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A '''Scientologist''' is a person who adheres to the beliefs and practices of [[Scientology]], a movement founded by [[L. Ron Hubbard]] in the mid-20th century. The term is used for individuals who participate in Scientology services or training offered by the [[Church of Scientology]], whether as public members or as part of the [[Scientology officials|organization's staff]]. Estimates of the number of Scientologists vary widely, with [[The Church (Scientology)|the Church]] claiming worldwide membership in the millions, while national censuses and independent surveys indicate global totals in the tens of thousands.

== Definition ==

A Scientologist is an adherent of the doctrines and practices of [[Scientology]]. The [[Church of Scientology]] states that "Scientologist" is a collective membership mark indicating membership in affiliated Scientology churches and missions.<ref name="trademarks">{{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}}</ref>

Public Scientologists are those individuals who are ''not'' staff. They pay the [[Church of Scientology]] for training or [[Auditing (Scientology)|auditing]] services, and live and work independently 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 Church's chain of command and defer to all [[Scientology officials|staff personnel]], who are regarded as their seniors. Public members are frequently pressed into service for clerical or promotional tasks or to recruit new members.{{r|wallis|p=180}} Public members who recruit people for Scientology services are called "field staff members" (FSMs) and are paid a commission of 10%–15% of the amount their recruit pays for a service.{{r|behar|ASHOAudit}}{{r|wallis|p=181}}

Scientologists not in trouble with the [[Scientology ethics and justice#Ethics officer|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}} Those who practice Scientology‑derived techniques outside the Church in what is known as the [[Free Zone (Scientology)|Free Zone]], or independent Scientology, are not recognized by [[the Church (Scientology)|the Church]].

== Membership statistics ==

It is difficult to obtain reliable membership statistics. The [[International Association of Scientologists]] (IAS), the official Church of Scientology membership system since 1984, has never released figures.{{r|wright|page=ix}} Other Church spokespeople have cited membership numbers in the millions, though that represents a cumulative number of anyone who ever took a service or purchased a book from the organization.{{r|Ortega2008|newyorktimes|nyt2010}} Census and survey data have shown those numbers to be greatly exaggerated, and census tallies are declining in several countries.{{r|Urban|p=27}}

=== Census and survey data ===
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; United States
: A 2008 survey of American religious affiliations by the US Census Bureau estimated there to be 25,000 Americans identifying as Scientologists,{{r|New Yorker}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Self-Described Religious Identification of Adult Population|url=https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s0075.xls|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923231342/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s0075.xls|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> as did a 2008 Trinity College survey that also concluded there were 25,000 Scientologists.{{r|Oppenheimer}} The [[American Religious Identification Survey]] (ARIS) found 45,000 Scientologists in the United States in 1990, 55,000 in 2001, and 25,000 in 2008.{{r|infoplease|villagevoice.com}}{{r|Lewis2012|pp=145, 148}}

; Germany
: In 2005, the [[Verfassungsschutz|German Office for the Protection of the Constitution]] estimated a total of 5,000–6,000 Scientologists in the country, and mentioned a count of 12,000 according to Scientology Germany.<ref>[http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/download/SHOW/vsbericht_2005.pdf Verfassungsschutzbericht 2005] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026112318/http://www.verfassungsschutz.de/download/SHOW/vsbericht_2005.pdf |date=October 26, 2007 }}, p. 292</ref> Germany's government counted 3,600 German members in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Verfassungsschutzbericht 2022 |language=de |trans-title=Constitutional Protection Report 2022 |url=https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/SharedDocs/publikationen/DE/verfassungsschutzberichte/2023-06-20-verfassungsschutzbericht-2022.html |page=327 |website=[[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution]] |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>

; United Kingdom
: The 2001 United Kingdom census contained a voluntary question on religion, to which approximately 48,000,000 chose to respond. Of those living in England and Wales who responded, a total of 1,781 said they were Scientologists.{{r|lewis2004}} The 2021 census in England and Wales recorded 1,800 Scientologists.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS031/editions/2021/versions/1|title=Census 2021 Dataset: Regions, England and Wales |date=November 29, 2022|id=TS031|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]|location=Fareham}}</ref>

; Australia
: In 2006, Australia's national census recorded 2,507 Scientologists nationwide, up from 1,488 in 1996, and 2,032 in 2001.{{r|lewis2004|heraldsun}} The 2011 census however found a decrease of 13.7 percent from the 2006 census.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census shows scientology numbers going backwards|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-29/scientology-numbers-going-backwards/4101958|work=ABC News|date=June 29, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2012|archive-date=June 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630023551/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-29/scientology-numbers-going-backwards/4101958|url-status=live}}</ref> The Australian census reported 1,488 Scientologists in 1996 and 2,032 in 2001,{{r|Lewis2009b|pp=120-121}}{{r|Possamai|p=346}} before dropping to under 1,700 in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Australian Bureau of Statistics |date=4 July 2022 |title=Census of Population and Housing: Census article – Religious affiliation in Australia, 2021 |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/Census%20article%20-%20Religious%20affiliation%20in%20Australia.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226072838/https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/Census%20article%20-%20Religious%20affiliation%20in%20Australia.xlsx |archive-date=26 December 2022 |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref>{{r|AusBStat21|SchneidersSMH21}}

; Canada
: [[Statistics Canada]], the national census agency, reported numbers of Scientologists as: 1,215–1,220 in 1991,{{r|canada1991}}{{r|Lewis2009b|p=120}} 1,525 in 2001,{{r|lewis2004|p=13}}{{r|Lewis2009b|p=120}} 1,745 in 2011,{{r|canada2011}} and 1,380 in 2021.{{r|canada2021|canada2022}}

; Switzerland
: In 2011, [[SonntagsZeitung]] reported that support for Scientology in Switzerland had experienced a steady decline from 3,000 registered members in 1990 to 1,000 members and the organization was said to be facing extinction in the country. A Church of Scientology spokesperson rejected the figures claiming that the organization had 5,000 "passive and active members in Switzerland".<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--googl_uaa--> |url=http://www.thelocal.ch/442/20110704/ |title=Scientology losing Swiss support: experts – The Local |publisher=Thelocal.ch |date=July 4, 2011 |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701183026/http://www.thelocal.ch/442/20110704 |url-status=live }}</ref>

