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{{Short description|Current and former members of Scientology}}

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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."{{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}}

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.{{r|hubbard-ethics|page=361}}

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.{{r|straus|p=70}} Collectively, non-staff Scientologists may be referred to as "members", the "public", or the "field".{{r|wallis|pages=128,228}}

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.{{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}}{{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}}{{r|wallis|p=181}}

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}}.

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{{Category see also|Scientologists}}

  • Anne Archer (b. 1947) actress (mother of former Scientology spokesperson Tommy Davis){{r|reitman-rs}}
  • Jennifer Aspen (b. 1970) actress{{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}}{{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}}
  • James Barbour (b. 1966) Broadway actor and singer{{cite magazine |author= |magazine=Celebrity |publisher=Celebrity Centre International |issue=360 |pages=8–11 |year=2004 |title=Celebrity Interview with Broadway Star James Barbour}}
  • Lynsey Bartilson (b. 1983) actress{{Cite news|first =Jim|last =Sullivan|title = 'Rush Hour 2' Does Double Time|work = The Boston Globe|date =August 6, 2001|page=B10}}
  • Catherine Bell (b. 1968) actress{{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 }}Zokaei, Mayar. - [https://web.archive.org/web/20051214140407/http://www.nylamagazine.com/art4.html "Bell Hop"] - NYLA Magazine. - Spring 2005{{Cite news|first = Andrew |last = Gumbel |url = http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=3137&IssueNum=136|title = Scientology vs. Science |work = Los Angeles CityBeat|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 |archive-date = 2006-04-27}}
  • Tim Bowles (?) attorney who has represented Scientology and worked for some of the church's organizations. Scientologist since 1975{{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}}
  • David Campbell (b. 1948) composer{{cite web|last=Sales|first=Nancy Jo|title=The Golden Suicides|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/suicides200801?printable=true¤tPage=all|work=Vanity Fair|date=January 2008|access-date=August 8, 2015}}{{r|reitman|page=289}}
  • Grant Cardone (b. 1958) CEO of Cardone Capital, reached the OT VIII level{{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}}}}
  • Nancy Cartwright (b. 1957) voice-over actress, voice of Bart Simpson{{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=[https://archive.org/details/scientology00lewi/page/n418 404]|author-link=James R. Lewis (scholar)}}{{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 = The Guardian| publisher = Guardian Newspapers Limited | date = 25 March 2006 | access-date = 23 June 2008 | location=London}}
  • Kate Ceberano (b. 1966) actress and musician;{{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}}{{Cite news| last = Betts | first = Marianne | title = Host of celebrities in Scientology's fold | newspaper = Herald Sun | location =Melbourne, Australia | page = 24 | publisher = News Corporation | date = January 10, 2009}}{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s917578.htm | title=interview on ABC TV Australia | website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 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}}{{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}} a third-generation-Scientologist; her grandmother worked as a governess for the children of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard
  • Erika Christensen (b. 1982) actress, raised Scientologist{{r|reitman-rs}}
  • Stanley Clarke (b. 1951) musician and composer{{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}}
  • Keith Code (?) motorcycle racer{{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=Superbike School |access-date=January 19, 2023 }}{{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}}
  • Tom Constanten (b. 1944) former keyboardist for the Grateful Dead{{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}}{{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}}{{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= [https://archive.org/details/longstrangetripi00mcna_0/page/352 352] |publisher= Broadway Books |location= New York |isbn=0-7679-1186-5}}
