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A '''Scientologist''' is an adherent of the doctrines and beliefs of ]. Some adherents of the belief system of Scientology practice independently in what is often referred to as ] Scientology. The Church of Scientology organization claims "SCIENTOLOGIST is a collective membership mark indicating membership in a church and church membership services of the affiliated Scientology churches and missions."<ref name="trademarks">{{Cite web |title=Copyright and Trademark Notice |website=scientology.org |url=https://www.scientology.org/tmnotice.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201102433/https://www.scientology.org/tmnotice.html |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |access-date=April 6, 2024}}</ref>
A '''Scientologist''' is a follower of the doctrines and beliefs of ].<ref>{{cite book
| last =Urdang | first =Laurence | coauthors =Anne Ryle, Tanya H. Lee | title =-Ologies & -Isms | publisher =Gale Research Co. | year =1986 | pages =502 | isbn = 0810311968}}</ref> ] writes in ''New Religious Movements: Challenge and Response'' that the ] considers any individual who has taken at least one Scientology course to be a Scientologist.<ref>{{cite book | last =Wilson | first =Bryan R.; Jamie Cresswell (editors) | title =New Religious Movements: Challenge and Response | publisher =Routledge | year =1999 | pages =18 | isbn =0415200504 |quote=Being familiar with the phrase 'Once a Catholic, always a Catholic', we should not be surprised that the Church of Scientology considers all those who have ever done one of their courses to be a Scientologist, and counts them as such even if they have not been in touch with the movement for years - even, presumably, if they are among the movement's most virtiolic opponents. - ]}}</ref> Scientology president ] stated in a videotaped court deposition that membership statistics are based on the sum of all individuals that have ever taken any Scientology course since the organization's foundation in 1954.<ref name="crushingdefeat">{{cite news | last =Ortega | first =Tony | title =Scientology's Crushing Defeat: A previously unpublished saga of an $8 million check | work =] | page =8 | publisher =Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC | date =June 24, 2008 | url =http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-06-24/news/Scientologys-Crushing-Defeat/8 | accessdate = 2008-10-18 |quote=Scientology often claims to have six million members worldwide, a number derided by critics, who put the membership much lower, usually less than 100,000. In a videotaped deposition, Scientology president Heber Jentszch admitted several years ago that the six million number does not represent current membership but the total amount of people who have ever, since the founding in 1954, taken even a single Scientology course.}}</ref> The following is an incomplete list of notable past and present Scientologists.
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Scientologists not in trouble with the ] are considered "in good standing" and are allowed to be on Church of Scientology premises, receive services, and attend events.{{r|hubbard-ethics|page=361}}
==Church officials==
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Tobin | first =Thomas C. | title =The man behind Scientology: David Miscavige, the seldom-seen leader of the church, comes forth in his first newspaper interview to talk of a more peaceful time for Scientology | work =] | date =October 25, 1998 | url =http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/102598/scientologypart1.html | accessdate = 2008-06-23 }}</ref> chairman of the board, ]
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Donahue | first =Ann | title =From Las Vegas lounge singer to Scientology leader | work =] | date = July 19, 1999 }}</ref> president, Church of Scientology International
*], director of external affairs, ],<ref name="morton" /> and director, ]<ref>{{cite news | last =Fisher | first =Marc | title =Church in Cyberspace: Its Sacred Writ Is on the Net. Its Lawyers Are on the Case | work =] | page =C1, C5 | publisher =] | date =August 19, 1995 }}</ref>
*], spokeswoman,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23066394-5001021,00.html|title=Is Scientologist Tom Cruise out of control |work=]|publisher=News Limited|accessdate=2008-06-02|date=January 17, 2008|last=Boshoff|first=Alison}}</ref> director of public affairs for ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com/article/302880|title=German administrative court upholds government's right to observe Church of Scientology|work=]|publisher=www.thestar.com|accessdate=2008-06-02|date=February 12, 2008|last=Eddy|first=Melissa (])}}</ref> and member of ] (OSA)<ref name="dahlburg">{{cite web|url=http://www.rickross.com/reference/scientology/scien199.html|title=Report Urges Dissolution of Scientology Church in France - Europe: Panel calls group a danger to the public and a threat to national security|work=]|publisher=copy of article hosted at www.rickross.com|date=February 29, 2000|last=Dahlburg|first=John-Thor}}</ref>
*],<ref name="strikeback">{{cite journal | last =Hansen | first =Susan | title =Did Scientology Strike Back? | journal =] | date =June 1997 }}</ref> prominent Scientology attorney, previously member of Scientology division the ]<ref name="horne">{{cite journal | last =Horne | first =William W. | title =The Two Faces of Scientology | journal =] | date =July/August 1992|year=1992 }}</ref><ref name="doublecrossed">{{cite news | last =Ortega | first =Tony | title =Double Crossed: The Church of Scientology has a reputation for ruthlessly going after its enemies. Robert Cipriano claims Scientologists rewarded him for helping them do just that. Now he's turned on them. | work =] | date =December 23, 1999 | url =http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1999-12-23/news/double-crossed/full | accessdate = 2009-06-20 }}</ref>
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Rubin | first =Joel | title =District Scrambles to Ensure Human Rights Event Is Religion-Free; Officials were unaware of Scientology's role in the international forum at Jordan High in Watts | work =] | page =B4 | date =October 1, 2005 }}</ref> Human Rights Director, Church of Scientology International
* ],<ref name="morton">{{cite book|last =Morton| first =Andrew| authorlink =Andrew Morton (writer)| title =]| publisher =]| year =2008| location =] | pages =243, 317, 318| isbn =0312359861 }}</ref><ref name="derakhshani">{{cite news | last =Derakhshani | first =Tirdad | title =Cruise camp: sorry about Shields | work =] | date =2006-08-26 }}</ref><ref name="nyp0825">{{cite news | last =Staff | title =Tom 'Incensed' Sumner's Wife | work =] | page =14 | publisher =N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc. | date =2006-08-25 }}</ref> spokesman and director of ] International, Los Angeles
*],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/story/189/story_18985.html|title=Rev. John Carmichael, Church of Scientology, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, silent birth, L. Ron Hubbard|publisher=Beliefnet, Inc.|work=]|accessdate=2008-06-06|date=April 18, 2006|last=Chasan|first=Alice}}</ref> president of the Church of Scientology in New York
*],<ref>{{cite news | last = Staff | title = Dollars and sense: Bloggers take on costs of Scientology | work = ] | date = August 6, 2005 }}</ref> president of Church of Scientology of Los Angeles branch


== Members ==
===Former church officials===
*] (1933-2009), former Scientology spokesman,<ref>{{cite news | last =Lewis | first =Anthony | title =Britain Curbs Activities of Cult of Scientologists; Refuses to Admit Americans Known to Be Followers Minister of Health Declares Group Socially Harmful | work =] | publisher =] | date =August 1, 1968 }}</ref> public relations director of Scientology in England<ref>{{cite book | last =Cooper | first =Paulette | authorlink =Paulette Cooper | title =] | publisher =Tower Publications | year =1971 | pages =}}</ref>
* ] (1911-1986),<ref>{{cite news | coauthors = author = Joel Sappell and Robert W. Welkos | url = http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062490,1,4817487.story | title = The Mind Behind the {{sic|Rel|igon|nolink=1}} | work = Los Angeles Times | date = ] | accessdate = 2008-05-21 }}</ref> founder (deceased 1986)
* ] (1931-2002),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/102598/scientologypart3.html|title=The man behind scientology|last=Tobin|first=Thomas C.|date=1998-10-25|work=] (Florida)|publisher=]|pages=3|accessdate=2008-06-01}}</ref>
* ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/022300/TampaBay/Church_member_s_death.shtml|title=Tampabay: Church member's death now called accident|publisher=www.sptimes.com|work=]|accessdate=2008-06-02|date=February 23, 2000|last=Tobin|first=Thomas C.}}</ref> former president<ref>{{cite book | last =Rathbun | first =Frank H. | coauthors =Rathbun Family Association | title =Rathbun, Rathbone, Rathburn Family Historian | publisher =Rathbun Family Association | year =1989 | pages =32 | id = v.9-v.16 1989-1996 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Tobin | first =Thomas C.|coauthors=Robin Donina Serne | title =The Man Behind Scientology | work =] | publisher =www.sptimes.com | date =October 25, 1998 | url =http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/102598/scientologypart3.html | accessdate = 2008-12-13}}</ref> of the ]
* ], former executive director of ] International (OSA)<ref name="johncook">{{cite news| last =Cook| first =John| title =Scientology - Cult Friction: After an embarrassing string of high-profile defection and leaked videos, Scientology is under attack from a faceless cabal of online activists. Has America's most controversial religion finally met its match?| work =Radar Online| publisher =]| date =March 17, 2008| url =http://radarmagazine.com/from-the-magazine/2008/03/scientology_anonymous_protests_tom_cruise_01.php | accessdate =2008-03-20}}</ref>


Public Scientologists are those individuals who are ''not'' staff. They pay the ] for training or ] services, and live and work independent of the organization.{{r|straus|p=70}} Collectively, non-staff Scientologists may be referred to as "members", the "public", or the "field".{{r|wallis|pages=128,228}}
== Notable Scientologists ==
===A===


Even though public members are not employed by the organization, they are ranked within the entire chain of command and defer to all ], who are seen as their seniors. Members are frequently pressed into service for clerical or promotional tasks or to recruit new members.{{r|wallis|p=180}} Members who recruit people for Scientology services are called "field staff members" (FSM) and are paid a commission of 10%–15% of the amount their recruit pays for a service.{{r|behar}}<ref name=ASHOAudit>{{cite web |url=http://www.scientology-asho.org/AuditingAsACareer.htm |title=Auditing as a Career |publisher=American Saint Hill Organization, Church of Scientology |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818060116/http://www.scientology-asho.org/AuditingAsACareer.htm |archive-date=August 18, 2006}}</ref>{{r|wallis|p=181}}
* ],<ref name="williamshaw" /><ref name="shaviv" /><ref name="InsideStone">{{cite news | first = Janet | last = Reitman | url = http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9363363/inside_scientology | title = Inside Scientology | work = ] | date = ] | accessdate= 2006-06-28}}</ref><ref name="Courting">{{cite news | first=Joel | last=Sappell | coauthors= Welkos, Robert W. | url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062590b,1,279442.story?coll=la-news-comment | title=The Courting of Celebrities| work=] | page=A18:5 | date=1990-06-25 | accessdate=2006-08-06 }}</ref> actress
* ],<ref name="InsideStone" /> actress (mother of Scientology spokesperson ])
* ],<ref name="steveeddy" /><ref>{{cite news | last =Staff | title =Jennifer Aspen and David O'Donnell marry | work =UPI NewsTrack | publisher =] | date =September 3, 2006 }}</ref> actress


The lists below contain names of public Scientologists. For Scientologists who are, or were, on staff, see {{Section link|Scientology officials|List of Scientology officials}}.
===B===
*],<ref>{{cite news | last =Lemire | first =J | title =Teenage Cutie & 'The Beast'. B'Way Star, 39, Hit In Sex Bust | work =] | date =December 6, 2006 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2006/12/06/2006-12-06_teenage_cutie__the_beast_bway_star_39_hi.html|accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref> Broadway actor
* ],<ref name="steveeddy">{{cite news | last =Eddy | first =Steve | title =People - Scientologists throw a 35th-birthday bash | work =] | date =August 10, 2004 }}</ref> actress, raised Scientologist
* ],<ref name="williamshaw" /><ref name="InsideStone" /><ref name ="Leggett" /><ref name="starstuddedsect" /> musician, raised Scientologist
* ],<ref name="steveeddy" /><ref name="Kent">{{cite journal | last = Kent | first = Stephen A. | authorlink = Stephen A. Kent | year = 2001 | month = January | title = The French and German versus American Debate over 'New Religions', Scientology, and Human Rights | journal = Marburg Journal of Religion | volume = 6 | issue = 1 | url = http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/kent2.html | accessdate = 2006-08-06 }}</ref> actress
* ],<ref name="scientollywood" /><ref>{{cite news | last = Hampson | first = Sarah | title = Like a kid in a candy store | pages = R3 | publisher = The Globe and Mail | date = 2006-12-30 | url = http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061230.HAMPSON30/TPStory/Entertainment | accessdate = 2007-01-11 }}</ref> actress
* ],<ref name="mallia1998" /><ref name="Behar">{{cite news | first = Richard | last = Behar | url = http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,972865,00.html?internalid=ACA | title = The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power | work = ] | date = ] | accessdate= 2006-06-27}}</ref> musician and member of ] (R-Palm Springs) (deceased 1998)


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===C===
=== Current ===
* ],<ref name ="Leggett">{{cite news | first = Jonathan | last = Leggett | author = Jonathan Leggett | url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1739025,00.html | title = Cult musicians: Scientology has long been regarded as 'a Hollywood thing', but as Isaac Hayes cooks up a storm and quits his role as South Park's Chef, Jonathan Leggett reveals other musical followers | work = ]| publisher = Guardian Newspapers Limited | date = ] | accessdate = 2008-06-23}}</ref><ref name="Behar"/> voice-over actress
* ],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s917578.htm |title=interview on ABC TV Australia| accessdate= 2006-08-06}}</ref> actress and musician
* ],<ref name="steveeddy" /><ref name="shaviv" /><ref name="InsideStone" /> actress, raised Scientologist
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =] | title =Jeff Conaway Credits Scientology For Rehab Success | work =] | date =February 29, 2008
| url =http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/29/jeff-conaway-credits-scie_n_89257.html | accessdate = 2008-06-25 }}</ref> actor
* ],<ref name="williamshaw" /><ref name="InsideStone" /> musician
* ],<ref name="williamshaw" /><ref name="InsideStone" /> actor
* ],<ref>{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=Blair|title=Garcia: An American Life|publisher=Penguin|year=2000|page=179|pages=520|isbn=9780140291995|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JouSOka9hFEC&pg=PA179&dq=constanten+%2B+scientologist#PPA179,M1}}</ref> former keyboardist for the ]