; New Zealand
: In the 2006 New Zealand census, 357 people identified themselves as Scientologists, although a spokesperson for the organization said there were between 5,000 and 6,000 Scientologists in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/category,COI,,,NZL,48d5cc0d3f,0.html |title=2008 Report on International Religious Freedom – New Zealand |publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees |date=September 19, 2008 |access-date=November 22, 2011 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728144952/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/category,COI,,,NZL,48d5cc0d3f,0.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Earlier census figures were 207 in the 1991 census, 219 in 1996, and 282 in 2001.{{r|lewis2004}}{{r|Lewis2009b|p=120}}

; Finland
: In 2011, the "Scientology Association of Finland" had approximately 120 members.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uskonnot.fi/yhteisot/view.php?orgId=587 |title=Suomen Scientologia-yhdistys ry |language=fi |trans-title=Finnish Science Association |website=Uskonnot Suomessa |access-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806005130/http://www.uskonnot.fi/yhteisot/view.php?orgId=587}}</ref>

Across all countries with available data, the number of self-identified Scientologists is small and in many cases declining.

=== Independent estimates ===

One 2014 estimate indicates there were about 30,000 Scientologists.{{r|Ortega2014}}{{r|Bigliardi|p=666}} An estimate given by former high-level Church of Scientology employee [[Jefferson Hawkins]] in 2011 was of 40,000.{{r|villagevoice.com}}

Andersen and Wellendorf estimated that there were between 2000 and 4000 Scientologists in Denmark in 2009,{{r|Andersen2009|p=149}} with contemporary estimates suggesting between 500 and 1000 active Scientologists in Sweden.{{r|Bogdan|p=343}} Observers have suggested between 2000 and 4000 in France.{{r|Rigal-Cellard2009|p=326}}

=== Church membership claims ===

The organization has said that it has eight to fifteen million members worldwide,<ref>Spokesperson Beth Akiyama in: [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05205/542895.stm Scientology comes to town] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505050603/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05205/542895.stm |date=May 5, 2007 }}, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 24, 2005</ref><ref>{{Cite book | author=L. Ron Hubbard | title=Final Blackout | publisher=Leisure Books | year=1970 | isbn=978-0-8439-0003-3| quote = HE IS ALSO renowned as the founder of Scientology and the creator of "Dianetics," with an estimated 15 million adherents around the world.}}</ref>{{r|deseret}} but this figure is known to be an aggrandizing fabrication.{{r|Bromley2007|p=24}}{{r|Flinn-WashingtonPost}} Religious scholar [[J. Gordon Melton]] has said that the organization's estimates of its membership numbers are exaggerated: "You're talking about anyone who ever bought a Scientology book or took a basic course. Ninety-nine percent of them don't ever darken the door of the church again." Melton has stated that if the claimed figure of 4 million American Scientologists were correct, "they would be like the Lutherans and would show up on a national survey".{{r|deseret}}

By the start of the 21st century, the organization was claiming it had 8 million members.{{r|Barrett|p=447}} Several commentators observe that this number is cumulative rather than collective: that is, it represents the total number of people who had any interaction with the Scientology organization since its founding, some of whom only had one or two auditing sessions.{{r|Barrett|p=447}}{{r|Richardson|p=292}} The organization also maintained that it was the world's fastest growing religion,{{r|Bromley2009|p=92}}{{r|Lewis2009b|p=120}} a title also claimed by several other groups including [[Mormonism|Mormons]], [[Modern paganism|modern Pagans]], and [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]].{{r|Lewis2009b|pp=117-118}}

== Demographics ==

Scientologists are found mostly in the US, Europe, South Africa and Australia.{{r|reitman-rs}} Within the US, higher rates of Scientology have been observed in the western states, especially those bordering the Pacific Ocean, than further east.{{r|Bainbridge|p=46}}

Internationally, the Scientology organization's members are largely middle-class.{{r|Andersen2009|p=159}}{{r|Westbrook2019|p=47}} In Australia, Scientologists have been observed as being wealthier and more likely to work in managerial and professional roles than the average citizen.{{r|Possamai|p=348}}

Scientology is oriented toward individualistic and liberal economic values;{{r|Willms2009|p=255}} the scholar of religion Susan J. Palmer observed that Scientologists display "a capitalist ideology that promotes individualistic values".{{r|Palmer|p=315}} Interviewing members of the Church of Scientology in the United States, Westbrook found that most regarded themselves as apolitical, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], or [[libertarianism|libertarians]]; fewer than 10 percent supported the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].{{r|Westbrook2019|p=54}} A survey of Danish Scientologists likewise revealed that nearly all voted for liberal or conservative parties on the right of Denmark's political spectrum and took a negative view of [[socialism]].{{r|Andersen2009|p=157}} Placing great emphasis on the freedom of the individual, those surveyed believed that the state and its regulations held people down, and felt that the Danish welfare system was excessive.{{r|Andersen2009|pp=157-159}}

== Recruitment ==
[[File:Scientology e meters green black.jpg|thumb|Scientology stress tests being offered on public sidewalk]]

Most people who join the organization are introduced to it via friends and family.{{r|Westbrook2019|p=49}} It also offers free "personality tests" or "stress tests", typically involving an E-Meter, to attract potential recruits.{{r|Lewis2009b|p=134}}{{r|Bigliardi|p=671}} It hopes that if non-Scientologists purchase one service from the organization and feel a benefit from it{{nbsp}}– a "win" in Scientology terminology{{nbsp}}– they are more likely to purchase additional services from it.{{r|Harley2009|p=190}} Other recruitment methods include lectures and classes introducing non-Scientologists to the subject.{{r|Lewis2009b|p=134}}

The Church of Scientology's own statistics, published in 1998, reveal that 52.6% of those who joined did so through their family and friendship networks with existing members.{{r|Lewis2009b|p=138}}{{r|Rigal-Cellard2009|p=330}}{{r|Westbrook2019|p=49}} 18% were drawn in through personality tests, 4.8% through publicity, and 3.1% through lectures.{{r|Rigal-Cellard2009|p=330}}{{r|Westbrook2019|p=49}} Westbrook's interviews with members determined that most people who joined the organization were initially attracted by "the ''practical'' benefits advertised".{{r|Westbrook2019|p=47}} Westbrook found that various members deepened their involvement after having what they considered to be a spiritual experience, such as exteriorization or a past life memory, in their first few weeks of involvement.{{r|Westbrook2019|pp=48-49}}