  • Tom Cruise (b. 1962) actor{{r|reitman-rs}}{{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}}{{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}}
  • Sky Dayton (b. 1971) founder of EarthLink{{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}}
  • Greg and Janet Deering (?) founders and owners of Deering Banjo Company{{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}}
  • Eddie Deezen (b. 1957) actor and comedian{{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 |date=February 21, 2012 |language=en}}
  • Jason Dohring (b. 1982) actor, raised Scientologist{{cite web|url=http://www.our-home.org/lauriedohring/success.htm| title=Scientology Success - Laurie Dohring| publisher=ourhome.org| access-date=2016-09-27}}{{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}}
  • Denice Duff (b. 1965) actress{{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}}
  • Robert Duggan (b. 1944) billionaire investor and CEO{{Cite news| last = Herper| first = Matthew | title = A Lucky Drug Made Pharmacyclics' Robert Duggan A Billionaire. Will Long-Term Success Follow?| work =Forbes | 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 }}
  • Bodhi Elfman (b. 1969) actor{{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}}{{r|reitman|page=266}}
  • Jenna Elfman (b. 1971) actress{{r|reitman-rs}}
  • Richard Elfman (b. 1949) writer and director{{Cite news | last =Friedman | first =Roger | title =Tom Cruise Finally Meets His Match | work =Fox News | 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 }}
  • Stacy Francis (b. 1966) singer{{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}}
  • Doug E. Fresh (b. 1966) musician and rapper
  • Gary Imhoff (b. 1952) actor{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Oppenheimer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/magazine/15Katselas-t.html |title=The Actualizer |work=The New York Times |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= }}
  • Mark Isham (b. 1951) musician and film music composer{{Cite news| last =Richardson | first =John M. | title =The Scientology Church of Hollywood | work =The Globe and Mail | publisher =Bell Globemedia Publishing | date =September 11, 1993 }}
  • Craig Jensen (?) founder of Condusiv Technologies, formerly known as Diskeeper Corporation{{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=Hubbard College of Administration International}} |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}} }}
  • Brent A. Jones (b. 1963) lawyer and business owner{{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}}
  • Vivian Kubrick (b. 1960) filmmaker, composer and daughter of Stanley Kubrick{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{r|reitman|page=407}}
  • Charles Lakes (b. 1964) elite gymnast and Olympian {{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 }}
  • Alanna Masterson (b. 1988) actress{{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 }}
  • Christopher Masterson (b. 1980) actor{{Cite news| last =Shaviv | first =Miram A. | title =The Passion of the Cruise | work =The Jerusalem Post | page =24 | date =June 28, 2007}}
  • Danny Masterson (b. 1976) actor
  • Jordan Masterson (b. 1986) actor
  • Jim Meskimen (b. 1959) actor and improviser{{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}}{{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=St. Petersburg Times |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}}
  • Julia Migenes (b. 1943) opera singer{{Cite news| title =Bart Simpsons's 'Voice' Talks About Belief In Scientology | work =The Press of Atlantic City | page =B5 | date =December 17, 1994 }}
  • Sofia Milos (b. 1969) actress{{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 University of New Mexico) | date = 12 October 2004 | access-date = 5 July 2006 }}{{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=SFGate |access-date=2010-03-13|author=Rachel Gordon|date= 2006-03-03}}
  • Elisabeth Moss (b. 1982) actress,{{Cite news| last = Stoller | first = Debbie | title = Moss Appeal | magazine = BUST | issue = 55 | pages =55–57 | date = February–March 2009}}{{Cite news | title = Scientology: Origins, celebrities and holdings | work = St. Petersburg Times | 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}} raised a Scientologist{{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}}
  • Tony Muhammad (?) anti-vaccination activist and 2017 recipient of a Freedom Medal award from the International Association of Scientologists{{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=The Sacramento Bee}}{{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=Southern Poverty Law Center}}{{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}}
