- L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard Scientology's esteemed founder. Slate Magazine/July 15, 2005
- Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), more commonly known as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer. He is tied with Tom Hanks as the only actors to have seven consecutive US$100 million plus blockbusters on his resume, and Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won the Golden Globe Award.
- David Miscavige
David Miscavige is the successor to L. Ron Hubbard , current head of Scientology (Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center).
- Lisa McPherson
Lisa McPherson (February 10 1959-December 5 1995) was a Scientologist who died of a pulmonary embolism while under the care of the Flag Service Organization (FSO), a branch of the Church of Scientology. Following her death the Church of Scientology was indicted on two felony charges "abuse and/or neglect of a disabled adult and practicing medicine without a license", putting under trial the nature of Scientology beliefs and practices.
- Mark Bunker
Mark Bunker is a television producer, former radio personality, actor, and as of 1997 a critic of the Church of Scientology. In 1999 he started Xenu TV and moved to Clearwater, Florida where he produced videos for the Lisa McPherson trust. On 1999-03-14 Scientologists picketed Mark's house in Los Angeles, California. In 1999, John Travolta refused to walk outside along the red carpet to the premiere of "The General's Daughter" because of Mark Bunker's presence, …
- Mary Sue Hubbard
Mary Sue Hubbard (born Mary Sue Whipp) (17 June 1931-25 November, 2002) was the third wife of American pulp fiction author and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. She was involved in the incorporation of the first Church of Scientology in December 1953 in New Jersey together with her husband and John Galusha.
- Keith Henson
Keith Henson On July 19, 2000, Keith Henson was arrested by the Riverside County, California, Sheriff’s Office for making terrorist threats on the Internet against the Church of Scientology. On April 26, 2001, a jury found Henson guilty of having committed a hate crime under section 422.6 of the California Penal Code . Henson was scheduled to appear for sentencing on May 16, 2001, but failed to appear and the Judge was forced to issue a warrant for his arrest.
- Paulette Cooper
Paulette Marcia Cooper is an American author who is best known for activism against the Church of Scientology and the repercussions she suffered as a result.
- Gerry Armstrong
Gerry Armstrong is a former member of the Church of Scientology who is now one of the most active critics of the Church. In 1980, the Church assigned Armstrong, then a member of the Church's elite Sea Org, to organize some personal papers of L. Ron Hubbard that were to serve as the basis of a new biography of Hubbard. A non-Scientologist, Omar Garrison, had been hired to write the book.
- Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley (born February 1, 1968) is an American singer/songwriter. Lisa Marie is a close friend of her father's ex-girlfriend Linda Thompson. In 2003, after advice from Thompson's record producer and then-husband David Foster, she launched a career as a singer. Her debut album, "To Whom It May Concern," reached #5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was certified gold. To promote it she presented a concert in the UK, something that her father never did.
- Mike Rinder
Mike Rinder is the commanding officer of the Office of Special Affairs International, a division of the Church of Scientology. He has appeared as an official spokesperson for the organization on television shows such as "The Today Show", "Rita Cosby Live & Direct" and "Dateline NBC". Rinder is an Australian national who began his career in the Guardian's Office as Assistant Guardian, Flag Land Base, …
- Jon Atack
Jonathan Caven-Atack (born 5 June, 1955) known as Jon Atack, is a British artist, published author and widely recognized as one of the most outspoken critics of the Church of Scientology
- Robert Vaughn Young
Robert Vaughn Young (April 23, 1938 - June 15, 2003) commonly known by his initials RVY, was a whistleblower against the Church of Scientology after working high inside their organization for over twenty years.
- Tory Christman
Tory Christman (former married name Tory Bezazian; online name "Magoo"), born 1947, is a former member of the Church of Scientology. She left the organization in 2000, after being a member for about 30 years and is now one of its most visible and high-profile critics, making frequent media appearances.
