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This is a '''list of notable [[Buddhists]]''', encompassing all the major branches of the religion (i.e. in Buddhism), and including interdenominational and eclectic Buddhist practitioners. This list includes both formal teachers of [[Buddhism]], and people notable in other areas who are publicly Buddhist or who have espoused Buddhism.{{buddhism}}

== Philosophers and founders of schools ==
Individuals are grouped by nationality, except in cases where their influence was felt elsewhere. [[Gautama Buddha]] and his immediate disciples ('Buddhists') are listed separately from later Indian Buddhist thinkers, teachers and contemplatives.

===Buddha's disciples and early Buddhists===
{{See also|Ten principal disciples|:Category:Disciples of Gautama Buddha|:Category:Family of Gautama Buddha}}
[[File:Walking statue of the Buddha.JPG|thumb|Buddha and his disciples; the world's tallest walking statue of the Buddha, in Kandy, Sri Lanka<ref>{{Cite web |title=World's Tallest Walking Buddha |url=http://enews.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/47075 |access-date=3 April 2015 |publisher=Buddhist Door International}}</ref>]]
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* [[Gautama Buddha]], Siddhārtha Gautama

;Clergy
* [[Ānanda]], the Buddha's cousin, personal attendant of the Buddha and a chief disciple
* [[Aṅgulimāla]], serial killer who attained to sainthood after renouncing wickedness
* [[Anuruddha|Anuruddhā]], one of the [[ten principal disciples]]
* [[Assaji|Aśvajit]], one of the first five disciples of the Buddha
* [[Devadatta]], another cousin of Siddhārtha and later rival who attempted to assassinate the Buddha
* [[Katyayana (Buddhist)|Kātyāyana]], foremost in explaining the Dharma
* [[Kaundinya]] (also known as Kondañña or Ājñātakauṇḍinya), the first [[arhat]] and one of the first five disciples of the Buddha
* [[Khemā]], a chief of the women disciples
* [[Kisa Gotami|Kisā Gautamī]]
* [[Mahākāśyapa]]
* [[Mahapajapati Gotami|Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī]], Buddha's aunt and foster mother, as well as the first woman to be ordained
* [[Maudgalyāyana]], one of two chief disciples of the Buddha
* [[Nanda (Buddhist)|Nanda]], younger half-brother of the Buddha
* [[Patacara|Paṭācārā]]
* [[Pindola Bharadvaja|Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja]]
* [[Punna|Pūrṇamaitrāyaṇīputra]], one of [[the ten principal disciples]]
* [[Rāhula]], son of Siddhārtha and Yasodharā
* [[Revata]]
* [[Sariputta|Śāriputra]] one of two chief disciples of the Buddha
* [[Subhuti|Subhūti]], one of [[the ten principal disciples]]
* [[Nanda (Buddhist nun)|Sundarī Nandā]], the Buddha's half-sister
* [[Sunita|Sunīta]], a low-caste man who reached enlightenment
* [[Upali|Upāli]], foremost disciple in knowledge of the [[Vinaya]]
* [[Uppalavanna|Utpalavarṇā]]
* [[Yasodharā]], Siddhārtha's wife before he renounced the palace life

;Laity
* [[Amrapali]], royal courtesan who donated her mango grove, Ambapali vana to the Order
* [[Anathapindika]], wealthy merchant, banker and the chief male patron
* [[Ajatashatru|Ajātasattu]], King of Magadha and the son of King Bimbisāra
* [[Bimbisara|Bimbisāra]], King of Magadha
* [[Channa (Buddhist)|Chandaka]], prince Siddhārtha's charioteer
* [[Citta (disciple)|Citta]], wealthy merchant and chief lay male disciple of the Buddha and an ''[[Anāgāmi]]''
* [[Cunda Kammāraputta]], a smith who gave the Buddha his last meal
* [[Hatthaka of Alavi]], chief lay male disciple of the Buddha and an ''[[Anāgāmi]]''
* [[Khujjuttara]], one of the Buddha's foremost female lay disciples and the servant of Queen Samavati
* [[Pasenadi]], King of Kosala
* [[Samavati]], one of the queens of King Udena of [[Kosambi]] and a ''[[Sotāpanna]]''
* [[Śuddhodana]], leader of the Shakya clan and father of the Buddha 
* [[Velukandakiya]], lay female disciple 
* [[Visakha|Viśākhā]], an aristocratic woman and chief female patron

===Later Indian Buddhists (after Buddha)===
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* [[Aryadeva]], foremost disciple of Nagarjuna, continued the philosophical school of [[Madhyamaka]]
* [[Aśvaghoṣa]],  [[Sarvāstivāda]] Buddhist philosopher, dramatist, poet and orator from India
* [[Atiśa]], holder of the "[[lojong|mind training]]" teachings, considered an indirect founder of the [[Gelug]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]
* [[B. R. Ambedkar]], founder of ''[[Navayana|Navayāna]]''
* [[Bhāviveka]], early expositor of the [[Svatantrika]] branch of the [[Madhyamaka]] school
* [[Bodhidharma]], founder of [[Chan Buddhism]]
* [[Bodhiruci]], patriarch of the Dilun (Chinese: {{Lang|zh|地論}}) school
* [[Batuo]], founding abbot and patriarch of the [[Shaolin Monastery]]
* [[Buddhaghosa]], [[Theravada|Theravadin]] commentator
* [[Buddhapālita]], early expositor of the [[Prasaṅgika]] branch of the Madhyamaka school
* [[Chandragomin]], renowned grammarian
* [[Candrakīrti]], considered the greatest exponent of Prasaṅgika
* [[Dharmakirti]], famed logician, author of the ''Seven Treatises''; student of [[Dignāga]]'s student, Īśvārasēna; said to have debated famed Hindu scholar [[Adi Shankara]]
* [[Dharmakīrtiśrī]], author of the "Wheel of Sharp Weapons" in what is believed to be modern Sumatra, Malay, or Burma
* [[Dignāga]], famed logician
* [[Kamalaśīla]] (8th century), author of important texts on meditation
* [[Kumārajīva]],  Buddhist monk, scholar, missionary and translator from the [[Kingdom of Kucha]], Central Asia
* [[Luipa]], one of the eighty-four tantric [[Mahasiddha]]s
* [[Nagarjuna]], founder of the Madhyamaka school, widely considered the most important Mahayana philosopher (with Asanga)
* [[Naropa|Nadapada]] (Tibetan: ''Naropa''), Tilopa's primary disciple, teacher of [[Marpa Lotsawa|Marpa the Translator]] and [[Khungpo Nyaljor]]
* [[Saraha]], famed mahasiddha, forefather of the [[Kagyu]] lineage
* [[Śāntarakṣita]], abbot of Nalanda, founder of the Yogacara who helped Padmasambhava establish Buddhism in Tibet
* [[Shantideva]] (8th century), author of the ''[[Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra]]''
* [[Śīlabhadra]], Buddhist monk and philosopher and erstwhile abbot of [[Nālandā]] University in India
* [[Tilopa]], recipient of four separate transmissions from Nagarjuna, Nagpopa, Luipa, and Khandro Kalpa Zangmo; Naropa's teacher

===Indo-Greek===
* [[Dharmaraksita]] (3rd century BCE), Greek Buddhist missionary sent by emperor [[Ashoka]], and a teacher of the monk [[Nagasena]]
* [[Mahadharmaraksita]] (2nd century BCE), Greek Buddhist master during the time of [[Menander I|Menander]]
* [[Nagasena|Nāgasena]] (2nd century BCE), Buddhist sage questioned about Buddhism by [[Milinda]], the [[Indo-Greek]] king in the ''[[Milinda Panha|Milinda Pañha]]''

===Central Asian===
* [[An Shigao]], [[Parthia]]n monk and the first known Buddhist missionary to China, in 148 CE
* [[Dharmarakṣa]], [[Yuezhi]] monk, the first known translator of the [[Lotus Sutra]] into Chinese
* [[Jnanagupta|Jñānagupta]] (561–592), monk and translator from [[Gandhara]]
* [[Kumārajīva]] (c. 401), [[Kucha]]n monk and one of the most important translators
* [[Lokaksema (Buddhist monk)|Lokaksema]], [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] monk from [[Gandhara]], first translator of [[Mahayana]] scriptures into Chinese, around 180 CE
*[[Prajna (Buddhist Monk)|Prajñā]] (c. 810), monk and translator from [[Gandhara]], who translated important texts into Chinese and educated the Japanese [[Kūkai]] in Sanskrit texts

===Chinese===
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* [[Baizhang Huaihai]], Zen Buddhist master of [[Tang dynasty]]
* [[Bodhidharma]], first patriarch of [[Chan Buddhism]] in China
* [[Dahui Zonggao]], 12th-century [[kōan]] master
* [[Daman Hongren]], fifth patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
* [[Dayi Daoxin]], fourth patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
* [[Dazu Huike]], second patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
* [[Faxian]], translator and pilgrim
* [[Fazang]], the third of the five patriarchs of the [[Huayan school]] of [[Mahayana]] Buddhism, of which he is traditionally considered the founder.
* [[Guifeng Zongmi]], fifth patriarch of the Huayan school
* [[Hong Yi]], calligraphist, painter, master of seal carving
* [[Huangbo Xiyun]], 9th-century teacher of [[Linji Yixuan]]
* [[Huineng]], sixth and last patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
* [[Ingen]], 17th-century Chinese Chan monk, founder of the [[Ōbaku]] sect of [[Zen]]
* [[Ji Gong]], Buddhist monk revered as a deity in [[Taoism]]
* [[Jizang]], founder of [[East Asian Mādhyamaka]]
* [[Jnanayasas]], translator
* [[Linji Yixuan]], 9th-century Chinese monk, founder of the Linji school of Chan Buddhism
* [[Mazu Daoyi]], 8th-century Chan master
* [[Moheyan]], 8th-century Chinese monk, advocate of "sudden" enlightenment
* [[Sanghapala]], 6th-century monk (Mon-Khmer?) who translated many texts to Chinese
* [[Sengcan]], third patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
* [[Wumen Huikai]], author of the ''Gateless Gate''
* [[Xuanzang]], brought [[Yogacara]] to China to found the [[East Asian Yogācāra]] school; significant pilgrim, translator
* [[Xueting Fuyu]], 13th-century [[Shaolin Monastery]] abbot of the Caodong school
* [[Yijing (monk)|Yijing]], pilgrim and translator
* [[Yunmen Wenyan]], founder of one of the five schools of Chan Buddhism
* [[Yuquan Shenxiu]], Tang dynasty, patriarch of "Northern School" sect of Chan Buddhism
* [[Zhaozhou Congshen|Zhaozhou]], 9th-century Chan master; noted for "Mu" koan
* [[Zhiyi]], founder of the [[Tiantai]] school

===Tibetan===
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* [[Gampopa]], student of [[Milarepa|Jetsun Milarepa]] and founder of the [[Karma Kagyu]] lineage of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]
* [[Jigten Sumgön]], founder of Drikung Kagyu Lineage
* [[Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen]], founder of the [[Jonang]] school and advocate of the [[shentong]] philosophy
* [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] (1820–1892), leader of Rime (nonsectarian) movement
* [[Longchenpa]], one of the greatest [[Nyingma]] philosophers
* [[Mandarava]], important female student and consort of Padmasambhava
* [[Marpa Lotsawa]], student of [[Naropa]] and a founder of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
* [[Milarepa]], foremost student of Marpa Lotsawa
* [[Padmasambhava]], founder of Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism
* [[Karmapa]], the founder of Karma Kagyu or Kamtsang Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
* [[Jamgon Kongtrul]], Tibetan Buddhist scholar, artist, [[physician]] and [[polymath]] and leader in Rime movement
* [[Sakya Pandita]], one of the greatest [[Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school)|Sakya]] philosophers
* [[Taranatha]], important Jonang scholar
* [[Je Tsongkhapa]], 14th-century Tibetan monk, founder of the [[Gelug]] school of Tibetan Buddhism, based upon the [[Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism)|Kadam]]
* [[Yeshe Tsogyal]], important female student and consort of Padmasambhava
* [[Rongzom Mahapandita]], important Nyingma scholar and meditation master of Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism

===Japanese===
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* [[Bankei Yōtaku]] (1622–1693), [[Zen master]] of the Rinzai school
* [[Dōgen]] Zenji (1200–1253), founder of the [[Sōtō]] school of [[Zen]], based upon the Caodong school
* [[Eisai]] (1141–1215), travelled to China and returned to found the Rinzai school of Zen
* [[Hakuin Ekaku]] (1686–1769), Rinzai school of Zen
* [[Hōnen]] (1133–1212), founder of the [[Jōdo-shū]] school of [[Pure Land Buddhism]]
* [[Ikkyū]] (1374–1481), Zen Buddhist monk and poet
* [[Ippen]] (1234–1289), founder of the [[Ji-shū]] sect of [[Pure Land Buddhism]]
* [[Kūkai]] (774–835), founder of [[Shingon Buddhism]]
* [[Myōe]] (1173–1232), monk of [[Kegon]] and [[Shingon Buddhism]], known for his propagation of the Mantra of Light
* [[Nakahara Nantenbō]] (1839–1925), Zen master and artist
* [[Nichiren]] (1222–1282), founder of [[Nichiren Buddhism]]
* [[Nikkō (priest)|Nikkō]] (1246–1333), founder of [[Nichiren Shōshū]]
* [[Rōben]] (689–773), invited [[Simsang]] to Japan and founded the [[Kegon]] tradition based upon the Korean [[Hwaeom]] school
* [[Ryōkan]] (1758–1831), [[Zen]] monk and poet
* [[Saichō]] (767–822), founded [[Tendai]] school in Japan, also known by the posthumous title Dengyō Daishi
* [[Shinran]] (1173–1263), founder of the [[Jōdo Shinshū]] school of [[Pure Land Buddhism]] and disciple of [[Hōnen]]
* [[Takuan Sōhō]] (1573–1645), Zen teacher, and, according to legend, mentor of the swordsman [[Miyamoto Musashi]]
* [[Gempō Yamamoto]] (1866–1961), Zen master
* [[Shinjō Itō]] (1906–1989), founder of [[Shinnyo-en]]

===Korean===
{{see also|List of Korean Buddhists}}
* [[Gihwa]] (1376–1433), Korean [[Korean Buddhism#Seon|Seon]] monk; wrote commentaries on the [[Diamond Sutra]] and [[Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment]]
* [[Jinul]], Korean [[Korean Buddhism#Seon|Seon]] monk (1158–1210); founder of modern Korean gong'an meditation system
* [[Uisang]] (7th century), Korean monk, founder of [[Hwaeom]] tradition, based upon the Chinese Huayan school
* [[Woncheuk]]
* [[Wonhyo]] (617–668), Korean monk; prolific commentator on [[Mahayana]] [[sutra]]s

===Burmese===
* [[Shin Arahan]] (1034–1115), Thathanabaing of the [[Pagan Kingdom]] from 1056 to 1115
* [[Taunggwin Sayadaw]] (1844–1938) last Buddhist monk to hold the official title of [[Thathanabaing of Burma]]
* [[Ledi Sayadaw]] (1846–1923), scholarly monk and propagator of [[Vipassanā]] meditation 
* [[U Nārada|Mingun Jetawun Sayādaw]] (1868–1955), one of the key figures in the revival of [[Vipassanā]] meditation
* [[Sunlun Sayadaw]] (1878 - 1952), renowned Vipassanā meditation master and popular meditation teacher among the monks
* [[Webu Sayadaw]] (1896–1977), renowned [[Vipassanā]] meditation master
* [[Mogok Sayadaw]] (1899–1962), renowned [[Vipassanā]] meditation master 
* [[Mahasi Sayadaw]] (1904–1982), who had significant impact on the [[Vipassana movement]] in the West and throughout Asia
* [[Thamanya Sayadaw]] (1910–2003), Buddhist monk of [[Pa'O people|Pa-O]] descent and best known for his doctrinal emphasis on metta
* [[Mingun Sayadaw]] (1911–1993), best known for his memory skills and his important role in the [[Sixth Buddhist Council]], awarded the title of Tipitakadhara, meaning Keeper and Guardian of the [[Tipitaka]]
* [[Panditarama Sayadaw]] (1921–2016), renowned [[Vipassanā]] meditation master who taught many Western meditation teachers and students
* [[Chanmyay Sayadaw]] (born 1928), well-known monk and editor of the Buddhist scriptures in Pali for the [[Sixth Buddhist Council]]
* [[Pannavamsa|Sayadaw U Pannavamsa]] (1928–2017), well known for his missionary work, the abbot of [[Dhammikarama Burmese Temple]] in Penang and [[Burmese Buddhist Temple (Singapore)]]
* [[Vijjota|Vijjotārum Sayadaw]] (1930–2022), Buddhist monk who was the 15th Thathanabaing and [[Mahanayaka]] of the [[Shwekyin Nikaya]], ''ovādācariya'' of [[Kaba Aye Pagoda]]
* [[Maha Bodhi Ta Htaung Sayadaw]] (1931–2006), founder of [[Maha Bodhi Tahtaung]] and planted many thousands of Bodhi trees, built thousands of pagodas and Buddha statues
* [[Sitagu Sayadaw]] (born 1937), his organisation funded many social projects, including water pumps, construction of hospitals, also the founder of [[Sitagu International Buddhist Academy]]
* [[Ashin Nandamalabhivamsa]] (born 1940), renowned scholarly monk and specialise in [[Abhidhamma]], the rector of [[International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University]]
* [[Pa-Auk Sayadaw]] (born 1956), renowned Vipassanā meditation master and the abbot of [[Pa-Auk Forest Monastery]]
* [[Taung Galay Sayadaw]] (born 1960), Buddhist monk of [[Karen people|Karen]] descent, was awarded the honor of Agga Maha Kammatthanacariya
* [[Ashin Abhijātābhivaṃsa]] (1968–2022), the 12th recipient of the title of [[Tipiṭakadhara Dhammabhaṇḍāgārika]]

;Laity
* [[Sayagyi U Ba Khin]] (1899–1971), propagator of Vipassanā meditation in the Ledi tradition and founder of the [[International Meditation Centre]]
* [[Mother Sayamagyi|Daw Mya Thwin]] (1925–2017), who has established centres for vipassana meditation worldwide

===Thai===
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* [[Somdej Toh|Somdet Phra Buddhacarya]] (1788–1872), monk who was the preceptor and teacher of [[King Rama IV]]
* [[Pavares Variyalongkorn|Somdet Phra Maha Samana Chao Kromma Phraya]] (1809 –1892), 8th [[Supreme Patriarch of Thailand]]
* [[Ariyavangsagatayana (Sa Pussadeva)|Somdet Phra Ariyavangsagatayana Somdet Phra Sangharaja]] (1812–1899), the 9th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand from 1893 to 1899
* [[Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo]] (1859–1942), one of the pioneers of the [[Dhammayuttika Nikaya]], mentor of Ajahn Mun 
* [[Vajirananavarorasa|Somdet Phramahasamanachao Kromphraya Vajirananavarorasa]] (1860–1921), the 10th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand from 1910 to 1921, who helped to institutionalize [[Thai Buddhism]]
* [[Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta|Ajahn Mun Bhūridatta]] (1870–1949), monk who established the [[Thai Forest Tradition]] or "[[Kammaṭṭhāna]] tradition"
* [[Khruba Siwichai]] (1878–1939), best known for the building of many temples during his time, his charismatic and personalistic character
* [[Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro]] (1884–1959), monk who founded the [[Dhammakaya Movement]] in the early 20th century
* [[Luang Pu Waen Suciṇṇo]] (1887–1985), first-generation student of the [[Thai Forest Tradition]]
* [[Ariyavangsagatayana (Pun Puṇṇasiri)|Somdet Phra Ariyavangsagatayana Somdet Phra Sangharaja]] (1896–1973), the 17th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand from 1972 to 1973
* [[Ariyavangsagatayana (Chuan Utthayi)|Somdet Phra Ariyavangsagatayana]] (1897–1971), the 16th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand from 1965 to 1971
* [[Jinavajiralongkorn|Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang Jinavajiralongkorn]] (1897–1988), the 18th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand from 1973 to 1988
* [[Phra Phimontham]] (1901–1992), well-known monk and proponent of vipassana meditation
* [[Phra Ajaan Thate Desaransi]] (1902–1994), first-generation student of the Thai Forest Tradition and one of the founding teachers of the lineage
* [[Buddhadasa|Buddhādasa Bhikkhu]] (1906–1993), famous and influential Thai ascetic-philosopher of the 20th century
* [[Ajahn Lee|Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo]] (1907–1961), regarded as one of the great teachers and meditation masters of the Thai Forest Tradition
* [[Ajahn Maha Bua]] (1913–2011), well-known monk in the [[Thai Forest Tradition]]
* [[Vajirañāṇasaṃvara|Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang Vajirañāṇasaṃvara]] (1913–2013), the 19th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand from 1989 to 2013
* [[Ajahn Fuang Jotiko]] (1915–1986), student of [[Ajahn Lee]], well-known monk in the [[Thai Forest Tradition]]
* [[Ajahn Chah]] (1918–1992), monk well known for his students from all over the world
* [[Ajahn Suwat Suvaco]] (1919–2002), student of Ajahn Funn and established four monasteries in the United States
* [[Ajahn Chanda Thawaro|Phra Chanda Thawaro]] (1922–2012), student of Ajahn Mun, one of the best known Thai Buddhist monks of the late 20th and early 21st centuries
* [[Ariyavongsagatanana (Amborn Ambaro)|Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana IX]] (born 1927), the 20th and current [[Supreme Patriarch of Thailand]], practitioner of the Thai Forest Tradition
* [[Upali Thera]], Thai Buddhist monk and founder of the [[Siam Nikaya]] Order in Sri Lanka. He visited Kandy in 1753 and there performed [[Upasampadā]].

