List of teetotalers

A to E

Dick Advocaat, Dutch football coach

Ryan Adams, American musician and author

Tony Adams, footballer, former Arsenal captain and England International; former manager of Portsmouth

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, International Cricketer, Right arm medium fast bowler

Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut

Akon, Singer

Steve Albini, musician, music producer, journalist

Muhammad Ali, activist, athlete, boxer, former World Heavyweight Champion, Gold Medal Olympian

Emmanuelle Alt, Editor, French Vogue

Anil Ambani, Indian Businessman.

Mukesh Ambani, Indian Business Tycoon.

Simon Amstell, English Comedian and TV Host

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, member of the British royal family

John Ashcroft, former U.S. Attorney General

Isaac Asimov, American author and chemist

Reubin Askew, American politician, former Governor of Florida, United States Trade Representative and presidential candidate

Ludwig Augustinsson, Swedish footballer.

Barbara Bach, American actress

Amitabh Bachchan, Indian movie actor

Aishwarya Rai - Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss World pageant of 1994.

Ted Baillieu, Australian politician

Alec Baldwin, American actor

Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer

Zoë Ball, TV and radio presenter

Joseph Cyril Bamford, founder of the JCB company

Tyra Banks, model, actress, television host

Albert Barnes, American Presbyterian minister and Bible commentator

Captain Robert Abram Bartlett, captain of ill-fated ship Karluk

Kate Beckinsale, English actress.

Chuck Berry, Rock and roll pioneer

Tony Benn, British socialist politician

Hilary Benn, British politician

Ron Bennington, Comedian and radio personality

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the Hare Krishnas

Joe Biden, United States Senator from Delaware and 47th Vice President of the United States, states abstinence from alcohol due to family history of alcoholism.

John and Annie Bidwell, founders of Chico, California, prohibitionists

Brian Blessed, British actor

Cory Booker, United States Senator from New Jersey

Kate Born, An American aviator and photographer.

Hugh Bourne, joint founder of Primitive Methodism

Christopher Del Bosco, Canadian freestyle skier

Chuck D, frontman of hip-hop group Public Enemy

Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian

Susan Boyle, Scottish singer and contestant of Britain's Got Talent

Don Bradman, Australian cricketer

Russell Brand, English comedian

Trevor Brooking, England international footballer.

Phil Brooks, American professional wrestler, known as "CM Punk"

Ian Brown, English singer

Steve Brown Christian author, radio broadcaster and seminary professor.

George N. Briggs, Governor of Massachusetts from 1844 to 1851

Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), 1938 Nobel laureate in literature

Warren E. Buffett, billionaire investor

Gerard Butler, Scottish actor

George W. Bush, 43rd U.S. President, former heavy drinker, stated he quit drinking in 1986 after determining alcohol began to "compete with his energy"

John Cadbury, founder of Cadbury's chocolate factory.

Alastair Campbell, British broadcaster, journalist and adviser to Tony Blair

Naomi Campbell, British model

Stacey Campfield, politician from Tennessee

Jim Carrey, Canadian actor

Kim Cattrall, English actress

Julian Casablancas, American musician and lead singer of The Strokes.

Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor known for his work on The Simpsons.

Johnny Chan, American poker player, winner of ten WSOP bracelets

Julio César Chávez, retired Mexican professional boxer, six-time world champion

Keith Chegwin, English television presenter

Emil Cioran, Romanian writer and philosopher

Djibril Cissé, French international footballer

Eric Clapton, English musician

Arthur C. Clarke, science-fiction writer

Adam Clayton, English-born musician with Irish band U2, teetotal since 26 November 1993

Mickey Cohen, L.A. gangster from Jewish mafia

John Coltrane, jazz musician, abstained after years of drug and alcohol abuse

Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian

Dane Cook, American comedian

Shivraj Singh Chouhan - Chief minister of Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Norman Cook, DJ and producer (Fatboy Slim)

Alice Cooper, rock musician, abstinent after prolonged alcohol abuse

Bradley Cooper, American actor

Graham Cornes, Australian Football Hall of Fame

Evandro Costa, Portuguese-Brazilian sports broadcaster and musician.

