List of teetotalers

List of well-known teetotalers, practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages. Note that some have abstained their entire lives, but others have only abstained after prolonged alcohol use.

• John Ashcroft, former U.S. Attorney General
• Isaac Asimov, American author and chemist
• Richard Bach, American author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor
• Tony Benn, British socialist politician
• A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder of the Hare Krishnas
• Glynn Birch, president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• William Jennings Bryan, American politician of the Democratic Party
• Félix Houphouët-Boigny, first President of Ivory Coast
• Bramwell Booth, General of The Salvation Army
• Catherine Booth, mother of The Salvation Army
• Evangeline Booth, General of The Salvation Army
• Bartholomew Roberts, (rumored) pirate better known as Black Bart
• William Booth, founder and first General of The Salvation Army
• Russell Brand, English comedian
• Phil Brooks, American professional wrestler, known as "CM Punk"
• George W. Bush, 43rd U.S. President, claims to have quit drinking in 1986 after determining alcohol began to "compete with his energy" (but see also George W. Bush substance abuse controversy)
• Bryan Callen, actor
• Bishop James Cannon, Jr., American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• George Carpenter, General of The Salvation Army
• Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan, American poker player, winner of a record ten WSOP bracelets
• Eric Clapton, English Musician
• Carlo Citrone, English professional poker player
• John Coltrane, American jazz musician (Coltrane was originally a heavy drinker)
• Frederick Coutts, General of The Salvation Army
• Stephen Covey, self-help writer
• Tom Cruise, American actor, Scientologist
• Kristin Davis, American actress
• Clarissa Dickson-Wright, English cook, one of the stars of the BBC's Two Fat Ladies cooking series
• Eric Dolphy, jazz saxophonist
• Dane Cook, American comic
• Rosie Douglas, Caribbean politician and former Prime Minister of Dominica
• Neal S. Dow, American prohibitionist known as "The Father of Prohibition"
• Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science
• Jerry Falwell, fundamentalist Baptist pastor
• Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize-winning physicist (enjoyed hanging out in bars even though he didn't drink)
• Lupe Fiasco, Chicago-based rapper
• Charles Fillmore (Unity Church), co-founder, Unity Church
• Myrtle Fillmore, co-founder, Unity Church
• Paul Francis, better known as hip-hop artist Sage Francis
• Vincent Gallo, American filmmaker
• George Galloway, British Member of Parliament
• Mohandas Gandhi, nonviolent activist for Indian independence
• Benjamin Gartner, Comedian & engineer
• A. A. Gill, Famous British journalist and restaurant critic for The Times
• Richard E. Grant, British actor, author
• Kathy Griffin, comic
• George Hacker, head of the Alcohol Policies Project
• Wendy J. Hamilton, past president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• Carl Stuart Hamblen, radio's first singing cowboy
• Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senator from Utah
• Lucy Hayes, U.S. First Lady, aka "Lemonade Lucy"
• Edward Higgins, General of The Salvation Army
• Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader, head of the SS
• Gordon B. Hinckley, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Adolf Hitler, German Nazi leader; said by some to have occasionally drunk beer ^{[citation needed]}
• Anthony Hopkins (since 1975), Welsh actor
• Bernard Hopkins, World Champion Boxer
• Mark Hoppus, bassist of Southern California pop punk band Blink 182
• Mary Hunt, Women's Christian Temperance Union leader
• John Ireland 19th century Catholic Church churchman in the United States
• David Irving, revisionist historian
• Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Confederate General and Presbyterian
• Michael Jacobson president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Ken Jennings, noted Jeopardy! game show contestant
• William E. Johnson, aka “Pussyfoot Johnson,” leader of the prohibitionist Anti-Saloon League
• Penn Jillette, American magician, comedian, and member of Penn and Teller
• Franz Kafka, Czech-Jewish novelist
• Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
• Abdul Kalam, President of India
• Peter Kay, English comedian
• Aga Khan
• Gayle King, television personality
• Milo Kirk, past president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• Wilfred Kitching, General of The Salvation Army
• Osama bin Laden, figurehead of al-Qaeda, a terrorist organization
• Robert John "Mutt" Lange, record producer
• John Larroquette, American actor, had struggled with alcoholism during the 70's and 80's
• T.E. Lawrence, British poet, scholar, and soldier
• Robert E. Lee, Confederate General
• Dr. Arnold Spencer Leese, noted British veterinarian, anti-Semite and fascist politician
• David Letterman, American talk show host and comedian
• Paul Michael Levesque, American professional wrestler known as Triple H
• Tommy Lindgren, Finnish musician, main vocalist of the Don Johnson Big Band
• Paul London, American professional wrestler
• Jennifer Lopez, American actress, pop/Latin, pop/R&B singer, fashion designer, and dancer
• Howard Phillips Lovecraft, influential American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction
• Ewan MacGregor, Scottish actor
• Ian MacKaye, American musician, founder of Dischord Records
• Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada
• Francisco Madero, former President of Mexico
• Chris Martin, lead singer of the British rock band, Coldplay