- Stacy Brooks
Stacy Brooks (born April 8, 1952) is one of the most public and outspoken critics of the Church of Scientology.<;sup></sup> Like her late ex-husband Robert Vaughn Young, a Scientology whistleblower employed by Scientology for over 20 years, Brooks was also a member of the Church, working in its upper level management in Los Angeles for almost fifteen years.<sup></sup> After leaving in 1989 Brooks joined the Lisa McPherson trust, …
- Tilman Hausherr
Tilman Hausherr (born 1965) is a German citizen living in Berlin, Germany. Hausherr is well-known among critics of Scientology for his frequent Usenet posts and for maintaining a website critical of Scientology. Hausherr is also the author of a software utility, Xenu's Link Sleuth, which was praised in a 2002 "PC Magazine" article covering 70 web builder utilities.
- Gabe Cazares
Gabe Cazares (1920-2006) was the former mayor of Clearwater, Florida, a civil rights advocate, and a critic of the Church of Scientology. He died September 29, 2006 in Clearwater at the age of 86.
- Grady Ward
(William) Grady Ward (born April 4, 1951) is an American software engineer, lexicographer, and Internet activist who has featured prominently in the Scientology versus the Internet controversy.<;br /> Prior to his opposition to Scientology practices, Grady Ward compiled the Moby Project, an extensive compilation of English language lexical resources and in 1996 released it to the public domain.
- Mark Rathbun
Mark "Marty" C. Rathbun was Inspector General of the Religious Technology Center (RTC), the organization that controls the copyrights and trademarks of the materials relating to Dianetics and Scientology. His role was to head the Inspector General Network, …
- Karin Spaink
Karin Spaink (born december 20, 1957 in Amsterdam) is a journalist, writer and feminist. Spaink is a free speech advocate and social critic. Some of her battles includes: * New-age writers who assert all diseases are only a psychological phenomenon; * The Church of Scientology, who sued her for more than ten years; * American pro-choice advocates who got a pro-life site banned because of texts that may be construed as a literal, …
- Elli Perkins
Elli Perkins was a mother of two, a professional glass artist, and a Scientologist who lived in Western New York. She was a senior auditor at the Church of Scientology in Buffalo, New York. Her son, Jeremy, started showing signs of strange and disturbing behavior. She attempted to correct this with treatment approved by Scientology. Jeremy's schizophrenia eventually progressed to the point where he felt Elli was poisoning him, prompting an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
- Erika Christensen
Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress whose film appearances include "Traffic" (2000) and "The Perfect Score" (2004), among others. She also co-starred in the drama "Six Degrees" on ABC.
- Marisol Nichols
Marisol Nichols is an American actress best known for her role in the sixth season of "24" as Special Agent Nadia Yassir. She is also known for her portrayal of Audrey Griswold in "Vegas Vacation". Nichols also portrayed Bianca, Chris Halliwell's assassin fiancée from the future, in "Chris-Crossed", an episode of "Charmed".
- Danny Masterson
Daniel Peter Masterson (born March 13, 1976) is an American actor known for his role as Steven Hyde in "That '70s Show".
- Tom Davis
Tom Davis is the head of Celebrity Centre International in Los Angeles, California. Davis is the son of actress Anne Archer, who is a Scientologist, and William Davis. He is a friend of actor Tom Cruise. Davis accompanied "Rolling Stone" writer Janet Reitman on a tour of the Gold Base in Hemet, California in 2005. Davis gained international attention in 2007 from an appearance in a BBC documentary, …
- Stephen A. Kent
Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He researches new and alternative religions, and has published research on several such groups including the Children of God/The Family, the Church of Scientology, and newer faiths operating in Canada.
- Philip Gale
Philip Chandler Gale (1978, Los Angeles, California - March 13, 1998, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a pioneering internet software developer and computer prodigy, and avid musician, born and raised a Scientologist but rejected that upbringing and turned to the Church of the SubGenius. Gale earned roughly a million dollars worth of stock options for his innovative internet service provider (ISP) programs at EarthLink, …
- Noah Lottick
Noah Antrim Lottick was an American student of Russian studies who is notable for having committed suicide on May 11 1990 by jumping from a 10th-floor window, and the controversy ensuing after his death. This controversy revolved around his parents' concern over his membership in the Church of Scientology.
