List of converts to Hinduism from Christianity

This is a list of converts to Hinduism from Christianity.

A

• Annie Jobbie — (also known as Chitra Shaji Kailash) — Indian actress

B

• Agehananda Bharati — German Indologist

C

• M. Chandra — Indian Politician
• Sister Christine — German-American educationist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda
• Alice Coltrane — American jazz musician
• James Cousins — (also known as Jayaram) — Irish-Indian writer and Theosophist

D

• Alain Daniélou — French Indologist
• Bhagavan Das — (born Kermit Michael Riggs) — American yogi
• Savitri Devi — French-born Greek Nazi activist, writer and German spy

E

• Verrier Elwin — British Christian missionary who converted to Hinduism in 1935 under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi

F

• Alfred Ford — American businessman
• David Frawley — American writer, Ayurveda practitioner, astrologer and Hindutva proponent

G

• Sister Gargi — American writer and disciple of Swami Ashokananda of Ramakrishna Mission
• François Gautier — French political writer, journalist and Hindutva proponent

H

• Trevor Hall — American musician
• George Harrison — Lead guitarist of The Beatles and solo-artist, follower of ISKCON
• David Ananda Hart — British theologian

I

• Christopher Isherwood — American novelist and disciple of Swami Prabhavananda of Ramakrishna Mission

J

• Jomol — Indian actress

K

• Kirtanananda Swami — (born as Keith Gordon Ham) — Gaudiya Vaishnav guru and founder of New Vrindaban; raised as a Baptist

L

• Lissy — Indian actress

• Jeffery D. Long — American scholar of religious studies; converted from Catholicism

M

• Dharma Mittra — Brazilian yoga teacher; raised in a Catholic family

N

• Nayanthara — Indian actress
• Sister Nivedita— British-Irish writer, educationist, Indian independence activist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda

P

• Ranchor Prime — British author and Hindu religious scholar; was raised as a Roman Catholic

R

• Julia Roberts — American actress

S

• Sonia Sahni — Indian actress
• Satyananda Stokes — American former Evangelist and Indian independence activist
• E. C. George Sudarshan — American theoretical physicist

W

• John Woodroffe — British Indologist

Y

• Yadunandana Swami — (born as Javier Pera López) — Spanish adherent of ISKCON; previously a Roman Catholic

Z

• Ieva Zasimauskaitė — Lithuanian Singer

See also

• List of converts to Christianity from Hinduism
• Indian-origin religions

References