{{Category see also|Scientologists}}
===D===
* ] (b. 1947) actress (mother of former Scientology spokesperson ]){{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="Weisman" />
* ],<ref name="friedman20070626" /> founder of ]
* ] (b. 1973) actress<ref>{{Cite news| title =Jennifer Aspen and David O'Donnell marry | work =UPI NewsTrack | publisher =United Press International | date =September 3, 2006 | url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2006/09/03/Jennifer-Aspen-and-David-ODonnell-marry/UPI-30021157337010/ | access-date = 22 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.whatisscientology.org/html/Part05/Chp19/pg0321-a.html| title=Scientology Success: Jennifer Aspen| publisher=Church of Scientology International| access-date=August 19, 2008}}</ref>
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =O'Neil | first =Deborah | coauthors =Jeff Harrington
* ] (b. 1966) Broadway actor and singer<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |magazine=Celebrity |publisher=] |issue=360 |pages=8–11 |year=2004 |title=Celebrity Interview with Broadway Star James Barbour}}</ref>
| title = The CEO and his church: Months of interviews and thousands of pages of court papers show the effect that influential church members had on a Clearwater company that was a darling of the dot-com boom | work =] | date =June 2, 2002 | url =http://www.sptimes.com/2002/06/02/news_pf/TampaBay/The_CEO_and_his_churc.shtml | accessdate =2008-06-23 }}</ref> ex-owner of ]
* ] (b. 1983) actress<ref name="rushhour2">{{Cite news|first =Jim|last =Sullivan|title = 'Rush Hour 2' Does Double Time|work = ]|date =August 6, 2001|page=B10}}</ref>
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Smith | first =Stacy Jenel | title =Ask Stacy: Is Law & Order Done, Dish on Alex O'Loughlin, Pam Dawber | work =The National Ledger | date =December 2, 2007 | url =http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=20&num=17502&printer=1 | accessdate = 2008-06-23 }}</ref> actor, raised Scientologist
* ] (b. 1968) actress<ref name="rushhour2" /><ref name="Weisman" /><ref name="Kent">{{Cite journal| last = Kent | first = Stephen A. | author-link = Stephen A. Kent |date=January 2001 | title = The French and German versus American Debate over 'New Religions', Scientology, and Human Rights | journal = Marburg Journal of Religion | volume = 6 | issue = 1 | url = http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/kent2.html | access-date = 6 August 2006 }}</ref><ref>Zokaei, Mayar. - - NYLA Magazine. - Spring 2005</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first = Andrew |last = Gumbel |url = http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=3137&IssueNum=136|title = Scientology vs. Science |work = ]|publisher = Southland Publishing |date = 2006-01-12|access-date = 2006-06-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060427102908/http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=3137&IssueNum=136 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-04-27}}</ref>
* ] (?) attorney who has represented Scientology and worked for some of the church's organizations. Scientologist since 1975<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scientologynews.org/press-releases/meet-a-scientologist-tim-bowles.html |title=Tim Bowles: Idealism in Action |publisher=Church of Scientology |access-date=April 2, 2023 |date=August 4, 2011}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1948) composer<ref>{{cite web|last=Sales|first=Nancy Jo|title=The Golden Suicides|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/suicides200801?printable=true&currentPage=all|work=]|date=January 2008|access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref>{{r|reitman|page=289}}
* Grant Cardone (b. 1958) CEO of Cardone Capital, reached the ] level<ref>{{multiref2 |1={{cite web |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/grant_cardone_t.php |title=Grant Cardone, NatGeo's 'Turnaround King': Doing Scientology's Dirty Work? |date=June 20, 2011 |first=Tony |last=Ortega |author-link=Tony Ortega |publisher=The Village Voice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624035927/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/grant_cardone_t.php |archive-date=June 24, 2011}} |2={{cite web |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/milton_katselas.php |title=Milton Katselas Pleads With Scientology After Grant Cardone's Attack: A Church Jihad? |date=June 24, 2011 |first=Tony |last=Ortega |author-link=Tony Ortega |publisher=The Village Voice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627141939/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/milton_katselas.php |archive-date=June 27, 2011}} |3={{cite web |url=https://thehollywoodsentinel.com/issue20article7.html |title=Grant Cardone - World Financial Leader |first=Bruce |last=Edwin |date=November 2009 |website=The Hollywood Sentinel}}}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1957) voice-over actress, voice of ]<ref name="rushhour2" /><ref name="Weisman" /><!---♦♦♦ not used <ref name="Sappell"/> ♦♦♦---><ref name="Behar"/><ref name="lewisscientology">{{Cite book|title=Scientology|url=https://archive.org/details/scientology00lewi|url-access=limited|last=Lewis|first=James R.|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|year=2009|isbn=978-0-19-533149-3|page=|author-link=James R. Lewis (scholar)}}</ref><ref name="Leggett">{{Cite news| first = Jonathan | last = Leggett | url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1739025,00.html | title = Cult musicians: Scientology has long been regarded as 'a Hollywood thing', but as Isaac Hayes cooks up a storm and quits his role as South Park's Chef, Jonathan Leggett reveals other musical followers | work = ]| publisher = Guardian Newspapers Limited | date = 25 March 2006 | access-date = 23 June 2008 | location=London}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1966) actress and musician;<ref name="meier">{{Cite journal| last =Meier | first = Jurgen | title = Scientology ist weder Kirche noch Sekte!:Scientology, Eine Spatburgerliche Science-Fiction-Ideologie | journal = Utopie | volume = 206 | pages = 1138–1152|date = December 2007| url = http://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/206Meier.pdf| access-date = 8 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="hostofceleb">{{Cite news| last = Betts | first = Marianne | title = Host of celebrities in Scientology's fold | newspaper = ] | location =], Australia | page = 24 | publisher = ] | date = January 10, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s917578.htm | title=interview on ABC TV Australia | website=] | access-date=6 August 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214083951/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s917578.htm | archive-date=2009-12-14 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Lewis">{{Cite book| last = Lewis| first = James R.| title = Scientology | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2009 | location = Oxford, New York| pages= 389, 402, 403 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MtW90YkkB3gC&q=Kate%20Ceberano&pg=PA389| isbn = 978-0-19-533149-3}}</ref> a third-generation-Scientologist; her grandmother worked as a ] for the children of Scientology founder ]<ref name="hostofceleb" />
* ] (b. 1982) actress, raised Scientologist<ref name="shaviv" />{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="rushhour2" /><ref name="Weisman" />
* ] (b. 1951) musician and composer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waller |first=Nicholas |date=2019-07-18 |title=INTERVIEW with bass legend, Stanley Clarke |url=https://www.neweurope.eu/article/interview-with-bass-legend-stanley-clarke/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=New Europe |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ] (?) motorcycle racer<ref>{{cite news |url=http://superbikeschool.com/files/code-rw-interview.pdf |title=14 Questions For A Speed Guru |first=John |last=Ulrich |publisher=Roadracing World & Motorcycle Technology |issue=4 |volume=15 |date=April 2005 |via=] |access-date=January 19, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Superbike Legend Keith Code, Freedom at 160 mph |url=https://www.scientologynews.org/press-releases/meet-a-scientologist-keith-code.html |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Scientology News |language=en}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1944) former keyboardist for the ]<ref>{{Cite book |last= Jackson |first=Blair |title= Garcia: An American Life |publisher= Penguin |year=2000 |page=179; 520 |isbn= 978-0-14-029199-5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JouSOka9hFEC&q=constanten+%2B+scientologist&pg=PA179}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last= Schinder |first= Scott |author2= Schwartz, Andy |title= Icons of Rock | publisher= Greenwood Publishing Group |year= 2008 |location= Westport, CT |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CzWE_J3ZZfoC&q=Tom+Constanten+scientology&pg=PA327 |isbn= 978-0-313-33847-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead |url=https://archive.org/details/longstrangetripi00mcna_0 |url-access=registration |last=McNally |first= Dennis |year=2002 |page= |publisher= Broadway Books |location= New York |isbn=0-7679-1186-5}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1962) actor{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="meier"/><ref name="hostofceleb"/><ref name="Lewis"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=Tom Cruise Says Baby Will Be a Scientologist |work=Starpulse |publisher=Starpulse.com |date=April 14, 2006 |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/04/14/tom_cruise_says_baby_will_be_a_scientolo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613213910/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/04/14/tom_cruise_says_baby_will_be_a_scientolo |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2006 |access-date=26 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last =NY Daily News | title =Marriage Impossible, Tom, Katie Split | newspaper =nydailynews.com | date =June 30, 2012 | url =http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/tom-cruise-katie-holmes-split-couple-divorce-years-marriage-article-1.1104725 | access-date = 30 June 2012 | location=New York}}</ref><ref name="Weisman" />
* ] (b. 1971) founder of ]<ref name="friedman20070626" /><ref>{{Cite book| last = Moschovitis Group| title = The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia | publisher = MTM Publishing, Inc. | year = 2005 | location = Santa Barbara, California| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qi-ItIG6QLwC&q=Sky%20Dayton%20scientology&pg=PA65| isbn = 1-85109-659-0}}</ref><ref name="Weisman" />
* ] (?) founders and owners of ]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scientology.tv/series/meet-a-scientologist/deering-banjo.html |title=Meet a Scientologist : Deering Banjo |date=March 13, 2018 |access-date=March 1, 2023}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1957) actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Off Hollywood - Eddie Deezen |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/qbwkxq/off-hollywood-eddie-deezen |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.vice.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1982) actor, raised Scientologist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.our-home.org/lauriedohring/success.htm| title=Scientology Success - Laurie Dohring| publisher=ourhome.org| access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-20 |title=10 Celebrities Who Were Raised as Scientologists |url=https://bestlifeonline.com/celebrities-raised-scientologists/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Best Life |language=en}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1965) actress<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-08 |title=Celebrating 30 Years of Service to Baton Rouge, Church of Scientology Dedicates New Louisiana Home |url=https://www.scientology.org.uk/scientology-today/press-releases/celebrating-30-years-of-service-to-baton-rouge-church-of-scientology-dedicates.html |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Official Church of Scientology: What is Scientology? |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1944) billionaire investor and CEO<ref>{{Cite news| last = Herper| first = Matthew | title = A Lucky Drug Made Pharmacyclics' Robert Duggan A Billionaire. Will Long-Term Success Follow?| work =] | date =May 16, 2014| url =https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2014/04/16/a-lucky-drug-made-pharmacyclics-robert-duggan-a-billionaire-will-long-term-success-follow/| access-date =30 Mar 2015 }}</ref>
* ] (b. 1969) actor<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elfman |first=Bodhi |date=2017-08-31 |title=My Ph.D. in Hate: Scientologist Bodhi Elfman STANDs Against Bigotry |url=https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/ph-d-hate-scientologist-bodhi-elfman-stands-bigotry/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=World Religion News |language=en-US}}</ref>{{r|reitman|page=266}}
* ] (b. 1971) actress<ref name="shaviv" />{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="barmy" /><ref name="rushhour2" /><ref name="Weisman" />
* ] (b. 1949) writer and director<ref name="friedman20070626">{{Cite news | last =Friedman | first =Roger | title =Tom Cruise Finally Meets His Match | work =] | publisher =Fox News Network | date =June 26, 2007 | url =https://www.foxnews.com/story/tom-cruise-finally-meets-his-match | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080307171748/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286707,00.html?sPage=fnc%2Fentertainment%2Fcruise | url-status=live | archive-date =2008-03-07 | access-date =23 June 2008 }}</ref>
* ] (b. 1966) singer<ref>{{Cite news|first =Mike|last =Rinder|title= Let The Sliming Begin|work =Mike Rinder's Blog|date =July 19, 2013|url =http://www.mikerindersblog.org/let-the-sliming-begin/|access-date =September 27, 2016}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1966) musician and ]<ref name="rushhour2" /><ref name="lewisscientology" /><ref name="Leggett" /><ref name="Weisman" />
* ] (b. 1952) actor<ref name="actualizer">{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Oppenheimer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/magazine/15Katselas-t.html |title=The Actualizer |work=] |date=July 15, 2007 |access-date=January 5, 2011 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104172512/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/magazine/15Katselas-t.html |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |quote= }}</ref>
* ] (b. 1951) musician and film music composer<ref name="richardson19930911">{{Cite news| last =Richardson | first =John M. | title =The Scientology Church of Hollywood | work =] | publisher =Bell Globemedia Publishing | date =September 11, 1993 }}</ref>
* ] (?) founder of ], formerly known as Diskeeper Corporation<ref>{{multiref |1={{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2000/03/scientology-in-the-machine/ |title=Scientology in the Machine |date=March 19, 2000 |magazine=Wired}} |2={{cite web |url=https://craigjensen.com/scientologist/ |title=Craig Jensen : Scientologist |website=craigjensen.com}} |3={{cite web |url=https://hubbardcollege.org/craig-jensen/ |title=Craig Jensen |website=]}} |4={{cite web |url=https://www.davidmiscavige.org/videos/craig-jensen-video-on-david-miscavige.html |title=Craig Jensen, CEO, Software Company |website=davidmiscavige.org}} }}</ref>
* ] (b. 1963) lawyer and business owner<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weill |first=Kelly |date=2016-05-04 |title=Lawsuit: I Was Fired for Not Watching Scientology Videos |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/04/lawsuit-i-was-fired-for-not-watching-scientology-videos |access-date=2023-04-14}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1960) filmmaker, composer and daughter of ]<ref name="Mikics_Kubrick_Yale">{{cite book |last1=Mikics |first1=David |title=Stanley Kubrick : American filmmaker |date=2020 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven, CT |isbn=9780300224405 |page=192 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l97yDwAAQBAJ&dq=vivian+kubrick+scientology&pg=PA192 |access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="McEntee2022">{{cite journal |last1=McEntee |first1=Joy |title=Someone to Care About |journal=Gender, Power, and Identity in the Films of Stanley Kubrick |date=31 August 2022 |pages=276–290 |doi=10.4324/9781003208174-18 |isbn=9781003208174 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003208174-18/someone-care-joy-mcentee}}</ref><ref name="Ronson2010Kubrick">{{cite news |last1=Ronson |first1=Jon |title=After Stanley Kubrick |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/18/stanley-kubrick-christiane |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=the Guardian |date=18 August 2010 |language=en}}</ref>{{r|reitman|page=407}}
* ] (b. 1964) elite gymnast and Olympian <ref>{{cite web |last1=Sappell |first1=Joel |title=Courting of Celebrities |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/la-scientology062590b-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times|date=25 June 1990 }}</ref>
* ] (b. 1988) actress<ref name=VanityFair2015>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/07/scientology-walking-dead |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=July 29, 2015 |title=Walking Dead Star's Father Accuses Scientology of 'Brainwashing' Her in Damning New Interview |access-date=August 14, 2015 |last=Miller |first=Julie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814160615/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/07/scientology-walking-dead |archive-date=August 14, 2015 }}</ref>
* ] (b. 1980) actor<ref name="shaviv">{{Cite news| last =Shaviv | first =Miram A. | title =The Passion of the Cruise | work =] | page =24 | date =June 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name="rushhour2" />
* ] (b. 1976) actor<ref name="shaviv"/><ref name="rushhour2" /><ref name="Weisman" />
* ] (b. 1986) actor<ref name=VanityFair2015 />
* ] (b. 1959) actor and improviser<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meskimen.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/scientology-what-i-like-about-it/|title=Scientology: What I like about it.|date=June 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Tobin |first=Thomas C. |title=Battlefield of dreams: L. Ron Hubbard said he didn't want his science-fiction work to be a press release for the church he founded. Nevertheless, the connections between Battlefield Earth and Scientology are worth noting |work=] |date=May 12, 2000 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/051200/news_pf/Floridian/Battlefield_of_dreams.shtml |access-date=23 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215161422/http://www.sptimes.com/News/051200/news_pf/Floridian/Battlefield_of_dreams.shtml |archive-date=15 December 2008}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1943) opera singer<ref name="thepress">{{Cite news| title =Bart Simpsons's 'Voice' Talks About Belief In Scientology | work =The Press of Atlantic City | page =B5 | date =December 17, 1994 }}</ref>
* ] (b. 1969) actress<ref>{{Cite news| url = http://www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2004/10/12/Culture/Tv.Actress.To.Discuss.Scientology-750298.shtml?norewrite200607051803&sourcedomain=www.dailylobo.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120729173351/http://www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2004/10/12/Culture/Tv.Actress.To.Discuss.Scientology-750298.shtml?norewrite200607051803&sourcedomain=www.dailylobo.com | url-status=dead | archive-date = 29 July 2012 | title = TV actress to discuss scientology | work = Daily Lobo (student newspaper of ]) | date = 12 October 2004 | access-date = 5 July 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Mayor-deflects-chatter-on-social-2540469.php |title=San Francisco / Mayor deflects chatter on social life / He responds to talk about relationship with Scientologist |publisher=] |access-date=2010-03-13|author=Rachel Gordon|date= 2006-03-03}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1982) actress,<ref>{{Cite news| last = Stoller | first = Debbie | title = Moss Appeal | magazine = ] | issue = 55 | pages =55–57 | date = February–March 2009}}</ref><ref name="otherfamousscientologists">{{Cite news | title = Scientology: Origins, celebrities and holdings | work = ] | publisher = www.tampabay.com | date = June 21, 2009 | url = https://www.tampabay.com/news/article1012139.ece | access-date = 2010-06-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100526073416/http://www.tampabay.com/news/article1012139.ece | archive-date = May 26, 2010 | url-status=dead | df = mdy-all }}{{cbignore}}</ref> raised a Scientologist<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shone|first=Tom|date=2016-03-12|title='I don't take acting that seriously. I'm a Valley girl': Elisabeth Moss on life after Mad Men|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/mar/12/elisabeth-moss-interview-mad-men-top-of-the-lake-high-rise-tom-shone|access-date=2020-09-15|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="Weisman" />
* ] (?) ] activist and 2017 recipient of a ] from the ]<ref>{{Cite web |date= June 24, 2015 |archive-date=2021-01-12 |title=Playing the race card on vaccines |url=https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article25368613.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112083127/https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article25368613.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-12 |title=Nation of Islam |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/nation-islam |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 18, 2020 |archive-date=2020-11-30 |title=Nation of Islam Western Regional Leader Tony Muhammad Goes Clear in Scientology – The Scientology Money Project |url=https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2020/03/18/nation-of-islam-western-regional-leader-tony-muhammad-goes-clear-in-scientology/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130110910/https://scientologymoneyproject.com/2020/03/18/nation-of-islam-western-regional-leader-tony-muhammad-goes-clear-in-scientology/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Jeffrey Augustine}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1941) film director and writer<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.whatisscientology.org/html/Part05/Chp19/pg0319.html| title=Scientology Success: Floyd Mutrux| publisher=Church of Scientology International| access-date=September 27, 2016}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1960) actor<ref>{{Cite news|last=Christian |first=Margena A. |title=Where is ... the cast of 'What's Happening'? |work=Jet |publisher=Johnson Publishing Co.; Gale, Cengage Learning |date=October 15, 2007 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_15_112/ai_n27413154 |access-date=29 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220171040/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_15_112/ai_n27413154 |archive-date=20 February 2009}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1973) actress<ref name="meier" />
* ] (b. 1958) actress<ref name="richardson19930911" /><ref>{{Cite news| last =Mouland | first =Bill | title =Good night? Not quite | work =] | page =56 | publisher =Nationwide News Pty Limited | date =July 21, 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last =Brown|first =Annie|title =happily ever after?| work =]| publisher =Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail Ltd| date =October 30, 1999}}</ref>
* ] (?) former management consultant (trainer) who taught Hubbard administrative techniques to executives and managers<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/other/news/article/20181220/couple-deny-link-with-scientology/ |title=Couple deny link with Scientology |date=December 20, 2018 |first=Jonathan |last=Bell |website=] |access-date=April 17, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Evans |title=Scientology Inc. |url=https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/scientology-inc/8220/ |newspaper=] |date=August 23, 2001 |access-date=April 17, 2023}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1976) actor<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scientologynews.org/press-releases/celebrity-centre-international-43rd-anniversary.html|title=Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International Celebrates 43rd Anniversary|publisher=Scientology Newsroom|date=August 25, 2012|access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Leigh |first=Danny |date=2016-10-06 |title=Michael Peña: 'Scientology made me a better actor' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/06/michael-pena-war-on-everyone-scientology-interview |access-date=2023-03-26 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1951) singer, songwriter, composer<ref>{{cite web|title =Successes of Scientology| url= http://www.whatisscientology.org/html/Part05/Chp19/pg0324.html|publisher = Church of Scientology International|access-date =November 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spot.ph/entertainment/entertainment-peopleparties/52914/david-pomeranz-as-long-as-you-love-me|title=David Pomeranz: As Long As You Love Me|publisher=]|date=February 20, 2013|access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1947) actress<ref name="richardson19930911" />
* ] (b. 1986) actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thursday Funnies |url=https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-307/ |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=www.mikerindersblog.org}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1979) actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Church of Scientology Mission Opens Doors to New Home in Los Feliz |url=https://news.cision.com/church-of-scientology-international/r/church-of-scientology-mission-opens-doors-to-new-home-in-los-feliz,c9457275 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=News Powered by Cision |language=en}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1974) actor, raised Scientologist<ref name="barmy" /><ref name="starstuddedsect" />
* ] (b. 1974) actress, raised Scientologist<ref name="starstuddedsect" />
* ] (b. 1947) actor<ref name="richardson19930911" />
* ] (b. 1967) actress<ref>{{Cite news| last =Cohen | first =David | title =Tom's Alien Target | work =] | date =October 23, 2006 }}</ref><ref name="didcock">{{Cite news| last =Didcock | first =Barry | title =Hubbard Love Cover Story: Inside the Church of Scientology Barry Didcock puts his scepticism aside and goes in search of the truth behind one of the world's most controversial religions | work =] | date =February 18, 2007 }}</ref>
* ] (b. 1953) rock bassist<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/billy-sheehan-the-role-scientology-has-played-in-my-life-has-been-vital |title= Billy Sheehan: 'The Role Scientology Has Played In My Life Has Been Vital'|website=] |date= February 19, 2008 |access-date= November 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/billy-sheehan-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/ |author=Graham Hartmann |title=Billy Sheehan Plays 'Misplaced Pages: Fact or Fiction?' |work=]|date=October 14, 2015|access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1968) actress<ref>{{Cite news|first =Mike|last =Rinder|title= Voldemort 19 July|work =Mike Rinder's Blog|date =July 20, 2013|url =http://www.mikerindersblog.org/voldemort-19-july/|access-date =September 27, 2016}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1976) actor<ref name="oppenheimer">{{Cite news| last =Oppenheimer | first =Mark | title =Friends, thetans, countrymen | work =] | date =September 9, 2007 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3667812/Friends-thetans-countrymen.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3667812/Friends-thetans-countrymen.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1954) actor<ref name="shaviv" />{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="Weisman" />
* ] (b. 1954) television show host,<ref name="shaviv" /><ref name="Kent"/><ref name="Weisman" /><ref name="starstuddedsect">{{Cite news|title=Scientology: A Star-Studded Sect – Scientology has a large following from many celebrities. |work=] |publisher=] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=1882601&contentIndex=1&start=false&page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220195432/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=1882601&contentIndex=1&start=false&page=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 February 2009 |access-date=23 June 2008}}</ref><ref name="otherfamousscientologists" /> her husband, a lawyer, is a fellow practitioner of Scientology,<ref name="starstuddedsect" /> she told '']'' magazine, "I am a strong advocate of their ethics."<ref name="starstuddedsect" />
* ] (b. 1986) singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scientologynews.org/press-releases/the-magic-of-scientologist-and-singer-songwriter-joy-villa.html|title=The Magic of Scientologist and Singer-Songwriter Joy Villa|publisher=Church of Scientology|date=October 8, 2016|access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1946) musician<ref name="richardlei">{{Cite news| last =Leiby | first =Richard | title =The Life & Death of a Scientologist&nbsp;– After 13 Years and Thousands Of Dollars, Lisa McPherson Finally Went 'Clear.' Then She Went Insane | newspaper =] | page =F1 | date =December 6, 1998|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-701922.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924195733/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-701922.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref>{{r|reitman|page=263}}
* ] (b. 1950) rock drummer, part of ]'s backing band ]<ref>{{cite book |title=Spider from Mars: My Life with David Bowie |date=2016 |publisher=Sidgwick and Jackson |page=202}}</ref>
* ] (b. 1986) musician, former contestant on ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clearwater-raised Juliet Simms just might win NBC's blockbuster singing competition, The Voice |url=https://www.tampabay.com/content/clearwater-raised-juliet-simms-just-might-win-nbcs-blockbuster-singing-competition-voice/2099125/?outputType=amp |access-date=2024-02-11 |website= tampabay.com}}</ref>