== Notable Scientologists ==
{{Category see also|Scientologists}}

The list below contains names of public Scientologists. For Scientologists who are, or were, on staff, see {{Section link|Scientology officials|List of Scientology officials}}. This list includes members who were still Scientologists in the Church of Scientology at the time of their death.<!-- ONLY MEMBERS WHO WERE STILL ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH BEFORE DEATH. -->

* [[Kirstie Alley]] (1951–2022) actress.{{r|reitman-rs|Courting}}
* [[Anne Archer]] (b. 1947) actress, and mother of former Scientology spokesperson [[Tommy Davis (Scientology)|Tommy Davis]].{{r|reitman-rs}}
* [[Jennifer Aspen]] (b. 1970) actress.<ref>{{Multiref2 |1={{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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022153501/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2006/09/03/Jennifer-Aspen-and-David-ODonnell-marry/UPI-30021157337010/ |archive-date=October 22, 2012}} |2={{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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011202093857/https://www.whatisscientology.org/html/Part05/Chp19/pg0321-a.html |archive-date=December 2, 2001}} }}</ref>
* [[James Barbour (singer)|James Barbour]] (b. 1966) Broadway actor and singer.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |magazine=Celebrity |publisher=[[Celebrity Centre International]] |issue=360 |pages=8–11 |year=2004 |title=Celebrity Interview with Broadway Star James Barbour}}</ref>
* [[Lynsey Bartilson]] (b. 1983) actress.{{r|rushhour2}}
* [[Catherine Bell (actress)|Catherine Bell]] (b. 1968) actress.{{r|rushhour2|Kent}}
* [[Karen Black]] (1939–2013) actress.{{r|Courting}}
* [[Sonny Bono]] (1935–1998) entertainer and congressman, identified as a Scientologist by his ex-wife who stated that "Sonny did try to break away at one point, and they made it very difficult for him".{{r|behar}}<ref>{{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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626110917/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/clinton071599.htm |archive-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Tim Bowles (attorney)|Tim Bowles]], Scientologist since 1975. Attorney who has represented Scientology and worked for some of the Church's organizations.<ref>{{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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260306043507/https://www.scientologynews.org/press-releases/meet-a-scientologist-tim-bowles.html |archive-date=March 6, 2026}}</ref>
* [[Stephen Boyd]] (1931–1977) actor, rose to [[OT IV]], utilized Scientology techniques while filming a movie in Louisiana.{{r|malko|p=7}}
* [[David Campbell (composer)|David Campbell]] (b. 1948) composer.<ref name="suicides">{{cite web|last=Sales|first=Nancy Jo|title=The Golden Suicides|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/suicides200801?printable=true&currentPage=all|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=January 2008|access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref>{{r|reitman|page=289}}
* [[Elena Cardone]], wife of Grant Cardone and major donor to Scientology.<ref name="elena-scn">{{Multiref2 |1={{Cite web |title=Fox News brings on major Scientology donor — and gets a dose of Scientologese |first=Tony |last=Ortega |author-link=Tony Ortega |date=November 21, 2024 |url=https://tonyortega.substack.com/p/fox-news-brings-on-major-scientology |website=The Underground Bunker}} |2={{Cite web |title=COVERGIRL Elena Cardone - Billionaire Heiress, Mother, Wife & Empire Builder |url=https://gossclub.com/elena-cardone/ |website=Goss Magazine |date=2024-03-01 |author=Rebecca}} }}</ref>
* [[Grant Cardone]] (b. 1958) CEO of Cardone Capital, reached the [[OT VIII]] level.<ref>{{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}}}}</ref>
* [[Nancy Cartwright]] (b. 1957) voice-over actress, voice of [[Bart Simpson]].{{r|rushhour2|behar|Leggett}}
* [[Kate Ceberano]] (b. 1966) actress and musician; a third-generation-Scientologist; her grandmother worked as a [[governess]] for the children of Scientology founder [[L. Ron Hubbard]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s917578.htm |first=Andrew |last=Denton |date=4 August 2003 |title=Kate Ceberano - 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}}</ref>
* [[Erika Christensen]] (b. 1982) actress, raised Scientologist.{{r|reitman-rs|rushhour2}}
* [[Stanley Clarke]] (b. 1951) musician and composer.<ref>{{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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719163041/https://www.neweurope.eu/article/interview-with-bass-legend-stanley-clarke/ |archive-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref>
* [[John Coale]] (b. 1946) American lawyer, married to [[Greta Van Susteren]].{{r|Kent}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2009/03/palin-adviser-once-planned-scientology-pac-017156 |title=Palin adviser once planned scientology PAC |date=March 27, 2009 |last=Smith |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Smith (journalist) |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=December 23, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Keith Code]], motorcycle racer.<ref>{{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=[[Keith Code|Superbike School]] |access-date=January 19, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Tom Constanten]] (b. 1944) former keyboardist for the [[Grateful Dead]].{{r|Garcia|p=179}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Chick Corea]] (1941–2021) musician.{{r|reitman-rs|rushhour2|meier}}
* [[Tom Cruise]] (b. 1962) actor.{{r|reitman-rs|meier}}<ref>{{cite news |last=NY Daily News |title=Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes split: Actor 'saddened' after actress files for divorce on five-year marriage | newspaper =nydailynews.com | date =June 30, 2012 | url =https://www.nydailynews.com/2012/06/30/tom-cruise-katie-holmes-split-actor-saddened-after-actress-files-for-divorce-on-five-year-marriage/ |access-date=30 June 2012 |location=New York}}</ref>
* [[Sky Dayton]] (b. 1971) founder of [[EarthLink]].{{r|friedman20070626}}
* [[Deering Banjo Company|Greg and Janet Deering]] (?) founders and owners of [[Deering Banjo Company]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Deezen]] (b. 1957) actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Off Hollywood - Eddie Deezen |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/off-hollywood-eddie-deezen/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Vice.com |date=February 21, 2012 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Doug Dohring]] (1957–2023) ex-owner of [[Neopets]] and father of [[Jason Dohring]]{{r|ceochurch}}<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Jason Dohring]] (b. 1982) actor, raised Scientologist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.our-home.org/lauriedohring/success.htm| title=Scientology Success - Laurie Dohring| publisher=ourhome.org| access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Denice Duff]] (b. 1965) actress<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Robert Duggan (CEO)|Robert Duggan]] (b. 1944) billionaire investor and CEO<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Bodhi Elfman]] (b. 1969) actor<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{r|reitman|page=266}}
* [[Jenna Elfman]] (b. 1971) actress.{{r|reitman-rs|rushhour2}}
* [[Richard Elfman]] (b. 1949) writer and director<ref name="friedman20070626">{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Stacy Francis]] (b. 1966) singer<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Doug E. Fresh]] (b. 1966) [[Record producer|Producer]] and [[Rapping|rapper]].{{r|rushhour2|Leggett}}
* [[Peaches Geldof]] (1989–2014) columnist, television personality, and model.<ref name="Weisman">{{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}}</ref>
* [[Denise Miscavige|Denise (Miscavige Licciardi) Gentile]] (b. 1960) twin sister of [[David Miscavige]] and former executive at Digital Lightwave.{{r|ceochurch}}
* [[Isaac Hayes]] (1942–2008) musician and actor.{{r|reitman-rs|Leggett}}
* [[Nicky Hopkins]] (1944–1994) musician<ref name="Corydon">{{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?}}</ref>
* [[Gary Imhoff]] (b. 1952) actor<ref name="actualizer">{{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= }}</ref>
* [[Mark Isham]] (b. 1951) musician and film music composer<ref name="richardson19930911">{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Condusiv Technologies|Craig Jensen]] (?) founder of [[Condusiv Technologies]], formerly known as Diskeeper Corporation<ref>{{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}} }}</ref>