  • Floyd Mutrux (b. 1941) film director and writer{{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}}
  • Haywood Nelson (b. 1960) actor{{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}}
  • Marisol Nichols (b. 1973) actress
  • Judy Norton Taylor (b. 1958) actress{{Cite news| last =Mouland | first =Bill | title =Good night? Not quite | work =The Sunday Mail | page =56 | publisher =Nationwide News Pty Limited | date =July 21, 2002 }}{{Cite news|last =Brown|first =Annie|title =happily ever after?| work =Scottish Daily Record| publisher =Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail Ltd| date =October 30, 1999}}
  • Don Pearson (?) former management consultant (trainer) who taught Hubbard administrative techniques to executives and managers{{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=The Royal Gazette (Bermuda) |access-date=April 17, 2023}}{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Evans |title=Scientology Inc. |url=https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/scientology-inc/8220/ |newspaper=Sacramento News & Review |date=August 23, 2001 |access-date=April 17, 2023}}
  • Michael Peña (b. 1976) actor{{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}}{{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}}
  • David Pomeranz (b. 1951) singer, songwriter, composer{{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}}{{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=Summit Media|date=February 20, 2013|access-date=November 12, 2017}}
  • Jeff Pomerantz (b. 1943) actor{{Cite web |title=Scientology Success: Jeff Pomerantz |url=https://www.whatisscientology.org/html/Part05/Chp19/pg0327.html |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=www.whatisscientology.org}}{{Cite news |last=Reed |first=Watford |date=1985-06-01 |title=Stars Appear for Scientology |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/06/01/stars-appear-for-scientology/09a7b2ff-ddc5-4877-b783-6236960f9b9e/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
  • Lee Purcell (b. 1947) actress
  • Georgina Reilly (b. 1986) actress{{Cite web |title=Thursday Funnies |url=https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-307/ |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=www.mikerindersblog.org}}
  • Patrick Renna (b. 1979) actor{{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 |date=August 28, 2013 |language=en}}
  • Giovanni Ribisi (b. 1974) actor, raised Scientologist
  • Marissa Ribisi (b. 1974) actress, raised Scientologist
  • Michael D. Roberts (b. 1947) actor
  • Ruddy Rodríguez (b. 1967) actress{{Cite news| last =Cohen | first =David | title =Tom's Alien Target | work =Evening Standard | date =October 23, 2006 }}{{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 =The Sunday Herald | date =February 18, 2007 }}
  • Billy Sheehan (b. 1953) rock bassist{{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=Blabbermouth.net |date= February 19, 2008 |access-date= November 12, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/billy-sheehan-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/ |author=Graham Hartmann |title=Billy Sheehan Plays 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?' |work=Loudwire|date=October 14, 2015|access-date=November 12, 2017}}
  • Michelle Stafford (b. 1968) actress{{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}}
  • Ethan Suplee (b. 1976) actor{{Cite news| last =Oppenheimer | first =Mark | title =Friends, thetans, countrymen | work =The Daily Telegraph | 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}}
  • John Travolta (b. 1954) actor{{r|reitman-rs}}
  • Greta Van Susteren (b. 1954) television show host,{{Cite news|title=Scientology: A Star-Studded Sect – Scientology has a large following from many celebrities. |work=ABC News |publisher=ABC |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}} her husband, a lawyer, is a fellow practitioner of Scientology, she told People magazine, "I am a strong advocate of their ethics."
  • Joy Villa (b. 1986) singer{{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}}
  • Edgar Winter (b. 1946) musician{{Cite news| last =Leiby | 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 | newspaper =The Washington Post | 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}}{{r|reitman|page=263}}
  • Mick Woodmansey (b. 1950) rock drummer, part of David Bowie's backing band The Spiders from Mars{{cite book |title=Spider from Mars: My Life with David Bowie |date=2016 |publisher=Sidgwick and Jackson |page=202}}
  • Juliet Simms (b. 1986) musician, former contestant on The Voice{{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}}