===Sri Lankan===
* [[Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero]] (1698–1778), the last Sangharaja of Sri Lanka
* [[Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera]] (1832–1886), the founder and first Maha Nayaka Thera of [[Rāmañña Nikāya]]
* [[Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero]] (1826–1907), [[Mahanayaka]] Thero of the [[Amarapura Nikaya]] (circa 1860s), and the Sanganayake of the Southern Province

==Rulers and monarchs==
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* [[Anawrahta]] (1015–1078), founder of the [[Pagan Kingdom]] and credited with introducing [[Theravada]] Buddhism there and reintroducing it in [[Ceylon]]
* [[Ashoka]] (304–232 BC), [[Maurya Empire|Mauryan Emperor]] of [[History of India|ancient India]], and the first Buddhist ruler to send Buddhist missionaries outside of India throughout the [[Old World]] 
* [[Brihadratha Maurya]], last ruler of the [[Maurya Empire]]
* [[Bayinnaung|Bayinnaung Kyawhtin Nawrahta]] (1516–1581), king of the [[Toungoo Dynasty]], assembled the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, viewed himself as the protector of [[Theravada Buddhism]], and had long tried to promote and protect the religion in [[Ceylon]], introduced more orthodox [[Theravada Buddhism]] to Upper Burma and the Shan states, prohibited all human and animal sacrifices throughout the kingdom
* [[Harsha]] (606–648), Indian emperor who converted to Buddhism
* [[Jayavarman VII]] (1181–1219), king of [[Cambodia]]
* [[Kanishka the Great]], ruler of the [[Kushan Empire]]
* [[Kublai Khan]], Mongol [[khagan]] and founder of the [[Yuan dynasty]] of China
* [[Hulagu Khan]], Mongol ruler who conquered much of Southwest Asia, he converted to Buddhism on his deathbed, spending most of his life as a [[Church of the East|Nestorian Christian]]
* [[Menander I]] (Pali: {{Lang|pi-latn|Milinda|italic=no}}), 2nd century BCE, a king of the [[Indo-Greek Kingdom]] of [[Northwestern India]] who questioned [[Nagasena|Nāgasena]] about Buddhism in the ''[[Milinda Panha|Milinda Pañha]]'' and is said to have become an [[arhat]]
* [[Mindon Min]] (1808–1878), penultimate King of [[Myanmar|Burma]] and facilitator of the [[Fifth Buddhist council]]
* [[Emperor Ming of Han]] (28–75), born Liu Yang and also known as Liu Zhuang and as Han Mingdi, the second [[emperor of China]]'s [[Han dynasty#Eastern Han|Eastern Han dynasty]].
* [[Mongkut]], king of [[Thailand]] and founder of the [[Dhammayuttika Nikaya]]
* [[Prince Shōtoku]] (574–622), mythologized crown prince and regent of Japan
* [[Theodorus (meridarch)|Theodorus]] (1st century BCE), Indo-Greek governor, author of a Buddhist dedication
* [[Wu Zetian]] (625–705), only female [[Queen regnant|Empress Regnant]] in Chinese history
* [[Emperor Wu of Liang]] ({{Lang|zh|梁武帝}}) (502–549) was the founding [[Emperor of China|emperor]] of the Chinese [[Liang dynasty]], during the [[Northern and Southern dynasties]] period.
* [[Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura]] (307 BCE–267 BCE), King of [[Anuradhapura]]
* [[Dutugamunu]] of [[Kingdom of Anuradhapura|Anuradhapura]] (161 BCE–131 BCE), King of [[Sri Lanka]]
* [[Bimbisar]] (544–492 BC), founder of [[Haryanka dynasty]]
* [[Ajatashatru|Ajātasattu]] (reign c. 492–460 BC), second emperor of [[Haryanka dynasty]]
* [[Udayin]] (460–444 BC), third emperor of [[Haryanka]] dynasty
* [[Pasenadi]], King of [[Kosala]]

== Modern teachers ==

=== Theravada teachers ===
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* [[Achan Sobin S. Namto]] (born 1931)
* [[Ajahn Amaro]] (born 1956)
* [[Buddhadasa|Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu]] (1906–1993)
* [[Ajahn Brahm]] (born 1951)
* [[Ajahn Candasiri]] (born 1947)
* [[Ajahn Chah]] (1918–1992)
* [[Ajahn Jayasaro]] (born 1958)
* [[Ajahn Khemadhammo]] (born 1944)
* [[Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta]] (1870–1949)
* [[Ajahn Pasanno]] (born 1949)
* [[Ajahn Sucitto]] (born 1949)
* [[Ajahn Sumedho]] (born 1934)
* [[Ajahn Sundara]] (born 1946)
* [[Ajahn Viradhammo]] (born 1947)
* [[Ampitiye Rahula Maha Thero]] (1913–2020)
* [[Anagarika Munindra]] (1915–2003)
* [[Aniruddha Mahathera]] (1915–2003) 
* [[Ashin Dhammasāmi]] (born 1964)
* [[Ashin Jinarakkhita]] (1923 – 2002)
* [[Ashin Sandadika]] (born 1968)
* [[Thittila|Ashin Thittila]] (1896–1997)
* [[Yazeinda|Ashin Yazeinda]] (born 1969)
* [[Ayya Khema]] (1923–1997)
* [[Ayya Sudhamma Bhikkhuni]] (born 1963)
* [[Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero]] (1896–1998)
* [[Bhante Sujato]] (born 1966)
* [[Bhikkhu Analayo|Bhikkhu Anālayo]] (born 1962)
* [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]] (born 1944)
* [[Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero|Bhikkhu Kiribathgoda Gnanananda]] (born 1961)
* [[Bishuddhananda Mahathera]] (1909–1994) 
* [[Bour Kry]] (born 1945)
* [[Buddhaghosa Mahasthavir]] (1921–2011) 
* [[Chandra Khonnokyoong]] (1909–2000)
* [[Charles Henry Allan Bennett]] (1872–1923)
* [[Dhammalok Mahasthavir]] (1890–1966) 
* [[Dipa Ma]] (1911–1989)
* [[Gangodawila Soma Thero]] (1948–2003) 
* [[Godwin Samararatne]] (1932–2000)
* [[Gregory Paul Kramer]] (born 1952)
* [[Gyanashree Mahathero]] (1925–2025)
* [[Hammalawa Saddhatissa]] (1914–1990)
* [[Henepola Gunaratana]] (born 1927)
* [[Jack Kornfield]] (born 1945)
* [[John Earl Coleman]] (1930–2012) 
* [[Joseph Goldstein (writer)|Joseph Goldstein]] (born 1944)
* [[Jyotipal Mahathero]] (1914–2002)
* [[Kadawedduwe Jinavamsa Mahathera]] (1907–2003)
* [[K. L. Dhammajoti]] (born 1949)
* [[K. Sri Dhammananda]] (1919–2006)
* [[Kirinde Sri Dhammaratana]] (born 1948)
* [[Kotugoda Dhammawasa Mahanayaka Thero]] (1933–2021)
* [[Kumar Kashyap Mahasthavir]] (1926–2012)
* [[Lance Selwyn Cousins]] (1942 – 2015)
* [[Larry Rosenberg]] (born 1932)
* [[Lokanātha]] (1897–1966)
* [[Luang Por Dattajivo]] (born 1940)
* [[Luang Por Dhammajayo]] (born 1944)
* [[Luangpor Thong]] (born 1939)
* [[Madihe Pannaseeha Thero]] (1913–2003)
* [[Mahasi Sayadaw]] (1904–1982)
* [[Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera]] (1901–1992)
* [[Nanamoli Bhikkhu|Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu]] (1905–1960)
* [[Nyanadassana Mahathera|Nyānadassana Mahāthera]] (born 1959)
* [[Nyanaponika Thera|Nyānaponika Mahāthera]] (1901–1994)
* [[Nyanatiloka|Nyānatiloka Mahāthera]] (1878–1957)
* [[Nanavira Thera|Ñāṇavīra Thera]] (1920–1965)
* [[Narada Maha Thera]] (1898–1983)
* [[Nauyane Ariyadhamma Mahathera]] (1939 –2016)
* [[Phra Paisal Visalo]] (born 1957)
* [[Piyadassi Maha Thera]] (1914–1998)
* [[Polwatte Buddhadatta Thera]] (1887–1962)
* [[Pragyananda Mahasthavir]] (1900–1993) 
* [[Prajnananda Mahathera]] (born 1952)
* [[Preah Maha Ghosananda]] (1913–2007)
* [[Rajguru Aggavamsa Mahathera]] (1913–2008)
* [[Rupert Gethin]] (born 1957)
* [[Ruth Denison]] (1922–2015)
* [[Satya Priya Mahathero]] (1930–2019)
* [[U Pandita|Sayadaw U Paṇḍita]] (1921–2016)
* [[Rewata Dhamma|Sayadaw U Rewata Dhamma]] (1929–2004)
* [[Sīlānanda|Sayadaw U Sīlānanda]] (1927–2005)
* [[Sayadaw U Tejaniya]] (born 1962)
* [[S. N. Goenka]] (1924–2013)
* [[Seth Evans]] (born 1977)
* [[Sharon Salzberg]] (born 1952)
* [[Soma Thera]] (1898 - 1960)
* [[Tathālokā Bhikkhunī]] (born 1968)
* [[Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] (born 1949)
* [[U Dhammaloka]] (1856–1914) 
* [[Pannya Jota Mahathera]] (1955–2020)
* [[Walpola Rahula Thero]] (1907–1997)
* [[Acharavadee Wongsakon]] (born 1965)

===Tibetan Buddhist teachers===
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* [[Anagarika Govinda]] (1898–1985)
* [[B. Alan Wallace]] (born 1950)
* [[Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche]] (1930–2002)
* [[Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche]] (1940–1987)
* [[Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche]] (born 1951)
* [[Damba Ayusheev]], the XXIV [[Khambo Lama|Pandito Khambo Lama]] in Russia (born 1962)
* [[Dhardo Rimpoche]] (1917–1990)
* [[Dilgo Khyentse]] (1910–1991)
* [[Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje]] (1904–1987)
* [[Khyentse Norbu|Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse]] (1961-)
* [[Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] (1893–1959)
* [[Gyaincain Norbu]], the 11th [[Panchen Lama]] ([[11th Panchen Lama controversy|controversial]]; born 1990)
* [[Kalu Rinpoche]] (1905–1989)
* [[Karma Thinley Rinpoche]] (born 1931)
* [[Kelsang Gyatso]] (born 1931)
* [[Matthieu Ricard]] (born 1946)
* [[Ole Nydahl]] (born 1941)
* [[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa]] (1924–1981)
* [[Sakyong Mipham]] (born 1962)
* [[14th Dalai Lama]] (born 1935)
* [[Tenzin Palmo]] (born 1943)
* [[Thubten Yeshe]] (known as Lama Yeshe; 1935–1984), Tibetan lama who, while exiled in Nepal, co-founded [[Kopan Monastery]] (1969) and the [[Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition]] (1975). He followed the Gelug tradition.
* [[Thubten Zopa Rinpoche]]
* [[Trijang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso]] (1901–1981)
* [[Tsoknyi Rinpoche]] (born 1966)
* [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] (1920–1996), [[Dzogchen]], [[Mahamudra]] and the [[Chokling Tersar]]
* [[Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche]] (born 1975)
* [[Gelek Rimpoche]] (born 1939)
* [[Tsem Tulku Rinpoche]] (born 1965)
* [[Dagyab Kyabgoen Rinpoche]] (born 1940)
* Lama [[Doboom Tulku]] [[Rinpoche]] (17 February 1942 – 19 January 2024) 
* [[Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche]] (born 1975)
* [[Sakya Trizin]]
* [[Thubten Chodron]] (born 1950)
* [[Pema Chödrön]] (born 1936)
* [[Robina Courtin]] (born 1944)
* [[Robert Thurman]] (born 1941)
* [[Mark Epstein (author)|Mark Epstein]] (born 1953)

===Dzogchen and Bon teachers===
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* [[Namkhai Norbu]] (1938–2018)<ref>[[Namkhai Norbu]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=June 2018}}
* [[Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche]] (born 1961)<ref>[[Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=June 2018}}

===Zen teachers===
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;American
* [[Adyashanti]] (born 1962)
* [[Robert Baker Aitken]] (1917–2010)
* [[Anne Hopkins Aitken]] (1911–1994)
* [[Reb Anderson]] (born 1943)
* [[Zentatsu Richard Baker]] (born 1936)
* [[Joko Beck]] (1917–2011)
* [[Sherry Chayat]] (born 1943)
* [[Issan Dorsey]] (1933–1990)
* [[Zoketsu Norman Fischer]] (born 1946)
* [[James Ishmael Ford]] (born 1948)
* [[Tetsugen Bernard Glassman]] (1939–2018)
* [[Paul Haller]]
* [[Cheri Huber]] (born 1944)
* [[Soenghyang]] (Barbara Rhodes, born 1948)
* [[Philip Kapleau]] (1912–2004)
* [[Houn Jiyu-Kennett]] (1924–1996)
* [[Bodhin Kjolhede]] (born 1948)
* [[Jakusho Kwong]] (born 1935)
* [[Taigen Dan Leighton]] (born 1950)
* [[Frederick Lenz]] (1950–1998)
* [[John Daido Loori]] (1931–2009)
* [[Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji]] (born 1954)
* [[Heng Sure]] (born 1949)
* [[Bonnie Myotai Treace]] (born 1956)
* [[Brad Warner]] (born 1964)
* [[Robert J. Waldinger]] (born 1951)
* [[Jan Chozen Bays]] (born 1945)

;Chinese
* [[Fayun]] (1933–2003)
* [[Hsu Yun]] (1840–1959)
* [[Hsuan Hua]] (1918–1995)
* [[Nan Huai-Chin]] (1918–2012)

;European
Austrian

* [[Myokyo-ni]] (1921–2007)

British

* [[John Crook (ethologist)|John Crook]] (1930–2011)
* [[Charles Tenshin Fletcher]] 
* [[John Garrie]] (1923–1998)
* [[Paul Haller]] (born 1947)
* [[Houn Jiyu-Kennett|Hōun Jiyu-Kennett]] (1924–1996)
* [[Albert Low]] (1928–2016)
* [[Henry Shukman]] (born 1962)

Danish
* [[Havredal Zendo|Choan Bertelsen Roshi]]

French

* [[Taïkan Jyoji]] (born 1941)

German
* [[Brigitte D'Ortschy]] (1921–1990)
* [[Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle]] (1898–1990)
* [[Willigis Jäger]] (1925–2000)
* [[Muhō Noelke]] (born 1968)

Italian

* [[Carlo Zendo Tetsugen Serra]] (born 1953)

Irish

* [[U Dhammaloka]] (1856–1914)

Polish

* [[Małgorzata Braunek]] (1947–2014)

Swedish

* [[Kanja Odland]] (born 1963)
* [[Sante Poromaa]] (born 1958)

Swiss

* [[Niklaus Brantschen]] (born 1937)
* [[Pia Gyger]] (1940–1914)
'''Indian'''

* [[Ama Samy]] (born 1936)
;Japanese
* [[Aoyama Rōshi|Shundo Aoyama]] (born 1933)
* [[Kōbun Chino Otogawa]] (1938–2002)
* [[Taisen Deshimaru]] (1914–1982)
* [[Hakuin Ekaku]] (1686–1769)
* [[Keido Fukushima]] (1933–2011)
* [[Jakushitsu Genkō]] (1290–1367)
* [[Shodo Harada]] (born 1940)
* [[Harada Daiun Sogaku]] (1871–1961)
* [[Dainin Katagiri]] (1928–1990)
* [[Musō Soseki]] (1275–1351)
* [[Imakita Kosen]] (1816–1892)
* [[Yamada Koun]] (1907–1989)
* [[Taizan Maezumi]] (1931–1995)
* [[Sōyū Matsuoka]] (?–1998)
* [[Sōkō Morinaga]] (1925–1995)
* [[Soen Nakagawa]] (1907–1984)
* [[Gudō Wafu Nishijima]] (1919–2014)
* [[Shōhaku Okumura]] (born 1948)
* [[Kōdō Sawaki]] (1880–1965)
* [[Nyogen Senzaki]] (1876–1958)
* [[Oda Sessō]] (1901–1966)
* [[Soyen Shaku]] (1859–1919)
* [[Zenkei Shibayama]] (1894–1974)
* [[Eido Tai Shimano]] (1932–2018)
* [[Omori Sogen]] (1904–1994)
* [[D. T. Suzuki]] (1870–1966)
* [[Shunryū Suzuki]] (1904–1971)
* [[Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji]] (born 1933)
* [[Bassui Tokushō]] (1327–1387)
* [[Sesshū Tōyō]] (1420–1506)
* [[Sobin Yamada]]
* [[Hakuun Yasutani]] (1885–1973)
* [[Bankei Yōtaku]] (1622–1693)
* [[Sesson Yūbai]] (1290–1348)

;Korean
* [[Seongcheol]] (1912–1993)
* [[Seungsahn]] (1927–2004)
* [[Pomnyun]] (born 1953)

;Malaysian
* [[Chi Chern]] (born 1955)

; Singaporean
* [[Zhuan Dao]] (1871–1943) 
* [[Hong Choon]] (1907–1990)

;Taiwanese
* [[Guang Qin]] ({{Lang|zh|廣欽}}) (1892–1986), founder of [[Cheng Tian Temple]] ({{Lang|zh|承天禪寺}}) in [[Taiwan]]
* [[Yin Shun]] ({{Lang|zh|印順}}) (1906–2005), founder of [[Humanistic Buddhism]] ({{Lang|zh|人間佛教}})
* [[Sheng-yen]] ({{Lang|zh|聖嚴}}) (1931–2009), founder of [[Dharma Drum Mountain]] ({{Lang|zh|法鼓山}}) in Taiwan
* [[Cheng Yen]] ({{Lang|zh|證嚴}}) (born 1937), founder of [[Tzu Chi]] Foundation ({{Lang|zh|慈濟基金會}}) in Taiwan
* [[Hsing Yun]] ({{Lang|zh|星雲}}) (born 1927), founder of [[Fo Guang Shan]] ({{Lang|zh|佛光山}}) in Taiwan
* [[Wei Chueh]] ({{Lang|zh|惟覺}}) (born 1928), founder of [[Chung Tai Shan]] ({{Lang|zh|中台禪寺}}) in Taiwan

;Vietnamese
* [[Thích Nhất Hạnh]] (1926–2022)
* Thích [[Chân Không]] (born 1938)
* [[Thích Thiên-Ân]] (1926–1980)
* [[Thích Thanh Từ]] (born 1924)