===E=== === Deceased ===
'' This table includes members who were still Scientologists in the Church of Scientology at the time of their death.''
* ],<ref>{{cite news |title=Opposite Daffy - Jenna Elfman Ducks the Notion of Easy Laughs |work=] |date=November 21, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Laufenberg |first=Norbert B. |title=Entertainment Celebrities |publisher=Trafford Publishing |year=2005 |pages=206 |isbn=1412053358}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Comedy and Clout Define Actress' New Life |work=] |date=February 27, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Strauss |first=Gary |title =Stars unleash their passion: What happens when a Hollywood star spouts off about religion? |work=] |publisher=Gannett Co. Inc. |date=July 4, 2005 |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-07-04-celebs-religion_x.htm |accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> actor
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* ],<ref name="williamshaw" /><ref name="shaviv" /><ref name="InsideStone" /> actress
* ] (1951–2022) actress<ref name="shaviv" />{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="Courting">{{Cite news| first=Joel | last=Sappell |author2=Welkos, Robert W. | url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-scientology062590b-story.html | title=The Courting of Celebrities| work=] | page=A18:5 | date=25 June 1990 | access-date=6 August 2006 }}</ref><ref name="barmy">{{Cite news|last =Shaw|first =William|title = The science of celebrity religion to Non-believers, it seems Barmy. etc.| work =]| publisher = Telegraph Group Limited, London| page =O20| date =February 17, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Weisman" /><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Medina |first1=Eduardo |last2=Rubin |first2=April |last3=Genzlinger |first3=Neil |date=2022-12-06 |title=Kirstie Alley, Emmy-Winning 'Cheers' Actress, Dies at 71 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/arts/television/kirstie-alley-dead.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* ],<ref name="friedman20070626">{{cite news | last =Friedman | first =Roger | title =Tom Cruise Finally Meets His Match | work =] | publisher =FOX News Network, LLC | date =June 26, 2007 | url =http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286707,00.html?sPage=fnc/entertainment/cruise | accessdate = 2008-06-23 }}</ref> writer and director
* ] (1939–2013) actress<ref name="Nonno">{{cite news|last1= laRo | first1 = Joel |author2=Welkos, Robert W. | title = The Scientology Story | page = 46 | newspaper = Los Angeles Times (24–29 June 1990)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last = Hampson | first = Sarah | title = Like a kid in a candy store | pages = R3 | newspaper = The Globe and Mail | date = 30 December 2006 | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061230.HAMPSON30/TPStory/Entertainment | access-date = 11 January 2007 | location=Toronto}}{{dead link|date=December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last = Misztal| first = Bronislaw|author2=Shupe, Anson D. | title = Religion and politics in comparative perspective: revival of religions | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group | year = 1992| location = Westport, CT| page= 37 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GY4xTu5RKmYC&q=karen+black+scientology&pg=PA28| isbn = 0-275-94218-X}}</ref>
* ] (1935–1998) entertainer and ] (19R-CA 44th),<ref name="Behar">{{Cite magazine| first = Richard | last = Behar | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972865,00.html?internalid=ACA | title = The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power | magazine = ] | date = 6 May 1991 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100811045739/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972865,00.html?internalid=ACA | access-date= 27 June 2006| url-status = dead | archive-date = 2010-08-11 }}</ref> identified as a Scientologist by his ex-wife, she stated that "Sonny did try to break away at one point, and they made it very difficult for him". The church has denied any estrangement with Bono.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/clinton071599.htm|title=Bono Not Receptive to Scientologists|date=July 15, 1999|access-date=July 21, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Proud Mary Bono |work=] |first=Ann| last=Bardach |date=August 1999}}</ref>
* ] (1931–1977) actor, rose to ], utilized Scientology techniques while filming a movie in ]<ref name="malko">{{Cite book| last =Malko | first =George | title =Scientology: The Now Religion | publisher =Delacorte Press | year =1970 | pages =–7| title-link =Scientology: The Now Religion }}</ref>
* ] (1941–2021) musician{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="barmy" /><ref name="rushhour2" /><ref name="meier"/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shteamer |first=Hank |date=2021-02-11 |title=Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chick-corea-obit-1127283/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ] (1957–2023) ex-owner of ] and father of ]<ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Neil |first=Deborah |author2=Jeff Harrington |title=The CEO and his church: Months of interviews and thousands of pages of court papers show the effect that influential church members had on a Clearwater company that was a darling of the dot-com boom |work=] |date=June 2, 2002 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/06/02/news_pf/TampaBay/The_CEO_and_his_churc.shtml |access-date=23 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210034937/http://www.sptimes.com/2002/06/02/news_pf/TampaBay/The_CEO_and_his_churc.shtml |archive-date=10 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Doug Dohring - In Memoriam |url=https://www.ageoflearning.com/leadership/doug-dohring/ |publisher=Age of Learning |access-date=10 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210230110/https://www.ageoflearning.com/leadership/doug-dohring/ |archive-date=10 February 2024 |date=10 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ortega |first1=Tony |authorlink1=Tony Ortega |title=Doug Dohring, 'ABC Mouse' honcho: Scientology loses another major whale |url=https://tonyortega.substack.com/p/doug-dohring-abc-mouse-honcho-scientology |access-date=10 February 2024 |work=The Underground Bunker |date=14 September 2023 |via=Substack |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929193415/https://tonyortega.substack.com/p/doug-dohring-abc-mouse-honcho-scientology |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ] (1989–2014) columnist, television personality, and model.<ref name="Weisman">{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-scientology-2015-3?r=US&IR=T|title=19 famous Church of Scientology members|last=Weisman|first=Aly|date=27 October 2015|work=]|accessdate=14 April 2021}}</ref>
* ] (1942–2008) musician and actor{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="lewisscientology" />
* ] (1944–1994) musician<ref name="Corydon">{{Cite book| last = Corydon | first = Bent |author2=L. Ron Hubbard Jr. |author-link2=Ronald DeWolf | year = 1987 | title = L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman? | publisher = Lyle Stuart | location = Secaucus, New Jersey | isbn = 0-8184-0444-2|page=385| title-link = L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?}}</ref>
* ] (1933–2008) acting teacher{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="actualizer" />
* ] (1935–2015) actor<ref name=redwoodlewis>{{Cite news| first = Paul | last = Freeman | title = Juliette Lewis gets her kicks with Licks: Actress turned rock star is loving her | work = Redwood City Daily News | date = 30 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| last =Meyer | first =Carla | title =Juliette Lewis Is All Grown Up: Actress moves beyond her intense, troubled image | work =] | publisher =Hearst Communications | date =September 3, 2000 | url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2000/09/03/PK78825.DTL | access-date = 23 June 2008}}</ref>
* ] (1966–1990) Scientologist whose suicide was the focus of the '']'' magazine article "]"<ref name="thrivingcult">{{Cite news| last =Behar | first =Richard | author-link = Richard Behar | title =The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power | work = ] | publisher = Time Inc | date = May 6, 1991 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972865,00.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100421124449/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972865,00.html | access-date = 2010-05-27 | url-status =dead | archive-date =2010-04-21 }}</ref><ref name="survey">, Edward Lottick, '']'', Volume 10, Number 3, 1993.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Behar |first1=Richard |last2=Burton|first2=Thomas M. |title= A Dangerous Cult Goes Mainstream |work= ] |date= October 1991 |pages=87–92 |url=http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/dancult.htm |type=reprint |via=skeptictank.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608084455/http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/dancult.htm |archive-date=June 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>, ], published February 8, 1998</ref><ref name="lottick">, 92 Civ. 3024 (PKL), Opinion and Order, Court TV library Web site., retrieved 1/10/06.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A18489022/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=075e4367 |title=Judge Dismisses Church of Scientology's $416 Million Lawsuit Against Time Magazine |work=] |date=July 16, 1996 |first=Robert |last=Pondiscio}}</ref>
* ] (1959–1995) woman whose death has been a source of ] for the church<ref name="richardlei" /><ref>{{cite news| first = Lucy | last = Morgan | title = McPherson's death incites Web protests | url = http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/111498/McPherson_s_death_inc.html | work= ] | date = 14 November 1998 | access-date = 23 June 2008 }}</ref>
* ] (1962–2003) actor<ref>{{Cite news| last =Morales | first =Magaly (Tribune Media Services) | title =Busy, popular actor Eduardo Palomo gone too soon | work =] | page =7 | date =November 23, 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| last =Aguila | first =Justino | title =Actor Eduardo Palomo mourned: The popular leading man in Mexican television and movies died suddenly at 41 | work =] | date =November 11, 2003 }}</ref>
* ] (1949–2003) businesswoman;<ref name="buffmetro">{{Cite news|last = Gramigna|first = Glenn|title = Ex-hippie turns successful businesswoman|work = Metro Community News|location=]|year = 1995|url = https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/JeremyPerkins/Articles/metro-community-news-1995.html|access-date = 2007-03-23}}</ref> who was murdered by her son who suffered from an untreated ]<ref name="48hrs">{{Cite news|last = |title = Scientology - A Question of Faith: Did A Mother's Faith Contribute To Her Murder?|work = ]| pages = 1–9|publisher =]|date = 2006-10-28|url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientology-a-question-of-faith/|access-date = 2010-05-27}}</ref><ref name="nypost">{{Cite news|last = Stasi|first = Linda|title = Scientology Schizo: His Mom's Religion Said, No Meds. That Edict May Have Cost Her Life|work = ]|date = October 27, 2006}}</ref><ref name="msnbcad">{{Cite news|last=Walls |first=Jeannette |title=Scientology foes blast Cruise in ad |work=Today.com |publisher=] |date=March 29, 2006 |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/scientology-foes-blast-cruise-ad-wbna11878503 |access-date=2007-03-23}}</ref><ref name="publiceye">{{Cite news|last = Montopoli|first = Brian|title = '48 Hours' Questions Role Of Scientology In Murder, Scientologists Question CBS Ethics|work = PublicEye|publisher = ]|date = November 2, 2006| url = https://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/11/02/publiceye/entry2144647.shtml|access-date = 2007-03-23}}</ref>
* ] (1962–2020) actress<ref name="shaviv" /><ref name="barmy" /><ref name="Weisman" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN1636166120080516|title=Kelly Preston fired up for HBO suburban satire|work=]|publisher=reuters.com|date=March 16, 2008|access-date=2 June 2008|agency=Reuters/Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref> ]</ref>
* ] (1987–2006) actor<ref>{{Cite news| last =Rush | first =George |author2=Joanna Molloy |author3=Kasia Anderson |author4=Suzanne Rozdeba | title =Scientology turns 33 | work =]| page =20 | publisher =Daily News, L.P. | date =July 31, 2002 }}</ref>
* ] (1938–1997) ] who fought legal proceedings to have Scientology recognised in ] as a church<ref>{{Cite news |date=1969-01-07 |title=Cult claims to be church |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107071763 |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Age - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19690806&id=0ksQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2201,941328&hl=en |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=news.google.com}}</ref>


