List of Scientologists

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 that the term Scientologist "is a collective membership mark indicating membership in a church and church membership services of the affiliated Scientology churches and missions."^[1]

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.^[2]: 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.^[3]: 70 Collectively, non-staff Scientologists may be referred to as "members", the "public", or the "field".^{[4]: 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.^[4]: 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.^{[5][6][4]: 181}

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

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

Current

See also: Category:Scientologists

• Anne Archer (b. 1947) actress (mother of former Scientology spokesperson Tommy Davis)^[7][8]
• Jennifer Aspen (b. 1970) actress^[9][10]
• James Barbour (b. 1966) Broadway actor and singer^[11]
• Lynsey Bartilson (b. 1983) actress^[12]
• Catherine Bell (b. 1968) actress^{[12][8][13][14][15]}
• Tim Bowles (?) attorney who has represented Scientology and worked for some of the church's organizations. Scientologist since 1975^[16]
• David Campbell (b. 1948) composer^{[17][18]: 289}
• Elena Cardone, wife of Grant Cardone and major donor to Scientology.^[19]
• Grant Cardone (b. 1958) CEO of Cardone Capital, reached the OT VIII level^[20]
• Nancy Cartwright (b. 1957) voice-over actress, voice of Bart Simpson^{[12][8][21][22][23]}
• Kate Ceberano (b. 1966) actress and musician;^{[24][25][26][27]} a third-generation-Scientologist; her grandmother worked as a governess for the children of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard^[25]
• Erika Christensen (b. 1982) actress, raised Scientologist^{[28][7][12][8]}
• Stanley Clarke (b. 1951) musician and composer^[29]
• Keith Code (?) motorcycle racer^[30][31]
• Tom Constanten (b. 1944) former keyboardist for the Grateful Dead^[32][33][34]
• Tom Cruise (b. 1962) actor^{[7][24][25][27][35][36][8]}
• Sky Dayton (b. 1971) founder of EarthLink^[37][38][8]
• Greg and Janet Deering (?) founders and owners of Deering Banjo Company^[39]
• Eddie Deezen (b. 1957) actor and comedian^[40]
• Jason Dohring (b. 1982) actor, raised Scientologist^[41][42]
• Denice Duff (b. 1965) actress^[43]
• Robert Duggan (b. 1944) billionaire investor and CEO^[44]
• Bodhi Elfman (b. 1969) actor^{[45][18]: 266}
• Jenna Elfman (b. 1971) actress^{[28][7][46][12][8]}
• Richard Elfman (b. 1949) writer and director^[37]
• Stacy Francis (b. 1966) singer^[47]
• Doug E. Fresh (b. 1966) Producer and rapper^{[12][22][23][8]}
• Gary Imhoff (b. 1952) actor^[48]
• Mark Isham (b. 1951) musician and film music composer^[49]
• Craig Jensen (?) founder of Condusiv Technologies, formerly known as Diskeeper Corporation^[50]
• Brent A. Jones (b. 1963) lawyer and business owner^[51]
• Vivian Kubrick (b. 1960) filmmaker, composer and daughter of Stanley Kubrick^{[52][53][54][18]: 407}
• Charles Lakes (b. 1964) elite gymnast and Olympian ^[55]
• Alanna Masterson (b. 1988) actress^[56]
• Christopher Masterson (b. 1980) actor^[28][12]
• Danny Masterson (b. 1976) actor^[28][12][8]
• Jordan Masterson (b. 1986) actor^[56]
• Jim Meskimen (b. 1959) actor and improviser^[57][58]
• Julia Migenes (b. 1943) opera singer^[59]
• Sofia Milos (b. 1969) actress^[60][61]
• Elisabeth Moss (b. 1982) actress,^[62][63] raised a Scientologist^[64][8]
• Tony Muhammad (?) anti-vaccination activist and 2017 recipient of a Freedom Medal award from the International Association of Scientologists^[65][66][67]
• Floyd Mutrux (b. 1941) film director and writer^[68]
• Haywood Nelson (b. 1960) actor^[69]
• Marisol Nichols (b. 1973) actress^[24]
• Judy Norton Taylor (b. 1958) actress^[49][70][71]
• Don Pearson (?) former management consultant (trainer) who taught Hubbard administrative techniques to executives and managers^[72][73]
• Michael Peña (b. 1976) actor^[74][75]
• David Pomeranz (b. 1951) singer, songwriter, composer^[76][77]
• Jeff Pomerantz (b. 1943) actor^[78][79]
• Lee Purcell (b. 1947) actress^[49]
• Georgina Reilly (b. 1986) actress^[80]
• Patrick Renna (b. 1979) actor^[81]
• Giovanni Ribisi (b. 1974) actor, raised Scientologist^[46][82]
• Marissa Ribisi (b. 1974) actress, raised Scientologist^[82]
• Michael D. Roberts (b. 1947) actor^[49]
• Ruddy Rodríguez (b. 1967) actress^[83][84]
• Billy Sheehan (b. 1953) rock bassist^[85][86]
• Michelle Stafford (b. 1965) actress^[87]
• Ethan Suplee (b. 1976) actor^[88]
• John Travolta (b. 1954) actor^[28][7][8]
• Greta Van Susteren (b. 1954) television show host,^{[28][13][8][82][63]} her husband, a lawyer, is a fellow practitioner of Scientology,^[82] she told People magazine, "I am a strong advocate of their ethics."^[82]
• Edgar Winter (b. 1946) musician^{[89][18]: 263}
• Mick Woodmansey (b. 1950) rock drummer, part of David Bowie's backing band The Spiders from Mars^[90]
• Juliet Simms (b. 1986) musician, former contestant on The Voice^[91]