== Writers ==
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* [[Paula Arai]], American professor and [[Buddhist studies]] scholar, specializing in the academic study of [[Women in Buddhism|women and Buddhism]]
* [[Bhikkhu Analayo]] (born 1962), known for his comparative studies of early Buddhist texts as preserved by the various early Buddhist traditions
* [[Benimadhab Barua]] (1888–1948), Indian scholar of ancient Indian languages, Buddhism and law
* [[Buddhadasa|Buddhādasa Bhikkhu]], his works take up an entire room in the National Library of Thailand, and inspired a group of Thai social activists and artists of the 20th century
* [[Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu]] (1905–1960), remembered for his reliable translations from the Pali into English, remarkable command of the Pali language and a wide knowledge of the canonical scriptures
* [[Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu]] (born 1949), known for his translations of almost 1000 Sutta in all and providing the majority of the sutta translations in a website known as "[[Access to Insight]]"
* [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]] (born 1944), second president of the [[Buddhist Publication Society]] and has edited and authored several publications grounded in the Theravada Buddhist tradition
* [[Tara Brach]] (born 1953), American psychologist and author
* [[Acharya Buddharakkhita]] (1922–2013), Indian Buddhist monk and prolific writer who established the Mahā Bodhī Society of Beṅgaḷūru, and had written 150 books and published two periodicals
* [[Shaila Catherine]], American Buddhist meditation teacher and author in the Theravādin tradition
* [[Tanaka Chigaku]] (1861–1939)
* [[John Crook (ethologist)|John Crook]] (1930–2011), British ecologist, [[sociologist]], and practitioner of both [[Ch'an]] and [[Tibetan Buddhism]] tradition
* [[K. Sri Dhammananda|Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda]] (1919–2006), Buddhist monk and scholar in Malaysia, wrote approximately 60 Buddhist works, ranging from small pamphlets to texts of over 700 pages
* [[Phra Dhammavisuddhikavi]] (born 1936), ex-Vice Rector for Academic Affairs at [[Mahamakut Buddhist University]] and has written 70 books on Buddhism
* [[Allen Ginsberg]], poet<ref>Morgan, Bill. ''I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg''. New York: Viking, 2006.</ref> ([[Tibetan Buddhism]])
* [[Joseph Goldstein (writer)|Joseph Goldstein]] (born 1944), one of the first American [[Vipassana]] teachers, contemporary author of numerous popular books on Buddhism
* [[Nakamura Hajime]] (1911–1999)
* [[Charles Hallisey]], Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures at Harvard Divinity School
* [[Chittadhar Hridaya]] (1906–1982)
* [[Hsuan Hua]] (1918–1995), [[Tripitaka]] Master; extensive English commentaries on the major Mahayana Sutras: [[Avatamsaka Sutra]], [[Shurangama Sutra]], [[Shurangama Mantra]], [[Lotus Sutra]], [[Diamond Sutra]], and many others
* [[Christmas Humphreys]] (1901–1983), British jurist who found London [[Buddhist Society]], also wrote a number of works on Buddhism
* [[Daisaku Ikeda]] (1928–2023), former President of the [[Soka Gakkai International]]
* [[K. N. Jayatilleke]] (1920–1970), best known as the author of the book ''Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge''
* [[Y. Karunadasa]] (born 1934), Sri Lankan scholar in Buddhist Studies, whose areas of specialization are [[Pre-sectarian Buddhism|Early Buddhism]] and Theravada [[Abidhamma]].
* [[Nishitani Keiji]] (1900–1990)
* [[Jack Kerouac]], American novelist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ginsberg |first=Allen |author-link=Allen Ginsberg |title=Negative Capability: Kerouac's Buddhist Ethic |url=http://www.tricycle.com/ancestors/negative-capability-kerouacs-buddhist-ethic |access-date=6 March 2016 |publisher=[[Tricycle: The Buddhist Review]] |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191800/http://www.tricycle.com/ancestors/negative-capability-kerouacs-buddhist-ethic |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Zen]] and [[Tibetan Buddhism]]; also the [[Catholic Church]])
* [[Nishida Kitaro]] (1870–1945)
* [[Jack Kornfield]] (born 1945), American book writer, student of renowned forest monk [[Ajahn Chah]], and teacher of [[Theravada Buddhism]]
* [[Noah Levine]] (born 1971), [[Buddhism in the United States|American Buddhist]] teacher and author
* [[Joanna Rogers Macy]] (born 1929), American poet and writer 
* [[Sudarshan Mahasthavir]] (1938–2002), Nepalese Buddhist monk and author who played a major role in the development of Theravada Buddhism in Nepal and Nepal Bhasa literature
* [[Katukurunde Nyanananda Mahathera]] (1940–2018), best known for the research monograph ''Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought''
* [[Nyanatiloka|Nyanatiloka Mahathera]], (1878–1957), translated several important Theravadin Pali texts into German, also wrote a Pali grammar, an anthology, and a Buddhist dictionary
* [[S. Mahinda]] (1901–1951), Sikkimese Theravadin Buddhist monk and poet who has written over 40 books
* [[Tsunesaburo Makiguchi]] (1871–1944), Japanese educator and founder of the [[Soka Gakkai]]
* [[Edward Salim Michael]] (1921–2006), composer and author
* [[Achan Sobin S. Namto]] (born 1931), taught Vipassana meditation and Buddhist psychology in Southeast Asia and North America for over 50 years
* [[Karl Eugen Neumann]] (1865–1915), first translator of large parts of the [[Pali Canon]] of Buddhist scriptures from the original Pali into German
* [[Gudo Wafu Nishijima]] (1919–2014), compiled one of three complete English versions of [[Dōgen]]'s ninety-five-fascicle Kana [[Shobogenzo]] and also translated Dogen's [[Shinji Shōbōgenzō]]
* [[Henry Steel Olcott]] (1832–1907), major revivalist of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and composed the notable "Buddhist Catechism" in 1881
* [[Kenneth Pai]], Chinese-American writer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Palladino |first=D. J. |date=28 September 2006 |title=Peony Dreams |work=The Santa Barbara Independent |url=http://www.independent.com/news/2006/sep/28/peony-dreams/ |access-date=9 August 2011 |archive-date=23 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223162718/http://www.independent.com/news/2006/sep/28/peony-dreams/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Prayudh Payutto|P. A. Payutto]] (born 1937), lectured and written extensively about a variety of topics related to Buddhism, awarded the 1994 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
* [[P. D. Premasiri]] (born 1941), Buddhist scholar specializing in the areas of Buddhist ethics and Buddhist philosophy
* [[Sharon Salzberg]] (born 1953), teacher of Buddhist meditation practices in the West, and also a ''New York Times'' best-selling author
* [[Sangharakshita]] (1925–2018), founder of the Triratna Buddhist community
* [[Sheng-yen]] (1930–2009), religious scholar, one of the most respected teachers of Chinese [[Ch'an]] (Zen) Buddhism, and founder of spiritual and educational organization [[Dharma Drum Mountain]]
* [[Yin Shun]] (1906–2005), brought forth the ideal of "Humanistic" (human-realm) Buddhism and regenerated the interests in the long-ignored Āgamas among Chinese Buddhists
* [[Sīlācāra]] (1871–1951), prolific writer and translator, translated Bhikkhu Ñāṇatiloka's The ''Word of the Buddha'', from German into English
* [[Shunryū Suzuki]] (1904–1971), Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States
* [[Weligama Sri Sumangala]] (1825–1905), outstanding scholar bhikkhu with many important publications 
* [[Taixu]] (1890–1947), activist and thinker who advocated the reform and renewal of Chinese Buddhism
* [[Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera]] (1827–1911), did great service to improve the Buddhist education in Sri Lanka, also the founder of [[Vidyodaya Pirivena]]
* [[Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera]] (1823–1890), Sri Lankan Buddhist orator and one of the pioneers in Buddhist revival movement
* [[Nyanaponika Thera]] (1901–1994), co-founder of the [[Buddhist Publication Society]], contemporary author of numerous seminal Theravada books
* [[Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera]] (1828–1885), founder of [[Vidyalankara Pirivena]], which presently known as [[University of Kelaniya]]
* [[Palane Vajiragnana Thero]] (1878–1955), Buddhist monk and scholar, who the first broadcaster of Buddhist sermon over the radio in Sri Lanka
* [[Robert Thurman]] (born 1941), American author, editor and translator of books on [[Tibetan Buddhism]], [[Je Tsongkhapa]] professor of [[Indo-Tibetan]] Buddhist Studies at [[Columbia University]] and co-founder and president of [[Tibet House]] U.S.
* [[Josei Toda]] (1900–1958), peace activist and second president of the [[Soka Gakkai]]
* [[Phra Paisal Visalo]], writing and editing books on environment and Buddhism, co-founder of Sekiyadhamma, a network of socially engaged monks in Thailand
* [[Brad Warner]] (born 1964), American monk, writer, and musician
* [[Alan Watts]] (1915–1973), English writer and lecturer
* [[Frank Lee Woodward]] (1871–1952), English educationist and Pali scholar, compiling the vast concordance of [[Pāli Canon]] by translating eighteen of the forty-two volumes of the Pali texts into English
* [[Robert Wright (journalist)|Robert Wright]] (born 1957), American journalist and author. ([[Zen]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Damasio |first=Antonio |date=7 August 2017 |title=Assessing the Value of Buddhism, for Individuals and for the World |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/books/review/why-buddhism-is-true-science-meditation-robert-wright.html |access-date=31 October 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107043057/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/books/review/why-buddhism-is-true-science-meditation-robert-wright.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Han Yong-un]] (1879–1944), Korean Buddhist reformer and poet

== Politicians and activists==<!-- Alphabetical by family name -->

===Indian ===
* [[B. R. Ambedkar]] (1891–1956), Indian nationalist, [[jurist]], scholar, political leader, anthropologist, economist and architect of the [[Constitution of India]]
* [[Priyanka Gandhi]] (Born 1972), Indian politician and the general secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Bhavna Vij-Aurora |date=11 February 2012 |title=UP polls 2012: Robert Vadra bids for a place in Gandhi family power structure |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20120220-up-polls-2012-robert-vadra-congress-priyanka-gandhi-family-757318-2012-02-11 |magazine=India Today |language=en |access-date=1 February 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202060554/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20120220-up-polls-2012-robert-vadra-congress-priyanka-gandhi-family-757318-2012-02-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar|Prakash (Balasaheb) Ambedkar]] (born 1954), Indian politician, Grandson of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
* [[Ramdas Athawale]] (born 1959), Indian politician
* [[Udit Raj]] (born 1958), Indian politician and member of Indian National Congress. Raj, a [[Dalit]], converted from [[Hinduism]] to [[Buddhism]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Varagur |first=Krithika |date=11 April 2018 |title=Converting to Buddhism as a Form of Political Protest |language=en-US |work=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/dalit-buddhism-conversion-india-modi/557570/ |access-date=12 April 2018 |archive-date=12 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412123453/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/dalit-buddhism-conversion-india-modi/557570/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Kiren Rijiju]] (born 1971), Indian politician
* [[Kanshi Ram]] Founder of [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
* [[Sonam Wangchuk]] (born 1966) Founder of [[Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh|Student's Educational and Cultural Movement Of Ladakh.]] And a Social Activist 
* [[Chandrashekhar Azad (politician)|Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan]] (born 1987), Indian politician and the chief of [[Bhim Army|Bhim army]]. 
* [[Mayawati|Kumari Mayawati]] (born 1956), 18th [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttarpradesh]] and Lawyer. 

===Malaysian ===
* [[Tan Cheng Lock]] (1883–1960), Malaysian nationalist, businessman and founder of [[Malaysian Chinese Association]], key figure in the [[independence of Malaysia]].

=== Japanese ===
* [[Morihiro Hosokawa]], is a Japanese politician and [[Nobility|noble]] who was [[Prime Minister of Japan]] from 1993 to 1994, leading a [[coalition government]] which was the first non-[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP) government of Japan since 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hosokawa Morihiro {{!}} Mia |url=https://collections.artsmia.org/people/27929/hosokawa-morihiro |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=collections.artsmia.org}}</ref>

===Burmese===
* [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] (born 1945), [[Myanmar|Burmese]] [[opposition (politics)|opposition]] politician and chairperson of the [[National League for Democracy]] (NLD) in Burma; received the [[Rafto Prize]] and the [[Sakharov Prize]] in 1990 and the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1991<ref name="Wildmind">{{Cite web |date=5 June 2007 |title=Top Ten celebrity Buddhists |url=http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/top-10-celebrity-buddhists |access-date=9 August 2011 |website=Wildmind Buddhist Meditation |publisher=Wildmind.org |archive-date=19 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819105133/http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/top-10-celebrity-buddhists |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Theravada]])
* [[U Nu]] (1997–1995), [[Prime Minister of Burma]] and facilitator of [[Sixth Buddhist Council]]
* [[U Thant]] (1909–1974), [[Myanmar|Burmese]] diplomat and third [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] (1961–1971) ([[Theravada]])
* [[Win Ko Ko Latt]] (born 1982), Burmese ultranationalist

===American===
{{See also|List of Buddhist members of the United States Congress}}
* [[David Ige]], American politician. He was the 8th Governor of Hawaii. A Democrat, he served in the Hawaii State Senate from 2003 to 2014 and the [[Hawaii House of Representatives]] from 1985 to 2003. In the 2014 gubernatorial election, he defeated incumbent Governor [[Neil Abercrombie]] in the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] primary, and won the general election over Republican nominee [[Duke Aiona]]. Ige was reelected in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moon|first=Cristina|title=Hawaii Governor David Ige on Buddhism and Politics in the Age of Trump – Lion's Roar|date=26 November 2018|url=https://www.lionsroar.com/hawaii-governor-david-ige-on-buddhism-and-politics-in-the-age-of-trump/|access-date=2022-02-07|language=en-US|archive-date=30 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130061533/https://www.lionsroar.com/hawaii-governor-david-ige-on-buddhism-and-politics-in-the-age-of-trump/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Colleen Hanabusa]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congresswoman]] (2011–), Democrat and lawyer from Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hanabusaforgovernor.com/about-colleen-hanabusa/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717032446/https://www.hanabusaforgovernor.com/about-colleen-hanabusa/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-07-17|title=About Colleen Hanabusa}}</ref> 
* [[Kazuhisa Abe]] (18 January 1914 – 18 May 1996)<ref name=":03">[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=234003 Kazuhisa Abe]. Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 September 2016.</ref> was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] state senator and justice of the [[Supreme Court of Hawaii]].
* [[Mazie Hirono]], [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] (2013–), [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congresswoman]] (2007–2013) and Democrat from Hawaii; first elected female Senator from Hawaii, first Asian-American woman elected to the Senate, first [[List of United States senators from Hawaii|U.S. Senator]] born in Japan and the nation's first Buddhist Senator.<ref name="starbulletin1999">{{cite news |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/05/08/news/story5.html |title=Lieutenant governor reflects on the 'bookends' of her life |newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |author=Rod Ohira |date=8 May 1999 |access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref>
* [[Hank Johnson]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congressman]] (2007–) and Democrat from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]; one of the first two Buddhists to serve in the [[United States Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Events First Buddhists Elected to U.S. Congress Timeline The Association of Religion Data Archives|url=https://www.thearda.com/timeline/events/event_359.asp|access-date=2022-06-20|website=thearda.com|archive-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108181346/https://thearda.com/timeline/events/event_359.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Derek Tran]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] from [[California's 45th congressional district|CA-45]] (2025–).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diamant |first=Jeff |date=2025-01-02 |title=Faith on the Hill |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/01/02/faith-on-the-hill-2025/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US}}</ref> 
* [[Chi Ossé]], American politician and activist from [[New York City]] who serves as a member of the [[New York City Council]] and son of [[Combat Jack]]. 
* [[Irene Shin]], American politician and former non-profit executive serving as a delegate of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] since 2022.<ref name="Legislature">{{Cite web |title=Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings |url=https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0344 |access-date=2022-02-07 |website=virginiageneralassembly.gov}}</ref>

===English===

* [[Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury]] (1928–2016), English politician; served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for [[Orpington]] and served in the [[House of Lords]], having inherited the title of [[Baron Avebury]] in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric Avebury |url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/eric_avebury |website=Liberal Democrats |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-date=21 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621163414/http://www.libdems.org.uk/eric_avebury |url-status=live }}</ref>([[Secular Buddhism]])
* [[Suella Braverman]] is a British barrister and politician who has served as [[Home Secretary]] since 25 October 2022. She previously held the position from 6 September to 19 October 2022 under [[Liz Truss]]. A member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], she was chair of the [[European Research Group]] from 2017 to 2018 and [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] from 2020 to 2022. She has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fareham]] in [[Hampshire]] since [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doward |first=Jamie |date=15 February 2020 |title=Attorney general Suella Braverman belongs to controversial Buddhist sect |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/15/new-attorney-general-suella-braverman-in-controversial-buddhist-sect |access-date=15 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216001822/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/15/new-attorney-general-suella-braverman-in-controversial-buddhist-sect |archive-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> She took her [[oath of office]] on the ''[[Dhammapada]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canton |first=Naomi |date=1 January 2020 |title=UK MP under fire for not taking oath on Gita |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/uk-mp-under-fire-for-not-taking-oath-on-gita/articleshow/73039203.cms |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220312205503/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/uk-mp-under-fire-for-not-taking-oath-on-gita/articleshow/73039203.cms |archive-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>

===South Korean===
* [[Jiyul]] (born 1957), [[bhikkhuni|Buddhist nun]] from [[South Korea]] who fasted to stop destruction of Korean salamander lands<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 February 2005 |title=South Korean nun ends 100-day fast for salamander |work=Daily Times |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_5-2-2005_pg4_12 |url-status=dead |access-date=11 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218115040/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_5-2-2005_pg4_12 |archive-date=18 February 2012}}</ref> ([[Korean Seon]])
* [[Pomnyun]] (born 1953), South Korean Buddhist monk, [[Zen master]], and peace activist who received the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Peace and International Understanding in 2002 for his peace activism on the issue of Korean peninsula. ([[Korean Seon]])

===Vietnamese===
* [[Thích Huyền Quang]] (1919–2008), Vietnamese [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]], dissident and activist; formerly the patriarch of the [[Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam]]; in 2002, he was awarded the [[Homo Homini Award]] for his human rights activism by the Czech group [[People In Need (Czech Republic)|People in Need]]
* [[Thích Quảng Độ]], Vietnamese Buddhist monk, current patriarch of the [[Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam]]; awarded the [[Homo Homini Award]] for human rights activism by the Czech group [[People In Need (Czech Republic)|People in Need]] in 2002; nine-time [[Nobel Peace Prize]] nominee
* [[Thích Quảng Đức]] (1897–1963), Vietnamese Mahayana monk and self-martyr for freedom of religion; [[self-immolation|burned himself to death]] at a busy [[Saigon]] road intersection on 11 June 1963 ([[Mahayana]])

=== Sri Lankan ===
* [[D. S. Senanayake]] (1883–1952), [[Prime Minister of Ceylon]]
* [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]] (1899–1959), [[Prime Minister of Ceylon]]
* [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]] (1916–2000), [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] and [[List of female heads of government|first female Prime Minister]] in the world.
* Sir [[Cyril de Zoysa]] (1896–1978), [[President of the Senate of Ceylon]] from 1960 to 1965, also a leader in the Buddhist revival movement in Ceylon.