Graham Coxon, musician, Blur guitarist, after years of alcohol abuse.

Owen Coyle, Scottish football manager

Tom Cruise, American actor

Dick Dale, American surf rock guitarist

Kristin Davis, American actress

Lauren B. Davis, Canadian writer

Kat Dennings, American actress

Morarji Desai, former Indian Prime Minister.

Jacob L. Devers, commander of the 6th Army Group in Europe during World War II.

John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada (1957–1963); told UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill, upon being offered an alcoholic drink, "I'm a teetotaler; I don't drink hard liquor." (One Canada: An Autobiography).

Josh Dies, author/singer/songwriter, teetotaler since birth on 06/12/83

Dave Dobbyn, New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter.

Eric Dolphy, jazz musician

Graeme Dott, snooker player

Frederick Douglass

Rosie Douglas, Caribbean politician and former Prime Minister of Dominica

Neal S. Dow, an early prohibitionist who was presidential candidate for the Prohibition Party in 1880

Robert Downey, Jr., American actor

Willem Drees, Dutch politician and Prime Minister of the Netherlands.

Eliza Dushku, American actress

Michael Eavis, organiser of the Glastonbury Festival

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor

Edwin Edwards, four-time governor of Louisiana

Larry Ellison, American computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist, founder of Oracle Inc

Shinzō Abe, Prime minister of Japan

F to J

Jerry Falwell, Southern Baptist pastor and televangelist,

Colin Farrell, Irish actor

Brian Faulkner, former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland

Brett Favre, retired NFL quarterback

Craig Ferguson, talk show host and comedian

Richard Feynman, American theoretical physicist, who abruptly decided to quit drinking during a trip to Brazil while a professor at Cornell University

Darren Fletcher, footballer for Manchester United

Doug Ford, Canadian politician

Henry Ford, American industrialist

Tom Ford, American fashion designer and director

Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate Civil War cavalry general

James Franco, American actor

Laura Fraser, Scottish actress

Vincent Gallo, American filmmaker and musician

George Galloway, British politician

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Nationalist Leader and propagator of Nonviolence.

Len Ganley, snooker referee

Janeane Garofalo, American actress

Michelle Gayle, British actress and singer

Lee Gaze, lead guitarist in Welsh alternative rock band Lostprophets

Robin Gibb, singer and songwriter, best known as a member of the Bee Gees

Ben Gibbard, vocalist/guitarist of Seattle indie band Death Cab for Cutie

A. A. Gill, British journalist and restaurant critic for The Sunday Times

Jón Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavík

Bobcat Goldthwait, American comedian and filmmaker

Richard E Grant, English actor

Pat Gray, American radio talk-show host

Dick Gregory, American comedian and activist

Jimmy Greaves, English footballer

Kathy Griffin, comic

Robert Griffin III, Quarterback for the Washington Redskins

Gucci Mane, American rapper. Became sober after years of addiction.

Che Guevara

Gustav VI Adolf, king of Sweden 1950-73

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

Mohamed Hadid, Jordanian American real estate developer

Rob Halford, musician, lead singer for the British heavy metal band Judas Priest, who quit alcohol and drugs in 1986 after years of heavy abuse.

Stuart Hamblen, radio singer, Christian songwriter, temperance supporter and candidate for political office in the Prohibition Party

Arin Hanson, American animator, voice actor, Internet personality, and co-host of Game Grumps

Richard Harris, Irish actor, singer, theatrical producer, film director and writer

Calvin Harris, Scottish musician

Chris Hardwick, Comedian

Tom Hardy British Actor.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host on ABC's The View

Davey Havok, lead singer for the band AFI and Blaqk Audio

Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. President, and his wife Lucy Webb Hayes

Börge Hellström, Swedish crime writer

Benson Henderson, American Mixed Martial Artist

Javier Hernandez, Manchester United footballer

Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, President of El Salvador 1931–1944