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^{[28][7][92][46][8][93]}
• Karen Black (1939–2013) actress^[94][95][96]
• Sonny Bono (1935–1998) entertainer and congressman (19R-CA 44th),^[21] 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.^[97][98]
• Stephen Boyd (1931–1977) actor, rose to OT IV, utilized Scientology techniques while filming a movie in Louisiana^[99]
• Chick Corea (1941–2021) musician^{[7][46][12][24][100]}
• Doug Dohring (1957–2023) ex-owner of Neopets and father of Jason Dohring^{[101][102][103]}
• Peaches Geldof (1989–2014) columnist, television personality, and model.^[8]
• Isaac Hayes (1942–2008) musician and actor^[7][22]
• Nicky Hopkins (1944–1994) musician^[104]
• Milton Katselas (1933–2008) acting teacher^[7][48]
• Geoffrey Lewis (1935–2015) actor^[105][106]
• Noah Lottick (1966–1990) Scientologist whose suicide was the focus of the Time magazine article "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power"^{[107][108][109][110][111][112]}
• Lisa McPherson (1959–1995) woman whose death has been a source of controversy for the church^[89][113]
• Eduardo Palomo (1962–2003) actor^[114][115]
• Elli Perkins (1949–2003) businesswoman;^[116] who was murdered by her son who suffered from an untreated mental illness^{[117][118][119][120]}
• Kelly Preston (1962–2020) actress^{[28][46][8][121][122]}
• Pablo Santos (1987–2006) actor^[123]
• Ian Tampion (1938–1997) Australian rules footballer who fought legal proceedings to have Scientology recognised in Australia as a church^[124][125]