• Sir Stanley Matthews, English footballer
• John Mayer, American singer-songwriter
• William Topaz McGonagall, Scottish poet reputed to be the worst in the English language
• Malcolm McDowell, British actor, abstained since 1983
• Ian McShane English actor
• Jimmy Nail, British actor, writer and singer
• Carrie Nation, temperance movement activist
• Ture Nerman, Swedish Communist leader
• Ross Noble, English stand-up comedian
• Jim Norton, American stand-up comedian
• Ted Nugent, American rock musician
• Karolyn Nunnallee, past president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• Bill O'Reilly, host of The O'Reilly Factor
• Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
• Bartholomew Roberts, the legendary pirate dubbed "Black Bart"
• Albert Orsborn, General of The Salvation Army
• Bettie Page, American Pin-up Model
• Lukas Podolski, Footballer for the German National Team and FC Bayern München
• Katherine Prescott, past president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• Vladimir Putin, current President of Russia
• James Randi, American magician
• Greg Raymer, 2004 World Series of Poker main event winner ($5,000,000)
• Eric Raymond, hacker and open source spokesman
• Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues guitarist (after rehabilitation from drug and alcohol abuse)
• Walter Reuther, American labor leader, former president of the UAW
• Bosse Ringholm, Former Swedish Finance Minister
• Henry Rollins, Singer/Songwriter/Actor/Spoken Word Artist
• Fred Rogers, American children's television host
• Jonathan Ross (television presenter), British talkshow host
• Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts
• Mickey Sadoff, past president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso
• Shakira, Colombian Latin pop singer-songwriter
• George Bernard Shaw, Irish-British playwright, socialist, vegetarian
• Frank Skinner, British comedian
• Sarah Silverman, American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer
• Gene Simmons, American musician of the band KISS
• Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
• Alan Smith, English footballer
• Hal Smith, American actor
• Nate Smith, Comedian & blogger
• John Snow, British Physician
• Phillip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, British politician
• Hal Sparks, American actor
• Lucy Stone, American suffragist
• Milt Stegall, Canadian footballer
• Jeb Stuart, Confederate cavalry general
• Gunde Svan, Swedish skier, olympic gold medal winner ([1] (Swedish))
• Billy Sunday, evangelist
• Henry David Thoreau, American Transcendentalist philosopher
• Norma Phillips Thornworth, past president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• Donald Trump, American businessman
• Morgan Tsvangirai, Leader and founder of the MDC, the opposition party in Zimbabwe
• Khan Tutero, Filipino philosopher
• Shania Twain, Canadian singer
• Farin Urlaub, aka Jan Vetter, German musician and member of German punk rock band die Ärzte
• Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
• Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary
• Andrew Volstead, U.S. legislator and the man behind Prohibition in America
• Tom Waits, American singer and musician, after recovering from alcoholism
• George Washington, first United States president.
• Ian Watkins, lead singer of the Welsh band Lostprophets
• Millie I. Webb, past president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• Thomas Bramwell Welch, physician, discoverer of pasteurization process to prevent the fermentation of grape juice
• John Wetton, English rock singer and musician, after recovering from alcoholism
• Ellen G. White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Frances Willard, American educator, suffragist, President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
• Robbie Williams, British pop singer
• "Weird Al" Yankovic, American singer-songwriter/comedian/parodist
• Trinny Woodall, British television personality and fashion journalist, recent star of the U.K. (original) version of What Not To Wear
• Angus Young, lead guitarist of AC/DC. Unlike many teetotaling rock stars, Young is NOT a recovering alcoholic.
• Frank Zappa, American musician and polymath
• Ben Zyskowicz, Finnish politician

Fictional persons

• Batman abstains from drinking entirely, though he presents his alter-ego, Bruce Wayne as a borderline alcoholic in which case he pretends that his ginger ale is actually champagne.
• MacGyver does not drink alcohol.
• Phil Mitchell stopped drinking alcohol
• Samee Shirazi quit drinking after hitting a "magical hobo" while driving drunk(Tyler's Stereo liner notes).

Relationship with religion

Most practicing Baha'is, Brahmins, Latter-day Saints, Hare Krishnas, Seventh-day Adventists, Sikhs, and Muslims can be considered to be teetotalers as it is a belief of all of their religions. However, there are some exceptions.

Methodists, Quaker and Baptists are often associated with Teetotalism due to their traditionally strong support for temperance movements. This is not a religious requirement, but the tradition is strong enough to make alcohol consumption a controversial issue among some members. Members of the Salvation Army make a promise on joining the movement to have life-long abstinence from alcohol. The Southern Baptist Convention takes a strong stand on temperance [2][3].

Many Protestant churches use grape juice or "unfermented wine" for communion for similar reasons, but only the Methodists and most Conservative Baptists and Independent Baptist Congregations do so as official policy; in other denominations the decision is made by each local congregation. (See Thomas Bramwell Welch.)

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