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15 Famous US Celebrities Who Embraced New Religious Faiths
From finding peace in Eastern philosophy to converting for marriage, these fifteen iconic celebrities openly changed their religious paths during their lives. From finding peace in Eastern philosophy to converting for marriage, these fifteen iconic celebrities openly changed their religious paths during their lives.
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Famous Hollywood celebrities who converted to new religious faiths 
15. Julia Roberts 
14. Tom Cruise 
13. Richard Gere - AdvertisementSwipe or tap ▶ to continue countdown
12. Madonna 
11. Mike Tyson 
10. Katie Holmes 
9. Orlando Bloom - AdvertisementSwipe or tap ▶ to continue countdown
8. Marilyn Monroe 
7. Dave Chappelle 
6. Elizabeth Taylor 
5. George Harrison - AdvertisementSwipe or tap ▶ to continue countdown
4. Isla Fisher 
3. Bob Dylan 
2. Cat Stevens 
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From finding peace in Eastern philosophy to converting for marriage, these fifteen iconic celebrities openly changed their religious paths during their lives. Here are fifteen famous stars who made major spiritual conversions.
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15. Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts grew up in Georgia with a Baptist and Catholic family background. While filming Eat Pray Love in India, she became deeply moved by Hindu spiritual traditions and philosophy, later revealing that she and her family regularly visit temples to chant and pray.
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14. Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise was raised in a devout Roman Catholic household and briefly considered entering a Franciscan seminary as a teenager. After being introduced to Scientology by his first wife Mimi Rogers, Cruise credited the faith's teachings with helping him overcome severe dyslexia.
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13. Richard Gere
Richard Gere was raised in a Methodist family in upstate New York. In his twenties, he began studying Zen Buddhism before traveling to Nepal and India, where he met the fourteenth Dalai Lama and became an international advocate for Tibetan spiritual culture.
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12. Madonna
Madonna incorporated Catholic imagery into her early music videos after growing up in a traditional Italian-American Catholic home. In the late nineteen-nineties, she turned toward Kabbalah, adopting the Hebrew name Esther and making regular spiritual pilgrimages to Israel.
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11. Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson grew up in Brooklyn and was baptized Roman Catholic as a child. While serving a prison sentence in Indiana between 1992 and 1995, Tyson converted to Islam, adopting the Muslim name Malik Abdul Aziz and finding personal discipline through prayer.
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10. Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes grew up in Ohio as a baptized Roman Catholic. When she began dating and subsequently married Tom Cruise in 2006, she studied Scientology, but quietly returned to her Catholic faith following their high-profile divorce in 2012.
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9. Orlando Bloom
Orlando Bloom was raised in the Church of England in Canterbury. Seeking calm and spiritual focus as a young drama student, he officially converted to Nichiren Buddhism at age nineteen and became an active member of the international lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai.
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8. Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe spent her childhood in various foster families and attended Christian Science churches. Before marrying celebrated playwright Arthur Miller in 1956, Monroe undertook intensive study with a reform rabbi and converted to Judaism, keeping Jewish religious items until her death.
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7. Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle converted to Islam in 1998, shortly before achieving massive mainstream success with his stand-up specials. He has spoken about his faith as a beautiful guiding standard, deliberately choosing to keep his personal religious observance private and grounded.
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6. Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor was raised in the Christian Science faith by her American parents in London. Following the tragic plane crash of her third husband Mike Todd, Taylor immersed herself in the study of Jewish theology and officially converted at Temple Israel in Hollywood.
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5. George Harrison
George Harrison was baptized into the Roman Catholic faith in Liverpool. During The Beatles' tour of India in the mid-nineteen-sixties, Harrison became deeply drawn to Hindu teachings, incorporating sitar music and Hare Krishna chants into classic rock history.
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4. Isla Fisher
Isla Fisher was raised in Australia by Scottish parents of Methodist background. Out of devotion to her future husband Sacha Baron Cohen, Fisher spent three years studying Jewish law and traditions, completing her orthodox conversion before their traditional Parisian wedding.
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3. Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan was raised in a tight-knit Jewish community in Hibbing, Minnesota. In 1978, he underwent a spiritual awakening and converted to evangelical Christianity, releasing gospel-inspired albums like Slow Train Coming that surprised folk rock critics.
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2. Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens was born Steven Demetre Georgiou and raised Greek Orthodox and Catholic in London. After nearly drowning in the Pacific Ocean in 1976, he turned to the Quran, converting to Islam in 1977 and changing his name to Yusuf Islam.
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1. Muhammad Ali
Born Cassius Clay and raised in a Baptist family in Louisville, Kentucky, the boxing icon embraced Islam after winning the world heavyweight championship in 1964. He famously cast off his birth name as a slave name, adopting Muhammad Ali and standing firm on his religious convictions.
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