* [[Brent A. Jones]] (b. 1963) lawyer and business owner<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Milton Katselas]] (1933–2008) acting teacher{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="actualizer" />
* [[Vivian Kubrick]] (b. 1960) filmmaker, composer and daughter of [[Stanley Kubrick]]<ref name="Mikics_Kubrick_Yale">{{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}}</ref><ref name="McEntee2022">{{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|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Ronson2010Kubrick">{{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}}</ref>{{r|reitman|page=407}}
* [[Charles Lakes]] (b. 1964) elite gymnast and Olympian <ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Geoffrey Lewis (actor)|Geoffrey Lewis]] (1935–2015) actor<ref name=redwoodlewis>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090220182621/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2000/09/03/PK78825.DTL | url-status =dead | archive-date =February 20, 2009 | access-date = 23 June 2008}}</ref>
* [[Noah Lottick]] (1966–1990) Scientologist whose suicide was the focus of the ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine article "[[The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power]]"{{r|behar}}<ref name="survey">[http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/lottick_edward_physician_experience.htm Survey Reveals Physicians' Experience with Cults], Edward Lottick, ''[[Cultic Studies Review|Cult Observer]]'', Volume 10, Number 3, 1993.</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020302091035/http://www.raids.org/gen00286.htm Scientologist Commits Suicide, Scientology Convicted], [[St. Petersburg Times]], published February 8, 1998</ref><ref name="lottick">[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.</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Alanna Masterson]] (b. 1988) actress<ref name=VanityFair2015>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Christopher Masterson]] (b. 1980) actor<ref name="shaviv">{{Cite news| last =Shaviv | first =Miram A. | title =The Passion of the Cruise | work =[[The Jerusalem Post]] | page =24 | date =June 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name="rushhour2" />
* [[Danny Masterson]] (b. 1976) actor<ref name="shaviv"/><ref name="rushhour2" /><ref name="Weisman" />
* [[Jordan Masterson]] (b. 1986) actor<ref name=VanityFair2015 />
* [[Lisa McPherson]] (1959–1995) woman whose death has been a source of [[Scientology controversies#Death of Lisa McPherson|controversy]] for the church<ref name="richardlei" /><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Jim Meskimen]] (b. 1959) actor and improviser<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Julia Migenes]] (b. 1943) opera singer.{{r|Courting}}<ref name="thepress">{{Cite news| title =Bart Simpsons's 'Voice' Talks About Belief In Scientology | work =The Press of Atlantic City | page =B5 | date =December 17, 1994 }}</ref>
* [[Sofia Milos]] (b. 1969) actress<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Elisabeth Moss]] (b. 1982) actress, raised a Scientologist.{{r|otherfamousscientologists}}<ref>{{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 |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}}</ref>
* [[Tony Muhammad]] (?) [[anti-vaccination]] activist and 2017 recipient of a [[International Association of Scientologists#Freedom Medal awards|Freedom Medal award]] from the [[International Association of Scientologists]]<ref>{{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]]}}</ref><ref>{{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]]}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Floyd Mutrux]] (b. 1941) film director and writer<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Haywood Nelson]] (b. 1960) actor<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Marisol Nichols]] (b. 1973) actress.{{r|meier}}
* [[Judy Norton]] [aka Judy Taylor] (b. 1958) actress<ref name="richardson19930911" /><ref>{{Cite news| last =Mouland | first =Bill | title =Good night? Not quite | work =[[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)|The Sunday Mail]] | page =56 | publisher =Nationwide News Pty Limited | date =July 21, 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Eduardo Palomo]] (1962–2003) actor<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Don Pearson]] (?) former management consultant (trainer) who taught Hubbard administrative techniques to executives and managers<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scientology Inc. |first=Jim |last=Evans |url=https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/scientology-inc/8220/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011119202814/http://www.newsreview.com/issues/Sacto/2001-08-23/cover.asp |archive-date=2001-11-19 |date=August 23, 2001 |work=[[Sacramento News & Review]]}}</ref>
* [[Michael Peña]] (b. 1976) actor<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Elli Perkins]] (1949–2003) businesswoman;<ref name="buffmetro">{{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}}</ref> who was murdered by her son who suffered from an untreated [[mental health|mental illness]]<ref name="48hrs">{{Cite news|last = |title = Scientology - A Question of Faith: Did A Mother's Faith Contribute To Her Murder?|work = [[48 Hours (TV series)|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}}</ref><ref name="nypost">{{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}}</ref><ref name="msnbcad">{{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}}</ref><ref name="publiceye">{{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}}</ref>
* Jeff Pomerantz (b. 1943) actor<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[David Pomeranz]] (b. 1951) singer, songwriter, composer<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Kelly Preston]] (1962–2020) actress.{{r|Weisman}}{{r|wright|p=196}}
* [[Lee Purcell]] (b. 1947) actress<ref name="richardson19930911" />
* [[Georgina Reilly]] (b. 1986) actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thursday Funnies |url=https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-307/ |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=www.mikerindersblog.org}}</ref>
* [[Patrick Renna]] (b. 1979) actor<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Giovanni Ribisi]] (b. 1974) actor, raised Scientologist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giovanni Ribisi |date=April 12, 2007 |work=[[NOW Toronto]] |url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/giovanni-ribisi/ |access-date=April 1, 2026}}</ref>
* [[Marissa Ribisi]] (b. 1974) actress, raised Scientologist.{{r|suicides}}{{r|starstuddedsect|p=8}}
* [[Michael D. Roberts]] (b. 1947) actor<ref name="richardson19930911" />
* [[Ruddy Rodríguez]] (b. 1967) actress<ref>{{Cite news| last =Cohen | first =David | title =Tom's Alien Target | work =[[Evening Standard]] | date =October 23, 2006 }}</ref><ref name="didcock">{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Pablo Santos (actor)|Pablo Santos]] (1987–2006) actor<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Billy Sheehan]] (b. 1953) rock bassist<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Juliet Simms]] (b. 1986) musician, former contestant on [[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Michelle Stafford]] (b. 1965) actress<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Ethan Suplee]] (b. 1976) actor<ref name="oppenheimer">{{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}}</ref>
* [[Ian Tampion]] (1938–1997) [[Australian rules footballer]] who fought legal proceedings to have Scientology recognised in [[Australia]] as a church<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[John Travolta]] (b. 1954) actor<ref name="shaviv" />{{r|reitman-rs}}<ref name="Weisman" />
* [[Greta Van Susteren]] (b. 1954) television show host, married to fellow Scientologist and lawyer [[John Coale]].{{r|Kent|otherfamousscientologists}}
* [[Edgar Winter]] (b. 1946) musician<ref name="richardlei">{{Cite news| last =Leiby | first =Richard | title =The Life & Death of a Scientologist&nbsp;– 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}}</ref>{{r|reitman|page=263}}
* [[Mick Woodmansey]] (b. 1950) rock drummer, part of [[David Bowie]]'s backing band [[The Spiders from Mars]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Spider from Mars: My Life with David Bowie |date=2016 |publisher=Sidgwick and Jackson |page=202}}</ref>