== Former members ==
===F===
*],<ref name ="Leggett" /> musician and actor


{{Category see also|Former Scientologists}}
===G===
''This table represents individuals who were previously Scientologists, but who have since left the Church of Scientology.''
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Haug | first =Jim | title =Race car 'logical' step for Scientology | work =] | page =01A | publisher =The News-Journal Corporation | date =June 8, 2006 }}</ref> car and motorcycle race driver.
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! width="100" | Name
! width="75" | Lifetime
! width="50" | Left
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Larry|Anderson|Larry Anderson (actor)}}
| 1952–
| 2009
|Actor, star of '']'', left the church in 2009 and requested his money back.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Childs | first = Joe | author2 = Thomas C. Tobin | title = He wants his money back from Church of Scientology | newspaper = ] | date = January 24, 2010 | url = http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1067720.ece | access-date = 2010-06-06 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100616194124/http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1067720.ece | archive-date = June 16, 2010 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Gerry|Armstrong|Gerry Armstrong (activist)}}
| 1946–
| 1981
| Former ] member for ten years and involved in a series of Scientology related lawsuits, collectively ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Church of Scientology v. Armstrong, 232 Cal.App.3d 1060, 283 Cal. Rptr. 917 (Cal. Ct. App. 1991) |date=July 29, 1991 |url=https://casetext.com/case/church-of-scientology-v-armstrong |quote=In December 1981, Armstrong and his wife left the Church... |via=casetext.com}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Jon|Atack}}
| 1955–
| 1983
| ] and noted critic of the church.<ref name="CBS News"/>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Allen|Barton}}
| 1968–
| 2000
| Playwright and acting teacher who would later become an outspoken critic of the church.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Allen Barton on "Disconnection" – interview for Stage Raw – Los Angeles theater review – ArtsBeatLA |url=https://www.artsbeatla.com/2015/01/allen-barton/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Jason|Beghe}}
| 1960–
| 2007
| Actor, rose to ] level V (OT V), left Scientology and subsequently spoke out publicly against the church in 2008.<ref>{{cite web| last =Bunker |first=Mark | author-link=Mark Bunker | title =Jason Beghe Interview | work =The Wog Blog from Xenu TV | date =April 21, 2008 | url =http://xenutv.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/jason-beghe-interview/ | access-date =26 September 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Roger | last = Friedman | title = Star Exits Scientology | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351287,00.html | work = ] | publisher = ] | date = 14 April 2008 | access-date = 15 April 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081103030519/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351287,00.html | archive-date = 2008-11-03 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He joined the church through ]' acting class, connecting with ] and Mary Thompson.<ref name="Scientology in Popular Culture">{{cite book |last1=Kent |first1=Stephen A. |title=Scientology in Popular Culture |chapter=Scientology's Celebrity Apostates |editor-last=Kent |editor-first=Stephen A. |editor2-last=Raine |editor2-first=Susan}}</ref>{{r|reitman|page=266-267}}
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Cedric|Bixler-Zavala}}
| 1974–
| 2017
| Musician.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/01/23/at-the-drive-in-the-mars-voltas-cedric-bixler-zavala-alleges-family-dog-was-poisoned-and-killed-by-scientologists/ |title=At the Drive-In / The Mars Volta's Cedric Bixler-Zavala Alleges Family Dog Was Poisoned and Killed by Scientologists |first=Vince |last=Neilstein |date=January 23, 2020 |website=] |quote=Cedric and his wife, Chrissie Carnell, were members of the Church of Scientology, Chrissie since the late ’90s and Cedric for a brief period in the mid-2010s.}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Nazanin|Boniadi}}
| 1980–
|
| Actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/new-homeland-star-nazanin-boniadi-vetted-by-scientologists-to-become-tom-cruises-wife-8869144.html|title=New Homeland star Nazanin Boniadi 'vetted by Scientologists to become Tom Cruise's wife'|work=The Independent|date=14 October 2013|access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> her mother was a Scientologist.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ball |first1=Sarah |title=Scientology, Katie Holmes, and Tom Cruise: Who Is Nazanin Boniadi? |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2012/09/tom-cruise-scientology-nazanin-boniadi |access-date=14 June 2022 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=1 September 2012}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Kate|Bornstein}}
| 1948–
| 1981
| ] author, playwright, performance artist and gender theorist. Was previously a spokesperson for Scientology.<ref>{{Cite news| last =Bell | first =Shannon | title =Kate Bornstein: A Transgender Transsexual Postmodern Tiresias | work =CTheory | page =a019 | date =October 20, 1994 | url =http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=61 | access-date = 26 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216235804/http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=61 |archive-date=February 16, 2013}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|John|Brodie}}
| 1935–
|
| ] player;<ref name="Courting"/><ref>{{Cite news| last =Murphy | first =Brian | title =Profile: John Brodie&nbsp;– Spirited comeback - 49er legend relentlessly positive after stroke | work =] | page =B1 | publisher =The Chronicle Publishing | date =January 4, 2004}}</ref> credited ''Dianetics'' with his recovery from a sports injury; left after some of his friends "were expelled and harassed during a power struggle with church management"<ref name="Courting"/>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Stacy|Brooks}}
| 1952–
| 1989
| Former managing editor of ] magazine and a Scientologist for over twenty years. She has since become president of the ] and an expert witness in many high-profile Scientology lawsuits.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-01-01 |title=Meet Stacy Brooks |url=http://lisatrust.bogie.nl/stories/activists/meetstacy.htm |access-date=2023-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101023851/http://lisatrust.bogie.nl/stories/activists/meetstacy.htm |archive-date=January 1, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scientology had woman in isolation |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/02/21/scientology-had-woman-in-isolation/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/freedommagdecember1985 |title=Masthead of Freedom Magazine |magazine=] |publisher=]|page=3 |access-date=June 23, 2023}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|William S.|Burroughs}}
| 1914–1997
| 1960s
| Author and poet. Joined and left the church during the 1960s.<ref>Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult'</ref> In talking about the experience, he claimed that the techniques and philosophy of Scientology helped him and that he felt that further study into Scientology would produce great results. He was skeptical of the church itself, and felt that it fostered an environment that did not accept critical discussion.<ref>, ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Mar 6, 1970.</ref> His subsequent critical writings about the church and his review of '']'' by Robert Kaufman led to a battle of letters between Burroughs and Scientology supporters in the pages of '']'' magazine. He wrote the book '']''.<ref name="bielski">{{Cite news| last = Bielski | first = Zosia | title = Seizure killed Travolta's son, death certificate says;Body showed no sign of head trauma, undertaker says; case puts parents' religion under scrutiny | newspaper = ] | page = A3; Section: Celebrity Central; Subsections: "Members", "Ex–Members" | date = January 6, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last =Upton | first =Charles | title =Cracks in the Great Wall: UFOs and Traditional Metaphysics | publisher =Sophia Perennis | year =2005 | page =7 | isbn =1-59731-024-7 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Diana|Canova}}
| 1953–
| 1993
|Actress;<ref>{{Cite news| last =Richardson | first =John H. | title =Catch a Rising Star: Scientology's membership boasts some of Hollywood's top talent, despite the most sinister reputation of any modern religion | work =Premiere | publisher =johnhrichardson.com | date =September 1, 1993 | url =http://johnhrichardson.com/html/catch_a_rising_star.html | access-date = 26 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080520014101/http://www.johnhrichardson.com/html/catch_a_rising_star.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 20 May 2008}}</ref> critical of Scientology's "straightforward" desire for money.<ref name="churchhollywood">{{Cite news|last =Richardson| first =John|title =The Scientology church of Hollywood| work =]| page =D5|publisher =Thomas Canada Limited| date =September 11, 1993}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last= Richardson|first=John H.|title=The poorer and famous Hollywood Scientologists|work=Premiere|date=September 1993}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Tory|Christman}}
| 1947–
| 2000
| Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.<ref name="CBS News">{{Cite news| title =Scientologist Views On Medicine Questioned | work =The Early Show | date =January 9, 2009 | url =https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientologist-views-on-medicine-questioned/ | access-date =12 January 2009}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Robert|DeGrimston}}
| 1935–
|
| With wife, Marry Anne DeGrimston, founder of ].<ref name="bugliosi" /><ref>{{cite web| url = http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Process.html | title = The Process | work = Religious Movements | author= Kathryn L. Duvall |publisher = University of Virginia | access-date = 15 July 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061107190447/http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Process.html | archive-date = 7 November 2006}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Richard|de Mille}}
| 1922–2009
| 1954
| Author and journalist; at one point a personal assistant to ].{{r|reitman|page=37}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Russell|title=Bare-faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lppNAAAACAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Sphere Books|isbn=978-0-7474-0332-6|page=37}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|John|Duignan|The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology}}
| 1963–
|
| ] and noted critic of the church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/John-Duignan/e/B0028OEMLY/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1|title=Amazon.com: John Duignan: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Dennis|Erlich}}
| 19xx–
| 1982
| Former high-ranking official in the church and later critic of Scientology who joined the ] discussion group on ] in late July 1994.<ref name="alt.scientology.war">{{cite magazine |url = https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.12/alt.scientology.war.html |title = alt.scientology.war |last = Grossman |first = Wendy M. |author-link = Wendy M. Grossman |date=December 1, 1995 |magazine = ] }}</ref>{{r|rinder|page=153}}
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Michael|Fairman}}
| 1934–
| 2011
| Actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-07 |title=Michael Fairman, Familiar TV and Film Actor, Makes Public His Expulsion from Scientology - New York News - Runnin' Scared |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/04/michael_fairman.php |access-date=2023-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207130337/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/04/michael_fairman.php |archive-date=December 7, 2011 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Neil|Gaiman}}
| 1960–
|
| Novelist, graphic novelist, and screenwriter. Son of ], raised Scientologist in ]. Has left the church, although prefers not to speak publicly about it.<ref>{{Cite news | last =Ortega |first= Tony |author-link=Tony Ortega (journalist) | title =Neil Gaiman, 7, Interviewed About Scientology by the BBC in 1968 | work =The Village Voice | date =July 22, 2012 | url =http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/07/scientology_neil_gaiman_bbc_1968.php | access-date =6 February 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130128123852/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/07/scientology_neil_gaiman_bbc_1968.php | archive-date =28 January 2013 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Philip|Gale}}
| 1978–1998
|
| ] student and primary developer of ]'s innovative ] software; died by ] in 1998.<ref>{{Cite news| last = Ebner | first=Mark | author-link= Mark Ebner | title =Death of a 'Nethead' | work =Hollywood, Interrupted | date =March 19, 2006 | url =https://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/single-post/2017/09/04/death-of-a-nethead | access-date = 26 September 2008 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Paul|Haggis}}
| 1953–
| 2009
| ], ] winner; Left in response to the San Diego branch's public support of ] and other factors.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ortega |first=Tony |title='Crash' Director Paul Haggis Ditches Scientology |work=Runnin' Scared |publisher=] |date=October 25, 2009 |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/10/crash_director.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027221550/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/10/crash_director.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 October 2009 |access-date=25 October 2009}}</ref> He progressed up to OT VII in the 1980s where he remained until he left the church.<ref name="Scientology in Popular Culture"/>
|- valign="top"
|{{sortname|Beck|Hansen}}
| 1970–
| 2019
|Musician who promoted Scientology as a member for many years.{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="Weisman" /><ref name="lewisscientology" /><ref name="Leggett" /><ref name="starstuddedsect" /> Stated in a 2019 interview that he is not a Scientologist and that he doesn't "have any connection or affiliation with it".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/workaholic-beck-i-feel-a-little-guilty-if-something-s-too-easy-20191118-p53bnh.html|title='I think there's a misconception': musician Beck on Scientology|last=Stafford|first=Andrew|date=2019-11-21|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Marc|Headley}}
| 1974–
| 2005
| ] and critic of the church.<ref name="CBS News"/>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Katie|Holmes}}
| 1978–
| 2012
| Actress and formerly married to Scientologist ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-02 |title=Katie's Cruise kidnap fear as 'Scientology' goons eye building |url=https://nypost.com/2012/07/02/katies-cruise-kidnap-fear-as-scientology-goons-eye-building/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Jim|Humble}}
| 1933–
| 1981
|Self-published author and founder of the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/parents-making-children-drink-bleach-160057178.html|title=Parents Are Making Their Children Drink Bleach to 'Cure' Them of Autism|date=28 January 2018|publisher=Newsweek/Yahoo News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc7.com/1578279/|title='Church of Bleach': ABC News confronts founder of Genesis II Church|first1=David|last1=Ono|first2=Lisa|last2=Bartley|date=October 29, 2016|website=ABC7 Los Angeles}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Robert|Hunter|Robert Hunter (lyricist)}}
| 1941–2019
| 1999
| Lyricist for the ].<ref>{{Cite book | last = Jackson | first = Blair | year = 1999 | title = Garcia: An American Life | publisher = Viking Adult | pages = | isbn = 0-670-88660-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/garcia00blai/page/62 }}</ref>
|-
|]
|1962
|2003
|Actor, Singer and Dramatist. Author of in German and in English<ref>{{Cite book |last=Janicello |first=Mark |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naked-Spotlight-Life-Singing-Scientology/dp/1520305079 |title=Naked in the Spotlight: My Life with Sex, Singing and Scientology |date=2017-01-14 |publisher=Independently published |isbn=978-1-5203-0507-3 |language=English}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Nicole|Kidman|Nicole Kidman}}
| 1967–
| 1992
|Actress; ]'s ex-wife<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scientology's Seduction of Tom Cruise, Role in Nicole Kidman Split Detailed |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/how-scientology-seduced-tom-cruise-409686/ |first=Lawrence |last=Wright |date=January 9, 2013 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |quote=Cruise and wife Nicole Kidman drifted away from the Church ... Miscavige — Scientology's de facto head since Hubbard's death — blamed the actor's wife, Nicole Kidman, and viewed her as a gold digger who was faking Scientology. ... reported to a large conference room and right away noticed Kidman, who was also receiving auditing.}}</ref>
|- valign="top"¨
| {{sortname|Jason|Lee|Jason Lee (actor)}}
| 1970–
| 2016