Former members

See also: Category:Former Scientologists

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

Name	Lifetime	Left	Notes
Larry Anderson	1952–	2009	Actor, star of Orientation: A Scientology Information Film, left the church in 2009 and requested his money back.[126]
Gerry Armstrong	1946–	1981	Former Sea Org member for ten years and involved in a series of Scientology related lawsuits, collectively Church of Scientology of California v. Armstrong.[127]
Jon Atack	1955–	1983	Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.[128]
Allen Barton	1968–	2012	Playwright and acting teacher who would later become an outspoken critic of the church.[129]
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.[130][131] He joined the church through Milton Katselas' acting class, connecting with Bodhi Elfman and Mary Thompson.[132][18]: 266-267
Cedric Bixler-Zavala	1974–	2017	Musician.[133]
Nazanin Boniadi	1980–		Actress,[134] her mother was a Scientologist.[135]
Kate Bornstein	1948–	1981	Transgender author, playwright, performance artist and gender theorist. Was previously a spokesperson for Scientology.[136]
Mitch Brisker	1949–	2020	Producer.[137]
John Brodie	1935–		American football player;[92][138] 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"[92]
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.[139][140][141]
William S. Burroughs	1914–1997	1960s	Author and poet. Joined and left the church during the 1960s.[142] 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.[143] 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.[144][145]
Diana Canova	1953–	1993	Actress;[146] critical of Scientology's "straightforward" desire for money.[147][148]
Tory Christman	1947–	2000	Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.[128]
Robert DeGrimston	1935–		With wife, Marry Anne DeGrimston, founder of The Process Church of The Final Judgment.[149][150]
Richard de Mille	1922–2009	1954	Author and journalist; at one point a personal assistant to L. Ron Hubbard.[18]: 37 [151]
John Duignan	1963–		Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.[152]
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.[153][154]: 153
Michael Fairman	1934–	2011	Actor[155]
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.[156]
Philip Gale	1978–1998		Massachusetts Institute of Technology student and primary developer of EarthLink's innovative ISP software; died by suicide in 1998.[157]
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.[158] He progressed up to OT VII in the 1980s where he remained until he left the church.[132]
Beck Hansen	1970–	2019	Musician who promoted Scientology as a member for many years.[7][8][22][23][82] Stated in a 2019 interview that he is not a Scientologist and that he doesn't "have any connection or affiliation with it".[159]
Marc Headley	1974–	2005	Whistleblower and critic of the church.[128]
Katie Holmes	1978–	2012	Actress and formerly married to Scientologist Tom Cruise.[160]
Jim Humble	1933–	1981	Self-published author and founder of the Genesis II Church[161][162]
Robert Hunter	1941–2019	1999	Lyricist for the Grateful Dead.[163]
Mark Janicello	1962	2003	Actor, Singer and Dramatist. Author of Naked in the Spotlight: My Life with Sex, Singing, and Scientology in German and in English[164]
Nicole Kidman	1967–	1992	Actress; Tom Cruise's ex-wife[165]
Jason Lee	1970–	2016	Actor[8][166][167][168]
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.[153][154]: 153
Johnny Lewis	1983–2012		Actor[169]
Juliette Lewis	1973–	2021	Actress[170][171]
Charles Manson	1934–2017		Identified as a Scientologist during his time in prison.[25][149][172][173][174] He ordered Manson Family member Bruce Davis to journey to the United Kingdom and work for the Scientology organization in London.[175] Manson completed 150 hours of auditing while researching his own religious practices,[176][177] which borrowed heavily from Scientology.[149]
Jenna Miscavige Hill	1984–	2005	Niece of David Miscavige, author and whistleblower.[178]
Ron Miscavige	1936–2021	2012	Father of David Miscavige, author and whistleblower.[179]
Vince Offer	1964–	2002	Film director of The Underground Comedy Movie and pitchman for ShamWow.[180]
Bijou Phillips	1980–	2024	Model and actress[181][182]
Laura Prepon	1980–	2016	Actress[183]
Lisa Marie Presley	1968–2023	2014	Singer and songwriter who was the daughter of Elvis Presley.[184]
Priscilla Presley	1945–	2017	Businesswoman and actress[185]
Mark Rathbun	1957–	2004	Whistleblower, and critic of the Church.[128] 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.[186]
Joe Reaiche	1958–2024	2005	Former rugby league footballer who was the father of Alanna Masterson and Jordan Masterson. He accused the church of framing him for financial misconduct and was estranged from his children at the time of his death.[56]
Leah Remini	1970–	2013	Actress[8][187][188] and critic of the church. She wrote an autobiography in 2015 entitled Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, and produces and presents the A&E documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.
Mike Rinder	1955–2025	2007	Whistleblower and critic of the church.[189]
Mimi Rogers	1956–		Actress[190]
Amy Scobee	19xx–	2005	Whistleblower and critic of the church.[191]
Chris Shelton	1969–	2012	Author and YouTuber; he was a member of the church for 27 years and has been outspoken about his experiences since leaving.[192][193][194]
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.[195][196][197]
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.[198][199]
Jeffrey Tambor	1944–	2000s	Actor, left when he was pressured to leave his second wife.[200][201]
Paul Twitchell	1908–1971	1959	Spiritual writer and founder of Eckankar.[202][203] Joined Scientology and achieved the status of "Clear".[204]
Joy Villa	1986	2025	Singer-songwriter, actress. [205]
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.[206]
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".[207]
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.[208][154]: 153 [209]
Bonnie Woods	19xx–	1982	Former member of the Sea Org who was subjected to a smear campaign by the church.[210]

See also

• Scientology and celebrities
• Scientology officials