== Former Scientologists ==

{{Category see also|Former Scientologists}}
''This table represents individuals who were previously Scientologists, but who left the Church of Scientology.''
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! width="100" | Name
! width="75" | Lifetime
! width="50" | Left
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|- valign="top"
| {{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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{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]].<ref>{{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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417010524/https://casetext.com/case/church-of-scientology-v-armstrong |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |quote=In December 1981, Armstrong and his wife left the Church... |via=casetext.com}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Jon|Atack}}
| 1955–
| 1983
| [[Whistleblower]] and noted critic of the church.<ref name="CBS News"/>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Allen|Barton}}
| 1968–
| 2012
| Playwright and acting teacher who would later become an outspoken critic of the church.<ref>{{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'...}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> He joined the church through [[Milton Katselas]]' acting class, connecting with [[Bodhi Elfman]] and Mary Thompson.<ref name="Scientology in Popular Culture">{{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}}</ref>{{r|reitman|page=266-267}}
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Cedric|Bixler-Zavala}}
| 1974–
| 2017
| Musician.<ref>{{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.}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Nazanin|Boniadi}}
| 1980–
|
| Actress,<ref>{{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}}</ref> her mother was a Scientologist.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Kate|Bornstein}}
| 1948–
| 1981
| [[Transgender]] author, playwright, performance artist and gender theorist. Was previously a spokesperson for Scientology.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Mitch|Brisker}}
| 1949–
| 2020
| Producer.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|John|Brodie}}
| 1935–2026
|
| [[American football]] player, 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".{{r|Courting}}
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Stacy|Brooks}}
| 1952–
| 1989
| Former managing editor of [[Freedom (magazine)|''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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/freedommagdecember1985 |title=Masthead of Freedom Magazine |magazine=[[Freedom (magazine)|Freedom]] |publisher=[[Church of Scientology]]|page=3 |access-date=June 23, 2023}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|William S.|Burroughs}}
| 1914–1997
| 1960s
| Author and poet. Joined and left the church during the 1960s.<ref>Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult'</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.suburbia.com.au/~fun/scn/etc/wsb3.html Burroughs on Scientology], ''Los Angeles Free Press'', Mar 6, 1970.</ref> His subsequent critical writings about the church and his review of ''[[Inside Scientology: How I Joined Scientology and Became Superhuman|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]]''.<ref name="bielski">{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Diana|Canova}}
| 1953–
| 1993
|Actress;<ref>{{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 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 20 May 2008}}</ref> critical of Scientology's "straightforward" desire for money.<ref name="churchhollywood">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last= Richardson|first=John H.|title=The poorer and famous Hollywood Scientologists|work=Premiere|date=September 1993}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Tory|Christman}}
| 1947–
| 2000
| Whistleblower and noted critic of the church.<ref name="CBS News">{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Robert|DeGrimston}}
| 1935–
|
| With wife, Marry Anne DeGrimston, founder of [[The Process Church of The Final Judgment]].<ref name="bugliosi" /><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Richard|de Mille}}
| 1922–2009
| 1954
| Author and journalist; at one point a personal assistant to [[L. Ron Hubbard]].{{r|reitman|page=37}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|John|Duignan|The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology}}
| 1963–
|
| [[Whistleblower]] and noted critic of the church.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{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.<ref name="alt.scientology.war">{{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]] }}</ref>{{r|rinder|page=153}}
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Michael|Fairman}}
| 1934–
| 2011
| Actor<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Philip|Gale}}
| 1978–1998
|
| [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] student and primary developer of [[EarthLink]]'s innovative [[Internet service provider]] software; died by [[suicide]] in 1998.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He progressed up to OT VII in the 1980s where he remained until he left the church.<ref name="Scientology in Popular Culture"/>
|- valign="top"
|{{sortname|Beck|Hansen}}
| 1970–
| 2019
|Musician who promoted Scientology as a member for many years.{{r|reitman-rs|suicides|Leggett|starstuddedsect}} Stated in a 2019 interview that he is not a Scientologist and that he doesn't "have any connection or affiliation with it".<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Marc|Headley}}
| 1974–
| 2005
| [[Whistleblower]] and critic of the church.<ref name="CBS News"/>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Katie|Holmes}}
| 1978–
| 2012
| Actress and formerly married to Scientologist [[Tom Cruise]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Jim|Humble}}
| 1933–
| 1981
|Self-published author and founder of the [[Miracle Mineral Supplement|Genesis II Church]]<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Robert|Hunter|Robert Hunter (lyricist)}}
| 1941–2019
| 1999
| Lyricist for the [[Grateful Dead]].{{r|Garcia|p=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<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Nicole|Kidman|Nicole Kidman}}
| 1967–
| 1992
|Actress; [[Tom Cruise]]'s ex-wife<ref>{{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.}}</ref>
|- valign="top"¨
| {{sortname|Jason|Lee|Jason Lee (actor)}}
| 1970–
| 2016