== Film and television ==
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=== American ===

* [[Dan Harris (journalist)|Dan Harris]] (born 1971), American meditation teacher and retired journalist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dan Harris |date=10 April 2015 |title=How a skeptical anchorman became a Buddhist |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/10/living/harris-anchorman-buddhist/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=11 August 2022 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811035835/https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/10/living/harris-anchorman-buddhist/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Jennifer Aniston]] (born 1965), American actress and producer ([[Zen]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jen goes zen! Jennifer Aniston says she wants to be a Buddhist |url=https://www.news24.com/channel/jen-goes-zen-jennifer-aniston-says-she-wants-to-be-a-buddhist-20140407 |access-date=2022-01-16 |website=Channel |language=en-US |archive-date=16 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116021345/https://www.news24.com/channel/jen-goes-zen-jennifer-aniston-says-she-wants-to-be-a-buddhist-20140407 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[John Astin]] (born 1930), American actor<ref name="sun-sentinel">{{Cite news |last=James D. Davis |date=24 May 1996 |title=Enriching The Soul |work=The Sun-Sentinel |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-05-24/news/9605230673_1_soka-gakkai-buddhist-shopping-center-retreat-center |url-status=dead |access-date=18 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217052850/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-05-24/news/9605230673_1_soka-gakkai-buddhist-shopping-center-retreat-center |archive-date=17 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[Kate Bosworth]], American actress<ref name="Wildmind" /> ([[Soka Gakkai International]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=gq.com |date=2005-01-12 |title=Kate Bosworth: The Muse |url=https://www.gq.com/gallery/kate-bosworth-orlando-bloom-actress-slideshow |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}</ref> ([[Mahayana Buddhism]])
* [[Jeff Bridges]] (born 1949), American actor; he has elaborated that his Buddhism is more like a general calmness.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lusk |first=Darian |date=2020-12-22 |title=How Jeff Bridges Got His Start With Buddhism |url=https://www.nickiswift.com/300650/how-jeff-bridges-got-his-start-with-buddhism/ |access-date=2022-01-28 |website=NickiSwift.com |language=en-US |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128071340/https://www.nickiswift.com/300650/how-jeff-bridges-got-his-start-with-buddhism/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Katy |title=An Interview with Jeff Bridges |url=https://tricycle.org/magazine/jeff-bridges/ |access-date=2022-01-28 |website=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review |date=23 August 2017 |language=en |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128071340/https://tricycle.org/magazine/jeff-bridges/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Zen]])
* [[Drew Carey]] (born 1958), American actor, [[comedian]], game show host and photographer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archbold |first=Phil |date=2020-02-19 |title=The Untold Truth Of Drew Carey |url=https://www.nickiswift.com/189485/the-untold-truth-of-drew-carey/ |access-date=2022-02-25 |website=NickiSwift.com |language=en-US |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225031944/https://www.nickiswift.com/189485/the-untold-truth-of-drew-carey/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Theravada]])
* [[Peter Coyote]] (born 1941), American actor and author<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coyote reflects on wild dogs and the next 1,000 years |url=http://www.petercoyote.com/millvalley021512.html |access-date=22 May 2013 |work=Mill Valley Herald |archive-date=22 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522005701/http://www.petercoyote.com/millvalley021512.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Robert Downey Jr.|Robert Downey Junior]] (born 1965), [[Americans|American]] [[Jewish Buddhist]] actor; he has said many times that Buddhism has helped him with his drug and alcohol addiction. ([[Theravada]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Downey Jr. |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000375/bio |access-date=2022-01-14 |publisher=IMDb |language=en |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111214155/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000375/bio |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Patrick Duffy]] (born 1949), American actor and director. The actor was brought closer to the teachings of Buddhism by his late wife, the ballet dancer Carlyn Rosser (1939–2017). He has been practicing the religion for almost 50 years {{As of|2022|lc=y}} and describes it as an "essential part" of his life.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adey |first=Oliver |date=2020-11-07 |title=2022 - Patrick Duffy: The actor found solace in his Buddhist faith |url=https://gettotext.com/patrick-duffy-the-actor-found-solace-in-his-buddhist-faith/ |access-date=2022-01-20 |website=The Latest News |language=en-US |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509210850/https://gettotext.com/patrick-duffy-the-actor-found-solace-in-his-buddhist-faith/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ogunjimi |first=Busayo |date=2021-11-14 |title=Patrick Duffy Converted to Buddhism to Sleep with Future Wife Who Had Been Married for 13 Years |url=https://news.amomama.com/282566-patrick-duffy-converted-buddhism-sleep-f.html |access-date=2022-01-20 |website=news.amomama.com |language=en |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120041454/https://news.amomama.com/282566-patrick-duffy-converted-buddhism-sleep-f.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]])
* [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] (born 1981), American actor and a student of [[Indian Buddhism]]. He spent three weeks in [[Rishikesh]] in 2005 or 2006 at a Buddhist retreat and attends a Buddhism class in LA. ([[Theravada]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-13 |title=When Chris Evans spoke about his spiritual connection with India: 'I spent three weeks in Rishikesh' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/when-chris-evans-spoke-about-his-spiritual-connection-with-india-i-spent-three-weeks-in-rishikesh-101623570597086.html |access-date=2022-01-14 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114075416/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/when-chris-evans-spoke-about-his-spiritual-connection-with-india-i-spent-three-weeks-in-rishikesh-101623570597086.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-17 |title=20 Things You Didn't Know About Chris Evans |url=https://www.eightieskids.com/20-things-you-didnt-know-chris-evans/ |access-date=2022-01-14 |website=Eighties Kids |language=en |archive-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114080610/https://www.eightieskids.com/20-things-you-didnt-know-chris-evans/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Richard Gere]] (born 1949), American actor<ref name="Wildmind" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=McLeod |first=Melvin |title=Richard Gere: My Journey as a Buddhist - Lion's Roar |date=9 June 2016 |url=https://www.lionsroar.com/richard-gere-my-journey-as-a-buddhist/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |language=en-US |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509210849/https://www.lionsroar.com/richard-gere-my-journey-as-a-buddhist/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Tibetan Buddhism]])
* [[Ron Glass]] (1945–2016), American actor and comedian.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Soraya Nadia |date=2 December 2016 |title=Remembering 'Barney Miller' actor Ron Glass |work=[[Andscape]] |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://andscape.com/features/remembering-barney-miller-actor-ron-glass/ |access-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509211056/https://andscape.com/features/remembering-barney-miller-actor-ron-glass/ |archive-date=9 May 2022 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Kate Hudson]] (born 1979), American actress and businesswoman. ([[Zen]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gatecrasher |title=Kate Hudson has A-Rod flirting with Buddhism |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/kate-hudson-a-rod-flirting-buddhism-article-1.380535 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Daily News|location=New York |date=25 October 2009 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316080503/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/kate-hudson-a-rod-flirting-buddhism-article-1.380535 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Michael Imperioli]] (born 1966), American actor, writer, director and musician. In 2008, Imperioli became a [[Buddhist]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=30 April 2014 |title=Michael Imperioli talks the mob, menopause, and his film 'The M Word' |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/04/30/michael-imperioli-the-m-word/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=28 January 2022 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027144950/https://ew.com/article/2014/04/30/michael-imperioli-the-m-word/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Chris Kattan]] (born 1970), American actor, comedian and author.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-17 |title=Chris Kattan {{!}} Interview - Movies On Demand - Time Out Chicago |url=http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/movies-on-demand/66353/chris-kattan-interview |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017052136/http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/movies-on-demand/66353/chris-kattan-interview |archive-date=2012-10-17 |access-date=2022-03-17}}</ref> ([[Tibetan Buddhism]])
* [[David Labrava]] (born 1962), actor, writer, [[tattoo artist]], former member of the [[Hells Angels]], and motorcycle enthusiast. ([[Zen]])<ref name="buddha">{{Cite web |last=Labrava |first=David |date=15 November 2013 |title=The Way of the Buddha is Unattainable I Vow to Attain It. |url=https://twitter.com/davidlabrava/status/401505222847000576 |via=Twitter |access-date=15 February 2022 |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215075408/https://twitter.com/davidlabrava/status/401505222847000576 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Celeste Lecesne]] (born 1954), American actor, author, screenwriter, [[LGBT rights]] activist, founder of [[The Trevor Project]]<ref>{{Cite web |title="James Lecesne: The cofounder of The Trevor Project talks about the release of his new novella", by Will Pulos, Next Magazine, October 12, 2012 |url=http://www.nextmagazine.com/content/james-lecesne |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005122944/http://www.nextmagazine.com/content/james-lecesne |archive-date=5 October 2015 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Independent |first=The |date=2024-03-27 |title=Arts Briefs |url=https://provincetownindependent.org/arts-minds/2024/03/27/arts-briefs-132/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=The Provincetown Independent |language=en-US}}</ref> ([[Nichiren Buddhism]])
* [[Anthony Lee (actor)|Anthony Lee]] (1981–2000), American actor and playwright. ([[Soka Gakkai International]])<ref name="meyer2">{{Cite news |last1=Josh |first1=Meyer |last2=Hall |first2=Carla |last3=Streeter |first3=Kurt |date=5 November 2000 |title=2 Lives Shattered in a Moment at the Castle |page=2 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/05/news/mn-47335/2 |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-date=8 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308074728/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/05/news/mn-47335/2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Mandy Patinkin]] (born 1952), American actor and singer known for his work in musical theatre, television and film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mandy Patinkin on Homeland: 'I have no problem with violence' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9559241/Mandy-Patinkin-on-Homeland-I-have-no-problem-with-violence.html |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 September 2012 |archive-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004093549/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9559241/Mandy-Patinkin-on-Homeland-I-have-no-problem-with-violence.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Elliot Page]] (born 1987), American-Canadian actor and activist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ellen Page On Coming Out, Marital Bliss & Why Buddhism Is Like Spiritual Therapy - BALANCE |url=https://balance.media/ellen-page-an-everyday-hero/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509210850/https://balance.media/ellen-page-an-everyday-hero/ |archive-date=9 May 2022 |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=balance.media}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Pratt Responds to Ellen Page's Accusations That His Church is Homophobic |url=https://theblemish.com/2019/02/chris-pratt-responds-to-ellen-pages-accusations-that-his-church-is-homophobic/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=The Blemish |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509210849/https://theblemish.com/2019/02/chris-pratt-responds-to-ellen-pages-accusations-that-his-church-is-homophobic/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Tibetan Buddhism]])
* [[Jeremy Piven]] (born 1965), American actor, comedian and producer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-11-04 |title=Poison and Boobs: Jeremy Piven's path to Jewish Buddhist Enlightenment gets too wierd. |url=https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2009/11/poison-and-boobs-jeremy-piven%E2%80%99s-path-to-jewish-buddhist-enlightenment-gets-too-wierd/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Scallywag and Vagabond |archive-date=15 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415021907/https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2009/11/poison-and-boobs-jeremy-piven%E2%80%99s-path-to-jewish-buddhist-enlightenment-gets-too-wierd/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Zen]])
* [[Steven Seagal]] (born 1952), American actor and aikido expert<ref name="Wildmind" /> ([[Tibetan Buddhism]])
* [[Garry Shandling]] (1949–2016), American actor and comedian.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-31 |title=Garry Shandling to have Buddhist funeral |url=https://www.jta.org/2016/03/31/united-states/garry-shandling-to-have-buddhist-funeral |access-date=2022-02-24 |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224173640/https://www.jta.org/2016/03/31/united-states/garry-shandling-to-have-buddhist-funeral |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Zen]])
* [[Martin Starr]] (born 1983), American actor and comedian. ([[Theravada]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2015 |title=Blythe Danner on the Marginalization of Older Actors and Why She Loves Indie Film |work=Indiewire |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/blythe-danner-on-the-marginalization-of-older-actors-and-why-she-loves-indie-film-20150515 |access-date=16 May 2015 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518010905/http://www.indiewire.com/article/blythe-danner-on-the-marginalization-of-older-actors-and-why-she-loves-indie-film-20150515 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Oliver Stone]], American film director<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lagrossa |first=Edward |date=20 October 1997 |title=Stone Soul Booksigning |work=The Austin Chronicle |url=http://weeklywire.com/ww/10-20-97/austin_screens_feature4.html |access-date=9 August 2011 |archive-date=19 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319025053/http://weeklywire.com/ww/10-20-97/austin_screens_feature4.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Sharon Stone]], American actress, producer, and former fashion model<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Luaine |date=17 October 1998 |title=Sharon Stone's now at peace with her world |page=2 |work=Deseret News |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/658097/Sharon-Stones-now-at-peace-with-her-world.html |access-date=9 August 2011 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023221037/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/658097/Sharon-Stones-now-at-peace-with-her-world.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[George Takei]] (born 1937), American actor and author<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Altman |first=Alex |date=6 November 2008 |title=Q&A: George Takei on Prop 8 |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1857328,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110124515/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1857328,00.html |archive-date=10 November 2008 |access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref> ([[Zen]])
* [[Duncan Trussell|Duncan Trusell]] (born 1974), American actor and stand-up comic<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-06 |title=Finding Religion in 'The Midnight Gospel,' Netflix's Profound New Series |url=https://observer.com/2020/05/midnight-gospel-netflix-interview-duncan-trussell-religion/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Observer |language=en-US |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303132414/https://observer.com/2020/05/midnight-gospel-netflix-interview-duncan-trussell-religion/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Tibetan Buddhism]])
* [[Marcia Wallace]], American actress, voice artist, comedian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Excerpt from Chapter 10: Our Love Is Here to Stay" from Don't Look Back, We're Not Going That Way, by Marcia Wallace, Marcia Wallace's Super Fine Wedding by Pamela Dumond, June 30, 2011, www.thepopculturedivas.com |url=http://www.thepopculturedivas.com/2011/06/marcia-wallaces-super-fine-wedding.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105022556/http://www.thepopculturedivas.com/2011/06/marcia-wallaces-super-fine-wedding.html |archive-date=5 November 2013 |access-date=5 November 2013}}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcia Wallace - Actress, Comedian |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/marcia-wallace/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=TV Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Brazilian ===
* [[Betty Faria]], Brazilian actress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=tabata.uchoa |title=Betty Faria revela ter doença incurável e admite fumar maconha {{!}} Televisão {{!}} O Dia |url=https://odia.ig.com.br/diversao/televisao/2016-10-16/betty-faria-revela-ter-doenca-incuravel-e-admite-fumar-maconha.html |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=odia.ig.com.br |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
* [[Dayenne Mesquita]], Brazilian actress who played the lead role in two telenovelas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Em 'Jesus', nova novela da Record, Maria Madalena não será prostituta|url=https://vejasp.abril.com.br/blog/terraco-paulistano/day-mesquita-novela-jesus/|publisher=[[Veja (magazine)|Veja]]|date=5 February 2020|accessdate=2 December 2020|language=Portuguese|author=Ana Carolina Soares}}</ref>
* [[Edson Celulari]] (born 1958), Brazilian actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edson Celulari |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148195/bio#trivia |access-date=2022-03-23 |publisher=IMDb |language=en |archive-date=23 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323135534/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148195/bio#trivia |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Carmo Dalla Vecchia]] (born 1971), Brazilian actor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carmo Dalla Vecchia - Famosos |url=http://ego.globo.com/famosos/tudo-sobre/carmo-dalla-vecchia.html |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=Ego |date=21 August 1970 |language=pt-br |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513134957/http://ego.globo.com/famosos/tudo-sobre/carmo-dalla-vecchia.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[João Vitti]] (born 1967), Brazilian theatre and telenovela actor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 February 2018 |title=João Vitti (Ator Rede Globo) conta sua experiência incrível com a prática do Budismo Nichiren. |url=https://wwwbudismodenitiren.com/2018/02/joao-vitti-ator-rede-globo-conta-sua-experiencia-incrivel-com-a-pratica-do-budismo-nichiren |access-date=29 June 2019 |publisher=Budismo Denitiren |language=Portuguese |archive-date=14 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214034851/https://wwwbudismodenitiren.com/2018/02/joao-vitti-ator-rede-globo-conta-sua-experiencia-incrivel-com-a-pratica-do-budismo-nichiren |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===British===
* [[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]] (born 1967), British-Nigerian actor best known for his roles on television<ref name="latimes-adewale">{{Cite news |last=Mark Sachs |date=7 August 2009 |title=Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje not lost in L.A. |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-07-et-fave7-story.html |access-date=18 February 2015 |archive-date=7 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507134615/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/07/entertainment/et-fave7 |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]])
* [[Alex Day]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bungee Jumping for Beginners | date=8 October 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhMpQv5BPEg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/KhMpQv5BPEg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |access-date=31 July 2015 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (born 8 April 1989) is an English musician, [[vlogger]] and writer.<ref name="wired">{{Cite web |last=Z. |date=13 August 2008 |title=Time Lord Rock: Music from the Ashes of Gallifrey |url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/08/time-lord-rock/ |website=[[GeekDad]] |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017091407/http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/08/time-lord-rock/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Article from Asylum.co.uk |url=http://www.asylum.co.uk/2011/07/27/liam-alex-brits-wal-mart-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930161928/http://www.asylum.co.uk/2011/07/27/liam-alex-brits-wal-mart-video/ |archive-date=30 September 2011 |access-date=31 August 2011}}</ref> Day has released seven studio albums, two EPs, and had three [[UK Top 40]] hits.<ref name="Godiva">{{Cite web |last=Day |first=Alex |title=The new single – 'Lady Godiva' |url=http://alexdaymusic.com/301/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307225314/http://alexdaymusic.com/301/ |archive-date=7 March 2012 |access-date=15 November 2012 |website=Alexdaymusic.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="LeakyNews">{{Cite web |last=Catherine |title=Alex Day's Upcoming Single, "Lady Godiva" |url=http://www.leakynews.com/alex-days-upcoming-single/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619165045/http://leakynews.com/alex-days-upcoming-single/ |archive-date=19 June 2012 |access-date=26 July 2012 |publisher=Leaky News}}</ref>
* [[Alex Ferns]] (born 13 October 1968) is a Scottish actor and television personality. His ''[[EastEnders]]'' role as [[Trevor Morgan (EastEnders)|Trevor Morgan]] was described as "Britain's most-hated [[soap opera|soap]] villain", when he played the role between 2000 and 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |last=scotianostra |title=Scotianostra |url=https://scotianostra.tumblr.com/post/631883496724529153/happy-52nd-birthday-actor-alex-ferns-most-famous |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Tumblr |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718032056/https://scotianostra.tumblr.com/post/631883496724529153/happy-52nd-birthday-actor-alex-ferns-most-famous |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-07-14 |title=alex ferns |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12176775.alex-ferns/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=The Herald|location=Glasgow |language=en |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718032056/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12176775.alex-ferns/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[David Yip]],  British actor and playwright.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=28 July 2022 |title=Banburyshire actor who has rubbed shoulders with Daleks, Indiana Jones and James Bond achieves a new highlight in his amazing career |url=https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/people/banburyshire-actor-who-has-rubbed-shoulders-with-daleks-indiana-jones-and-james-bond-achieves-a-new-highlight-in-his-amazing-career-3785065 |journal=Banbury Guardian |accessdate=8 February 2023 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210025252/https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/people/banburyshire-actor-who-has-rubbed-shoulders-with-daleks-indiana-jones-and-james-bond-achieves-a-new-highlight-in-his-amazing-career-3785065 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Tanya Moodie]], British-Canadian actor and producer, best known for her work on the television series ''[[Motherland (British TV series)|Motherland]]'' and ''[[Silo (TV series)|Silo]]''.
* [[Tom Baker]] (born 1934), British actor and writer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-05 |title=BFI {{!}} Features {{!}} NFT Interviews {{!}} Tom Baker |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/baker.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605215023/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/baker.html |archive-date=2011-06-05 |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref>
* [[Orlando Bloom]] (born 1977), English actor known for his roles in film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-01 |title=Orlando Bloom on Buddhism, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and SGI President Daisaku Ikeda. |url=https://www.worldtribune.org/2019/02/orlando-bloom-buddhism-nam-myoho-renge-kyo-sgi-president-daisaku-ikeda/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113180431/https://www.worldtribune.org/2019/02/orlando-bloom-buddhism-nam-myoho-renge-kyo-sgi-president-daisaku-ikeda/ |archive-date=13 January 2022 |access-date=2022-01-13 |website=World Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Wildmind2">{{Cite web |date=5 June 2007 |title=Top Ten celebrity Buddhists |url=http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/top-10-celebrity-buddhists/2 |access-date=9 August 2011 |website=Wildmind Buddhist Meditation |publisher=Wildmind.org |archive-date=21 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821015342/http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/top-10-celebrity-buddhists/2 |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]]) 
* [[James Norton (actor)|James Norton]], English actor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-16 |title=James Norton visits a Buddhist retreat in France |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/james-norton-visits-buddhist-retreat-070000585.html |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jonze |first=Tim |date=2025-08-09 |title=‘There’s a thug in all of us’: James Norton on privacy, playing villains and pushing himself to the limit |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/09/james-norton-happy-valley-a-little-life-privacy-playing-villains |access-date=2025-08-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>([[Tibetan Buddhism]])
* [[John Garrie]],(18 May 1923 &ndash; 22 September 1998), was a British [[actor]] who later became a respected teacher of [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=the way is without flaw |url=https://haracombe.weebly.com/the-way-is-without-flaw.html |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=SATI |language=en |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718032051/https://haracombe.weebly.com/the-way-is-without-flaw.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] (born 1976), British actor ([[Theravada]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wells |first=Dominic |title=The Buddhist Life of Benedict Cumberbatch - Lion's Roar |date=9 November 2016 |url=https://www.lionsroar.com/the-buddhist-life-of-benedict-cumberbatch/ |access-date=2022-01-13 |language=en-US |archive-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113131226/https://www.lionsroar.com/the-buddhist-life-of-benedict-cumberbatch/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[John Cleese]] (born 1939), British actor and comedian.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-10 |title=An Expansive Python |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/john-cleese-of-monty-python-book-review/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=National Review |language=en-US |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421191427/https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/john-cleese-of-monty-python-book-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[Gigguk]], British actor, [[YouTuber]] and [[Podcast|podcaster]] who is known for his comedic rants and reviews on [[anime]] and [[otaku]] culture.
* [[Gordon Hopkirk]] (20 April 1884 – 1966) was a British actor of the [[silent era]].<ref name="bfi">{{Cite web |title=Hubert Gordon Hopkirk &#124; BFI |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/1243809 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023090149/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/1243809 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |access-date=30 December 2016 |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
* [[Pamela Nomvete]], British actress.<ref name="jacaranda">{{Cite web |title=South African actress Pamela Nomvete visits the Scenic Drive |url=https://www.jacarandafm.com/shows/scenic-drive-rian/south-african-actress-pamela-nomvete-visits-scenic-drive/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Jacaranda FM |archive-date=18 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118005858/https://www.jacarandafm.com/shows/scenic-drive-rian/south-african-actress-pamela-nomvete-visits-scenic-drive/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Peter Dean (actor)|Peter Dean]] (born 1939), British actor ([[Zen]])<ref name="programme">{{Cite book |last=Munroe |first=Josephine |title=The EastEnders Programme Guide |title-link=EastEnders spin-offs#Non-fiction books |publisher=Virgin Books |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-86369-825-5}}</ref> 
* [[Peter Finch]], English–Australian actor of theatre, film and radio.
*[[Donovan]], British singer, songwriter and record producer.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kira L. Billik |date=29 March 1997 |title=Minstrel Donovan weaves magic with 'Sutras' |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/1997/03/30/minstrel-donovan-weaves-magic-with/50623357007/ |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=[[The Standard-Times (New Bedford)|The Standard-Times]] |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403072239/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/1997/03/30/minstrel-donovan-weaves-magic-with/50623357007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Chris Gascoyne]] (born 1968), English actor ([[Theravada]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2012 |title="I was becoming more Peter Barlow than myself": Coronation Street's Chris Gascoyne pushed to the edge |website=[[Daily Mirror]] |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/coronation-streets-chris-gascoyne-pushed-1479733 |access-date=15 February 2022 |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215165556/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/coronation-streets-chris-gascoyne-pushed-1479733 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Claudia Jessie]], British actress<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2021 |title=Interview |url=https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/shondaland-bridgerton-behind-the-scenes/a35193536/claudia-jessie-bridgerton-interview/ |access-date=24 January 2021 |website=shondaland.com |archive-date=3 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203224721/https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/shondaland-bridgerton-behind-the-scenes/a35193536/claudia-jessie-bridgerton-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]]) 
* [[Barry Letts]] (1925–2009), English actor, television director, writer and producer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-12 |title=Barry Letts Obituary |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/12/barry-letts-obituary |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> 
* [[Thandiwe Newton]] (born 1972), English actress. ([[Theravada]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-06-17 |title=Buddha Buzz: Mindfulness and Being a Buddhist Woman {{!}} Tricycle |url=http://www.tricycle.com/blog/buddha-buzz-mindfulness-and-being-buddhist-woman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617181718/http://www.tricycle.com/blog/buddha-buzz-mindfulness-and-being-buddhist-woman |archive-date=2012-06-17 |access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref> 
* [[Naomi Watts]], British-Australian actress and film producer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Rishi |date=2006-02-04 |title=Watts trying out Buddhism |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/watts-trying-out-buddhism |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=The Himalayan Times |language=en |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319100430/https://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/watts-trying-out-buddhism |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Anulka Dziubinska]], is an English actress and model. She was featured as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1973.<ref name="hollywood.premiere.com">{{Cite web |title=Anulka Dziubinska |url=http://hollywood.premiere.com/movie_stars/celebrity-trivia-Anulka+Dziubinska |access-date=30 December 2009 |website=Hollywood Upclose}}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Zhang Tielin]] (born 15 June 1957) is a British actor and film director. He is best known for portraying the [[Qianlong Emperor]] in the first two seasons of the Chinese television series ''[[My Fair Princess]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 October 2018 |title=Actor due to play Chairman Mao causes uproar due to British citizenship |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8080573/Actor-due-to-play-Chairman-Mao-causes-uproar-due-to-British-citizenship.html |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715140934/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8080573/Actor-due-to-play-Chairman-Mao-causes-uproar-due-to-British-citizenship.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Laura Howard]] (born as Laura Simmons in [[Chiswick]], London,<ref name="Midsomer Murders - Cast Details">{{Cite web |title=Midsomer Murders – Cast Details |url=http://www.midsomermurders.net/cast.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023727/http://www.midsomermurders.net/cast.php |archive-date=20 August 2008 |access-date=25 August 2008 |website=the definitive guide |publisher=midsomermurders.net}}
{{dead link|date=November 2014}}</ref> 1977) is an English actress.
* [[Rula Lenska]]<ref name="www.findmypast.co.uk">Birth name per [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/records/england-and-wales www.findmypast.co.uk]</ref><ref name="Brooks">{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=Xan |date=6 January 2006 |title=Galloway enters Big Brother as unexpected house guest |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/06/broadcasting.bigbrother}}</ref> (born 30 September 1947) is a British actress. She mainly appears in British stage and television productions and is known in the United States for a series of [[television advertisements]] in the 1970s and 1980s.
* [[Lauren Harries]], English actress and television personality.