James Hetfield, frontman of Metallica, after recovering from alcoholism

Hinduja brothers (Srichand, Gopichand, Prakash & Ashok), Indian business family

Adolf Hitler, Führer of the National Socialist Party (1921–1945) and Führer of Germany (1933–1945)

Carol M. Highsmith, America's Photographer

Jack Hobbs, English batsman

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor

Crazy Horse, Native American leader

Félix Houphouët-Boigny, first President of Côte d'Ivoire

Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress

Jennifer Hudson, Singer, Actress and Spokesperson

Dave Hughes, Australian comedian

Howard Hughes, American business magnate

Barry Humphries, Australian comic actor and satirist, after recovering from alcoholism in the 1970s

Andy Hurley, American drummer of Fall Out Boy

Ice-T, influential rapper

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Grammy Award winning rapper, actor, and entrepreneur.

Samuel L. Jackson, American Oscar-nominated actor, 15 years abstinent since rehab

Gillian Jacobs, American actress

Jessie J, British singer and songwriter, due to a medical condition

Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Confederate General and Presbyterian

Jaromir Jagr, Professional Hockey Player

James the Just, important figure of the Apostolic Age

Jesse James, West Coast Choppers, Monster Garage

Pandie James, New Zealand-born writer, actress and film producer

Ken Jennings, Jeopardy! champ and blogger (Mormon)

Penn Jillette, American magician, comedian, and member of Penn and Teller

John the Baptist, Jewish preacher and religious prophet

Elton John, English musician

Eric Johnson, Grammy winning guitarist famous for 1990 album Ah Via Musicom including the song Cliffs of Dover, gave up drinking when he was 19

Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico and Libertarian candidate for President in 2012 and 2016

Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedy writer and performer

John Luther "Casey" Jones, railroad engineer

José José, Mexican singer, after recovering from alcoholism

K to O

Franz Kafka, German language writer and diarist

Raghuram Rajan, current and the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian scientist and former President of India

K.Kamaraj, Indian Freedom Fighter and Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He did social campaign against liquor in Tamil Nadu

Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnap victim

Harry Kane, English footballer

Natasha Kaplinsky, British newsreader

Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia 1964–1991

Peter Kay, English comedian

Ian Khama, President of Botswana

Aga Khan IV, current Imām of the Shia Imami Ismaili

Anthony Kiedis, singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers

Stephen King, American author

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher raised in a Brahmin family

Akshay Kumar, Indian film actor, producer and martial artist

Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Indian state Bihar

Madhuri Dixit - Indian actress.

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

Kendrick Lamar, American hip-hop artist

Jerry Lawler, American professional wrestler

Charlotte Laws, TV host, author, former politician, anti-revenge porn activist

Chris Leben, American mixed martial artist.

Bruce Lee, martial arts practitioner and actor

Robert E. Lee,General of Army of Northern Virginia of Confederate States of America.

Jorge Paulo Lemann, Swiss-Brazilian billionaire

Jay Leno, American comedian

Jared Leto, actor, musician, songwriter, and lead singer of American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, quit alcohol since 2007.

David Letterman, Comedian, Host of "The Late Show"

Paul Levesque, American Professional Wrestler, better known as Triple H

Leona Lewis, English singer-songwriter and X Factor winner

Mike Lewis, rhythm guitarist for the Welsh alternative metal band Lostprophets

Brian "Limmy" Limond, Scottish comedian, actor and web developer

Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President

Blake Lively, American actress

Robert Llewellyn, British actor and presenter

David Lloyd George, British prime minister

Kenny Lofton, Major League Baseball player

H.P. Lovecraft, American fantasy/horror writer

Rob Lowe, American actor

James Russell Lowell, American poet and diplomat

Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian

Ian MacKaye, musician of Fugazi and Minor Threat, founder of Dischord Records; inadvertent founder of the anti-narcotic Straight Edge subculture.