|Actor<ref name="Weisman" /><ref>{{Cite news| last =Button | first =Sara | title =Checking In With Jason Lee | publisher =The Dentonite | date =September 16, 2016 |access-date =September 17, 2016 | url=http://www.thedentonite.com/blog/jason-lee-denton-texas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/news/198500_jason_lee_reveals_he_left_the_church_of_scientology|title=Jason Lee Reveals He Left the Church of Scientology|website=Entertainment Tonight}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Bakare |first1=Lanre |last2=@lanre_bakare |date=2021-02-01 |title='I document America's strange beauty': the photography of My Name Is Earl's Jason Lee |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/01/jason-lee-america-photography-my-name-is-earl-strange-beauty-gold-dust-rush |access-date=2023-03-26 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Arnie|Lerma}}
| 1950–2018
| 1977
| Son of a high-ranking member. Critic of Scientology who posted the ], including the ] story, to the Internet via the ] newsgroup ].<ref name="alt.scientology.war"/>{{r|rinder|page=153}}
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Johnny|Lewis|Johnny Lewis}}
| 1983–2012
|
| Actor<ref>{{Cite news| last =Risling | first =Greg | title =Warning signs seen before actor's violent end | publisher =The Associated Press | date =September 28, 2012 |access-date =July 10, 2019 | url=https://news.yahoo.com/warning-signs-seen-actors-violent-end-071207488.html}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Juliette|Lewis}}
| 1973–
| 2021
| Actress<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ryzik |first=Melena |date=2021-12-27 |title=Juliette Lewis, an 'Imagination Freak Fairy,' Knows Her Worth |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/arts/television/yellowjackets-juliette-lewis.html |access-date=2022-10-20 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Heller |first=Karen |date=March 25, 2023 |title=Is there anyone more captivating than Juliette Lewis? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/03/25/juliette-lewis-yellowjackets-natalie/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Charles|Manson}}
| 1934–2017
|
| Identified as a Scientologist during his time in prison.<ref name="hostofceleb" /><ref name="bugliosi">{{Cite book| last =Bugliosi | first =Vincent | author-link =Vincent Bugliosi |author2=Curt Gentry | title =Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders | publisher =W. W. Norton & Company | year =2001 | pages =144, 200–202, 225, 300–301, 316, 318, 608, 610–611 | isbn =0-393-32223-8| author2-link =Curt Gentry | title-link =Helter Skelter (book) }}</ref><ref name="mallia1998">{{Cite news| last =Mallia | first =Joseph | title = Inside the Church of Scientology&nbsp;– Church wields celebrity clout | work =] | page =30 | date =March 5, 1998 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| first =Steven V. | last = Roberts | title = Charlie Manson, Nomadic Guru, Flirted With Crime in a Turbulent Childhood | work = ] | page = 84 | date = 7 December 1969 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Goodsell |first=Greg |title=Manson once proclaimed Scientology |work=Catholic Online |publisher=www.catholic.org |date=February 23, 2010 |url=http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=35505 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227053826/http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=35505 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 27, 2010 |access-date=2010-02-24}}</ref> He ordered Manson Family member Bruce Davis to journey to the United Kingdom and work for the Scientology organization in ].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Timeline: From East Tennessee to California prison |work=] |publisher=Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group; The E.W. Scripps Co. |date=June 6, 2010 |url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jun/06/from-east-tennessee-to-california-prison/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607123842/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jun/06/from-east-tennessee-to-california-prison/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 7, 2010 |access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref> Manson completed 150 hours of auditing while researching his own religious practices,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.purpleclover.com/entertainment/8154-20-things-you-may-not-know-about-charles-manson/item/charles-manson-scientology/|title=20 Things You Never Knew About Charles Manson|publisher=Purple Clover|date=November 20, 2017|author=Ralph Raffio}}</ref><ref name="VoxManson">{{cite news |last1=Romano |first1=Aja |title=The Manson Family murders weren't a countercultural revolt. They were mainstream America. |url=https://www.vox.com/2019/8/7/20695284/charles-manson-family-what-is-helter-skelter-explained |access-date=3 November 2022 |work=Vox |date=7 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref> which borrowed heavily from Scientology.<ref name="bugliosi" />
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| {{sortname|Jenna|Miscavige Hill}}
| 1984–
| 2005
| Niece of ], author and whistleblower.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McCarthy|first1=Spencer|title=I feel brainwashed|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/i-feel-brainwashed-a-robot-of-scientology-8556061.html|website=The Independent|date=April 2013|access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Ron|Miscavige}}
| 1936–2021
| 2012
| Father of ], author and whistleblower.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Flood|first1=Alison|title=Scientology leader David Miscavige threatens to sue UK publisher over father's memoir|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/27/scientology-leader-david-miscavige-threatens-to-sue-uk-publisher-over-fathers-memoir|website=The Guardian|date=27 April 2016|access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Vince|Offer}}
| 1964–
| 2002
| ] of '']'' and ] for ].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-11-2004/0002171569&EDATE=|title=Filmmaker Sues Church of Scientology|publisher=prnewswire.com|work=]|access-date=31 August 2008}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Bijou|Phillips}}
| 1980–
| 2024
| Model and actress<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanderson |first1=Stacey |title=Bijou Phillips 'Wants to Move Forward With Her Daughter' After Danny Masterson Drama|location=Los Angeles|url=https://okmagazine.com/p/bijou-phillips-wants-move-forward-daughter-danny-masterson-drama/ |work=OK Magazine |date=February 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=John |title=Bijou Phillips Is Leaving the Church of Scientology |url=https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/bijou-phillips-is-leaving-the-church-of-scientology/|location=Englewood Cliffs|work=] |publisher=] |date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Laura|Prepon}}
| 1980–
| 2016
| Actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNeil |first1=Liz |title=Laura Prepon on Motherhood, Sharing Her Truth and Her Decision to Leave Scientology |url=https://people.com/tv/laura-prepon-on-motherhood-and-leaving-scientology/ |website=People |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Lisa Marie|Presley}}
| 1968–2023
| 2014
|Singer and songwriter who was the daughter of ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Nicole Glennon and Alex |date=2023-01-13 |title=Lisa Marie Presley: Scientology, trips to Tipperary and a fondness for Murphys |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41047499.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Priscilla|Presley}}
| 1945–
| 2017
|Businesswoman and actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Rebecca |title=Priscilla Presley quits Scientology after nearly four decades |url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/10/22/priscilla-presley-quits-scientology-after-nearly-four-decades-7017760/ |website=Metro |date=22 October 2017 |access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Mark|Rathbun}}
| 1957–
| 2004
| ], and critic of the Church.<ref name="CBS News"/> In December 2018, '']'' reported that Rathbun had posted videos on his website that praised Scientology and criticized ex-Scientologist ]. ''Jezebel'' also suggested that Rathbun had actually re-joined Scientology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jezebel.com/scientology-attorney-demands-jezebel-remove-our-story-o-1831229261|title=Scientology Attorney Demands Jezebel Remove Our Story on Shelly Miscavige's Alleged Disappearance|website=Jezebel}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Joe|Reaiche}}
| 1958–
| 2005
| Former ] footballer who is the father of ] and ]. He accused the church of framing him for financial misconduct and is estranged from his children.<ref name=VanityFair2015 />
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Leah|Remini}}
| 1970–
| 2013
| Actress<ref name="Weisman" /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20716830,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712013237/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20716830,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2013 |title=Leah Remini Speaks Out After Leaving Church of Scientology |date=July 11, 2013 |magazine=] |access-date=July 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>Eggenberger, Nicole (September 10, 2013). . '']''.</ref> and critic of the church. She wrote an autobiography in 2015 entitled '']'', and produces and presents the ] documentary series '']''.
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Mike|Rinder}}
| 1955–
| 2007
| ] and critic of the church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-bio/|title=About Me|website=www.mikerindersblog.org}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Mimi|Rogers}}
| 1956–
|
| Actress<ref> E! Online, July 29, 2009</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Amy|Scobee}}
| 19xx–
| 2005
| ] and critic of the church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scobeepublishing.com/index-phpoptioncom_contentviewarticleid89itemid164/ |title=About the author |website=Scobee Publishing |access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Chris|Shelton|Chris Shelton (author)}}
| 1969–
| 2012
| Author and YouTuber; he was a member of the church for 27 years and has been outspoken about his experiences since leaving.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Varley |first=Ciaran |date=2016-10-27 |title=This man was a Scientologist for 27 years. Now he spends his time slamming the Church |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/0ca3756b-05a8-491c-b949-0b8ef4bc49d8 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=BBC Three |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-04 |title=About Me |url=https://mncriticalthinking.com/about/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Chris Shelton |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-25 |title=1195-1198: My Life as a Scientologist – Chris Shelton {{!}} Mormon Stories |url=https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/my-life-as-a-scientologist-chris-shelton/,%20https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/my-life-as-a-scientologist-chris-shelton/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Aaron|Saxton}}
| 1974–
| 2006
| Former ] member who had influential positions in ] as well as the United States. He received attention when Australian Senator ] quoted statements by Saxton about Scientology into the parliamentary record of the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The politics of religion - World News |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/the-politics-of-religion/JFSPASAZPKQYHGGBU5532AMPW4/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-11 |title=Aaron Saxton, Scientology Enforcer, Stops By For a Chat - New York News - Runnin' Scared |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/04/aaron_saxton_au.php |access-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411013623/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/04/aaron_saxton_au.php |archive-date=April 11, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-02 |title=Kiwi blows the whistle on Scientology - Story - Campbell Live - TV Shows - 3 News |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Kiwi-blows-the-whistle-on-Scientology/tabid/817/articleID/131496/Default.aspx |access-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902104531/http://www.3news.co.nz/Kiwi-blows-the-whistle-on-Scientology/tabid/817/articleID/131496/Default.aspx |archive-date=September 2, 2012 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Reed|Slatkin}}
| 1949–2015
|
|Sentenced in 2003 to 14 years in prison for running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in US history, scamming more than $600 million from 800 investors.<ref name="CNBCStealingGreed">{{multiref2 |1={{cite news |title=Stealing $$$ From Scientologists and the Art of Fraud |work=] |publisher=] |date=February 20, 2008 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/23163763/site/14081545/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815021756/https://www.cnbc.com/id/23163763/site/14081545/ |archive-date=August 15, 2008}} |2={{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2012/07/18/Stealing-$$$-from-Scientologists-Evidence-Files.html |title=Stealing $$$ from Scientologists : Evidence Files |website=] |date=July 18, 2012}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Retirementandwills/Createaplan/P124450.asp |title=The Basics: 7 reasons to fire your financial adviser |access-date=5 August 2006 |author=Liz Pulliam Weston |work=MSN Money |publisher=Microsoft |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060501112852/http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Retirementandwills/Createaplan/P124450.asp |archive-date=1 May 2006 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Jeffrey|Tambor}}
| 1944–
| 2000s
|Actor, left when he was pressured to leave his second wife.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/jeffrey-tambor-reflects-scientology-transgender-issues-his-new-memoir-1004101/ |title=Jeffrey Tambor Reflects on Scientology, Transgender Issues in His New Memoir |date=May 16, 2017 |first=Christina |last=Schoellkopf |publisher=] |access-date=June 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Beck |first1=Marilyn |author1-link=Marilyn Beck |last2=Smith |first2=Stacy Jenel |date=February 4, 2008 |url=http://www.la.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=11396262&siteId=241 |title=The Hollywood Exclusive |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110051603/http://www.la.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=11396262&siteId=241 |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |website=LA.com}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Paul|Twitchell}}
| 1908–1971
| 1959
| Spiritual writer and founder of ].<ref></ref><ref>{{Cite news| last = Orr|first = Susan|title = ABCS of Religion:E is for Eckankar| work =The ]| page = B5| date= August 1, 2009}}</ref> Joined Scientology and achieved the status of "]".<ref>{{cite web|last = Bacon|first = Nicole|title = Eckankar: The Religion of Light and Sound|editor = Hadden, Jeffrey K.|publisher = University of Virginia Library, The Religious Movements Page|date = 2001-08-30|url = http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/ecka.html|access-date = 10 July 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060831162539/http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/ecka.html|archive-date = 31 August 2006}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Cyril|Vosper}}
| 1935–2004
| 1968
| Author and deprogrammer; wrote '']'' which was the first book on Scientology to be written by an ex-member and the first critical book on Scientology to be published.<ref>Vosper, Cyril. ''The Mind Benders''. ], 1971</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Matt|Willis}}
| 1983–
| 2008
| Musician, singer, songwriter, television presenter and actor, and bassist and co-vocalist of the ] band, ]. Was recruited to the church following a stint in rehab, but left the church after they reportedly advised that he separate from his wife ], who the church deemed to be a "suppressive person".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/matt-willis-scientology-marriage-emma-23909470|title=Matt Willis claims Church of Scientology tried to break up his marriage to Emma after joining post-rehab|last=Soguksu|first=Ayla|date=14 April 2021|work=]|accessdate=14 April 2021}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Lawrence|Wollersheim}}
|19xx–
| 1979
| Former member and co-founder of the ], a non-profit organization that criticized the church, known for winning a multi-million dollar judgment against the church in a case about publishing material on the internet that the church claimed was protected by ].<ref name="washpost">{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Leiby |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/05/10/ex-scientologist-collects-87-million-in-22-year-old-case/ecac0532-e674-43ab-9b4e-09388366ffcb |title=Ex-Scientologist Collects $8.7 Million In 22-Year-Old Case |newspaper=] |date=May 10, 2002}}</ref>{{r|rinder|page=153}}<ref name="Crushing Defeat">{{cite web|first=Tony |last=Ortega |author-link=Tony Ortega |title=Scientology's Crushing Defeat |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/06/24/scientologys-crushing-defeat/ |work=] |date=2008-06-30}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Bonnie|Woods}}
| 19xx–
| 1982
| Former member of the ] who was subjected to a smear campaign by the church.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hounded by the church of stars and hype|work=]|publisher=]|date=January 1, 1997|last=Driscoll|first=Margarette|author2=Steven Haynes| page=10}}</ref>
|}


