Vegetarianism has been around since times of ancient Greece and ancient India and has been practised by many all around the world ever since. Here we look at some famous vegetarians in which meat is off the menu.

Animal rights advocate Natalie Portman has been a vegetarian since childhood. She became a vegan in 2009 after reading Safran Foer's Eating Animals, but following her pregnancy in 2011, she went back to vegetarianism.