|Actor.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bakare |first=Lanre  |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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{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]].<ref name="alt.scientology.war"/>{{r|rinder|page=153}}
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Johnny|Lewis|Johnny Lewis}}
| 1983–2012
|
| Actor<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Juliette|Lewis}}
| 1973–
| 2021
| Actress<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Charles|Manson}}
| 1934–2017
|
| Identified as a Scientologist during his time in prison.<ref name="bugliosi">{{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) }}</ref><ref name="mallia1998">{{Cite news| last =Mallia | first =Joseph | title = Inside the Church of Scientology&nbsp;– Church wields celebrity clout | work =[[Boston Herald]] | page =30 | date =March 5, 1998 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> He ordered Manson Family member Bruce Davis to journey to the United Kingdom and work for the Scientology organization in [[London]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> Manson completed 150 hours of auditing while researching his own religious practices,<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="VoxManson">{{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}}</ref> which borrowed heavily from Scientology.<ref name="bugliosi" />
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| {{sortname|Jenna|Miscavige Hill}}
| 1984–
| 2005
| Niece of [[David Miscavige]], author and whistleblower.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Ron|Miscavige}}
| 1936–2021
| 2012
| Father of [[David Miscavige]], author and whistleblower.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Vince|Offer}}
| 1964–
| 2002
| [[Film director]] of ''[[The Underground Comedy Movie]]'' and [[pitchman]] for [[ShamWow]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Bijou|Phillips}}
| 1980–
| 2024
| Model and actress<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 (magazine)|Life & Style]] |publisher=[[A360media]] |date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Laura|Prepon}}
| 1980–
| 2016
| Actress<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Lisa Marie|Presley}}
| 1968–2023
| 2014
|Singer and songwriter who was the daughter of [[Elvis Presley]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Priscilla|Presley}}
| 1945–
| 2017
|Businesswoman and actress<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Mark|Rathbun}}
| 1957–
| 2004
| [[Whistleblower]], and critic of the Church.<ref name="CBS News"/>  In December 2018, ''[[Jezebel (website)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|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.<ref name=VanityFair2015 />
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Leah|Remini}}
| 1970–
| 2013
| Actress<ref name="Weisman" /><ref>{{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 (magazine)|People]] |access-date=July 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>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]]''.</ref> and critic of the church. She wrote an autobiography in 2015 entitled ''[[Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology]]'', and produces and presents the [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]] documentary series ''[[Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath]]''.
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Mike|Rinder}}
| 1955–2025
| 2007
| [[Whistleblower]] and critic of the church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-bio/|title=About Me|website=www.mikerindersblog.org}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Mimi|Rogers}}
| 1956–
|
| Actress<ref>[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</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Amy|Scobee}}
| 19xx–
| 2005
| [[Whistleblower]] and critic of the church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scobeepublishing.com/index-phpoptioncom_contentviewarticleid89itemid164/ |title=About the author |website=Scobee Publishing |access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{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.<ref name="CNBCStealingGreed">{{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}} }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Jeffrey|Tambor}}
| 1944–
| 2000s
|Actor, left when he was pressured to leave his second wife.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Paul|Twitchell}}
| 1908–1971
| 1959
| Spiritual writer and founder of [[Eckankar]].<ref>[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.]</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Joined Scientology and achieved the status of "[[Clear (Scientology)|Clear]]".<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Joy|Villa}}
| 1986
| 2025
| Singer-songwriter, actress.<ref>https://libertyaffair.com/2025/05/14/exclusive-why-i-left-scientology-and-how-jesus-set-me-free/ EXCLUSIVE: Why I Left Scientology—And How Jesus Set Me Free libertyaffair.com</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Cyril|Vosper}}
| 1935–2004
| 1968
| Author and deprogrammer; wrote ''[[The Mind Benders (Vosper book)|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.<ref>Vosper, Cyril. ''The Mind Benders''. [[Neville Spearman]], 1971</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Matt|Willis}}
| 1983–
| 2008
| Musician, singer, songwriter, television presenter and actor, and bassist and co-vocalist of the [[pop music|pop]] band, [[Busted (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".<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| {{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]].<ref name="washpost">{{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}}</ref>{{r|rinder|page=153}}{{r|Ortega2008}}
|- valign="top"
| {{sortname|Bonnie|Woods}}
| 19xx–
| 1982
| Former member of the [[Sea Org]] who was subjected to a smear campaign by the church.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Scientology and celebrities]]
* [[Scientology officials]]

== References ==
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<ref name=ASHOAudit>{{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}}</ref>

<ref name=AusBStat21>{{Cite report |date=2017 |title=Census 2016, Religious Affiliation by Sex (SA2+) |location=Canberra |publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|url=https://explore.data.abs.gov.au/vis?tm=religion&pg=0&df[ds]=ABS_ABS_CENSUS_TOPICS&df[id]=ABS_C16_T10_SA&df[ag]=ABS&df[vs]=1.0.0&pd=2016%2C&dq=....0&ly[cl]=SEX_ABS&ly[rw]=RELP_2016}}</ref>