===H=== ==See also==
* ]
* ],<ref>{{cite news | title =The silence of cruise's 'sinister' Cult | work =] | date =January 26, 2008 }}</ref> director, Academy Award winner
* ]
* ],<ref name="InsideStone" /> musician and actor (deceased 2008)
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =World Entertainment News Network | title =Tom Cruise Says Baby Will Be a Scientologist | work =Starpulse | publisher =Starpulse.com | date =April 14, 2006 | url =http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/04/14/tom_cruise_says_baby_will_be_a_scientolo | accessdate = 2008-09-26 }}</ref> actress (raised ]), introduced to Scientology by ] while they were dating.
* ],<ref name="williamshaw" /><ref name="Corydon">{{cite book | last = Corydon | first = Bent | coauthors = ] | year = 1987 | title = ] | publisher = Lyle Stuart | location = Secaucus, New Jersey | isbn = 0-8184-0444-2}} Convenience link at http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/mom/Messiah_or_Madman.txt .</ref><!-- p. 385 --> musician (deceased 1994)


===I=== ==Notes==
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* ],<ref name="richardson19930911">{{cite news | last =Richardson | first =John M. | title =The Scientology Church of Hollywood | work =] | publisher =Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc | date =September 11, 1993 }}</ref> musician


<ref name="behar">{{cite magazine |first=Richard |last=Behar |author-link=Richard Behar |url=https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,156952,00.html |title=Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power |magazine=] |date=May 6, 1991 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200902/https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,156952,00.html |archive-date=May 25, 2014 }}</ref>
===K===
* ],<ref name="richardson19930911" /> actress
* ],<ref name="InsideStone" /><ref>{{cite web | first = Mark | last = Oppenheimer | title = The Actualizer | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/magazine/15Katselas-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all | work = | publisher = ]| date = ] | accessdate = 2008-01-16 }}</ref> acting teacher
* ],<ref name ="Leggett" /><ref name="scientollywood" /> singer


<ref name="hubbard-ethics">{{cite book |title=Introduction to Scientology Ethics |author=] |publisher=] |isbn=9781403144904 |ol=16702654M |year=2007}}</ref>
===L===
* ],<ref name="steveeddy" /><ref name="williamshaw" /><ref name="starstuddedsect" /><ref name="oppenheimer">{{cite news | last =Oppenheimer | first =Mark | title =Friends, thetans, countrymen | work =] | publisher =Telegraph Media Group Limited | date =September 9, 2007 | url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/09/09/sm_scientology.xml | accessdate =2008-10-18 }}</ref> actor
* ],<ref name=redwoodlewis>{{cite news | first = Paul | last = Freeman | url = http://www.redwoodcitydailynews.com/article/2007-11-30-lewis-and-licks | title = Juliette Lewis gets her kicks with Licks: Actress turned rock star is loving her | work = Redwood City Daily News | date = ] | accessdate = 2008-05-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Meyer | first =Carla | title =Juliette Lewis Is All Grown Up: Actress moves beyond her intense, troubled image | work =] | publisher =Hearst Communications Inc. | date =September 3, 2000 | url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2000/09/03/PK78825.DTL | accessdate = 2008-06-23}}</ref> actor
* ],<ref name="williamshaw" /><ref name="InsideStone" /><ref name=redwoodlewis /> actress


<ref name="reitman">{{cite book |last=Reitman |first=Janet |title=Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion |date=2011 |isbn=9780618883028 |ol=24881847M |publisher=] |title-link=Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion}}</ref>
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* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Fink | first =Mitchell | coauthors =Alissa MacMillan | title =Scientology Soiree | work =] | date =July 30, 2001 | url =http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/2001/07/30/2001-07-30_janet_jackson_s_prenup_hiccup.html | accessdate =2008-06-23 }}</ref> actor, raised Scientologist
* ],<ref name="shaviv">{{cite news | last =Shaviv | first =Miram A. | title =The Passion of the Cruise | work =] | page =24 | date =June 28, 2007}}</ref> actor
* ],<ref name="richardlei" /><ref>{{cite web | first = Lucy | last = Morgan | title = McPherson's death incites Web protests | url = http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/111498/McPherson_s_death_inc.html | work= ] | date = ] | accessdate = 2008-06-23 }}</ref> American woman whose death has been a source of controversy for Scientology
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Tobin | first =Thomas C. | title =Battlefield of dreams: L. Ron Hubbard said he didn't want his science-fiction work to be a press release for the church he founded. Nevertheless, the connections between Battlefield Earth and Scientology are worth noting | work =] | date =May 12, 2000 | url =http://www.sptimes.com/News/051200/news_pf/Floridian/Battlefield_of_dreams.shtml | accessdate = 2008-06-23 }}</ref> actor and improviser
*],<ref name="thepress" /> opera singer
* ],<ref name="steveeddy" /><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2004/10/12/Culture/Tv.Actress.To.Discuss.Scientology-750298.shtml?norewrite200607051803&sourcedomain=www.dailylobo.com | title = TV actress to discuss scientology | work = Daily Lobo (student newspaper of ]) | date = ] | accessdate = 2006-07-05 }}</ref> actress
* ],<ref>{{Citation | last = Stoller | first = Debbie | title = Moss Appeal | magazine = ] | issue = 55 | pages =55–57 | date = February/March 2009}}</ref> actress