Alexander Mackenzie, second prime minister of Canada

Macklemore, American Rapper

Tobey Maguire, American actor

Daron Malakian, Armenian-American singer, songwriter; lead guitarist and back vocal of the heavy metal band System of a Down

Julia Mallam, English actress

Nelson Mandela, South African revolutionary and politician

Joe Manganiello, American actor

Marie-Antoinette, French queen and Austrian archduchess

Marc Maron, American comedian

Robert Nesta Marley, Jamaican Reggae singer, Rastafarian

Johnny Marr, English musician,

Chris Martin, lead singer of the British rock band Coldplay

Michael Martin, former Speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom

Marshall Mathers, rapper known as "Eminem"

Sir Stanley Matthews, English footballer

Malcolm McDowell, British actor, abstinent since 1983

Phil McGraw, TV psychologist

Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor

Tim McIlrath, vocalist and guitarist, Rise Against

Buster Merryfield, actor, played Uncle Albert on Only Fools and Horses

Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight series

Sarah Millican, comedian

James Milner, England international footballer

Harold Mitchell, Australian Businessman

Moby, American musician, real name Richard Hall

Kazimierz Moczarski, leader in the Polish Home Army during World War II

Narendra Modi, the 15th and current Prime Minister of India.

Bob Mould, American musician

Bob Odenkirk, actor, comedian, writer, director and producer.

Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe

Mike Muir, vocalist, Suicidal Tendencies

John Mulaney, American comedian and actor

Eddie Murphy, American actor

Jim Murphy, British politician

Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda

Jimmy Nail, British actor, writer and singer

James Naismith, inventor of basketball, Canadian

Carrie Nation, notable member of the temperance movement

Mike Ness, founder, songwriter, lead singer of Social Distortion

Cam Newton, Quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, 2015 NFL MVP, BCS National Champion and Heisman Trophy winner

Friedrich Nietzsche, Prussian-born, German philosopher and philologist

Craig Nicholls, songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of The Vines

Ross Noble, English stand-up comedian

N.O.R.E. - rapper

Jim Norton, American comedian and actor

Ted Nugent, American hard rock guitarist and vocalist

Victor Wentworth Odlum Canadian Army General, journalist, and diplomat.

Gary Oldman, English actor

Kelly Osbourne, reality TV star, singer

Donny Osmond, singer

Marie Osmond, singer

Mark Owen, British singer of band Take That

Sandis Ozoliņš, NHL defenseman

P to T

Al Pacino, American actor

James Packer, Australian media tycoon.

Kerry Packer, Australian media tycoon.

Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin and session guitarist

Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland politician

Jim Parsons, American actor, The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon Cooper

Simon Pegg, British actor

Brandon Phillips, Major League Baseball player

Wade Phillips, former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys

Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile 1974–1990

Shaun Pollock, a retired South African cricketer and former Proteas captain.

Natalie Portman, American actress

Prince, American musician

Jade Puget, American musician of AFI

Albert Pujols, Major League Baseball player

Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Putin is known to drink alcohol at receptions)

Anna Quindlen, American author

Colin Quinn, American comedian

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist and conductor

Daniel Radcliffe, British actor

Mohammad Rafi, Indian playback singer

Miranda Raison, British actress

James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic

Brett Ratner, American film director

Andy Reid, head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs

Harry Reid, Democratic Senate Majority Leader

Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter

Trent Reznor, American musician and composer - clean and sober

Christina Ricci, American actress

Anne Rice, American author

Terry Richardson, American photographer

Bosse Ringholm, Swedish politician

Philip Rivers, National Football League Player

Anne Robinson, British TV presenter, journalist and game show host (The Weakest Link)

John D. Rockefeller, industrialist and philanthropist

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., industrialist and philanthropist

Fred Rogers, American children's television host

Henry Rollins, former Black Flag singer

Erwin Rommel, German field marshal during World War 2

Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts

Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer

Linda Ronstadt, American popular singer

Francis Rossi, English musician of Status Quo fame.

Arnold Rothstein, American crime boss

Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German dive-bomber pilot

Nick Saban, American college football coach

Jerry Sadowitz, comedian and magician

Harjit Sajjan, Canadian Sikh politician.

