---
title: "writers - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=category&id=220&start=30"
date: "2026-11-06T00:10:35+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

writers

 [ ![St Brendan](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/people/pics/carrot.gif) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5331:people-writers-brendan&catid=220)

## [St Brendan](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5331:people-writers-brendan&catid=220)

St Brendan (c.489Ðc.570), Saint (Ireland), sailor, explorer, possible discoverer of America, source: Navigatio Sancti Brendani Ab…

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 [ ![Berke Breathed](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/people/pics/carrot.gif) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5330:people-writers-breathed&catid=220)

## [Berke Breathed](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5330:people-writers-breathed&catid=220)

Breathed, Berke -- US Cartoonist -- writes and draws Bloom County and Outland comic strips

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 [ ![Dr. Arturo Alvarez Bravo](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/people/pics/carrot.gif) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5329:people-writers-bravo&catid=220)

## [Dr. Arturo Alvarez Bravo](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5329:people-writers-bravo&catid=220)

Bravo, Dr. Arturo Alvarez Writer and pionner of the alternative and vegetarian medicine in America (since 1971), founder of vario…

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 [ ![Dr. Kalpana Chawla](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/people/pics/carrot.gif) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5337:people-writers-chawla&catid=220)

## [Dr. Kalpana Chawla](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5337:people-writers-chawla&catid=220)

Chawla, Dr. Kalpana, NASA Astronaut, source: Maynard Clark and Chicago Tribune, url: http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/txnauts/chawla.ht…

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 [ ![Ruth Harrison](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/people/pics/carrot.gif) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5360:people-writers-harrison&catid=220)

## [Ruth Harrison](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5360:people-writers-harrison&catid=220)

Ruth Harrison author of Animal Machines, published in 1960s - personal conversation at one of our vegetarian banquets.

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 [ ![Professor Richard Lacey](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/people/pics/carrot.gif) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5373:people-writers-lacey&catid=220)

## [Professor Richard Lacey](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5373:people-writers-lacey&catid=220)

Clinical Microbiologist and Author, University of Leeds Hard to Swallow : A Brief History of Food by Professor Richard Lacey A Hi…

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