<ref name=reitman-rs>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/inside-scientology-103288/ |title=Inside Scientology |date=February 8, 2011 |orig-date=February 23, 2006 |first=Janet |last=Reitman |author-link=Janet Reitman |website=] |url-status=<!--archived version is better--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502021124/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/inside-scientology-20110208 |archive-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref>
===N===
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Christian | first =Margena A. | title =Where is … the cast of 'What's Happening'? | work =Jet | publisher =Johnson Publishing Co.; Gale, Cengage Learning | date =October 15, 2007 | url =http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_15_112/ai_n27413154 | accessdate = 2008-06-29 }}</ref> actor
* ],<ref name="steveeddy" /> actress
* ],<ref name="richardson19930911" /><ref>{{cite news | last =Mouland | first =Bill | title =Good night? Not quite | work =] | page =56 | publisher =Nationwide News Pty Limited | date =July 21, 2002 }}</ref> actress


<ref name="rinder">{{cite book |title=A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology |first=Mike |last=Rinder |author-link=Mike Rinder |year=2022 |publisher=] |isbn=9781982185763}}</ref>
===P===
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Morales | first =Magaly (Tribune Media Services) | title =Busy, popular actor Eduardo Palomo gone too soon | work =] | page =7 | date =November 23, 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Aguila | first =Justino | title =Actor Eduardo Palomo mourned: The popular leading man in Mexican television and movies died suddenly at 41 | work =] | date =November 11, 2003 }}</ref> actor
* ],<ref name="morton" /> actor
* ],<ref name="Paper">{{cite web | first = Peter | last = Davis | title = When Danny Met Bijou | url = http://www.papermag.com/?section=article&parid=3012&page=3 | work = | publisher = ] | month = January | year = 2009 | accessdate = 2009-01-24 }}</ref> actress and model
* ],<ref name="robrains" /><ref name="extortion" /> convicted felon
* ],<ref name="friedman20070626" /> actress
* ],<ref name="scientollywood" /><ref>{{cite news | last =Tobin | first =Thomas C. | title =Kirstie Alley buys Presley mansion: Public records indicate that Alley, who bought the house May 1, will use it for a second home | work =] | date =May 17, 2000 | url =http://www.sptimes.com/News/051700/NorthPinellas/Kirstie_Alley_buys_Pr.shtml | accessdate =2008-06-23 }}</ref> actress
* ],<ref name="scientollywood" /><ref name="williamshaw">{{cite news | last =Shaw | first =William | title =The Science of Celebrity: Religion to Non-Believers, It Seems Barmy. But to the Faithful, Like John Travolta and Tom Cruise, Scientology is Life-Affirming, Empowering and the Secret of Their Success. What Do They Know That We Don't? William Shaw Reports | work =] | page =26 | date =February 17, 2008 }}</ref> singer
* ],<ref name="shaviv" /> actress and wife of John Travolta<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN1636166120080516|title=Kelly Preston fired up for HBO suburban satire|work=]|publisher=reuters.com|date=March 16, 2008|accessdate=2008-06-02|last=Reuters/Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
*],<ref name="richardson19930911" /> actress


<ref name="straus">{{cite journal |title=Scientology "Ethics": Deviance, Identity and Social Control in a Cult-Like Social World |first=Roger |last=Straus |journal=] |volume=9 |issue=1 |date=Spring 1986 |pages=67–82 |doi=10.1525/si.1986.9.1.67 |publisher=] |via=]}}</ref>
===R===
* ],<ref name="shaviv" /> actress
* ],<ref name="williamshaw" /><ref name="starstuddedsect" /> actor
* ],<ref name="starstuddedsect" /> actress raised Scientologist
* ],<ref name="richardson19930911" /> actor
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Cohen | first =David | title =Tom's Alien Target | work =] | date =October 23, 2006 }}</ref><ref name="didcock">{{cite news | last =Didcock | first =Barry | title =Hubbard Love Cover Story: Inside the Church of Scientology Barry Didcock puts his scepticism aside and goes in search of the truth behind one of the world's most controversial religions | work =] | date =February 18, 2007 }}</ref> actress


<ref name="wallis">{{cite book |last=Wallis |first=Roy |author-link=Roy Wallis |title=The Road to Total Freedom: A Sociological Analysis of Scientology |title-link=The Road to Total Freedom |year=1977 |publisher=] |isbn=0231042000 |ol=4596322M}}</ref>
===S===
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Rush | first =George | coauthors =Joanna Molloy, Kasia Anderson, Suzanne Rozdeba | title =Scientology turns 33 | work =] | page =20 | publisher =Daily News, L.P. | date =July 31, 2002 }}</ref> actor
* ],<ref name="thepress">{{cite news | last =Washington Post News Service | title =Bart Simpsons's 'Voice' Talks About Belief In Scientology | work =The Press of Atlantic City | page =B5 | date =December 17, 1994 }}</ref> rock bassist
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Koff | first =Stephen | title =Chiropractors seeking advice find Scientology-influenced seminars | work =] | page =1B | date =November 29, 1987 | url =http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50162617.html?dids=50162617:50162617&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT | accessdate = 2008-06-24 }}</ref> chiropractor, Management by Statistics consultant
* ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Retirementandwills/Createaplan/P124450.asp |title=The Basics: 7 reasons to fire your financial adviser |accessdate= 2006-08-05 |author=Liz Pulliam Weston |work= MSN Money |publisher=Microsoft}}</ref> criminal ] perpetrator
* ],<ref name="steveeddy" /> actress
* ],<ref name="steveeddy" /><ref name="oppenheimer" /> actor


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* ],<ref name="shaviv" /><ref name="InsideStone" /> actor


===V=== ==Further reading==
* {{Cite news | title = Scientology: Origins, celebrities and holdings | work = ] | publisher = www.tampabay.com | date = June 21, 2009 | url = https://www.tampabay.com/news/article1012139.ece | access-date = April 9, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100526073416/http://www.tampabay.com/news/article1012139.ece | archive-date = May 26, 2010 | url-status=dead | df = mdy-all }}{{cbignore}}
* ],<ref name="shaviv" /><ref name="Kent"/><ref name="starstuddedsect">{{cite news | last =Staff | title =Scientology: A Star-Studded Sect | work =] | publisher =] | url =http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=1882601&contentIndex=1&start=false&page=1 | accessdate = 2008-06-23 }}</ref> television show host
* {{Cite news |title=Scientology – The Truth Rundown (part 1) |work=] |url=https://www.tampabay.com/special-reports/2019/10/17/scientology-the-truth-rundown/ |date=June 21, 2009}} ,

===W===
* ],<ref name="robrains">{{cite news | last =Rains | first =Rob | title =Sentencing of Eagleton's niece left up to parole board | work =] | date =December 5, 1980 }}</ref><ref name="extortion">{{cite news | last =Staff | title =Sen. Eagleton's Niece Charged With Extortion | work =] | date =August 5, 1980 }}</ref> convicted felon
* ],<ref name="richardlei">{{cite news | last =Lei | first =Richard | title =The Life & Death of a Scientologist - After 13 Years and Thousands Of Dollars, Lisa McPherson Finally Went `Clear.' Then She Went Insane | work =] | page =F1 | publisher =] | date =December 6, 1998 }}</ref> musician

== Former Scientologists ==
* ] (]),<ref>{{cite book | last =Samraj | first =Adi Da | authorlink =Adi Da | title =The Knee of Listening: The Life and Understanding of Franklin Jones | publisher =Franklin Jones | year =1971 | pages = }}</ref> spiritual teacher
* ],<ref>{{cite web | last =] | title =Jason Beghe Interview | work =The Wog Blog from Xenu TV | date =April 21, 2008 | url =http://xenutv.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/jason-beghe-interview/ | accessdate =2008-09-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first = Roger | last = Friedman | title = Star Exits Scientology | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351287,00.html | work = | publisher = ] | date = ] | accessdate = 2008-04-15 }}</ref> actor
* ],<ref>{{cite news|title=Proud Mary Bono|work=]|date=August 1999|last=Bardach|first=Ann}}</ref> widow of ] (took classes in 1989 and 1990)
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Bell | first =Shannon | title =Kate Bornstein: A Transgender Transsexual Postmodern Tiresias | work =CTheory | page =a019 | date =October 20, 1994 | url =http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=61 | accessdate = 2008-09-26 }}</ref> ] author, playwright, performance artist and gender theorist
* ],<ref name="malko">{{cite book | last =Malko | first =George | title =] | publisher =Delacorte Press | year =1970 | pages =6–7}}</ref> actor
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Murphy | first =Brian | title =Profile: John Brodie - Spirited comeback - 49er legend relentlessly positive after stroke | work =] | page =B1 | publisher =The Chronicle Publishing Co | date =January 4, 2004}}</ref><ref name="Courting"/> ] player
* ],<ref>{{cite book | last =Upton | first =Charles | title =Cracks in the Great Wall: UFOs and Traditional Metaphysics | publisher =Sophia Perennis | year =2005 | pages =7 | isbn =1597310247 }}</ref> author and poet
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =Richardson | first =John H. | title =Catch a Rising Star: Scientology's membership boasts some of Hollywood's top talent, despite the most sinister reputation of any modern religion | work =Premiere | publisher =johnhrichardson.com | date =September 1, 1993 | url =http://johnhrichardson.com/html/catch_a_rising_star.html | accessdate = 2008-09-26 }}</ref> actress
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =] | title =Scientologist Views On Medicine Questioned | work =The Early Show | publisher =] | date =January 9, 2009 | url =http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/07/earlyshow/main4703989.shtml | accessdate =2009-01-12}}</ref> critic, whistleblower
* ],<ref name="mallia1998" /><ref name="Leggett" /><ref name="malko" /><ref>{{cite book | last =Ratcliff | first =Maurice | coauthors =Chris Charlesworth | title =The Complete Guide to the Music of Leonard Cohen | publisher =Omnibus Press | year =1999 | pages =37 | isbn = 0711975086}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Beam | first =Alex | title =Leonard Cohen has survived his own fame | work =] | page =D1 | date =August 23, 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =O'Connor | first =Rob | title =But seriously, folks, he wasn't trying to be depressing | work =] | page =6 | date =March 9, 1997 }}</ref> singer
* ] and Mary Anne de Grimston,<ref name="bugliosi" /><ref>{{cite web | url = http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Process.html | title = The Process | work = Religious Movements | author= Kathryn L. Duvall |publisher = University of Virginia | accessdate = 2006-07-15 | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061107190447/http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Process.html | archivedate = 2006-11-07}}</ref> founders of ]
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =] | title =Murder in Mexico: Chatelaine exclusive | work =] | publisher =Canada NewsWire Ltd. | date =July 27, 2006 |quote=Wilson credits his success to The Landmark Forum, an intensive international 3 1/2-day training seminar. The program has garnered widespread criticism for what some see as its boot-camp techniques, hard-sell recruitment tactics, heavy reliance on free labour, secretive nature and its links to Werner Erhard , a former Scientologist who developed the methodology. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Pinzur | first =Matthew I.|coauthors=Rob Barry | title =New School To Open Amid High Hopes | work =] | page =1B | date =July 16, 2006 | accessdate = |quote=Landmark has its roots in Erhard Seminars Training, or est, the personal-growth program created in the 1970s by ex- Scientologist Werner Erhard.}}</ref><ref name="bartley">{{cite book | last = Bartley | first = William Warren | authorlink = William Warren Bartley | title =Werner Erhard: the Transformation of a Man: the Founding of est | publisher = Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. | year = 1978 | location = New York | pages = 146-47 | isbn =0-517-53502-5 |quote="I got a lot of benefit from ]," Werner told me. "It was the fastest and deepest way to handle situations that I had yet encountered. I immediately wanted to learn to do it." ... "With Scientology, I was able to characterize the Mind more accurately, and to cease justifying it. This greatly clarified what I was doing. ... After my experience with Scientology, I saw what it means to see the Mind as a machine. I can now operate my Mind accordingly, with exactitude. I can do the familiar mind over matter experiments - the control of pain and bleeding, telepathy, those things.}}</ref><ref name="lewis">{{cite book | last = Lewis | first = James R. | authorlink = James R. Lewis | title = Odd Gods: New Religions and the Cult Controversy | publisher = Prometheus Books | year= 2001 | location = ] | pages = 382–387 | isbn = 1573928429 |quote=In 1968 he started to receive Scientology auditing or counseling. He and some of his sales staff took a Scientology communications course. He read many Scientology books, including ''Problems of Work'', ''A New Slant on Life'', and ''Dianetics: The Original Thesis''. He later stated, "I have a lot of respect for L. Ron Hubbard and I consider him to be a genius and perhaps less acknowledged than he ought to be." Erhard acknowledges that est and The Forum use variations on some of the Scientology charts and that the est and Forum terminology is partially taken from Scientology.}}</ref><ref name="pressman">{{cite book | last = Pressman | first = Steven | authorlink = Steven Pressman | title = ] | publisher = ] | year = 1993 | location = ] | pages = 25–26, 30–31| isbn = 0-312-09296-2|quote=Between August and December of 1968, he purchased several books from the San Francisco Scientology office and enrolled both himself and some of his sales employees in the introductory communications course. In October a local Scientology official wrote to Erhard asking him his interest in joining the staff. Scientology had a place for enthusiastic new converts like Werner Erhard. Although Erhard did not respond to the offer, he continued to study Scientology over the next several months, gradually rising through the various training levels - "grades" in Scientology jargon - that marked the path toward ultimate enlightenment. When a routine letter was sent in August 1969 letting him know that he had passed "Grade II" in his Scientology studies, Erhard immidiately responded with his own letter claiming that he had reached Grade IV.}}</ref><ref name="stark">{{cite book | last = Stark | first = Rodney |authorlink=Rodney Stark| coauthors = ] | title = The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation | publisher = University of California Press | year = 1986 | pages = 182 | isbn = 0520057317|quote=The highly successful ''est'' cult is derivd partly from Scientology and well illustrates the commercialism of many such organizations in contemporary America. Werner Erhard, founder of ''est'', had some experience with Scientology in 1969. ... After Erhard started his own cult in 1971, he decided to emulate Scientology's tremendous success and hired two Scientologists to adapt its practice for his own use.}}</ref><ref name="carroll">{{cite book |last=Carroll |first=Robert Todd |authorlink=Robert Todd Carroll|title=] |url=http://skepdic.com/est.html |accessdate=2006-08-07 |year=2003 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=0-471-27242-6 |chapter=est and Werner Erhard|quote=In the late 1960s, Erhard studied Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard became a significant influence. Scientologists to this day accuse Erhard of having stolen his main ideas for est from Hubbard. We do know that when Erhard set up est he considered making it a non-profit, as Hubbard had done with dianetics and the Church of Scientology. But Erhard decided to incorporate as an educational firm for profit in a broad market.}}</ref> founder of ]
* ],<ref>{{cite news | last =] | title =Death of a 'Nethead' | work =Hollywood, Interrupted | date =March 19, 2006 | url =http://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/archives/death_of_a_nethead.phtml | accessdate = 2008-09-26 }}</ref> ] student and primary developer of ]'s innovative ISP software; committed ]
* ],<ref>{{cite book | last = Jackson | first = Blair | year = 1999 | title = Garcia: An American Life | publisher = Viking Adult |pages=62, 179 | isbn=0-67-088660-2 }}</ref> lyricist
* ],<ref name="scientollywood">{{cite news | last =Kahn | first =Joseph P. | title =Scientollywood's A List | work =] | page =F5 | publisher =Globe Newspaper Company | date =March 15, 2006 |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2006/03/15/scientollywoods_a_list/|accessdate=2008-06-25}}</ref> singer
* ],<ref name="scientollywood" /><ref name="mallia1998" /> actress and former wife of Scientologist Tom Cruise
* ],<ref name="bugliosi">{{cite book | last =Bugliosi | first =Vincent | authorlink =Vincent Bugliosi | coauthors =] | title =] | publisher =W. W. Norton & Company | year =2001 | pages =200–202, 225, 300–301, 316, 318, 608, 610–611 | isbn =0393322238}}</ref><ref name="mallia1998">{{cite news | last =Mallia | first =Joseph | title = Inside the Church of Scientology - Church wields celebrity clout | work =] | page =30 | date =March 5, 1998 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first =Steven V. | last = Roberts | title = Charlie Manson, Nomadic Guru, Flirted With Crime in a Turbulent Childhood | work = ] | page = 84 | date = ] }}</ref> studied Scientology for a short duration while in prison and incorporated its doctrines in his teachings
* ],<ref name="mallia1998" /> actress
* ],<ref name ="Leggett" /> singer
* ], <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-11-2004/0002171569&EDATE=|title=Filmmaker Sues Church of Scientology|publisher=www.prnewswire.com|work=]|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref> director of '']'' and spokesman for Shamwow!
* ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/see-ya-tom-packer-quits-cruises-church/2008/05/09/1210131257772.html|title=See ya, Tom: Packer quits Cruise's church|publisher=smh.com.au|work=]|accessdate=2008-05-12|date=2008-05-10|last=Hornery|first=Andrew}}</ref> the second richest man in Australia
* ],<ref>{{Citation | last = Saunders | first = John | last2 = Appleby | first2 = Timothy | title = Web not helping Scientology | newspaper = The Globe and Mail | pages = A4 | date = 1998-01-20 }}</ref> Canadian television and radio host
* ],<ref>{{cite book | last = Reeve | first = Christopher | authorlink = Christopher Reeve | title = Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life | edition = Hardcover | year = 2002 | month = September | publisher = Random House | isbn = 0375507787 | chapter = Religion}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Staff | title =Superman Christopher Reeve blasts Scientology | work =] | date =February 5, 2003}}</ref> actor and director
* ],<ref>{{cite web | first = Boyd | last = Farrow | title = The A-listers' belief system | url = http://www.newstatesman.com/200508010024 | work = | publisher = ] | date = ] | accessdate = 2007-10-31 }}</ref><ref name="InsideStone" /> actress (former member; introduced Tom Cruise to Scientology)
* ],<ref>{{cite book | last = Oppenheimer | first = Jerry | year = 2002 | title = Seinfeld The Making of an American Icon | publisher = HarperCollins | chapter = Chapter 19 The Dianetics Kid | pages=113 | isbn=0-06-018872-3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Rensin | first =David | title =Interview Jerry Seinfeld | work =] | date =October 1993 }}</ref><ref name="bjorklund" /> actor and comedian
* ],<ref name="bjorklund">{{cite book | last =Bjorklund | first =Dennis A. | title =Toasting Cheers: An Episode Guide to the 1982-1993 Comedy Series, With Cast Biographies and Character Profiles | publisher =Praetorian Publishing | year =1997 | pages =22 | isbn = 0899509622}}</ref> actor