= Deceased =

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

  • Kirstie Alley (1951–2022) actress{{r|reitman-rs}}{{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=Los Angeles Times | page=A18:5 | date=25 June 1990 | access-date=6 August 2006 }}{{Cite news|last =Shaw|first =William|title = The science of celebrity religion to Non-believers, it seems Barmy. etc.| work =The Sunday Telegraph| publisher = Telegraph Group Limited, London| page =O20| date =February 17, 2008}}{{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}}
  • Karen Black (1939–2013) actress{{cite news|last1= laRo | first1 = Joel |author2=Welkos, Robert W. | title = The Scientology Story | page = 46 | newspaper = Los Angeles Times (24–29 June 1990)}}{{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}}{{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}}
  • Sonny Bono (1935–1998) entertainer and congressman (19R-CA 44th),{{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 = Time | 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 }} 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.{{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}}{{cite journal |title=Proud Mary Bono |journal=George |first=Ann| last=Bardach |date=August 1999}}
  • Stephen Boyd (1931–1977) actor, rose to OT IV, utilized Scientology techniques while filming a movie in Louisiana{{Cite book| last =Malko | first =George | title =Scientology: The Now Religion | publisher =Delacorte Press | year =1970 | pages =[https://archive.org/details/scientologynowre00malk/page/6 6]–7| title-link =Scientology: The Now Religion }}
  • Chick Corea (1941–2021) musician{{r|reitman-rs}}{{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}}
  • Doug Dohring (1957–2023) ex-owner of Neopets and father of Jason Dohring{{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=St. Petersburg Times |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}}{{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}}{{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 }}
  • Peaches Geldof (1989–2014) columnist, television personality, and model.{{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=Business Insider|accessdate=14 April 2021}}
  • Isaac Hayes (1942–2008) musician and actor{{r|reitman-rs}}
  • Nicky Hopkins (1944–1994) musician{{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?}}
  • Milton Katselas (1933–2008) acting teacher{{r|reitman-rs}}
  • Geoffrey Lewis (1935–2015) actor{{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}}{{Cite news| last =Meyer | first =Carla | title =Juliette Lewis Is All Grown Up: Actress moves beyond her intense, troubled image | work =San Francisco Chronicle | 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}}
  • Noah Lottick (1966–1990) Scientologist whose suicide was the focus of the Time magazine article "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power"{{Cite news| last =Behar | first =Richard | author-link = Richard Behar | title =The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power | work = Time magazine | 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 }}[http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/lottick_edward_physician_experience.htm Survey Reveals Physicians' Experience with Cults], Edward Lottick, Cult Observer, Volume 10, Number 3, 1993.{{cite news |last1=Behar |first1=Richard |last2=Burton|first2=Thomas M. |title= A Dangerous Cult Goes Mainstream |work= Reader's Digest |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}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20020302091035/http://www.raids.org/gen00286.htm Scientologist Commits Suicide, Scientology Convicted], St. Petersburg Times, published February 8, 1998[http://www.courttv.com/archive/legaldocs/cyberlaw/scientology1.html Church of Scientology v. Time and Richard Behar], 92 Civ. 3024 (PKL), Opinion and Order, Court TV library Web site., retrieved 1/10/06.{{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=Business Wire |date=July 16, 1996 |first=Robert |last=Pondiscio}}
  • Lisa McPherson (1959–1995) woman whose death has been a source of controversy for the church{{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= St. Petersburg Times | date = 14 November 1998 | access-date = 23 June 2008 }}
  • Eduardo Palomo (1962–2003) actor{{Cite news| last =Morales | first =Magaly (Tribune Media Services) | title =Busy, popular actor Eduardo Palomo gone too soon | work =Houston Chronicle | page =7 | date =November 23, 2003 }}{{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 =The Orange County Register | date =November 11, 2003 }}
  • Elli Perkins (1949–2003) businesswoman;{{Cite news|last = Gramigna|first = Glenn|title = Ex-hippie turns successful businesswoman|work = Metro Community News|location=Buffalo, New York|year = 1995|url = https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/JeremyPerkins/Articles/metro-community-news-1995.html|access-date = 2007-03-23}} who was murdered by her son who suffered from an untreated mental illness{{Cite news|last = |title = Scientology - A Question of Faith: Did A Mother's Faith Contribute To Her Murder?|work = 48 Hours| pages = 1–9|publisher =CBS News|date = 2006-10-28|url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientology-a-question-of-faith/|access-date = 2010-05-27}}{{Cite news|last = Stasi|first = Linda|title = Scientology Schizo: His Mom's Religion Said, No Meds. That Edict May Have Cost Her Life|work = New York Post|date = October 27, 2006}}{{Cite news|last=Walls |first=Jeannette |title=Scientology foes blast Cruise in ad |work=Today.com |publisher=NBC |date=March 29, 2006 |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/scientology-foes-blast-cruise-ad-wbna11878503 |access-date=2007-03-23}}{{Cite news|last = Montopoli|first = Brian|title = '48 Hours' Questions Role Of Scientology In Murder, Scientologists Question CBS Ethics|work = PublicEye|publisher = CBS|date = November 2, 2006| url = https://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/11/02/publiceye/entry2144647.shtml|access-date = 2007-03-23}}
  • Kelly Preston (1962–2020) actress{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN1636166120080516|title=Kelly Preston fired up for HBO suburban satire|work=Reuters|publisher=reuters.com|date=March 16, 2008|access-date=2 June 2008|agency=Reuters/Hollywood Reporter}}[https://variety.com/2020/film/news/kelly-preston-dead-dies-john-travolta-1234704456/ Kelly Preston, Actress in 'Mischief,' 'Jerry Maguire,' Dies at 57] Variety
  • Pablo Santos (1987–2006) actor{{Cite news| last =Rush | first =George |author2=Joanna Molloy |author3=Kasia Anderson |author4=Suzanne Rozdeba | title =Scientology turns 33 | work =New York Daily News| page =20 | publisher =Daily News, L.P. | date =July 31, 2002 }}
  • Ian Tampion (1938–1997) Australian rules footballer who fought legal proceedings to have Scientology recognised in Australia as a church{{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}}{{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}}