=== Danish ===
* [[Anne Louise Hassing]], Danish actress<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steinthal |first=Vibeke |date=April 2011 |title=Skuespilleren Anne Louise Hassing: "Vi Har Alle En Mission" |url=https://d3gqux9sl0z33u.cloudfront.net/AA/AA/magasinetlivogsjael/downloads/177453/Hassing.nr._3_-_2008.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Liv & Sjæl |language=da |pages=31–35 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071451/https://d3gqux9sl0z33u.cloudfront.net/AA/AA/magasinetlivogsjael/downloads/177453/Hassing.nr._3_-_2008.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]])

=== Hong Konger ===
* [[Chow Yun-fat]] (born 1955), famous Hong Kong actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chow Yun-Fat biography and filmography: Dragonball: Evolution Actor |url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/Chow+Yun-Fat/2892/16247 |access-date=9 August 2011 |website=Tribute.ca |archive-date=4 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604134343/http://www.tribute.ca/people/Chow+Yun-Fat/2892/16247 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Michael Lam]] (born 1966), former Hong Kong film actor and ordained as Buddhist monk in 2009, resident monk at [[Tsz Shan Monastery]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/854131/%E6%A2%81%E6%B4%9B%E6%96%BD%E7%B4%A0%E9%A1%8F%E5%8F%83%E5%8A%A0%E4%BD%9B%E6%B3%95%E8%AC%9B%E5%BA%A7-%E6%81%90%E9%BE%8D%E5%93%A5-%E6%9E%97%E5%81%89%E4%BA%AE%E5%87%BA%E5%AE%B613%E5%B9%B4%E6%85%88%E7%9C%89%E5%96%84%E7%9B%AE|title=梁洛施素顏參加佛法講座「恐龍哥」林偉亮出家13年慈眉善目|access-date=2025-03-05|archive-date=2024-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620075748/https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/854131/%E6%A2%81%E6%B4%9B%E6%96%BD%E7%B4%A0%E9%A1%8F%E5%8F%83%E5%8A%A0%E4%BD%9B%E6%B3%95%E8%AC%9B%E5%BA%A7-%E6%81%90%E9%BE%8D%E5%93%A5-%E6%9E%97%E5%81%89%E4%BA%AE%E5%87%BA%E5%AE%B613%E5%B9%B4%E6%85%88%E7%9C%89%E5%96%84%E7%9B%AE|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Andy Lau]] (born 1961), Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time.<ref name="Time1">{{Cite magazine |title=The rule of Lau |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,610098,00.html |url-status=dead |access-date=31 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609190127/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,610098,00.html |archive-date=9 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="cna">{{Cite news |date=30 August 2009 |title=Andy Lau admits to marrying Carol Chu last year |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1001713/1/.html |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=29 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129041841/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1001713/1/.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Tony Leung Chiu-wai]] (born 1962), Hong Kong actor and singer, one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognized actors.<ref name="chinapress">{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapress.com.my/20160217/%E6%A2%81%E6%9C%9D%E5%81%89%E8%88%87%E7%8E%8B%E8%8F%B2-%E6%98%A5%E7%AF%80%E9%A3%9B%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%E6%8B%9C%E6%B3%95%E7%8E%8B/|title=梁朝偉與王菲 春節飛印度拜法王 &#124; 中國報 China Press|website=chinapress.com.my|access-date=17 September 2017|archive-date=8 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908190448/http://www.chinapress.com.my/20160217/%E6%A2%81%E6%9C%9D%E5%81%89%E8%88%87%E7%8E%8B%E8%8F%B2-%E6%98%A5%E7%AF%80%E9%A3%9B%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%E6%8B%9C%E6%B3%95%E7%8E%8B/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Indian ===
* [[Danny Denzongpa]] is an Indian actor, singer, and film director who primarily works in [[Hindi]] and occasionally in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] films.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Indian Celebs That Converted To Buddhism |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/web-stories/indian-celebs-that-converted-to-buddhism/photostory/91594433.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607133504/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/web-stories/indian-celebs-that-converted-to-buddhism/photostory/91594433.cms |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 June 2023 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>
* [[Kushal Badrike]], actor, comedian
* [[Tisca Chopra]], Indian actress<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 October 2012 |title=Buddhism makes for a happy celeb! |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-buddhism-makes-for-a-happy-celeb-1752910 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=7 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407173649/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-buddhism-makes-for-a-happy-celeb-1752910 |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]])
* [[Bhalchandra Kadam]] (born 1970), actor, comedian<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 September 2017 |title=In the shadow of caste |work=DNA India |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-in-the-shadow-of-caste-2547684}}</ref>
* [[Shraddha Das]], Indian actress and model ([[Theravada]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=iDream Telugu Movies |title=I Have Taken Up Buddhism - Shraddha Das -- Guntur Talkies -- Talking Movies With iDream |date=15 March 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdPqfyDwOp8&app=desktop |via=YouTube |access-date=17 February 2022 |archive-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720182833/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdPqfyDwOp8&app=desktop |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Ravi Dubey]] (born 1983), Indian [[Nichiren Buddhism|Nichiren]] Buddhist actor, model and producer. He said, "I started following Buddhism when I was going through a very rough patch in my life and I wanted some understanding of the chaos that was going on in one's life. I wanted to align myself and feel better about myself. So, when things went out of control, I started chanting at that time."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Tellychakkar |title=Ravi Dubey REVEALS why he started following Buddhism |url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/features/ravi-dubey-reveals-why-he-started-following-buddhism-200331 |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=Tellychakkar.com |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731111502/https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/features/ravi-dubey-reveals-why-he-started-following-buddhism-200331 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2011 |title=Buddhism saved Ravi Dubey from suicide! |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-buddhism-saved-ravi-dubey-from-suicide-1558551 |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=DNA India |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731111502/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-buddhism-saved-ravi-dubey-from-suicide-1558551 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 2013 |title=All you want to know about Ravi Dubey and Sargun Mehta's big fat Indian wedding! |url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/all-you-want-to-know-about-ravi-dubey-and-sargun-mehtas-big-fat-indian-wedding-293325/ |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=Bollywood Life |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731111503/https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/all-you-want-to-know-about-ravi-dubey-and-sargun-mehtas-big-fat-indian-wedding-293325/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Nichiren Buddhism]])
* [[Manav Gohil]] (born 1974), Indian actor and producer. ([[Nichiren Buddhism]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-11 |title=Marriage is a lifelong commitment: Manav Gohil |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/manav-gohil-shweta-kawatra-marriage-is-a-lifelong-commitment-see-photos-4792015/ |access-date=2021-12-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812153002/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/manav-gohil-shweta-kawatra-marriage-is-a-lifelong-commitment-see-photos-4792015/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Why celebrities are turning to Buddhism |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-why-celebrities-are-turning-to-buddhism-1533869 |access-date=2021-12-05 |website=DNA India |language=en |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509210412/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-why-celebrities-are-turning-to-buddhism-1533869 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Buddhism helped television actor Shweta Kawaatra cope with postpartum depression |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/buddhism-helped-television-actor-shweta-kawaatra-cope-with-postpartum-depression/articleshow/45867875.cms |access-date=2021-12-05 |website=The Times of India |date=13 January 2015 |language=en |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509211914/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/buddhism-helped-television-actor-shweta-kawaatra-cope-with-postpartum-depression/articleshow/45867875.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Buddhism makes for a happy celeb! |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-buddhism-makes-for-a-happy-celeb-1752910 |access-date=2021-12-05 |website=DNA India |language=en |archive-date=5 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205211052/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-buddhism-makes-for-a-happy-celeb-1752910 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Tusshar Kapoor]] (born 1976), Indian Bollywood actor and producer. ([[Nichiren Buddhism]])<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Sandesh Hiwale |date=2021-05-25 |title=50 Famous Buddhists {{!}} Buddhist Celebrities in India |url=https://www.dhammabharat.com/famous-buddhist-celebrities-actors-singers-in-india/ |access-date=2022-01-16 |website=धम्म भारत |language=en-GB |archive-date=16 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116124053/https://www.dhammabharat.com/famous-buddhist-celebrities-actors-singers-in-india/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Ayushmann Khurrana|Ayushman Khurrana]] (born 1984), Indian film actor and activist. He and his wife [[Tahira Syed|Tahira Kashyap]] are followers of [[Nichiren Buddhism]], which they state has helped them through a cancer diagnosis. ([[Nichiren Buddhism|Niciren Buddhism]])<ref name=":1" /><!-- removed/reworded copy-pasted text from link -->
* [[Gagan Malik]] (born 1976), Indian actor.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=News247plus |last2=News247Plus |date=2019-12-06 |title=Model and TV star Gagan Malik reached Bodh Gaya. |url=https://www.news247plus.com/news/2916/Model-and-TV-star-Gagan-Malik-reached-Bodh-Gaya |access-date=2022-01-16 |website=News247Plus |language=en |archive-date=16 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116090207/https://www.news247plus.com/news/2916/Model-and-TV-star-Gagan-Malik-reached-Bodh-Gaya |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=JAYAWARDANA |first=Ruwini |title=Happiness happens |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2016/05/30/features/83082 |access-date=2021-02-18 |website=Daily News |language=en |archive-date=16 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116101203/http://www.dailynews.lk/2016/05/30/features/83082 |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Theravada]])
* [[Hansika Motwani]], Indian actress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2020 |title=Happy Birthday, Hansika Motwani: 5 interesting facts about the actress you must know |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/happy-birthday-hansika-motwani-5-interesting-facts-about-the-actress-you-must-know/photostory/77393401.cms |access-date=9 December 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209201832/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/happy-birthday-hansika-motwani-5-interesting-facts-about-the-actress-you-must-know/photostory/77393401.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> She has said in an interview, "The best way to effectively de-stress for me is to chant- [[Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō|Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo]], as I strongly follow Buddhism."<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2017 |title=Shahid Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and 11 others: How well you know about spiritual life of these Bollywood celebs? |url=http://www.inuth.com/lifestyle/shahid-kapoor-aishwarya-rai-and-11-others-how-well-you-know-about-spiritual-life-of-these-bollywood-celebs/ |access-date=9 December 2021 |website=InUth |language=en-US |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209225206/https://www.inuth.com/lifestyle/shahid-kapoor-aishwarya-rai-and-11-others-how-well-you-know-about-spiritual-life-of-these-bollywood-celebs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Tibetan Buddhism]])
* [[Mandakini (actress)|Mandakini]] is an Indian former actress. She is best remembered for her lead role in the 1985 popular film [[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]].
* [[Meiyang Chang]] (born 6 October 1982)<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 October 2020 |title=Anushka Sharma pens down an adorable birthday wish for singer-actor Meiyang Chang, the latter thanks the 'mommy-to-be' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/anushka-sharma-pens-down-an-adorable-birthday-wish-for-singer-actor-meiyang-chang-the-latter-thanks-the-mommy-to-be/articleshow/78510298.cms |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=22 April 2024 |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717111204/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/anushka-sharma-pens-down-an-adorable-birthday-wish-for-singer-actor-meiyang-chang-the-latter-thanks-the-mommy-to-be/articleshow/78510298.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>  is an Indian actor, television host, singer and a dentist.<ref name=":0" />
* [[Abhijeet Sawant]] (born 1981), actor and singer

=== Italian ===
* [[Marco Columbro]] (born 1950), Italian actor and television host. ([[Tibetan Buddhism]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-11 |title=Il re dei Telegatti ha cambiato spettacolo: "Una locanda nel verde, la mia nuova energia" |url=https://www.lastampa.it/topnews/primo-piano/2021/05/11/news/il-re-dei-telegatti-ha-cambiato-spettacolo-una-locanda-nel-verde-la-mia-nuova-energia-1.40260386 |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=La Stampa |language=en |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509210436/https://www.lastampa.it/topnews/primo-piano/2021/05/11/news/il-re-dei-telegatti-ha-cambiato-spettacolo-una-locanda-nel-verde-la-mia-nuova-energia-1.40260386/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IL PAPA SBAGLIA SU BUDDHA - la Repubblica.it |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/12/24/il-papa-sbaglia-su-buddha.html |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Archivio - la Repubblica.it |date=24 December 1994 |language=it |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121065546/https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/12/24/il-papa-sbaglia-su-buddha.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Manuel De Peppe]] (born 1970), Italian actor, producer and singer, converted to Buddhism in 2011. (Secular Buddhism)

=== Macanese ===
[[Isabella Leong]] (born 1988), Macanese actress and former singer

=== Malaysian ===
* [[Michelle Yeoh]] (born 1962), Malaysian actress<ref>{{Cite web |last=Littlefair Wallace |first=Sam |date=13 August 2015 |title=Actor Michelle Yeoh blends Buddhism & activism |url=http://www.lionsroar.com/actor-michelle-yeoh-blends-buddhism-activism/ |access-date=6 March 2016 |website=[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]] |archive-date=2 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702081432/http://www.lionsroar.com/actor-michelle-yeoh-blends-buddhism-activism/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Polish===
* [[Andreas Wisniewski]], German actor and former dancer
* [[Maja Ostaszewska]], Polish actress and model.<ref>[http://www.wegetarianie.pl/Article112.html ''Bezmięsny sposób na życie''.] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130814071702/http://www.wegetarianie.pl/Article112.html |date=2013-08-14 }},''www.wegetarianie.pl'', 03.10.2005.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101130094528/http://viva.org.pl/fileadmin/pliki/wege1str.pdf ''Zostań wege!''], ''Viva.org.pl'', 30.11.2010.</ref><ref>Marta Gessler: [http://magazyn-kuchnia.pl/magazyn-kuchnia/56,139803,12032486,Nie_jadlam_tego_nigdy_.html ''Nie jadłam tego nigdy!''], ''magazyn-kuchnia.pl'', 28.06.2012.</ref>
* [[Małgorzata Braunek]], Polish film and stage actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kanzeonzencenter.org/Zen_Lineage.html|title=kanzeonzencenter.org}}</ref>

=== Singaporean ===
* [[Huang Wenyong]] (1952–2013), Singaporean actor and host
* [[Lin Meijiao]] (born 1963), Singaporean actress

=== Spanish ===
* [[Penélope Cruz]], Spanish actress and model.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-22 |title=New Again: Penélope Cruz |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/new-again-penelope-cruz |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Interview |language=en-US |archive-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504230155/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/new-again-penelope-cruz |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Taiwan ===
* [[Brigitte Lin]] (born 1954), Taiwanese actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese language cinema for her extensive and varied roles in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films
* [[Takeshi Kaneshiro]] (born 1973), Japanese actor and singer based in Taiwan

=== Thai ===
* [[Napapa Tantrakul]] (born 1986), Thai actress<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2016 |title=แพท ณปภา เปิดใจหลังสูญเสียคุณพ่อ เผยอาจเปลี่ยนศาสนา |url=https://www.sanook.com/news/2033370/ |access-date=25 February 2021 |website=Sanook |language=Thai |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319100032/https://www.sanook.com/news/2033370/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Billionaire ==
=== American ===
[[File:Steve Jobs Headshot 2010-CROP (cropped 2).jpg|right|thumb|185x185px|[[Steve Jobs]]]]
* [[George Dvorsky]], [[Transhumanist]], [[Futurist]] and a director of [[Humanity+]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Dvorsky |first=George |title=George Dvorsky: About |url=https://plus.google.com/113826130987100978989/about |access-date=30 August 2011 |work=[[Google+]]}}</ref> ([[Secular Buddhism]])
* [[Jack Dorsey]] (1976– ), American [[List of Internet entrepreneurs|technological entrepreneur]] and philanthropist who is the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, as well as the founder and CEO of [[Block (financial services company)|Block, Inc.]], a [[Mobile payment|financial payments]] company. ([[Theravada]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Albo |first=Mike |date=2019-09-26 |title=How Spiritual Snobs Became the New One Percent |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a28480608/spiritual-snobs-gwyneth-paltrow-marianne-williamson-jack-dorsey/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Linda Pritzker]], American lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She is a spiritual teacher, author, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Namchak Foundation and Namchak Retreat Ranch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forbes World's Billionaires List: The Richest in 2024 |url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=[[Forbes]] |language=English}}</ref>
* [[Nita Ing]] (born 17 March 1955, in [[Taipei]]) is the Taiwanese-American president of [[Continental Engineering Corporation]] and the former chairman of the board of the [[Taiwan High Speed Rail]] Corporation, the company which built a high-speed railway system from [[Taipei]] to [[Kaohsiung]]. A supporter of the [[Democratic Progressive Party]], she had been an advisor to the former President [[Chen Shui-bian]].

