List of converts to Hinduism from Christianity
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This is a list of converts to Hinduism from Christianity.
- Annie Jobbie (also known as Chitra Shaji Kailash) – Indian actress[1]
B
- Agehananda Bharati – German Indologist[2]
C
- M. Chandra – Indian Politician[3]
- Sister Christine – German-American educationist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda
- Alice Coltrane – American jazz musician[4]
- James Cousins (also known as Jayaram) – Irish-Indian writer and Theosophist[5][6]
D
- Alain Daniélou – French Indologist[7]
- Bhagavan Das – (born Kermit Michael Riggs) – American yogi[8]
- Savitri Devi – French-born Greek Nazi activist, writer and German spy[9]
E
- Verrier Elwin – British Christian missionary who converted to Hinduism in 1935 under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi[10]
F
- Alfred Ford – American businessman[11]
- David Frawley – American writer, Ayurveda practitioner, astrologer and Hindutva proponent[12]
G
- Sister Gargi – American writer and disciple of Swami Ashokananda of Ramakrishna Mission
- François Gautier – French political writer, journalist and Hindutva proponent[13]
H
- Trevor Hall – American musician[14]
- George Harrison – Lead guitarist of The Beatles and solo-artist, follower of ISKCON[15]
- David Ananda Hart – British theologian[16]
I
- Christopher Isherwood – American novelist and disciple of Swami Prabhavananda of Ramakrishna Mission[17]
J
K
- Kirtanananda Swami (born as Keith Gordon Ham) – Gaudiya Vaishnav guru and founder of New Vrindaban; raised as a Baptist[20]
L
- Jeffery D. Long – American scholar of religious studies; converted from Catholicism[23]
M
- Dharma Mittra – Brazilian yoga teacher; raised in a Catholic family[24]
N
- Nayanthara – Indian actress[25]
- Sister Nivedita– British-Irish writer, educationist, Indian independence activist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda[26][27]
P
- Ranchor Prime – British author and Hindu religious scholar; was raised as a Roman Catholic[28]
R
- Julia Roberts – American actress[29]
S
- Sonia Sahni – Indian actress[30]
- Satyananda Stokes – American former Evangelist and Indian independence activist[31]
- E. C. George Sudarshan – American theoretical physicist[32]
W
- John Woodroffe – British Indologist[33]
Y
- Yadunandana Swami – (born as Javier Pera López) – Spanish adherent of ISKCON; previously a Roman Catholic[34]