Former members

{{Category see also|Former Scientologists}}

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

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| {{sortname|Larry|Anderson|Larry Anderson (actor)}}

| 1952–

| 2009

|Actor, star of Orientation: A Scientology Information Film, left the church in 2009 and requested his money back.{{Cite news | last = Childs | first = Joe | author2 = Thomas C. Tobin | title = He wants his money back from Church of Scientology | newspaper = St. Petersburg Times | 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 }}

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| {{sortname|Gerry|Armstrong|Gerry Armstrong (activist)}}

| 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.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Jon|Atack}}

| 1955–

| 1983

| Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.

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| {{sortname|Allen|Barton}}

| 1968–

| 2012

| Playwright and acting teacher who would later become an outspoken critic of the church.{{Cite web|url=http://stageraw.com/2015/01/25/some-of-my-best-friends-were-scientologists/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312222419/https://stageraw.com/2015/01/25/some-of-my-best-friends-were-scientologists/ |archive-date=March 12, 2015 |title=Some of My Best Friends Were Scientologists|last=Adamek|first=Pauline|date=January 25, 2015|website=Stage Raw|access-date=March 20, 2025 |quote=...in 2012, Barton participated in an interview with Lawrence Wright for his book, Going Clear, granting Wright key information about Katselas's experience. As a result, Barton was issued with his own 'Suppressive Person Declare'...}}

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| {{sortname|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.{{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 }}{{cite news | first = Roger | last = Friedman | title = Star Exits Scientology | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351287,00.html | work = Fox News Channel | publisher = Fox News | 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 }} He joined the church through Milton Katselas' acting class, connecting with Bodhi Elfman and Mary Thompson.{{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}}{{r|reitman|page=266-267}}

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| {{sortname|Cedric|Bixler-Zavala}}

| 1974–

| 2017

| Musician.{{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=MetalSucks |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.}}

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| {{sortname|Nazanin|Boniadi}}

| 1980–

|

| Actress.{{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}} her mother was a Scientologist.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Kate|Bornstein}}

| 1948–

| 1981

| Transgender author, playwright, performance artist and gender theorist. Was previously a spokesperson for Scientology.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Mitch|Brisker}}

| 1949–

| 2020

| Producer.{{cite web |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/mitch-brisker-scientology-church-beliefs/ |title=Former Scientologist details experience with controversial church, beliefs |website=NewsNation |date=2024-03-14 |access-date=2024-03-14}}