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<ref name="behar">{{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 (magazine)|Time]] |date=May 6, 1991  |url-status=dead |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 }}</ref>

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<ref name="canada2021">{{Cite report |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810034201|title=2021 Census: Religion by visible minority and generation status|date=2021 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |location=Ottawa}}</ref>

<ref name="canada2022">{{cite news |title=More Canadians than ever have no religious affiliation, census shows |url=https://okotoksonline.com/articles/more-canadians-than-ever-have-no-religious-affiliation-census-shows |access-date=October 5, 2025 |work=Okotoks Online |agency=Canadian Press |date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027174206/https://okotoksonline.com/articles/more-canadians-than-ever-have-no-religious-affiliation-census-shows |archive-date=October 27, 2022}}</ref>

<ref name="ceochurch">{{Multiref2 |1={{Cite news |title=The CEO and his church: How Bryan Zwan and Fellow Scientologists Shaped Digital Lightwave |first1=Deborah |last1=O'Neill |first2=Jeff |last2=Harrington |url=https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/documents/areas/adm/loeb/03b2.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628054133/https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/documents/areas/adm/loeb/03b2.pdf |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |via=[[UCLA Anderson School of Management]]}} |2=Shorter web version: {{Cite news |title=The CEO and his Church |first1=Deborah |last1=O'Neill |first2=Jeff |last2=Harrington |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=June 2, 2002 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/06/02/TampaBay/The_CEO_and_his_churc.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020606021938/http://www.sptimes.com/2002/06/02/TampaBay/The_CEO_and_his_churc.shtml |archive-date=June 6, 2002}} }}</ref>

<ref name="Courting">{{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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920145311/https://www.latimes.com/local/la-scientology062590b-story.html |archive-date=September 20, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="deseret">{{Cite web |url=http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0%2C1249%2C595091823%2C00.html |title=Scientology: Church now claims more than 8 million members |access-date=August 1, 2007 |last=Jarvik |first=Elaine |date=September 18, 2004 |website=[[Deseret News]] |quote=Melton, who has been criticized by some for being too easy on Scientology, and has been criticized by the church for being too harsh, says that the church's estimates of its membership numbers&nbsp;– 4 million in the United States, 8 to 9 million worldwide&nbsp;– are exaggerated. "You're talking about anyone who ever bought a Scientology book or took a basic course. Ninety-nine percent of them don't ever darken the door of the church again." If the church indeed had four million members in the United States, he says, "they would be like the Lutherans and would show up on a national survey" such as the Harris poll. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101124818/http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0%2C1249%2C595091823%2C00.html |archive-date=January 1, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Flinn-WashingtonPost">{{Cite news |first=Frank K. |last=Flinn |title=Scientology |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/06/30/DI2005063001394.html |work=Live discussion |publisher=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 5, 2005 |access-date=February 4, 2008 |archive-date=April 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409210227/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/06/30/DI2005063001394.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

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<ref name="Harley2009">{{Cite book |last1=Harley |first1=Gail M. |last2=Kieffer |first2=John |chapter=The Development and Reality of Auditing |title=Scientology|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/scientology-9780195331493|year=2009|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331493.001.0001|editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=James R. |editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |location=Oxford/New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-5331-49-3|pages=183–205}}</ref>

<ref name="heraldsun">{{Cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22038951-2862,00.html |title=Religion's rise in the stars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804191745/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22038951-2862,00.html |archive-date=August 4, 2007 |work=Herald Sun |date=July 9, 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="hubbard-ethics">{{cite book |title=Introduction to Scientology Ethics |author=[[L. Ron Hubbard Library]] |publisher=[[Bridge Publications]] |isbn=9781403144904 |ol=16702654M |year=2007}}</ref>

<ref name="infoplease">{{Cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922574.html|title=Self-Described Religious Identification Among American Adults|website=InfoPlease|access-date=July 15, 2018|archive-date=March 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309223251/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922574.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Kent">{{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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207232406/http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/kent2.html |archive-date=February 7, 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="Leggett">{{Cite news| first = Jonathan | last = Leggett | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/mar/25/popandrock | title = Cult musicians | work = [[The Guardian]]| publisher = Guardian Newspapers Limited | date = 25 March 2006 | access-date = 23 June 2008 | location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="lewis2004">{{Cite journal | last = Lewis | first = James R. | title = New Religion Adherents: An Overview of Anglophone Census and Survey Data | journal = Marburg Journal of Religion | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | date = September 2004 | url = http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/pdf/2004/lewis2004.pdf | access-date = February 15, 2007 | archive-date = July 17, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070717171834/http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/pdf/2004/lewis2004.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Lewis2009b">{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=James R. |chapter=The Growth of Scientology and the Stark Model of Religious 'Success' |title=Scientology |year=2009 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331493.001.0001 |editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=James R. |editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |location=Oxford/New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-5331-49-3 |pages=117–140 }}</ref>

<ref name="Lewis2012">{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=James R. |year=2012 |chapter=Scientology: Up Stat, Down Stat |title=The Cambridge Companion to New Religious Movements|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-new-religious-movements/A12643CA4E36C2F5CC5C5382A252AAAB|editor1=Olav Hammer |editor2=Mikael Rothstein |location=Cambridge/New York|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-19650-5 |pages=133–149 |ol=25323554M}}</ref>

<ref name="malko">{{cite book |first=George |last=Malko |title=Scientology: The Now Religion |title-link=Scientology: The Now Religion |year=1970 |publisher=[[Delacorte Press]] |ol=5444962M}}</ref>

<ref name="meier">{{Cite journal |last=Meier |first=Jürgen |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 |language=de |trans-title=Scientology is neither Church nor Sect! Scientology, a late-bourgeois science-fiction ideology}}</ref>

<ref name="New Yorker">{{Cite magazine | last = Wright | first = Lawrence | title = The Apostate | magazine = The New Yorker | date = February 2011 | url = https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright | access-date = February 18, 2020 | archive-date = July 3, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140703045530/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name="newyorktimes">{{Cite news|last=Bernstein|first=Fred|title=In Pasadena, a Model for Scientology's Growth Plan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/business/10scientology.html|access-date=July 13, 2011|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514163850/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/business/10scientology.html|archive-date=May 14, 2013|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