=== British===
* [[Andy Puddicombe]] (born 23 September 1972) is a British author, public speaker and a teacher of [[meditation]] and [[mindfulness]]. He, alongside Richard Pierson,<ref>{{Cite news |title=BIMA Awards |publisher=BIMA Awards |url=http://bimaawards.com/2012-finalists.php |url-status=dead |access-date=19 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319162331/http://bimaawards.com/2012-finalists.php |archive-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> is the co-founder of [[Headspace (guided meditation platform)|Headspace]], a digital health company that provides [[guided meditation]] training and [[mindfulness]] for its users.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/headspace-the-little-app-of-calm-mqsdhq7bc5k |access-date=19 March 2014 |archive-date=19 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319181629/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/mental-health/article3995251.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news |date=14 April 2010 |title=Declutter your mind on the Central Line |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/health/declutter-your-mind-on-the-central-line-6458946.html |access-date=18 July 2023 |archive-date=2 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202114859/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/health/declutter-your-mind-on-the-central-line-6458946.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[Clare Melford]], British businesswoman and former CEO of [[Global Disinformation Index]].<ref>''Four Thought'' Series 3, [[BBC]], broadcast Radio 4 May 2, 2012</ref>

=== Chinese ===
* [[Jack Ma]], a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist.<ref>{{cite web |last=MacLeod |first=Calum |title=Alibaba's Jack Ma: From 'crazy' to China's richest man |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/09/17/alibaba-jack-ma-profile/15406641/ |website=USA Today |date=19 September 2014 |access-date=9 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Minerva |title=10 Buddhist Billionaires in Asia |url=https://www.lotus-happiness.com/10-buddhist-billionaires-asia/ |website=Lotus Happiness |date=4 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Five Buddhist business leaders: From Alibaba co-founder to eBay's creator |url=https://www.ns-businesshub.com/business/buddhist-business-leaders-alibaba-ebay/ |website=ns-businesshub.com |date=31 December 2018 |access-date=17 July 2024 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308143051/https://www.ns-businesshub.com/business/buddhist-business-leaders-alibaba-ebay/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Chen Feng (businessman)|Chen Feng]], is a Chinese businessman and founder of business conglomerate [[HNA Group]] and [[Hainan Airlines]].<ref name="SCMPTycoon">[https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1476897/buddhist-tycoon-chen-feng-built-hainan-airlines-global South China Morning Post: "Buddhist tycoon Chen Feng built Hainan Airlines into global empire"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916235411/http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1476897/buddhist-tycoon-chen-feng-built-hainan-airlines-global |date=16 September 2018 }} 12 April 2014</ref><ref name="WashPostEmpire">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/for-hainan-airlines-chen-feng-rise-of-resort-in-china-provides-lift-for-a-new-sky-empire/2014/05/22/d4bb7508-d9fb-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0_story.html Washington Post: "For Hainan Airlines’ Chen Feng, rise of resort in China provides lift for a new sky empire" By William Mellor and Jasmine Wang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328031436/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/for-hainan-airlines-chen-feng-rise-of-resort-in-china-provides-lift-for-a-new-sky-empire/2014/05/22/d4bb7508-d9fb-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0_story.html |date=28 March 2019 }} 23 May 2014</ref><ref name="WhartonBio">[http://www.whartonbeijing09.com/bio-cf.html Wharton Business School Alumni: "Chen Feng: Chairman Hainan Airlines"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011182131/http://www.whartonbeijing09.com/bio-cf.html |date=11 October 2016 }} retrieved 4 June 2016</ref>
* [[Wang Jianlin]], is a Chinese [[business magnate]], [[investor]] and [[philanthropist]]. He is the chairman, founder, and majority shareholder of the [[Dalian Wanda Group]]<ref name="Forbes profile">{{Cite web |title=Forbes profile: Wang Jianlin |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/wang-jianlin/ |access-date=7 June 2021 |website=Forbes |archive-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013222701/https://www.forbes.com/profile/wang-jianlin/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He previously owned 17% of the Spanish football club [[Atlético Madrid]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 January 2015 |title=Atletico Madrid: China's Wang Jianlin buys 20% stake - BBC News |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-30910664 |access-date=2016-04-26 |archive-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713081608/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-30910664 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===French===

* [[Pierre Omidyar]], French technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and the founder of [[eBay]].<ref>{{citation | last=Viegas | first=Jennifer | title=Pierre Omidyar: The Founder of eBay | publisher=Rosen Publishing Group | year=2006 | isbn=978-1-4042-0715-8 | url=https://archive.org/details/pierreomidyarfou00vieg |page=13}}</ref><ref name="usembassy">{{cite web|url=https://ir.usembassy.gov/pierre-omidyar/|title=Pierre Omidyar|website=US Virtual Embassy Iran|date=1 January 2015|access-date=15 May 2020|archive-date=9 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209032834/https://ir.usembassy.gov/pierre-omidyar/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Hong Konger ===
* [[Li Ka-shing]] (born 1928) is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2017 |title=10 Buddhist Billionaires in Asia - Lotus Happiness |url=https://www.lotus-happiness.com/10-buddhist-billionaires-asia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329123851/http://www.lotus-happiness.com/10-buddhist-billionaires-asia/ |archive-date=29 March 2018 |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>

=== Japanese ===
* [[Yehan Numata]] (1897 – 1994), Japanese industrialist and Buddhist missionary, founder of [[Mitutoyo Corporation]] and Society for the Promotion of Buddhism.

=== Malaysian ===

* [[Robert Kuok]], Malaysian business magnate, investor and philanthropist. According to ''[[Forbes]]'', his net worth is estimated at $11.8 billion as of April 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |title=18 Malaysians on 2023 Forbes Billionaires List |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2023/04/07/18-malaysians-on-2023-forbes-billionaires-list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407160626/https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2023/04/07/18-malaysians-on-2023-forbes-billionaires-list |archive-date=7 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=The Star |language=en}}</ref> making him the wealthiest Malaysian citizen<ref>{{cite web |title=Forbes Billionaires 2021: The Richest People in the World |url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104180124/https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/3/ |archive-date=4 January 2019 |access-date=7 April 2021 |work=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Kuok still Malaysia's richest man |url=http://www.nst.com.my/top-news/robert-kuok-still-malaysia-s-richest-man-1.47476 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103143018/http://www.nst.com.my/top-news/robert-kuok-still-malaysia-s-richest-man-1.47476 |archive-date=3 January 2015 |access-date=3 January 2015 |work=New Straits Times}}</ref> and 96th wealthiest person in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=The World Billionaire |url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/3/#version:static |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612043339/https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/3/#version:static |archive-date=12 June 2019 |access-date=13 May 2018 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>

=== Sri Lankan ===
* [[Ernest de Silva]], Ceylonese business magnate, banker, barrister and public figure, considered to be the most prominent Ceylonese philanthropist of the 20th century.

==Music==<!-- Alphabetical by family name -->

=== American ===
[[File:A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done - Cash Box ad 1972 (cropped).jpg|thumb|160px|[[Cher]], [[Honorific nicknames in popular music|Goddess of Pop]]]]
[[File:Tina Turner 50th Anniversary Tour.jpg|thumb|190px|[[Tina Turner]]]]
[[File:Adam Yauch 1.jpg|thumb|190px|[[Adam Yauch]]]]
[[File:Patti Smith-63233.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Patti Smith]]]]
[[File:Katy Perry Covergirl 2017.png|thumb|180px|[[Katy Perry]]]]
* [[Adam Yauch]], better known under the stage name MCA, was an American rapper, bass player, filmmaker and a founding member of the hip hop group [[Beastie Boys]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2019 |title=Adam Yauch: Why MCA Was The Renaissance Man Of Hip-Hop |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/adam-yauch-mca-beastie-boys/ |access-date=11 September 2019 |website=u discovermusic.}}</ref>
* [[Alanis Morissette]] (1974– ), Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with two mildly successful dance-pop albums.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 September 2021 |title=Alanis Morissette |url=https://www.insidenova.com/lifestyles/entertainment/alanis-morissette/image_49e1d57b-4c85-553c-8d9d-c97b98e8c5ca.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226042043/https://www.insidenova.com/lifestyles/entertainment/alanis-morissette/image_49e1d57b-4c85-553c-8d9d-c97b98e8c5ca.html |archive-date=26 December 2021 |access-date=26 December 2021 |work=[[InsideNoVA]] |quote='Ironic' singer Alanis Morissette has been practicing Buddhism many years.}}</ref>
* [[Aliana Lohan]] (22 December 1993– ), American singer, actress, fashion model and television personality. Ali Lohan converted to [[Buddhism]] after being raised in [[Catholicism]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.india.com/buzz/9-celebrities-who-publicly-changed-their-religion-1217913/|title=9 Celebrities who publicly changed their religion|date=27 May 2016|website=India.com|access-date=30 October 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/04/lindsay-lohan-converting-to-islam|title=Lindsay Lohan Is Reportedly Converting to Islam|website=Complex.com|language=en|access-date=30 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-losing-their-religion-2215052|title=From Richard Gere to Katie Holmes: When celebs left their religion|date=22 May 2016|work=dna|access-date=30 October 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/21/lindsay-lohan-confirms-shes-studying-islam-after-b/|title=Lindsay Lohan confirms she's studying Islam after being seen with a Koran|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|access-date=30 October 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=tvg>{{cite magazine|title=Ali Lohan|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ali-lohan/294282/| magazine=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=8 November 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151208014728/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ali-lohan/294282/ | archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* [[Arthur Russell (musician)|Arthur Russell]], American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician.
* [[Anthony Newman (musician)|Anthony Newman]] (12 May 1941– ), American classical musician. While mostly known as an organist, Newman is also a harpsichordist (including the pedal harpsichord), pianist, composer, conductor, writer, and teacher. 
* [[Bennie Maupin]], American [[jazz]] multireedist who performs on various saxophones, flute, and [[bass clarinet]]. 
* [[Belinda Carlisle]], American singer<ref>{{cite book|last=Carlisle|first=Belinda|author-link=Belinda Carlisle|title=Lips Unsealed: A Memoir|publisher=[[Three Rivers Press]]|page=222|year=2011|isbn=9780307463500}}</ref>
* [[Brad Warner]] (1964- ), American [[Sōtō Zen|Sōtō Zen monk]], author, [[Blogger (service)|blogger]], documentarian and [[Punk rock|punk rock bass guitarist]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-09 |title=Sex, Sin & Zen: Brad Warner and the Lust for Enlightenment |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brad-warner-zen-_b_873882 |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=[[HuffPost]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Buster Williams]]{{Snd}}, American jazz bassist<ref name="nytimes-williams">{{cite news |title=Celebrating a Saxohonist's Art and Heart |first=Ben |last=Ratliff |date=22 February 2007 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/22/arts/music/22brec.html |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[Cher]], American singer and actress. She is known for her [[Androgyny|androgynous]] [[contralto]] voice, [[Music and fashion|bold fashion and visual presentation]], and [[Multiple careers|multifaceted career]]. Her [[Cher filmography|screen roles]] often reflect her [[Public image of Cher|public image]] as a strong-willed, outspoken woman. An [[#Legacy|influential figure in popular culture]], Cher has sustained a career spanning more than six decades through continual reinvention.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cher says she’s now a Buddhist |url=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/100613/International/int_04.html |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=www.sundaytimes.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Nancy |date=2010-07-01 |title=Cher‘s Los Angeles High-Rise Features Decor from Around the World |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/cher-los-angeles-duplex-article |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=DNA Web |title=Cher lazy about following Buddhism |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-cher-lazy-about-following-buddhism-1483178 |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Chi Cheng (musician)|Chi Cheng]] (15 July 1970 – 13 April 2013), American musician and poet, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the American [[alternative metal]] band [[Deftones]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Tony|last=Sauro|url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081106/A_NEWS/811060339/-1/A_NEWS07|title=Deftones' Cheng, Tokay grad, still hospitalized|publisher=Recordnet.com|access-date=2011-07-05|archive-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928032938/http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081106/A_NEWS/811060339/-1/A_NEWS07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Chynna Rogers]], American rapper, disc jockey, and model who was signed by [[Ford Models|Ford Modeling Agency]] at the age of 14<ref name="metro.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2020-04-09 |title=Who was Chynna Rogers? ASAP Mob star's career as she dies aged 25 |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/09/chynna-rogers-asap-mob-rappers-life-career-dies-aged-25-12533945/ |access-date=2020-04-10 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref> and affiliated with the [[ASAP Mob]].<ref>{{cite web |date=9 April 2020 |title=Chynna: Tributes paid to ASAP Mob rapper who's died, aged 25 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52227896 |work=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Avila • |first=Pamela |date=9 April 2020 |title=Rapper Chynna Rogers Dead at 25 |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/rapper-chynna-rogers-dead-at-25/2268728/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=[[NBC4 Washington]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Coco Lee]], Chinese-American singer and songwriter.
* [[Courtney Love]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite news |last=Lash |first=Jolie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/nov/18/popandrock1 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=18 November 2005 |title=Enduring Love |access-date=9 August 2011}}</ref>
* [[Duncan Sheik]]{{Snd}}, American singer-songwriter and composer<ref name="usatoday-sheik">{{cite news |last=Cowart |first=Jeremy |date=30 January 2007 |title=Sheik scores on Broadway |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/theater/news/2007-01-30-duncan-sheik_x.htm |access-date=18 February 2015 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>
* [[Combat Jack]] (8 July 1964 – 20 December 2017), known professionally as ''Combat Jack'', was a Haitian-American hip hop music attorney, executive, journalist, editor and podcaster.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cantor |first=Paul |date=2018-02-14 |title=The Story of Combat Jack, Hip-Hop's Flagship Podcaster |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/02/the-story-of-combat-jack-hip-hops-flagship-podcaster.html |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]] |language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[David Bennett Cohen]] (4 August 1942– ),<ref name = "Benarde2003">{{cite book |author = Scott R. Benarde |title = Stars of David: Rock'n'roll's Jewish Stories |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XI4-VnSrEcAC&pg=PA123 |accessdate = 21 August 2013 |year = 2003 |publisher = UPNE |isbn = 978-1-58465-303-5 |page = 123 }}</ref> American musician best known as the original keyboardist and one of the guitar players for the late-1960s [[psychedelic rock]] and [[blues]] band [[Country Joe and the Fish]].
* [[Earl Sweatshirt]], American [[Rapping|rapper]], songwriter, and record producer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-09 |title=Earl Sweatshirt: "Fame is a stressful and dehumanizing pedestal" |url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/02/09/earl-sweatshirt-black-lives-matter-support/ |access-date=2022-01-13 |website=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ([[Nichiren Buddhism]])
* [[Eric Erlandson]] (1963– ), American musician, guitarist, and writer, primarily known as founding member, songwriter and lead guitarist of alternative rock band Hole from 1989 to 2002. Erlandson has practiced [[Buddhism]] since 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2012/03/28/former-hole-guitarist-eric-erlandson-on-his-new-book-about-kurt-cobain-the-tragedy-of-suicide-and-legacy-of-the-90s/ |work=KROQ/CBS |title=Former Hole Guitarist, Eric Erlandson, On His New Book About Kurt Cobain, Tragedy Of Suicide And 90s Legacy |date=28 March 2012 |access-date=8 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234549/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2012/03/28/former-hole-guitarist-eric-erlandson-on-his-new-book-about-kurt-cobain-the-tragedy-of-suicide-and-legacy-of-the-90s/ |archive-date=21 February 2014 }}</ref> 
* [[Esperanza Spalding]], American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five [[Grammy Award]]s, a [[Boston Music Awards|Boston Music Award]], a [[Soul Train Music Awards|Soul Train Music Award]].
* [[Jesse Michaels]] (1969– ), American songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, artist, and author from [[Berkeley, California]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.punknews.org/article/33911/interviews-jesse-michaels-classics-of-love | title=Interviews: Jesse Michaels (Classics of Love) | date=9 June 2009 }}</ref>
* [[John Cage]], American singer and composer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists |date=5 July 2012 |url=https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/07/05/where-the-heart-beats-john-cage-kay-larson/}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Bowie]] (1953– ), American [[Jazz trombone|jazz trombonist]] and vocalist. The brother of trumpeter [[Lester Bowie]], Joseph is known for leading the jazz-punk group [[Defunkt]] and for membership in the [[Ethnic Heritage Ensemble]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=An interview with Joseph Bowie: Still funking after Defunkt |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/news/article/an-interview-with-joseph-bowie-still-funking-after-defunkt |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[Jazzwise]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Jarman]] (14 September 1937 – 9 January 2019)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chinen |first1=Nate |title=Joseph Jarman, 81, Dies; Mainstay of the Art Ensemble of Chicago |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/obituaries/joseph-jarman-dead.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 January 2019 |access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] musician, composer, poet, and [[Jodo Shinshu|Shinshu Buddhist]] priest.
* [[June Millington]] (14 April 1948– ), Filipino American guitarist, songwriter, producer, educator, and actress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-10 |title=Welcome to Dykediva.com |url=http://www.dykediva.com/music/review_sue_millington.php |access-date=2022-04-09 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510152404/http://www.dykediva.com/music/review_sue_millington.php |archive-date=10 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Katy Perry]], American singer-songwriter, and television judge. She is known for her influence on the pop sound and style of the 2010s. Pursuing a career in gospel music at 16, Perry released her commercially successful debut album, ''[[Katy Hudson (album)|Katy Hudson]]'' (2001), under Red Hill Records.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rainbird |first=Ashleigh |date=2016-04-29 |title=Katy Perry's Teenage Dream is to become a Buddhist like Orlando Bloom |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/katy-perrys-teenage-dream-become-7865724 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Katy Perry Converting To Buddhism After Struggles Over Convent Purchase – Inquisitr |url=https://www.inquisitr.com/3046702/katy-perry-converting-to-buddhism-after-struggles-over-convent-purchase/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=inquisitr.com|date=29 April 2016 }}</ref> 
* [[Patti Smith]], American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer.<ref name="Moore">{{Cite web |title=BOMB Magazine {{!}} Patti Smith by Thurston Moore |url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/1996/01/01/patti-smith/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=[[BOMB Magazine]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Paul Masvidal]], American musician, best known as the guitarist, singer and a founding member of [[Cynic (band)|Cynic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strahley |first=Erin |date=7 November 2018 |title=The Heavy Metta of a Buddhist Rocker |url=https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/buddhist-rocker/ |access-date=15 April 2020 |website=[[Tricycle: The Buddhist Review]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Phi Nhung|Phạm Phi Nhung]] (10 April 1970 – 28 September 2021), [[Vietnamese-American]] singer, actress and humanitarian. She specialised in Dan Ca and Tru Tinh music. She sang for [[Paris By Night]] and Van Son and also acted in their plays and [[Tin production by country|Tinh production]]. She also recorded music for [[Lang Van]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-28 |title=Overseas Vietnamese singer Phi Nhung dies after month-long battle with Covid-19 |url=https://sggpnews.org.vn/content/OTExNDk=.html |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=SGGP English Edition}}</ref>
* [[Phoebe Snow]], American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs "[[Poetry Man]]" and "Harpo's Blues", and her credited guest vocals backing [[Paul Simon]] on "[[Gone at Last]]".<ref name="remembering">{{cite news |last=North |first=Steve |date=3 May 2011 |title=Remembering my friend, Phoebe Snow |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/lifestyle/obituaries/91739/ |newspaper=[[Jewish Morning Journal]] |format=obituary}}</ref> 
* [[Peter Rowan]] (1942– ), American [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] musician and composer. Rowan plays guitar and mandolin, yodels and sings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fresh Air Interview: Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/131545079/the-fresh-air-interview-peter-rowan-bluegrass-band |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=wbur.org |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Laurie Anderson]] (1947– ), American avant-garde artist, composer, [[musician]], and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and sculpting. She became more widely known outside the art world when her single "[[O Superman]]" reached number two on the UK singles chart in 1981. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film ''[[Home of the Brave (2006 film)|Home of the Brave]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-15 |title=Laurie Anderson: 'I see Lou all the time. He's a continued, powerful presence' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/15/laurie-anderson-i-see-lou-reed-all-the-time-interview |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Coe |first=Robert |title=Taking Chances |url=https://tricycle.org/magazine/taking-chances/ |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Li Na]], Chinese-American folk singer that gained particular popularity in the late 1980s and the 1990s China. 
* [[Miguel Atwood-Ferguson]], American singer, arranger, composer, music director, producer, DJ, [[Orchestral pop|orchestral]] conductor and educator.
* [[Nikolas Schreck]], American singer-songwriter, musician, author, film-maker and [[Tantric Buddhist]] religious teacher based in [[Berlin]], Germany.
* [[Roberta Donnay]] (10 August 1966, Washington, D.C.- ), American jazz singer.<ref name="throckmortontheatre1">{{cite web |url=http://www.142throckmortontheatre.com/event.php?eventid=406 |title=Roberta Donnay |publisher=142throckmortontheatre.com |accessdate=2011-10-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320100512/http://www.142throckmortontheatre.com/event.php?eventid=406 |archivedate=2012-03-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work=All About Jazz |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=9936 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728200425/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=9936 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-28 |title=Grammy Nominated Roberta Donnay, Releases Her New CD on June 7th |accessdate=2011-10-08 }}</ref> jazz vocalist, composer, and band leader produced by [[Orrin Keepnews]].<ref name="allaboutjazz1">{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=14685 |title=Roberta Donnay |website=Allaboutjazz.com |accessdate=2011-10-08}}</ref> She is a practicing [[Buddhist]].<ref name="allaboutjazz1"/> 
* [[Rob Mounsey]], American musician, [[composer]], and [[Arrangement|arranger]]. 
* [[Rick Rubin]] American record producer. He is a co-founder of [[Def Jam Recordings]], founder of American Recordings, and former president of [[Columbia Records]]. He practiced [[Buddhism]] and [[meditation]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2014-02-28 |title=Rick Rubin on a Lifetime of Meditation and Music |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rick-rubin-on-a-lifetime-of-meditation-and-music-95065/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rick |date=2024-08-30 |title=Connected Detachment (Possibility) |url=https://tricycle.org/article/rick-rubin-equanimity/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Stacey Q]], American pop singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her best-known single, John Mitchell's "[[Two of Hearts (song)|Two of Hearts]]", released in 1986, reached number one in Canada, number three on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the top ten in five other countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stacey Q {{!}} Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos |url=https://myspace.com/officialstaceyq |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=[[Myspace]]}}</ref>
* [[Steven Sater]]{{Snd}}, American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter best known for ''[[Spring Awakening (musical)|Spring Awakenings]]''<ref name="nytimes-sater">{{cite news |title=Storming Broadway From Atop a Fortress |first=Joyce |last=Walder |date=14 December 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/garden/14dakota.html?pagewanted=1 |work=The New York Times |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[Suzanne Nadine Vega]], American singer-songwriter best known for her folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans almost 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berlyant |first=Matthew |title=Suzanne Vega on Her Live Album, the Legacy of "Luka," and Life Under Lockdown |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/suzanne_vega_on_her_live_album_the_legacy_of_luka_and_life_under_lockdown |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=undertheradarmag.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Tina Turner]], American singer-songwriter and received 12 [[Grammy Awards]], which include eight competitive awards, a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] and three [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] inductions. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked her among the [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|greatest artists]] and [[Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|greatest singers]] of all time. She was the first black artist and first woman to be on the [[List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone (1960s)|cover of ''Rolling Stone'']],<ref name="New">{{cite magazine |last=Devine |first=Kenzi |title=Why Tina was better than all the rest |magazine=[[New!]] |publisher=[[Reach plc]] |pages=8–9 |publication-date=June 2023 |issue=1034}}</ref> the first female black artist to win an [[MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-14 |title=Tina Turner win Best Female Video 1985 |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1985/mtvvmas.htm |access-date=2024-11-19 |website= }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
* [[Wayne Shorter]] (25 August 1933 – 2 March 2023), American jazz saxophonist and composer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-03-31 |title=A Separate Peace - Wayne Shorter : People.com |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122768,00.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331023014/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122768,00.html |archive-date=2011-03-31 }}</ref>
* [[Zeena Schreck]], American singer, visual and musical artist, author and the spiritual leader of the [[Sethian Liberation Movement]] (SLM).<ref>{{cite web|title=Article from Nov. 22, 2013 states, "Zeena is a practicing Tibetan Buddhist yogini (in the Drikung, Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages), so the disappointed Satanist's query might seem strange to those unaware of her history."|url=http://bushwickdaily.com/bushwick/categories/arts-and-culture/1807-the-left-hand-path-leads-to-performa-13|work=Bushwick Daily|date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nightwatch Radio archive of Zeena Schreck interview: Episode 12-27-11|url=http://www.zombiebloodbath.com/nightwatch/nw-archives.html|website=Zombie Blood Bath/Nightwatch|ref=Episode 12-27-11}}</ref>