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| {{sortname|John|Brodie}}

| 1935–

|

| American football player;{{Cite news| last =Murphy | first =Brian | title =Profile: John Brodie – Spirited comeback - 49er legend relentlessly positive after stroke | work =San Francisco Chronicle | page =B1 | publisher =The Chronicle Publishing | date =January 4, 2004}} 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"

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| {{sortname|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.{{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 }}{{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}}{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/freedommagdecember1985 |title=Masthead of Freedom Magazine |magazine=Freedom |publisher=Church of Scientology|page=3 |access-date=June 23, 2023}}

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| {{sortname|William S.|Burroughs}}

| 1914–1997

| 1960s

| Author and poet. Joined and left the church during the 1960s.Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult' 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.[http://www.suburbia.com.au/~fun/scn/etc/wsb3.html Burroughs on Scientology], Los Angeles Free Press, Mar 6, 1970. 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.{{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 = The Globe and Mail | page = A3; Section: Celebrity Central; Subsections: "Members", "Ex–Members" | date = January 6, 2009 }}{{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 }}

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| {{sortname|Diana|Canova}}

| 1953–

| 1993

|Actress;{{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 |archive-date = 20 May 2008}} critical of Scientology's "straightforward" desire for money.{{Cite news|last =Richardson| first =John|title =The Scientology church of Hollywood| work =The Globe and Mail| page =D5|publisher =Thomas Canada Limited| date =September 11, 1993}}{{Cite news|last= Richardson|first=John H.|title=The poorer and famous Hollywood Scientologists|work=Premiere|date=September 1993}}

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| {{sortname|Tory|Christman}}

| 1947–

| 2000

| Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Robert|DeGrimston}}

| 1935–

|

| With wife, Marry Anne DeGrimston, founder of The Process Church of The Final Judgment.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Richard|de Mille}}

| 1922–2009

| 1954

| Author and journalist; at one point a personal assistant to L. Ron Hubbard.{{r|reitman|page=37}}{{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}}

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| {{sortname|John|Duignan|The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology}}

| 1963–

|

| Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|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.{{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 = Wired magazine }}{{r|rinder|page=153}}

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| {{sortname|Michael|Fairman}}

| 1934–

| 2011

| Actor{{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 }}

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| {{sortname|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.{{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 }}

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| {{sortname|Philip|Gale}}

| 1978–1998

|

| Massachusetts Institute of Technology student and primary developer of EarthLink's innovative ISP software; died by suicide in 1998.{{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 }}

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| {{sortname|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.{{Cite news|last=Ortega |first=Tony |title='Crash' Director Paul Haggis Ditches Scientology |work=Runnin' Scared |publisher=The Village Voice |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}} He progressed up to OT VII in the 1980s where he remained until he left the church.

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|{{sortname|Beck|Hansen}}

| 1970–

| 2019

|Musician who promoted Scientology as a member for many years.{{r|reitman-rs}} Stated in a 2019 interview that he is not a Scientologist and that he doesn't "have any connection or affiliation with it".{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Marc|Headley}}

| 1974–

| 2005

| Whistleblower and critic of the church.