<ref name="nyt2010">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/us/07scientology.html|title=Defectors Say Church of Scientology Hides Abuse|first=Laurie|last=Goodstein|date=March 6, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-date=July 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705020835/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/us/07scientology.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Oppenheimer">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/clear-scientology/|title=In the Clear: On Scientology|journal=The Nation|first=Mark|last=Oppenheimer|date=October 18, 2011|via=www.thenation.com|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-date=October 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018160825/https://www.thenation.com/article/clear-scientology/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Ortega2008">{{Cite web|first=Tony |last=Ortega |title=Scientology's Crushing Defeat |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-06-24/news/Scientologys-Crushing-Defeat/full |work=[[The Village Voice]] |publisher=[[Village Voice Media]] |date=June 30, 2008 |access-date=September 17, 2008 |quote=Scientology president Heber Jentszch admitted several years ago that the six million number does not represent current membership but the total amount of people who have ever, since the founding in 1954, taken even a single Scientology course. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709230659/http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-06-24/news/Scientologys-Crushing-Defeat/full |archive-date=July 9, 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="Ortega2014">{{Cite web|last=Ortega|first=Tony|author-link=Tony Ortega|title=Oops, Scientology Reveals a Key Fact About the Size of its Membership|url=https://tonyortega.org/2014/08/31/sunday-funnies-oops-scientology-reveals-a-key-fact-about-the-size-of-its-membership/|website=The Underground Bunker|date=August 31, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="otherfamousscientologists">{{Cite news |title=Scientology: Origins, celebrities and holdings |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |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}}</ref> 

<ref name="Palmer">{{Cite book |last=Palmer |first=Susan J. |author-link=Susan J. Palmer |chapter=The Church of Scientology in France: Legal and Activist Counterattacks in the "War on Sectes" |title=Scientology |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/scientology-9780195331493|year=2009|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331493.001.0001 |editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=James R. |editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |location=Oxford/New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-5331-49-3 |pages=295–322}}</ref>

<ref name="Possamai">{{Cite book |last1=Possamai |first1=Adam |last2=Possamai-Inesedy |first2=Alphia |chapter=Scientology Down Under |title=Scientology|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/scientology-9780195331493|year=2009|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331493.001.0001|editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=James R. |editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |location=Oxford/New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-5331-49-3|pages=345–361 }}</ref>

<ref name="reitman">{{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}}</ref>

<ref name=reitman-rs>{{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=<!--archived version is better--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502021124/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/inside-scientology-20110208 |archive-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="Richardson">{{Cite book |last=Richardson |first=James T.|author-link=James T. Richardson|chapter=Scientology in Court: A Look at Some Major Cases from Various Nations |title=Scientology|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/scientology-9780195331493|year=2009|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331493.001.0001|editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=James R. |editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |location=Oxford/New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-5331-49-3 |pages=283–294 }}</ref>

<ref name="Rigal-Cellard2009">{{Cite book |last=Rigal-Cellard |first=Bernadette |chapter=Scientology Missions International (SMI): An Immutable Model of Technological Missionary Activity |title=Scientology|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/scientology-9780195331493|year=2009|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331493.001.0001|editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=James R. |editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |location=Oxford/New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-5331-49-3 |pages=325–334 }}</ref>

<ref name="rinder">{{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}}</ref>

<ref name="rushhour2">{{Cite news |first=Jim |last=Sullivan |title='Rush Hour 2' Does Double Time |work = [[The Boston Globe]] |date =August 6, 2001 |page=B10 |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/rush-hour-2-does-double-time/docview/405417191/se-2 |via=ProQuest |url-access=subscription<!--wikipedia library--> |quote=When you think celebrity Scientologists, old-guard guys and gals such as Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Kirstie Alley come to mind. Well, there's a new breed of auditing celeb in Hollywood, and they celebrated their good fortune at the Scientology Celebrity Centre annual anniversary gala in LA Saturday. New Scientologists who signed up for the affair - with entertainment provided by Chelsea native Chick Corea and rapper Doug E. Fresh - included Jenna Elfman ("Dharma & Greg"), Leah Remini ("The King of Queens"), Catherine Bell ("Jag"), Danny Masterson ("That '70s Show"), brother Christopher Masterson ("Malcolm in the Middle"), Lynsey Bartilson ("Grounded for Life"), Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson), Erika Christensen (the drug-addicted daughter in "Traffic"), and Jason Lee ("Almost Famous").}}</ref>

<ref name=SchneidersSMH21>{{Cite web|last=Schneiders|first=Ben |date=April 4, 2021 |title=Push for investigation into Scientology's charity status |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/push-for-investigation-into-scientology-s-charity-status-20210401-p57fsj.html|access-date=April 12, 2021|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref>

<ref name="starstuddedsect">{{Cite news|title=Scientology: A Star-Studded Sect – Scientology has a large following from many celebrities. |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|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}}</ref>

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

<ref name="Urban">{{Cite journal | doi=10.1525/nr.2017.20.4.13|title = The Third Wall of Fire| journal=Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions| volume=20| issue=4| pages=13–36|year = 2017|last1 = Urban|first1 = Hugh B.}}</ref>

<ref name="villagevoice.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/07/04/scientologists-how-many-of-them-are-there-anyway/|title=Scientologists: How Many Of Them Are There, Anyway?|date=July 4, 2011|website=The Village Voice|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819074310/https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/07/04/scientologists-how-many-of-them-are-there-anyway/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="wallis">{{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}}</ref>

<ref name="Westbrook2019">{{Cite book |last=Westbrook |first=Donald A. |year=2019 |title=Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis |location=Oxford and New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |series=Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism |isbn=978-0190664978}}</ref>

<ref name="Willms2009">{{Cite book |last=Willms |first=Gerald |chapter=Scientology: 'Modern Religion' or 'Religion of Modernity'?|title=Scientology|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/scientology-9780195331493|year=2009|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331493.001.0001|editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=James R. |editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |location=Oxford/New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-5331-49-3 | pages=245–265 }}</ref>

<ref name="wright">{{Cite book |last=Wright |first=Lawrence |author-link=Lawrence Wright |title=Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |year=2013 |isbn=9780307700667 |ol=25424776M |title-link=Going Clear (book)}}</ref>

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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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