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A Scientologist is an adherent of the doctrines and beliefs of Scientology. Some adherents of the belief system of Scientology practice independently in what is often referred to as free zone Scientology. The Church of Scientology organization claims "SCIENTOLOGIST is a collective membership mark indicating membership in a church and church membership services of the affiliated Scientology churches and missions."

Scientologists not in trouble with the ethics department are considered "in good standing" and are allowed to be on Church of Scientology premises, receive services, and attend events.

Members

Public Scientologists are those individuals who are not staff. They pay the Church of Scientology for training or auditing services, and live and work independent of the organization. Collectively, non-staff Scientologists may be referred to as "members", the "public", or the "field".

Even though public members are not employed by the organization, they are ranked within the entire chain of command and defer to all staff personnel, who are seen as their seniors. Members are frequently pressed into service for clerical or promotional tasks or to recruit new members. Members who recruit people for Scientology services are called "field staff members" (FSM) and are paid a commission of 10%–15% of the amount their recruit pays for a service.

The lists below contain names of public Scientologists. For Scientologists who are, or were, on staff, see Scientology officials § List of Scientology officials.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Current

See also: Category:Scientologists

Deceased

This table includes members who were still Scientologists in the Church of Scientology at the time of their death.

Former members

See also: Category:Former Scientologists

This table represents individuals who were previously Scientologists, but who have since left the Church of Scientology.

Name Lifetime Left Notes
Larry Anderson 1952– 2009 Actor, star of Orientation: A Scientology Information Film, left the church in 2009 and requested his money back.
Gerry Armstrong 1946– 1981 Former Sea Org member for ten years and involved in a series of Scientology related lawsuits, collectively Church of Scientology of California v. Armstrong.
Jon Atack 1955– 1983 Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.
Allen Barton 1968– 2000 Playwright and acting teacher who would later become an outspoken critic of the church.
Jason Beghe 1960– 2007 Actor, rose to Operating Thetan level V (OT V), left Scientology and subsequently spoke out publicly against the church in 2008. He joined the church through Milton Katselas' acting class, connecting with Bodhi Elfman and Mary Thompson.
Cedric Bixler-Zavala 1974– 2017 Musician.
Nazanin Boniadi 1980– Actress. her mother was a Scientologist.
Kate Bornstein 1948– 1981 Transgender author, playwright, performance artist and gender theorist. Was previously a spokesperson for Scientology.
John Brodie 1935– American football player; credited Dianetics with his recovery from a sports injury; left after some of his friends "were expelled and harassed during a power struggle with church management"
Stacy Brooks 1952– 1989 Former managing editor of Freedom magazine and a Scientologist for over twenty years. She has since become president of the Lisa McPherson Trust and an expert witness in many high-profile Scientology lawsuits.
William S. Burroughs 1914–1997 1960s Author and poet. Joined and left the church during the 1960s. In talking about the experience, he claimed that the techniques and philosophy of Scientology helped him and that he felt that further study into Scientology would produce great results. He was skeptical of the church itself, and felt that it fostered an environment that did not accept critical discussion. His subsequent critical writings about the church and his review of Inside Scientology by Robert Kaufman led to a battle of letters between Burroughs and Scientology supporters in the pages of Rolling Stone magazine. He wrote the book Ali's Smile: Naked Scientology.
Diana Canova 1953– 1993 Actress; critical of Scientology's "straightforward" desire for money.
Tory Christman 1947– 2000 Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.
Robert DeGrimston 1935– With wife, Marry Anne DeGrimston, founder of The Process Church of The Final Judgment.
Richard de Mille 1922–2009 1954 Author and journalist; at one point a personal assistant to L. Ron Hubbard.
John Duignan 1963– Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.
Dennis Erlich 19xx– 1982 Former high-ranking official in the church and later critic of Scientology who joined the alt.religion.scientology discussion group on Usenet in late July 1994.
Michael Fairman 1934– 2011 Actor
Neil Gaiman 1960– Novelist, graphic novelist, and screenwriter. Son of David Gaiman, raised Scientologist in East Grinstead. Has left the church, although prefers not to speak publicly about it.
Philip Gale 1978–1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology student and primary developer of EarthLink's innovative ISP software; died by suicide in 1998.
Paul Haggis 1953– 2009 Film director, Academy Award winner; Left in response to the San Diego branch's public support of California Proposition 8 and other factors. He progressed up to OT VII in the 1980s where he remained until he left the church.
Beck Hansen 1970– 2019 Musician who promoted Scientology as a member for many years. Stated in a 2019 interview that he is not a Scientologist and that he doesn't "have any connection or affiliation with it".
Marc Headley 1974– 2005 Whistleblower and critic of the church.
Katie Holmes 1978– 2012 Actress and formerly married to Scientologist Tom Cruise.
Jim Humble 1933– 1981 Self-published author and founder of the Genesis II Church
Robert Hunter 1941–2019 1999 Lyricist for the Grateful Dead.
Mark Janicello 1962 2003 Actor, Singer and Dramatist. Author of Naked in the Spotlight: My Life with Sex, Singing, and Scientology in German and in English
Nicole Kidman 1967– 1992 Actress; Tom Cruise's ex-wife
Jason Lee 1970– 2016 Actor
Arnie Lerma 1950–2018 1977 Son of a high-ranking member. Critic of Scientology who posted the Fishman Affidavit, including the Xenu story, to the Internet via the Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology.
Johnny Lewis 1983–2012 Actor
Juliette Lewis 1973– 2021 Actress
Charles Manson 1934–2017 Identified as a Scientologist during his time in prison. He ordered Manson Family member Bruce Davis to journey to the United Kingdom and work for the Scientology organization in London. Manson completed 150 hours of auditing while researching his own religious practices, which borrowed heavily from Scientology.
Jenna Miscavige Hill 1984– 2005 Niece of David Miscavige, author and whistleblower.
Ron Miscavige 1936–2021 2012 Father of David Miscavige, author and whistleblower.
Vince Offer 1964– 2002 Film director of The Underground Comedy Movie and pitchman for ShamWow.
Bijou Phillips 1980– 2024 Model and actress
Laura Prepon 1980– 2016 Actress
Lisa Marie Presley 1968–2023 2014 Singer and songwriter who was the daughter of Elvis Presley.
Priscilla Presley 1945– 2017 Businesswoman and actress
Mark Rathbun 1957– 2004 Whistleblower, and critic of the Church. In December 2018, Jezebel reported that Rathbun had posted videos on his website that praised Scientology and criticized ex-Scientologist Leah Remini. Jezebel also suggested that Rathbun had actually re-joined Scientology.
Joe Reaiche 1958– 2005 Former rugby league footballer who is the father of Alanna Masterson and Jordan Masterson. He accused the church of framing him for financial misconduct and is estranged from his children.
Leah Remini 1970– 2013 Actress and critic of the church. She wrote an autobiography in 2015 entitled Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, and produces and presents the A&E documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.
Mike Rinder 1955– 2007 Whistleblower and critic of the church.
Mimi Rogers 1956– Actress
Amy Scobee 19xx– 2005 Whistleblower and critic of the church.
Chris Shelton 1969– 2012 Author and YouTuber; he was a member of the church for 27 years and has been outspoken about his experiences since leaving.
Aaron Saxton 1974– 2006 Former Sea Org member who had influential positions in Sydney as well as the United States. He received attention when Australian Senator Nick Xenophon quoted statements by Saxton about Scientology into the parliamentary record of the Australian Senate.
Reed Slatkin 1949–2015 Sentenced in 2003 to 14 years in prison for running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in US history, scamming more than $600 million from 800 investors.
Jeffrey Tambor 1944– 2000s Actor, left when he was pressured to leave his second wife.
Paul Twitchell 1908–1971 1959 Spiritual writer and founder of Eckankar. Joined Scientology and achieved the status of "Clear".
Cyril Vosper 1935–2004 1968 Author and deprogrammer; wrote The Mind Benders which was the first book on Scientology to be written by an ex-member and the first critical book on Scientology to be published.
Matt Willis 1983– 2008 Musician, singer, songwriter, television presenter and actor, and bassist and co-vocalist of the pop band, Busted. Was recruited to the church following a stint in rehab, but left the church after they reportedly advised that he separate from his wife Emma Willis, who the church deemed to be a "suppressive person".
Lawrence Wollersheim 19xx– 1979 Former member and co-founder of the FACTNet, a non-profit organization that criticized the church, known for winning a multi-million dollar judgment against the church in a case about publishing material on the internet that the church claimed was protected by copyright.
Bonnie Woods 19xx– 1982 Former member of the Sea Org who was subjected to a smear campaign by the church.

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