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[7] [8] [21] [22] [79] Stated in a 2019 interview that he is not a Scientologist and that he doesn't "have any connection or affiliation with it". [156] Marc Headley: 1974– 2005 Whistleblower and critic of the church. [126] Katie Holmes: 1978– 2012 Actress and formerly married to Scientologist Tom Cruise. [157] Jim Humble: 1933– 1981
This category is for people who are publicly known as members or former members of the Church of Scientology. Many former members are now critics; see Category:Critics of Scientology. Other former members practice Scientology without being connected to the COS. They refer to themselves as Freezoners.
The Church of Scientology has recruited celebrities for their endorsement of Scientology as a public relations strategy. The organization has had a written program governing celebrity recruitment since at least 1955, when L. Ron Hubbard created "Project Celebrity", offering rewards to Scientologists who recruited targeted celebrities.
Kidman told The Hollywood Reporter in 2013, “I have two children who are Scientologists – Connor and Isabella – and I utterly respect their beliefs.” John Travolta
Despite a relatively small membership base, Scientology is one of the most widely discussed fringe religious groups in the world, thanks in part to its more famous adherents. And while some ...
January 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM. ... Australia, in 1955, Rinder was raised as a Scientologist from early childhood. His parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was 5 years ...
In the 1950s, there were two short-lived organizations by that name: The Church of Scientology was incorporated in New Jersey on December 22, 1953 along with The Church of American Science, and The Church of Spiritual Engineering on January 18, 1954. These three entities came under Hubbard Association of Scientologists International (HASI). All ...
Mike Rinder, a former Scientologist turned outspoken critic of the organization who co-hosted the A&E series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, has died. He was 69. He was 69.