=== Australian ===

* [[Jimmy Barnes]] (born 1956), Australian singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Danielle |title=Why Jimmy Barnes abandoned son David Campbell as a baby {{!}} OverSixty |url=https://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/music/why-jimmy-barnes-abandoned-son-david-campbell-as-a-baby |access-date=2022-02-23 |website=www.oversixty.com.au |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223075926/https://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/music/why-jimmy-barnes-abandoned-son-david-campbell-as-a-baby |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== British ===
* [[Amazonica]] is a British [[Rock music|rock]] singer and [[DJ]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-27 |title=Read All About It {{!}} The Amazonica |url=http://www.thegirlsare.com/2012/09/27/read-all-about-it-the-amazonica/ |access-date=2020-12-23 |website=the girls are |language=en-US |archive-date=16 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916093249/http://www.thegirlsare.com/2012/09/27/read-all-about-it-the-amazonica/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Annabella Lwin]] (born 31 October 1966) is an Anglo-Burmese singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the lead vocalist of [[Bow Wow Wow]].<ref>[https://www.annabellalwin.com/about.html Annabella Lewin – About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718131600/https://www.annabellalwin.com/about.html |date=18 July 2023 }}, Annabellalwin.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019: "working behind the scenes for global charities like UNICEF and Save the Children Fund, through Buddhist organization SGI" and "Her ongoing Buddhist practice continues to enhance and inform her artistic sensibilities"</ref>
* [[David Bowie]] (1947–2016), English singer-songwriter and actor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 January 2016 |title=Thurston Moore Reflects on David Bowie |work=Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/62878-thurston-moore-reflects-on-david-bowie/ |access-date=24 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308223038/https://pitchfork.com/news/62878-thurston-moore-reflects-on-david-bowie/ |archive-date=8 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="newsday.com">{{Cite news |last=Gamboa |first=Glenn |date=21 February 2001 |title=Stardust Memories – Without Tibet House, David Bowie never may have gotten Ziggy with it. Now the pop star returns the favor&nbsp;... |work=[[Newsday]] |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/stardust-memories-without-tibet-house-david-bowie-never-may-have-gotten-ziggy-with-it-now-the-pop-star-returns-the-favor-by-performing-at-the-annual-benefit-concert-1.396658 |url-status=live |access-date=11 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115075226/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/stardust-memories-without-tibet-house-david-bowie-never-may-have-gotten-ziggy-with-it-now-the-pop-star-returns-the-favor-by-performing-at-the-annual-benefit-concert-1.396658 |archive-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>
* [[Boy George]] (born 1961), English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer, mixed media artist, photographer and record producer<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 2013 |title=Buddhism Has Kept Me Sober |publisher=StarPulse |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/Lucy_Hobson/2013/09/08/boy_george_buddhism_has_kept_me_sober |url-status=dead |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174922/http://www.starpulse.com/news/Lucy_Hobson/2013/09/08/boy_george_buddhism_has_kept_me_sober |archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=3 May 2012 |title=A Successful Human Being |publisher=PunkGlobe |url=http://punkglobe.com/boygeorgeinterview1112.php |url-status=live |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415053817/http://punkglobe.com/boygeorgeinterview1112.php |archive-date=15 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 August 2021 |title=Boy George interview: 'I didn't realise that you could choose to be happy' – the Karma Chameleon singer on personal growth and judging The Big Deal |publisher=The Irish Independen |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/boy-george-interview-i-didnt-realise-that-you-could-choose-to-be-happy-the-karma-chameleon-singer-on-personal-growth-and-judging-the-big-deal-40784027.html |access-date=20 August 2022 |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820230455/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/boy-george-interview-i-didnt-realise-that-you-could-choose-to-be-happy-the-karma-chameleon-singer-on-personal-growth-and-judging-the-big-deal-40784027.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]])
* [[Maxi Jazz]] (born 1957), British rapper<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maxi Jazz: Man of faith {{!}} The Voice Online |url=https://archive.voice-online.co.uk/article/maxi-jazz-man-faith |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=archive.voice-online.co.uk}}</ref>
* [[Gary Glitter]], is an English former [[glam rock]] singer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s. During the 1980s Glitter became a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and a vegetarian.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 February 2015 |title=Profile: Gary Glitter |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30779121 |access-date=27 February 2015 |archive-date=5 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305214938/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30779121 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[Limahl]], is an English pop singer. He was the lead singer of the pop group [[Kajagoogoo]] beginning in 1981, before embarking on a brief solo career, garnering the 1984 hit "[[The NeverEnding Story (song)|The NeverEnding Story]]", the theme song for the [[The NeverEnding Story (film)|film of the same name]].<ref name="circa-club.com">{{Cite web |date=19 December 1958 |title=Icons Gallery – Limahl ( Christopher Hamill ) |url=http://www.circa-club.com/gallery/gay_history_icons_limahl_christopher_hamill.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916232256/http://www.circa-club.com/gallery/gay_history_icons_limahl_christopher_hamill.php |archive-date=16 September 2018 |access-date=29 June 2014 |website=Circa-club.com}}</ref>
* [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] (born 1955), English musician, singer and songwriter<ref name="howardjones">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Howard |title=Howard On Buddhism |url=http://www.howardjones.com/buddhism.html |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-date=18 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318072107/http://www.howardjones.com/buddhism.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Nick Jago]] is an English musician, best known as the former drummer and founding member of [[Black Rebel Motorcycle Club]].<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 628-9</ref>
* [[Richard Batsford]] (born 25 October 1969) is an English pianist, composer and singer-songwriter. A further concert in 2010 at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre saw the same collaboration.<ref name="Musituality">{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Musituality |url=http://www.musituality.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903122820/http://www.musituality.com/ |archive-date=3 September 2011 |access-date=9 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="ABC">{{cite web |title=About Adelaide Buddhist Centre |url=https://adelaidebuddhistcentre.com/about |publisher=Adelaide Buddhist Centre |access-date=9 April 2025}}</ref>
* [[Sandie Shaw]] (born '''Sandra Ann Goodrich'''; 26 February 1947) is a retired English pop singer. One of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s, she had three [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1960s|UK number one singles]] with "[[(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me]]" (1964), "[[Long Live Love (Chris Andrews song)|Long Live Love]]" (1965) and "[[Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw song)|Puppet on a String]]" (1967).<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{Cite book |last=Tobler |first=John |title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years |publisher=Reed International Books Ltd |year=1992 |edition=1st |location=London |id=CN 5585}}</ref>

=== Canadian ===
* [[Beverly Glenn-Copeland]] (born 1944), U.S.-born Canadian musician, songwriter and singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Negru |first=John Harvey |date=31 March 2018 |title=We're All Different: Musician Glenn Copeland on his journey as a Black, Buddhist, transgender artist |url=https://www.lionsroar.com/were-all-different-musician-glenn-copeland-on-his-journey-as-a-black-buddhist-transgender-artist/ |access-date=4 June 2018 |website=Lion's Roar |archive-date=30 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130155739/https://www.lionsroar.com/were-all-different-musician-glenn-copeland-on-his-journey-as-a-black-buddhist-transgender-artist/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]])
* [[Leonard Cohen]], Canadian singer-songwriter/poet<ref name="Wildmind2" /> ([[Zen]])
* [[k.d. lang]] (born 1961), Canadian singer<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 January 2008 |title=The second coming of kd Lang |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3159573.ece |access-date=8 May 2010 |archive-date=17 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517101343/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3159573.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref> ([[Tibetan Buddhism]])

=== Chinese ===
* [[Faye Wong]] (born 1969), Chinese singer and actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=China's Spiritual Awakening |url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2008-01-09/chinas-spiritual-awakening |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711162006/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2008-01-09/chinas-spiritual-awakening |archive-date=11 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Faye Wong Turns to Religion for Comfort |url=http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/faye-wong-turns-to-religion-for-comfort |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923133037/http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/faye-wong-turns-to-religion-for-comfort |archive-date=23 September 2013 |access-date=18 September 2013}}</ref> ([[Tibetan Buddhism]])

=== Hong Kong ===
* [[Daniel Chan]] (born 1975), Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 February 2007 |title=组图：娱乐圈明星信佛知多少 |work=QQ News |url=http://news.qq.com/a/20070227/001431_7.htm |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=2 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702191752/http://news.qq.com/a/20070227/001431_7.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Chan Buddhism]])
* [[Jacky Cheung]] (born 1961), Hong Kong singer and actor
* [[Aaron Kwok]] (born 1965), Hong Kong singer and actor, also known as the "God of Dance"
* [[Anita Mui]] (1963–2003), Hong Kong singer and actress, considered one of the most iconic Cantopop singers
* [[Alan Tam]] (born 1950), Hong Kong singer and actor, who played major role in developing the Cantopop scene in the 1980s

=== Indian ===

* [[Vaishali Mhade]] (born 1984), singer
* [[Shibani Kashyap]], Indian singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kashyap |first=Shibani |author-link=Shibani Kashyap |date=29 August 2011 |title=Chanting: Prayer or meditation? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/shibanikashyaps-blog/chanting-prayer-or-meditation/ |access-date=3 September 2019 |website=[[India Today]] |archive-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207193926/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/shibanikashyaps-blog/chanting-prayer-or-meditation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Virmani |first=Ashish |date=16 October 2012 |title=Buddhism makes for a happy celeb! |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-buddhism-makes-for-a-happy-celeb-1752910 |access-date=3 September 2019 |website=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |archive-date=5 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205211052/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-buddhism-makes-for-a-happy-celeb-1752910 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Abhijeet Kosambi]], singer
* [[Surekha Punekar]], Indian folk artist
* [[Adarsh Shinde]] (born 1988), singer, musician<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2015 |title=PHOTOS: परिणय सूत्र में बंधे मराठी सिंगर आदर्श शिंदे, शादी में जम कर हुआ धमाल |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/maharashtra/pune/news/MH-PUN-HMU-wedding-pics-of-well-known-singer-adarsh-shinde-5007221-PHO.html |website=Dainik Bhaskar |access-date=23 March 2022 |archive-date=17 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617162424/https://www.bhaskar.com/maharashtra/pune/news/MH-PUN-HMU-wedding-pics-of-well-known-singer-adarsh-shinde-5007221-PHO.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Vitthal Umap]] (1931–2010), singer<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 December 2016 |title=आंबेडकर चळवळीची कव्वालीयात्रा |url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAG-samir-paranjape-rasik-article-in-marathi-5473432-NOR.html |website=Divya Marathi |access-date=23 March 2022 |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509210412/https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAG-samir-paranjape-rasik-article-in-marathi-5473432-NOR.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Italian ===
* [[Carmen Consoli]], Italian singer and songwriter<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carlo Moretti |date=4 April 2011 |title=Carmen Consoli Buddista e antinucleare la mia protesta cantata contro guerra e machismo |work=la Repubblica |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2011/04/20/carmen-consoli-buddista-antinucleare-la-mia-protesta.html |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504091633/https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2011/04/20/carmen-consoli-buddista-antinucleare-la-mia-protesta.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===South Korean===
* [[Winter (singer)|Winter]], South Korean K-pop idol, member of [[Aespa]]<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR7BIGeqHaI |title=[팅글인터뷰] ASMR로 듣는 '에스파 카리나&윈터가 알고 있는 특이한 서로의 버릇은?' {{!}} aespa 카리나&윈터 편 (ENG/JPN) |date=2023-11-17 |last=M2 |access-date=2024-07-21 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

