cross College
• Ma Jagattarini Devi - (born Janne Wesly) former hollywood actress
• Shaunaka Rishi Dasa - born into an Irish Christian family and founder of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
• Mathias Rust - German daredevil pilot^[9]
• Nilla Cram Cook - Associate of Mahatma Gandhi^[10]
• Timothy Leary - Harvard professor and American writer and psychologist^[11]

Agehananda Bharati (Vienna April 20, 1923- New York May 14, 1991) was the monastic name of Leopold Fischer. ... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Bhavna says there are 300 million gods in Hinduism. ... For other uses, see Monk (disambiguation). ... Dashanami Sampradaya (IAST ), literally Tradition of Ten Names, is a Hindu monastic tradition established by Adi Shankara in the 8th century CE in India. ... Alice Coltrane (b. ... Larry Coryell Larry Coryell (April 2, 1943-) is an American jazz guitarist. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... Alain Daniélou, born at Neuilly-sur-Seine (Paris) October 4, 1907, and died January 27, 1994 in Switzerland, was a French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist, and noted Western convert to Shaivite Hinduism. ... This article is about the occupation of studying history. ... “Literati” redirects here. ... A musicologist is someone who studies musicology. ... Indologist is a derivative of the word indology, which refers to study of India, particulary ancient India. ... Alfred Ford (1950 - ), also known as Ambarish Das, is an American businessman. ... Henry Ford (1919) Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. ... A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (September 1, 1896–November 14, 1977) was the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (popularly known as the Hare Krishnas). Born as Abhay Charan De, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. ... The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a new religious movement based on Bengali, or more specifically Gaudiya, Vaishnavism founded by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, referred to by followers as His Divine Grace, in New York in 1966. ... Sri Bhagavan Das Bhagavan Das (भगवान दास) (born Kermit Michael Riggs in Laguna Beach, California on May 17, 1945) and also known by the name Anagorika Dharma Sara within the Buddhist community, is a Western Yogi who lived for six years in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. ... A sculpture of a Hindu yogi in the Birla Mandir, Delhi A yogi (Sanskrit feminine: yogini) is a term for a male who practices various forms of the path of Yoga, maintaining a steadfast mind, the process of transcending the lower self. ... Urmila Devi Dasi (Dr. Edith E. Best) is one of the leading female disciples of Srila Prabhupada, she specialises in primary and secondary education. ... Srila Prabhupada under a painting of Krishna A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (September 1, 1896–November 14, 1977) was born Abhay Charan De, in Calcutta, West Bengal. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Kriya Yoga is a very specific system of Yoga that was revived in modern times by Lahiri Mahasaya, c 1861. ... Krishna Dharma (1955-) is a British Hindu scholar and author. ... The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a new religious movement based on Bengali, or more specifically Gaudiya, Vaishnavism founded by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, referred to by followers as His Divine Grace, in New York in 1966. ... John Dobson in Wellington, New Zealand, April 2005 John L. Dobson (born September 14, 1915) is a highly influential amateur astronomer who has been dubbed the pied piper of astronomy and the star monk. He was the only amateur astronomer highlighted in the PBS series The Astronomers, and appeared twice... David Frawley (or Vāmadeva ŚāstrÄ« वामदेव शास्त्री) is an author on Hinduism, Yoga and Ayurveda, founder and director of the American Institute for Vedic Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico. ... Shirodhara, one of the techniques of Ayurveda Ayurveda (Devanagari: ) or Ayurvedic medicine is an ancient system of health care that is native to the Indian subcontinent. ... For the author, see Heather Graham Pozzessere. ... Kelli Williams (born June 8, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress most well known for her role as Lindsay Dole Donnell on the ABC legal drama The Practice. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Jon B. Higgins (b. ... Carnatic music, also known as is one of the two styles of Indian classical music, the other being Hindustani music. ... // Lex Hixon Alexander Paul Hixon, PhD, 1941-1995, spiritual teacher and author In his 53 years of life, Lex Hixon, an accomplished poet, philosopher and spiritual practitioner, explored extensively the truth of the great religious traditions. ... Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. ... For other uses, see Brave New World (disambiguation). ... Christopher Isherwood (left) and W.H. Auden (right), photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Christopher Isherwood (prior to 1946 Christopher William Bradshaw-Isherwood) (August 26, 1904 – January 4, 1986), Anglo-American novelist, was born in the ancestral seat of his family, Wybersley Hall, High Lane, in the north west of... Stephen Knapp is an author. ... Swami Kriyananda, born J. Donald Walters, is a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda and had many hours of personal contact with him during the last four years of Yoganandas life (1948 – 1952). ... Paramahansa Yogananda (Bengali: পরমহংস যোগানন্দ Pôromôhongsho Joganondo, Hindi: परमहंस योगानन्‍द; January 5, 1893–March 7, 1952), was an Indian yogi and guru. ... Joe Don Looney (born 1942; died September 24, 1988) was a professional football player. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... John McLaughlin John McLaughlin (aka pinyon)(born January 4, 1942), also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. ... Jazz fusion (or jazz-rock fusion or fusion) is a musical genre that merges elements of jazz with other styles of music, particularly pop, rock, folk, reggae, funk, metal, country, R&B, hip hop, electronic music and world music. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Crispian Mills (born January 18, 1973 as Crispian John David Boulting; also known as Dodge) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Savitri Devi Mukherji (September 30, 1905 - October 22, 1982) was a white French woman, of mixed English, Lombard, and Greek ethnicity, who became enamoured with Hinduism and Nazism, trying to synthesise Hinduism with Nazi philosophy and racial ideology and proclaiming Adolf Hitler an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. ... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages[1]) is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal         Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ... Nazi mysticism is a quasi-religious undercurrent of Nazism; it denotes the mixture of Nazism with occultism, esotericism, cryptohistory, and/or the paranormal. ... Nazis claimed to scientifically measure a strict hierarchy among races; at the top was the Aryan race (minus the Slavs, who were seen as below Aryan), then lesser races. ... SWAMI B.G. NARASINGHA [SBGN, born USA, August 23,1946] Swami B.G. Narasingha [Jack B. Hebner] is a Hindu monk, author, photographer, videotographer, and documentarian. ... Margaret Elizabeth Noble (1867-1911), better known as Sister Nivedita, was a social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. ... Raimon Panikkar (born Raimundo Pániker Alemany on November 3, 1918 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is one of the most prestigious proponents of interreligious dialogue. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Diagram of some sitar parts. ... Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (Bengali: ) is a North Indian classical musician of the Maihar gharana who plays the sarod. ... Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature; he has not published any new work since 1965 and has not granted a formal interview since 1980. ... The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J. D. Salinger. ... Bhakti Tirtha Swami Bhakti Tirtha Swami (February 25, 1950–June 27, 2005) was an American Hindu leader. ... A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (September 1, 1896–November 14, 1977) was the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (popularly known as the Hare Krishnas). Born as Abhay Charan De, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. ... Kenneth R. Valpey is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Theologian who studied at Oxford University, St Cross College (1999 - 2004). ... Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology, is a type of Vaishnava Theology that began with Caitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534), a Bengali Vaishnava sadhu. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Shaunaka Rishi Dasa is the Director for the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. ... Rust in a Moscow courtroom Mathias Rust (born 1968) is a German man known for his illegal landing near the Red Square in Moscow in 1987. ... “Gandhi” redirects here. ... For the American baseball player, see Tim Leary (baseball player). ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A psychologist is a person who studies psychology, the systematic investigation of the human mind, including behavior, cognition, and affect. ...