- Ford Greene
Aylsworth Crawford Greene III (born December 21, 1952) is an American attorney from San Anselmo specializing in litigation against cults.
- Quentin Hubbard
Geoffrey Quentin McCaully Hubbard, was the son of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology. His father had groomed his son to take over the organization for him. Personally he wanted little to do with Scientology. Quentin was discovered by police October 28, 1976, unconscious from an apparent suicide attempt, and died two weeks later without having regained consciousness.
- Andre Tabayoyon
Andre Tabayoyon is a former member of the Church of Scientology who is primarily known for an affidavit in which he describes the inner workings of the Church. Among other things, he states in his affidavit that he was formerly in charge of security at Church's Gold Base near Hemet, California. He gave testimony about the COS in a sworn affidavit introduced as evidence in the case "Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz".
- Bennetta Slaughter
Bennetta Slaughter is a prominent member of the Church of Scientology and current head of several of its organizations, including Applied Scholastics (itself a subsidiary of Scientology's Association for Better Living and Education, Gung Ho Groups, Citizens for a Better Clearwater, and many more). She was among the first Scientologists to win acceptance among Clearwater Fla civic leaders. Soon after she and her husband, David, moved their marketing and publications firm, …
- David Campbell
David Richard Campbell (b. 1948) is a Canadian-born music arranger, composer and conductor who has been featured on many popular albums. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and has three children: musician Beck and artist Channing (with Bibbe Hansen), and singer/song writer Alyssa Campbell (with Raven Kane). He has worked with Alanis Morissette, 10,000 Maniacs, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, Elton John, Duran Duran, Leonard Cohen, …
- Zenon Panoussis
Zenon Panoussis (born 1956) is a naturalized citizen of Sweden who is known for his dispute with the Church of Scientology, as well as for his novel legal tactics. In late 1996, Zenon Panoussis appeared on the newsgroup "alt.religion.scientology". Although he was a new-comer to the larger online battle between Scientology and its critics he quickly came to the forefront.
- Barbara Schwarz
Barbara Schwarz is a German national, living in the United States, who has made a record number of requests under the United States' Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The "Lexington Herald-Leader" referred to Schwarz as "history's most prolific filer" of Freedom of Information Act requests. Since 1989, she has issued thousands of FOIA requests, and dozens of lawsuits to numerous federal and state governmental departments and agencies, …
- Tim Bowles
Timothy Bowles (1951-) is an American attorney who has worked for the Church of Scientology and its related organizations for the majority of his career. Along with Kendrick Moxon and Laurie Bartilson, Bowles was one of the lead attorneys for the Church of Scientology in the oft-cited legal case: "Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz". He is the executive director of Youth for Human Rights International, …
- Billy Sheehan
Billy Sheehan (born March 19, 1953 in Buffalo, New York,) is an American Bassist known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin. Sheehan has won "Guitar Player" magazine's "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll five times for his "lead bass" playing style. "Guitar Player" has likened his soloing on the four-string instrument to Eddie Van Halen's on the six-string guitar.
- Cyril Vosper
Cyril Ronald Vosper (7 June, 1935 - 4 May, 2004) was a Scientologist and later a critic of Scientology. He wrote "The Mind Benders", which was the first book on Scientology to be written by an ex-member and the first critical book on Scientology to be published (narrowly beating "Inside Scientology" by Robert Kaufman).
- Lee Anne Devette
Lee Anne DeVette is Tom Cruise's older sister who was his publicist for 20 months. Like her famous brother, she is a Scientologist. According to Scientology's published completion lists, Lee Anne DeVette has completed at least Operating Thetan level V, as well as the Scientology Ethics Specialist Course. DeVette's publicity work for Cruise was widely regarded as not entirely successful.
- Johan Helsingius
Johan "Julf" Helsingius, born in Finland, started and ran the Anon.penet.fi internet remailer. Anon.penet.fi was one of the most popular Internet remailers, handling 10,000 messages a day. The server was the first of its kind to use a password-protected PO box system for sending and receiving e-mails. In the Eighties he was the system administrator for the central Finnish news node as well as one of the founding members of the Finnish UNIX User Group.