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| {{sortname|Katie|Holmes}}

| 1978–

| 2012

| Actress and formerly married to Scientologist Tom Cruise.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Jim|Humble}}

| 1933–

| 1981

|Self-published author and founder of the Genesis II Church{{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}}{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Robert|Hunter|Robert Hunter (lyricist)}}

| 1941–2019

| 1999

| Lyricist for the Grateful Dead.{{Cite book | last = Jackson | first = Blair | year = 1999 | title = Garcia: An American Life | publisher = Viking Adult | pages = [https://archive.org/details/garcia00blai/page/62 62, 179] | isbn = 0-670-88660-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/garcia00blai/page/62 }}

Mark Janicello

|1962

|2003

|Actor, Singer and Dramatist. Author of [https://www.ibera.at/titel/nackt-im-rampenlicht/?v=79cba1185463 Naked in the Spotlight: My Life with Sex, Singing, and Scientology] in German and in English{{Cite book |last=Janicello |first=Mark |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}}

{{sortname|Nicole|Kidman|Nicole Kidman}}

| 1967–

| 1992

|Actress; Tom Cruise's ex-wife{{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. ... [Marc Headley] reported to a large conference room and right away noticed Kidman, who was also receiving auditing.}}

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| {{sortname|Jason|Lee|Jason Lee (actor)}}

| 1970–

| 2016

|Actor{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}

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| {{sortname|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.{{r|rinder|page=153}}

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| {{sortname|Johnny|Lewis|Johnny Lewis}}

| 1983–2012

|

| Actor{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Juliette|Lewis}}

| 1973–

| 2021

| Actress{{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}}{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Charles|Manson}}

| 1934–2017

|

| Identified as a Scientologist during his time in prison.{{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) }}{{Cite news| last =Mallia | first =Joseph | title = Inside the Church of Scientology – Church wields celebrity clout | work =Boston Herald | page =30 | date =March 5, 1998 }}{{Cite news| first =Steven V. | last = Roberts | title = Charlie Manson, Nomadic Guru, Flirted With Crime in a Turbulent Childhood | work = New York Times | page = 84 | date = 7 December 1969 }}{{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}} He ordered Manson Family member Bruce Davis to journey to the United Kingdom and work for the Scientology organization in London.{{Cite news|title=Timeline: From East Tennessee to California prison |work=Knoxville News Sentinel |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}} Manson completed 150 hours of auditing while researching his own religious practices,{{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}}{{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}} which borrowed heavily from Scientology.

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| {{sortname|Jenna|Miscavige Hill}}

| 1984–

| 2005

| Niece of David Miscavige, author and whistleblower.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Ron|Miscavige}}

| 1936–2021

| 2012

| Father of David Miscavige, author and whistleblower.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Vince|Offer}}

| 1964–

| 2002

| Film director of The Underground Comedy Movie and pitchman for ShamWow.{{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=PR Newswire|access-date=31 August 2008}}

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| {{sortname|Bijou|Phillips}}

| 1980–

| 2024

| Model and actress{{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}}{{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=Life & Style |publisher=A360media |date=February 1, 2024}}

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| {{sortname|Laura|Prepon}}

| 1980–

| 2016

| Actress{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Lisa Marie|Presley}}

| 1968–2023

| 2014

|Singer and songwriter who was the daughter of Elvis Presley.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Priscilla|Presley}}

| 1945–

| 2017

|Businesswoman and actress{{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}}

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| {{sortname|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.{{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}}

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| {{sortname|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.

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| {{sortname|Leah|Remini}}

| 1970–

| 2013

| Actress{{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=People |access-date=July 15, 2013}}Eggenberger, Nicole (September 10, 2013). [http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/leah-remini-tells-ellen-degeneres-she-lost-friends-after-leaving-scientology-2013109 "Leah Remini Tells Ellen DeGeneres She 'Lost Friends"'After Leaving Scientolog"]. US Weekly. 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.