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

Krishna Das (born Jeffrey Kagel in Long Island, New York) is a singer who performs Indian chants called kirtans. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ram Dass teaching, Hawaii Dr. Richard Alpert (born April 5, 1931), also known as Baba Ram Dass, is a contemporary spiritual teacher and noted bisexual. ... Psychological science redirects here. ... Harvard redirects here. ... Hridayananda dasa Goswami (b. ... Founder of ISKCON: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), also known as the Hare Krishna movement, was founded in 1966 in New York City by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. ... Tamala Krishna Goswami singing at London Ratha-Yatra festival Tamala Krishna Goswami (1946–March 15, 2002), born as Thomas G. Herzig in the United States was a prominant figure in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). ... Founder of ISKCON: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), also known as the Hare Krishna movement, was founded in 1966 in New York City by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. ... Nina Hagen (born Catharina Hagen on March 11, 1955) is a singer from Berlin, Germany. ...

From Islam

• Pandit Tansen Pandey (born Ustad Hussainuddin Khan Dagur) - Hindu Dhrupad Singer (1908-1963), son of Alla Bande Khan ('father' of the Dagur family) started out as Ustad Hussainuddin Khan Dagur but in the 1940s returned to Sanatana Hindu Dharma^[12]
• Aashish Khan (born Ustad Aashish Khan Debsharma) - Indian musician^[13]
• Annapurna Devi - surbahar (bass sitar) player and music teacher in the North Indian classical tradition^[14]
• Anwar Shaikh - British author. ^[15]
• Rizwanur Rahman - Bengali designer who died in a mysterious death^[16]

Aashish Khan playing a sarod. ... Annapurna Devi (born 1926) is a reclusive surbahar (bass sitar) player and music teacher in the North Indian classical tradition. ... Surbahar The surbahar (also known as bass sitar) is a plucked string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India. ... Mohammad Anwar Shaikh (born June 1, 1928 as Haji Mohammad - November 25, 2006) was an Indian-born Pakistani author residing in Cardiff[1]. He was born into a religious Shiite muslim family of Kashmiri ancestry in Gujrat, Punjab. ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... Rizwanur Rahman (died 21 September 2007) was a 30-year-old computer graphics trainer[1] who died in mysterious circumstances in Kolkata, India. ... The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal (divided between India and Bangladesh) on the Indian subcontinent with a history dating back four millennia. ... Designer is a broad term for a person who designs any of a variety of things. ...

From other religions

• Pamheiba, Manipuri King^[17]
• Vasudeva I, Kushan king and numismatist^[18]

Meidingu Pamheiba (1690-1751) was an emperor in Manipur in the early 18th century. ... , Manipur   (Bengali: মণিপুর, Meitei Mayek: mnipur) is a state in northeastern India making its capital in the city of Imphal. ... Gold coin of Vasudeva I. Obv: Vasudeva in tall helmet, holding a scepter, and making an offering over an altar. ... Boundary of the Kushan empire, c. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

References

For followers of Hinduism, see Hindu. ...

See also

• List of people by belief
• List of converts to Christianity
• List of converts to Islam
• List of converts to Judaism
• List of converts to Sikhism

These are articles that list people of a particular religious or political belief. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of notable people who have converted to Islam sometime during their lives. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... Following are the list of converts to Sikhism: Dr. Lonnie Smith: famous jazz player Kuldip Manak: famous Punjabi folk singer converted from Islam ...

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