List of converts to Hinduism

From Abrahamic religions

From other Indian-origin religions

This is list of converts from Indian-origin religions.

Mihirakula (r. c. 502 – c. 530) – Huna ruler.^[9]
Rajasinghe I (c. 1544–1593) – Sri Lankan king who conquered Kandy.^[10]
Rishabhadatta (1st/2nd century CE) – Satrap viceroy.^[11]
Rudradaman I (r. 130–150) – Satrap ruler and conqueror of the Satavahanas.^[12]
Vasudeva I (r. c. 191 – c. 232) – Kushan king
Jayavarman III (r. c. 835 – c. 877)

Mahendravarman I (r. 600–630) – Pallava King and patron of the arts.^[13]
Vishnuvardhana (r. c. 1108 – c. 1152) – King of Hoysala empire and prominent temple-builder.^[14]
Tirunavukkarasar (c. 6th–7th century CE) – Saivite saint and one of the most prominent of the sixty-three Nayanars.^[15]

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Mihirakula (r. c. 502–530) – Huna ruler.^[9] ^{[dubious – discuss]}
Heliodorus (c. 2nd century BCE) – Greek minister to King Bhagabhadra.^[16]
Pamheiba (1690–1751) – Manipuri King^[17]
Suhungmung (r. 1497–1539) – Ahom kingdom's ruler who extended Assam up to the Kamarupa Kingdom^[18]
Supangmung (r. 1663–1670) – Ahom kingdom's ruler who recaptured Guwahati. Converted to Vaishnavism.^[19]
Susenghphaa (r. 1603–1641) – Ahom king; during his rule the Ahom-Mughal conflicts began^[20]

Annie Besant – British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, and supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule.^[21]
John Dobson (former atheist who became a believer in Vedanta) – astronomer and telescope designer.^[22]^[23]
Sita Ram Goel (former atheist) – Indian commentator, writer and Hindu activist.^[24]
Chrissie Hynde (born 7 September 1951) is an American musician. She is a founding member and the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the garage rock new wave band the Pretenders.
Poly Styrene (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), singer with one of Britain's earliest punk rock bands, X-Ray Spex; earlier religious affiliation unknown (Poly Styrene had one Sudanese parent, possibly Muslim, and one British parent of unknown religion) .

Agehananda Bharati (born Leopold Fischer) (1923–1991) – academic Sanskritist, a prolific author about religious subjects, and a Hindu monk in the Dasanami Sannyasi order.^[25]
Alain Daniélou – French historian, intellectual, musicologist, and Indologist.^[26]
Crispian Mills of Kula Shaker – Hare Krishna devotee. His initiated name is Krishna Kantha Dasa. He was initiated by Narayana Maharaja. He wrote a foreword to a book by Bhaktivinoda Thakur titled Sri Siksastaka.^[27]
Geoffrey Giuliano – American biographer.^[28]

Nina Hagen (follower of Haidakhan Babaji) – German singer.^[29]
Joe Don Looney (follower of Swami Muktananda) – football player.^[30]
J Mascis – lead vocalist, guitarist, and drummer for Dinosaur Jr.^[31]
John McLaughlin (became a disciple of Sri Chinmoy) – jazz fusion guitar player.^[32]
Lex Hixon (syncretist and disciple of Swami Nikhilananda) – poet, philosopher, spiritual practitioner and teacher.^[33]
Sati Kazanova, Russian singer.^[34]
Savitri Devi (born Maximiani Portas) – Greek-French writer and Nazi-sympathiser.^[35]
Savitri Khanolkar (born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros) – designer of India's highest gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra.^[36]
Mathias Rust – German daredevil pilot.^[37]
Kelli Williams – American actress who played Lindsay Dole Donnell on the ABC legal drama The Practice.^[38]
Sherlyn Chopra - Indian actress.^[39]

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