Kevin Seconds, Vocalist of Hardcore Punk band 7 Seconds

Johann Gottfried Seume, German poet

Fiona Shackleton, divorce lawyer

Bill Shankly, footballer and Liverpool F.C. manager between 1959 and 1974

George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright

Tommy Sheridan, Scottish socialist politician

Sarah Silverman, American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer

Gene Simmons, American rockstar of Kiss fame

Fauja Singh, British centenarian marathon runner of Punjabi Sikh descent

Manmohan Singh,13th Prime Minister of India.

Maithripala Sirisena, the 7th incumbent president of Sri Lanka

Jim Smallman, co-owner of UK pro-wrestling company, Progress Wrestling

Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress

Frank Skinner, British comedian and broadcaster.

Alan Smith, English footballer

John Snow, British physician

Philip Snowden, British politician

Dee Snider, singer, songwriter and radio personality

Chael Sonnen, American Mixed Martial Artist

Neville Southall, Wales international goalkeeper

Hal Sparks, American actor

Ringo Starr, English musician

Rachel Stevens, English popstar

Mark Stoermer, American musician, best known as bassist for rock band The Killers

Lucy Stone, American suffraget

Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater, 3 time world champion and Olympic silver medalist

J. Michael Straczynski, Author, Producer, Creator of science fiction series Babylon 5

J.E.B. Stuart (1833–1864), Confederate States of America Cavalry General

Gunde Svan, Swedish cross-country skier

Tilda Swinton, British actress

Tomoji Tanabe, Oldest Living Man from 2007-2009

Nándor Tánczos, Member of New Zealand Parliament

Catherine Tate, British comedian and actress

Corey Taylor, (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, author, and actor best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the heavy metal band Slipknot and hard rock/alternative metal band Stone Sour.

Katie Taylor, Irish boxer

Teddy Taylor, British politician

Tim Tebow, NFL Quarterback

Teller, American magician and member of Penn and Teller

Will Lamartine Thompson, Ohio writer/composer

Strom Thurmond, American senator, governor, lawyer and decorated World War II veteran

Bill Tilghman, US Marshal and gunslinger who owned a saloon for financial reasons

Yaya Toure, Ivorian footballer, once turned down a bottle of champagne as a Man of the Match award due to his Islamic faith

John Travolta, American actor

Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919–2000), Prime Minister of Canada

Donald Trump, American entrepreneur and politician, President of the United States of America

Victor Trumper, Australian who was among the Wisden Cricketers of the Year

Henry David Thoreau

Suzanne Tuberville (b. 1960), public relations analyst, wife of Tommy Tuberville

Tommy Tuberville (b. 1954), head coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Ike Turner, American producer and musician

Shania Twain, Canadian singer

Jeff Tweedy, American musician

Tyler, The Creator, American rapper

U to Z

Farin Urlaub, German musician, singer and guitarist of the punk rock band Die Ärzte.

Erik Van Looy, Belgian film director

Matti Vanhanen, former Prime Minister of Finland

Tom Vasel, Internet personality and founder of The Dice Tower

Milo Ventimiglia, American actor

Jack Vining, state of Delaware's first elected official to U.S. House of Representatives

Michelle Visage, singer, television personality, television host

Rich Vos, American comedian

Tom Waits, American musician

JC Watts, Former American Congressman

George C. Wallace, American politician, four term governor of Alabama

David Foster Wallace, American writer

Gerard Way, lead singer for My Chemical Romance

Mae West, American actress and playwright.

Billy West, American voice actor

John Wetton, English rock singer and musician, after recovering from alcoholism

Deryck Whibley, Canadian rock singer and musician after recovering from alcoholism

Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby union player and member of the England national team

Hayley Williams, American musician, lead singer and co-founder of the band Paramore.

Anna Wintour, Editor in Chief of Vogue Magazine

Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer

Malcolm X, American activist/minister

Adam Yauch, musician, filmmaker, philanthropist and co-founder of the Beastie Boys

Michael York, British actor

Adam Young, American musician and founder of electronic project Owl City.

Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian musician, lead guitarist for rock band AC/DC

Frank Zappa, American musician