古今中外,有许多历史名人都支持素食运动,基督教教主耶稣和佛祖释加牟尼都是素食主义者。其它的各名人士还有亚历山大大帝、莎士比亚、牛顿、肖伯纳、甘地、孙中山和爱因斯坦。 在18世纪中叶,英国和大部分欧洲国家有过盛极一时的素食运动,并把素食运动传到欧洲列强的遍及全球的殖民地。在两次世界大战中,素食运动得到了大力推广。由于德国的封锁,丹麦政府担心出现 Past and present, there are many historical celebrities who support the vegetarian movement, Christian leaders Jesus and Buddha are all vegetarians. Other names were Alexander the Great, Shakespeare, Newton, Shaw, Bernard, Gandhi, Sun Yat-sen and Einstein. By the middle of the eighteenth century, the British and most European countries had had a supremely vegetarian movement and spread the vegetarian movement to European colonies throughout the world. In two world wars, the vegetarian movement has been vigorously promoted. Due to the blockade in Germany, the Danish government is worried about it