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| {{sortname|Mike|Rinder}}

| 1955–2025

| 2007

| Whistleblower and critic of the church.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-bio/|title=About Me|website=www.mikerindersblog.org}}

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| {{sortname|Mimi|Rogers}}

| 1956–

|

| Actress[http://ca.eonline.com/news/136515/have-any-celebs-ever-actually-left-scientology Have Any Celebs Ever Actually Left Scientology?] E! Online, July 29, 2009

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| {{sortname|Amy|Scobee}}

| 19xx–

| 2005

| Whistleblower and critic of the church.{{cite web |url=https://scobeepublishing.com/index-phpoptioncom_contentviewarticleid89itemid164/ |title=About the author |website=Scobee Publishing |access-date=September 16, 2023}}

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| {{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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}

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| {{sortname|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.{{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=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}{{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 }}{{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 }}

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| {{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.{{multiref2 |1={{cite news |title=Stealing $$$ From Scientologists and the Art of Fraud |work=American Greed |publisher=CNBC |date=February 20, 2008 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/23163763/site/14081545/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815021756/https://www.cnbc.com/id/23163763/site/14081545/ |archive-date=August 15, 2008}} |2={{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2012/07/18/Stealing-$$$-from-Scientologists-Evidence-Files.html |title=Stealing $$$ from Scientologists : Evidence Files |website=CNBC |date=July 18, 2012}} }}{{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 }}

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| {{sortname|Jeffrey|Tambor}}

| 1944–

| 2000s

|Actor, left when he was pressured to leave his second wife.{{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=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=June 18, 2023}}{{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}}

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| {{sortname|Paul|Twitchell}}

| 1908–1971

| 1959

| Spiritual writer and founder of Eckankar.[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC "John Paul Twitchell", Religious Leaders of America, 2nd ed., Gale Group, 1999. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center, Farmington Hills, Mich: Gale, 2009.]{{Cite news| last = Orr|first = Susan|title = ABCS of Religion:E is for Eckankar| work =The Evansville Courier & Press| page = B5| date= August 1, 2009}} Joined Scientology and achieved the status of "Clear".{{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}}

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| {{sortname|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.Vosper, Cyril. The Mind Benders. Neville Spearman, 1971

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| {{sortname|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".{{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=OK!|accessdate=14 April 2021}}

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| {{sortname|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.{{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=Washington Post |date=May 10, 2002}}{{r|rinder|page=153}}{{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=Village Voice |date=2008-06-30}}

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| {{sortname|Bonnie|Woods}}

| 19xx–

| 1982

| Former member of the Sea Org who was subjected to a smear campaign by the church.{{cite news|title=Hounded by the church of stars and hype|work=Sunday Times|publisher=Times Newspapers|date=January 1, 1997|last=Driscoll|first=Margarette|author2=Steven Haynes| page=10}}

See also

Notes

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{{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=Time |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 }}

{{cite book |title=Introduction to Scientology Ethics |author=L. Ron Hubbard Library |publisher=Bridge Publications |isbn=9781403144904 |ol=16702654M |year=2007}}

{{cite book |last=Reitman |first=Janet |title=Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion |date=2011 |isbn=9780618883028 |ol=24881847M |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |title-link=Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion}}

{{cite magazine |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 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502021124/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/inside-scientology-20110208 |archive-date=May 2, 2018}}

{{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=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781982185763}}

{{cite journal |title=Scientology "Ethics": Deviance, Identity and Social Control in a Cult-Like Social World |first=Roger |last=Straus |journal=Symbolic Interaction |volume=9 |issue=1 |date=Spring 1986 |pages=67–82 |doi=10.1525/si.1986.9.1.67 |publisher=Wiley }}

{{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=Columbia University Press |isbn=0231042000 |ol=4596322M}}

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Further reading

  • {{Cite news | title = Scientology: Origins, celebrities and holdings | work = St. Petersburg Times | 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}}
  • {{Cite news |title=Scientology – The Truth Rundown (part 1) |work=Tampa Bay Times |url=https://www.tampabay.com/special-reports/2019/10/17/scientology-the-truth-rundown/ |date=June 21, 2009}} [https://www.tampabay.com/special-reports/2019/10/17/the-truth-rundown-part-2-of-3-death-in-slow-motion/ Part 2: Death in slow motion, June 22, 2009], [https://www.tampabay.com/special-reports/2019/10/17/the-truth-rundown-part-3-of-3-ecclesiastical-justice/ Part 3: Ecclesiastical justice, June 23, 2009]

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