== Sport ==
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===Football===
* [[Brett Kirk]] (born 1976), former Australian rules football player and current assistant coach.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-04-22 |title=Captain Kirk leads next generation |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/captain-kirk-leads-next-generation-20050422-gdl6f2.html |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726125707/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/captain-kirk-leads-next-generation-20050422-gdl6f2.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cowley |first=Michael |date=2010-09-03 |title=How a friend's passing changed Brett Kirk |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/how-a-friends-passing-changed-brett-kirk-20100903-14ue5.html |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726125750/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/how-a-friends-passing-changed-brett-kirk-20100903-14ue5.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Fabien Barthez]] (1994–2006), French goalkeeper<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Ken |date=30 January 2001 |title=Barthez looks like a Buddhist with a blind spot |url=http://www.espnfc.com/england/news/2001/0130/20010130barthezfeat.html |access-date=6 March 2016 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307100504/http://www.espnfc.com/england/news/2001/0130/20010130barthezfeat.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Zen]]). He is the first Buddhist footballer in the world to win a [[1998 FIFA World Cup|Football World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-03-08 |title=The eccentric Barthez |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/1209025.stm |access-date=2025-04-24 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Josh Scobey]] (born 11 December 1979) is a former [[American football]] [[running back]] and [[kickoff returner|kick returner]] who played seven seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=José Miguel |date=2005-12-14 |title=Profile: Hard-driving Scobey thankful for good fortune |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/profile-hard-driving-scobey-thankful-for-good-fortune/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718033117/https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/profile-hard-driving-scobey-thankful-for-good-fortune/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Off The Gridiron With Senior Josh Scobey |url=https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2001/11/29/5583d3dbe4b06b726e662d3a_131478146095308539 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Kansas State University Athletics |language=en |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718033115/https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2001/11/29/5583d3dbe4b06b726e662d3a_131478146095308539 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Kwak Hee-Ju]] (born 5 October 1981) is a South Korean [[Association football|football]]er who plays as a [[defender (football)|defender]] who last played for [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]].
* [[Kim Do-hoon]],(born 21 July 1970) is a South Korean professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and former player. He was most recently the manager of Singaporean club [[Lion City Sailors]] before his 11 August 2022 resignation.
* [[Kim Eun-jung (footballer)|Kim Eun-jung]] ,(born 8 April 1979) is a South Korean retired [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]]. He is currently a coach at [[A.F.C. Tubize|Tubize]] after joining the team in 2015 as a youth scout.<ref>[http://www.dhnet.be/sports/football/division-1b/tubize/kim-eun-jung-se-lie-a-l-afc-tubize-54c377c435701f354354f52a Kim Eun-Jung se lie à l'AFC Tubize] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326030557/https://www.dhnet.be/sports/football/tubize/kim-eun-jung-se-lie-a-l-afc-tubize-54c377c435701f354354f52a |date=26 March 2020 }}‚ dhnet.be, 24 January 2015</ref>
* [[Park Ji-sung]], is a South Korean former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]]. Park is the most successful Asian player in football history, having won 19 trophies in his career.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 May 2014 |title=Asia's most decorated footballer Park Ji-sung calls it a day |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1511894/asias-most-decorated-footballer-park-ji-sung-calls-it-day |work=South China Morning Post |access-date=27 December 2022 |archive-date=29 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129200643/https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1511894/asias-most-decorated-footballer-park-ji-sung-calls-it-day |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2015 |title=Reintroducing... The United Legends |url=http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Features/2015/Jun/meet-the-manchester-united-legends.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610165644/http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Features/2015/Jun/meet-the-manchester-united-legends.aspx |archive-date=10 June 2015 |access-date=8 January 2020 |publisher=Manchester United F.C. }}</ref> He is the first Asian footballer to have won the [[2007–08 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]], to play in a [[2009 UEFA Champions League Final|UEFA Champions League final]], as well as the first Asian to have won the [[2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final|FIFA Club World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 May 2009 |title=United's Park first Asian to play Champions League final |work=[[Reuters]] |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idINIndia-39922820090527 |access-date=26 December 2009 |archive-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919152234/https://in.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idINIndia-39922820090527 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Shunsuke Nakamura]] (born 1978), Japanese soccer player<ref name="japantimes">{{Cite news |last=Minoru Matsutani |date=2 December 2008 |title=Soka Gakkai keeps religious, political machine humming |work=The Japan Times |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/02/reference/soka-gakkai-keeps-religious-political-machine-humming/#.VOS3yfnF-ap |access-date=18 February 2015 |archive-date=21 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221040903/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/02/reference/soka-gakkai-keeps-religious-political-machine-humming#.VOS3yfnF-ap |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Sébastien Frey]] (born 1980), French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Frey has credited former [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] legend [[Roberto Baggio]] as one of his spiritual mentors. ([[Soka Gakkai International]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 February 2011 |title=FREY, Non vedo l'ora di tornare a giocare |language=it |work=Firenze Viola |url=http://www.firenzeviola.it/?action=read&idnotizia=81684 |access-date=3 February 2011 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722033349/http://www.firenzeviola.it/?action=read&idnotizia=81684 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Roberto Baggio]] (1988–2004), Italian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 2014 |title=Italy legend Roberto Baggio opens biggest Buddhist Centre in Europe |url=http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2014/10/italy-legend-roberto-baggio-opens-biggest-buddhist-centre-in-europe/ |access-date=6 March 2016 |publisher=Forza Italian Football |archive-date=20 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420062150/http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2014/10/italy-legend-roberto-baggio-opens-biggest-buddhist-centre-in-europe |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sandro Magister |date=4 September 1997 |title=Buddisti Soka Gakkai. Una Sabina vi convertirà |url=http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/205886 |access-date=25 January 2016 |publisher=L'Espresso |language=it |archive-date=3 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103040854/http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/205886 |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]]) 
* [[Mario Balotelli|Mario Balotelli Barwuah]] (born 1990), Italian professional footballer. He is studying [[Buddhism]] in a bid to find inner peace and has bought several copies of the dharma, the religion's teachings, and set up a quiet area with a statue of [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] where he can meditate. ([[Pure Land Buddhism]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bright |first=Jarrod |date=2014-09-22 |title=20 Interesting Things About Mario Balotelli |url=https://hosbeg.com/20-interesting-things-mario-balotelli/ |access-date=2022-02-15 |website=Hosbeg.com |language=en-US |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215080420/https://hosbeg.com/20-interesting-things-mario-balotelli/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pisano |first=Maryann |date=2014-06-13 |title=12 Facts You Should Know About Italy's Mario Balotelli |url=https://www.emme-magazine.com/2014/06/13/12-facts-you-should-know-about-italys-mario-balotelli/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Emme Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Mehmet Scholl]] (born 1970), German football manager and former player. ([[Theravada]])<ref>{{Citation |title=Material and representational legacies of sports mega-events: the case of the UEFA EURO™ football championships from 1996 to 2008 |date=2013-09-13 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315875798-18 |work=Governance, Citizenship and the New European Football Championships |pages=170–182 |access-date=2022-01-19 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781315875798-18 |doi-broken-date=1 July 2025 |isbn=978-1-315-87579-8|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[Wang Dalei]], is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] professional footballer who currently plays for [[Chinese Super League]] club [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Taishan]] and the [[China national football team|China national team]].

===Cricket===
* [[Asanka Gurusinha]] (born 16 September 1966) is a [[Sri Lankan Australian]] former international [[cricket]]er<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brydon Coverdale meets former Sri Lanka cricketers who now live in Melbourne |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/598345.html |access-date=17 July 2023 |archive-date=3 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903052606/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/598345.html |url-status=live }}</ref> who had an 11-year international career, playing 41 [[Test cricket|Test]]s and 147 [[One Day International]]s for [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]].
* [[Mahela Jayawardene]] (born 1977), Sri Lankan former cricketer and consultant coach.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lokuhapuarachchi |first=Anuruddha |agency=Alamy Limited |title=Sri Lanka?s captain Mahela Jayawardena attends a Buddhist religious ceremony before leaving Colombo for Abu Dhabi, May 15, 2007. Sri Lanka will play three one-day international cricket match series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi from May 18. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA Stock Photo - Alamy |url=https://www.alamy.com/sri-lankas-captain-mahela-jayawardena-attends-a-buddhist-religious-ceremony-before-leaving-colombo-for-abu-dhabi-may-15-2007-sri-lanka-will-play-three-one-day-international-cricket-match-series-against-pakistan-in-abu-dhabi-from-may-18-reutersanuruddha-lokuhapuarachchi-sri-lanka-image400484973.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319095503/https://www.alamy.com/sri-lankas-captain-mahela-jayawardena-attends-a-buddhist-religious-ceremony-before-leaving-colombo-for-abu-dhabi-may-15-2007-sri-lanka-will-play-three-one-day-international-cricket-match-series-against-pakistan-in-abu-dhabi-from-may-18-reutersanuruddha-lokuhapuarachchi-sri-lanka-image400484973.html |archive-date=19 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=alamy.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kumar Sangakkara]] (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, and businessman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-19 |title=Kumar Sangakkara: 'It's been an amazing privilege to play the game' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/19/kumar-sangakkara-privilege-to-play-cricket |access-date=2022-01-16 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Caballero-Reynolds |first=Andrew |agency=Alamy Limited |title=Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara looks around a Buddhist temple before taking part in a religious ceremony to bless the cricket team ahead of the world cup in Colombo February 10, 2011. The tenth Cricket World Cup which is co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh takes place from February 19 to April 2. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET RELIGION Stock Photo - Alamy |url=https://www.alamy.com/sri-lankan-captain-kumar-sangakkara-looks-around-a-buddhist-temple-before-taking-part-in-a-religious-ceremony-to-bless-the-cricket-team-ahead-of-the-world-cup-in-colombo-february-10-2011-the-tenth-cricket-world-cup-which-is-co-hosted-by-india-sri-lanka-and-bangladesh-takes-place-from-february-19-to-april-2-reutersandrew-caballero-reynolds-sri-lanka-tags-sport-cricket-religion-image378456836.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116024757/https://www.alamy.com/sri-lankan-captain-kumar-sangakkara-looks-around-a-buddhist-temple-before-taking-part-in-a-religious-ceremony-to-bless-the-cricket-team-ahead-of-the-world-cup-in-colombo-february-10-2011-the-tenth-cricket-world-cup-which-is-co-hosted-by-india-sri-lanka-and-bangladesh-takes-place-from-february-19-to-april-2-reutersandrew-caballero-reynolds-sri-lanka-tags-sport-cricket-religion-image378456836.html |archive-date=16 January 2022 |access-date=2022-01-16 |website=alamy.com |language=en}}</ref> ([[Theravada]])
* [[Pravin Tambe]], India cricketer. 
* [[Lasith Malinga]] (born 1981), Sri Lankan professional cricket player and Captain of T20 International cricket of [[Sri Lanka]]. ([[Theravada]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=(Photo) Lasith Malinga takes part in a Buddhist ceremony |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/image/482380.html?object=49758;dir=next |access-date=2022-01-14 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114085853/https://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/image/482380.html?object=49758;dir=next |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (born 1969), Sri Lankan batter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-30 |title=Sanath Jayasuriya at a religious event in Matara |url=https://www.islandcricket.lk/photoalbum/sanath-jayasuriya-at-a-religious-event-in-matara/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303131934/https://www.islandcricket.lk/photoalbum/sanath-jayasuriya-at-a-religious-event-in-matara/ |archive-date=3 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Island Cricket |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] (born 1976), Sri Lankan cricket player who converted from Islam to [[Buddhism]] at the age of 16, previously known as Tuwan Muhammad Dilshan. ([[Theravada]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2014 |title=Pakistan's Ahmed Shehzad attacks Tillakaratne Dilshan over religion |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ahmed-shehzad-attacks-tillakaratne-dilshan-over-religion-pakistan-odi-207038-2014-09-03 |access-date=3 September 2019 |website=[[India Today]] |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218111917/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ahmed-shehzad-attacks-tillakaratne-dilshan-over-religion-pakistan-odi-207038-2014-09-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Tillakaratne Sampath]] (born 1982), Sri Lankan cricket player previously known as Tuwan Mohammad Nishan Sampath
* [[Sumon Barua]] is a [[First-class cricket|first-class]] and [[List A cricket|List A]] cricketer from Bangladesh.  A right-handed batsman and right arm medium fast bowler, he played for [[Chittagong Division cricket team|Chittagong Division]] in 2001/02.<ref>{{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/35/35187/35187.html|name=Sumon Barua}}</ref><ref>{{cricinfo|name=Sumon Barua|id=56133|check-wikidata=no}}</ref>
* [[Suraj Randiv]] (born 1985), Sri Lankan cricket player. ([[Theravada]])

=== Basketball ===
* [[Phil Jackson]] (born 1945), American former professional [[basketball]] player, coach, and executive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=delehant |first=hugh |title=Buddha and the Bulls |url=https://tricycle.org/magazine/buddha-and-bulls/ |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review |date=June 1994 |language=en |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128032247/https://tricycle.org/magazine/buddha-and-bulls/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Grant Hill]] (born 1972), American former professional [[basketball]] player, coach, and executive.
===Fencing ===
* [[Dorina Vaccaroni]], Italian former fencer, competing in the foil. She received a gold medal in the foil team at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]] and silver at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Giordano|first=Lucio|title=Non credo nel Dio della Chiesa, ma credo nel Dio della natura e in Budda|language=it|magazine=Dipiù|date=10 October 2025|number=40|pages=78-81}}</ref>

=== Swimming ===
* [[Anthony Ervin]] (born 1981), American gold medalist swimmer. ([[Zen]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gandhi |first=Lakshmi |date=2016-08-15 |title=How Zen Buddhism Helped Olympian Anthony Ervin Turn His Life Around |url=https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/how-zen-buddhism-helped-olympian-anthony-ervin-turn-his-life-around/ |access-date=2022-02-21 |website=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review |language=en |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221174645/https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/how-zen-buddhism-helped-olympian-anthony-ervin-turn-his-life-around/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Rugby ===
* [[Jonny Wilkinson]] (born 1979), English former rugby union player. ([[Theravada|Thravada]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Syed |first=Matthew |date=19 September 2008 |title=Jonny Wilkinson: The quantum leap that saved me from despair |work=[[The Times]] |location=UK |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article4782380.ece |access-date=14 August 2009 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604173243/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article4782380.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Ricky Evans (rugby union)|Ricky Evans]] (born 1960), [[Wales|Welsh]] former international [[rugby union]] player.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-01-05 |title=Rugby star on Buddhist life |language=en-GB |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3368673.stm |access-date=2022-03-22 |archive-date=9 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909080802/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3368673.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Golf ===
* [[Tiger Woods]], American golfer<ref name="Wildmind2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Robert |date=24 July 2000 |title=Gandhi and Tiger Woods |url=http://www.slate.com/id/86898/ |access-date=9 August 2011 |website=Slate |archive-date=25 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125142446/http://www.slate.com/id/86898/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Theravada]])
* [[Grace Park (golfer)|Grace Park]] (born 6 March 1979) is a retired [[South Korea]]n professional [[golf]]er on the [[LPGA Tour]]. She was a member of the LPGA Tour from 2000 until her retirement in 2012 and won six LPGA Tour events, including one [[women's major golf championships|major championship]], during her career.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Park has dazzled as an amateur, pro golfer |work=Arizona Daily Star |url=https://tucson.com/sports/golf/professional/park-has-dazzled-as-an-amateur-pro-golfer/article_341c2694-9edd-11e0-a318-001cc4c03286.html |access-date=2020-03-28 |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708175458/https://tucson.com/sports/golf/professional/park-has-dazzled-as-an-amateur-pro-golfer/article_341c2694-9edd-11e0-a318-001cc4c03286.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Golf |url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/golf |access-date=2020-03-28 |publisher=CWSA |archive-date=28 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728231454/https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/golf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Bae Sang-moon]] (1986- ), is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the [[PGA Tour]].

=== Boxing ===
* [[Lucia Rijker]], Dutch boxer<ref>Holden, Stephen (2000-05-12). "FILM REVIEW; Gotta Psych Yourself Up To Win at This Game". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 2008-06-24.</ref> 
* [[Suro Krishna Chakma]], Bangladeshi boxer and businessman.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ইমাম |first=হাসান |title=পেশাদার বক্সার সুর কৃষ্ণ যেভাবে নিজেকে ফিট রাখেন |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/lifestyle/boe8d86y0l |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn}}</ref>

=== Wrestlers ===
* [[Jinsei Shinzaki]], is currently signed to the [[Michinoku Pro Wrestling]] [[professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] where he is the promotion's president. Shinzaki is also known for his appearances with other Japanese promotions such as [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] (AJPW), [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW), and [[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]] (FMW). Shinzaki is perhaps most known for his stint in the United States-based [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF).<ref name="WWF9099Book">{{Cite book |last=Cawthon |first=Graham |title=the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 2: WWF 1990 - 1999 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |year=2013 |asin=B00RWUNSRS}}</ref> 
* [[Kim Hyeon-woo]] (born 6 November 1988, in [[Wonju]], [[Gangwon Province (South Korea)|Gangwon-do]]) is a male wrestler from [[South Korea]]. In the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], Kim won the gold medal in the 66&nbsp;kg [[Greco-Roman wrestling]] final.
* [[Matt Sydal]], is an American [[professional wrestler]] currently signed to [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW).<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1328846673628557313 |user=AEW |title=Welcome to the team... #MattSydal is #AllElite |author=All Elite Wrestling |date=17 November 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020}}</ref>
* [[Peter Thornley]] (born 19 October 1941)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hébert |first1=Bertrand |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tYPCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT53 |title=The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant |last2=Laprade |first2=Pat |last3=Stabile |first3=Tony |date=28 April 2020 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=9781773054766}}</ref> is an English retired [[professional wrestler]] who was best known for the [[ring name|ring character]] [[Kendo Nagasaki]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Elliott |first1=Louise |last2=Rodger |first2=James |date=9 May 2019 |title=Lee Rigby's mum 'forced out' of charity house by wrestling legend |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tragic-lee-rigbys-mum-forced-16247448 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=BirminghamLive |language=en |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116122941/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tragic-lee-rigbys-mum-forced-16247448 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2019 |title=Lee Rigby's mum 'to set up new retreat' for families |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-48167998 |access-date=1 January 2021 |website=BBC News |language=en |archive-date=16 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616234115/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-48167998 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Sumo wrestling ===
* [[Hakuhō Shō]]

==Military==
=== American ===
* [[Aidan Delgado]], American attorney, author, and war veteran<ref name=":0b">{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aidan-delgado/the-sutras-of-abu-ghraib/ |title=THE SUTRAS OF ABU GHRAIB by Aidan Delgado |publisher=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |language=en-us |access-date=28 November 2022 |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128041210/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aidan-delgado/the-sutras-of-abu-ghraib/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="herbarticle">{{Cite news |last=Herbert, Bob |date=2 May 2005 |title=From 'Gook' to 'Raghead' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/opinion/02herbert.html |access-date=23 April 2010 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402230724/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/opinion/02herbert.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[George Lennon]] (1900–1991), American-Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish War of Independence and the [[Irish Civil War]] ([[Zen]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Lennon: A Different Kind Of Irish Hero – The Irish Story |url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2011/09/07/george-lennon-a-different-kind-of-irish-hero/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |language=en-GB |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128031813/https://www.theirishstory.com/2011/09/07/george-lennon-a-different-kind-of-irish-hero/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[John David Provoo]] (1917–2001), United States Army staff sergeant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asato |first=Lisa |title=Treason trial shadowed ex-soldier's life |url=http://starbulletin.com/2001/10/27/news/story16.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020121124514/http://starbulletin.com/2001/10/27/news/story16.html |archive-date=2002-01-21}}</ref>
* [[Shiro Kashiwa]] (1912–1998), first Attorney General of Hawaii to be appointed after it became a state in 1959 ([[Jōdo Shinshū]])<ref>{{Cite book |title=The United States Court of Claims: a history / pt. 1. The judges, 1855-1976 / by [[Marion T. Bennett]] / pt. 2. Origin, development, jurisdiction, 1855-1978 / W. Cowen, P. Nichols, M.T. Bennett. |publisher=Committee on the Bicentennial of Independence and the Constitution of the Judicial Conference of the United States |year=1976 |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=204–206 of pt. 1}}</ref>
* [[Ming Chang]] – [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral (upper half)]], [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]], retired. [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of Navy]] [[Inspector General#U.S. Military|Inspector General]], 1987–1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=OUTSTANDING ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS |url=http://cwrmagonline.com/OutstandingAPAs.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708214418/http://cwrmagonline.com/OutstandingAPAs.aspx |archive-date=8 July 2011 |access-date=26 October 2009 |publisher=The College World Report}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Memorial Advisory Board |url=http://www.wwiimemorial.com/archives/factsheets/memorialadvisory.asp?thispage=factsheet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026131859/http://www.wwiimemorial.com/archives/factsheets/memorialadvisory.asp?thispage=factsheet |archive-date=26 October 2014 |access-date=26 October 2009 |publisher=National WWII Memorial}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rear Admiral Ming Erh Chang |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/special%20highlights/asian/ChangM.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026131336/http://www.history.navy.mil/special%20highlights/asian/ChangM.htm |archive-date=26 October 2014 |access-date=18 July 2012 |website=Navy History & Heritage Command |publisher=[[United States Navy]]}}</ref>
* [[Ellison Onizuka]] (1946–1986), [[U.S. Air Force]] [[Colonel]] and [[List of Asian American astronauts|first Asian American]] astronaut of [[NASA]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dart |first=John |date=1 February 1986 |title=Astronaut Remembered as First Buddhist in Space |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-01-me-3021-story.html |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307110247/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-02-01/local/me-3021_1_ellison-onizuka |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Pure Land Buddhism]])

=== British ===
* [[Arthur Lillie]] (24 February 1831 &ndash; 28 November 1911), was a [[Buddhist]], soldier in the [[British Indian Army]], and a writer.
* [[Neville Armstrong]] (20 October 1913 – September 2008) was a British soldier, literary agent, and publisher.

== Buddhist practitioners notable in other fields ==
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* [[Francisco Varela]], Chilean [[biologist]], [[philosophy|philosopher]], [[cybernetician]], and [[neuroscientist]] who is best known for introducing the concept of [[autopoiesis]] to biology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindandlife.org/mission/|title=Mission|website=Mind & Life Institute}}</ref>
* [[Anne Rudloe]], American marine biologist. She was the co-founder of the [[Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory]] in [[Panacea, Florida]].
* [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]], [[Russian oligarchs|oligarch]], administrator and politician. He was President of the [[Kalmykia|Republic of Kalmykia]] in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of [[FIDE]], the [[chess]] international governing body, from 1995 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45718853|title =Arkady Dvorkovich: Russian politician crowned world chess head|author =Staff writer(s)|publisher =BBC|date =3 October 2018}}</ref>
* [[George Dvorsky]], [[Transhumanist]], [[Futurist]] and a director of [[Humanity+]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dvorsky |first=George |title=George Dvorsky: About |url=https://plus.google.com/113826130987100978989/about |access-date=30 August 2011 |website=Google+ |archive-date=12 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112061944/https://plus.google.com/113826130987100978989/about |url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Secular Buddhism]])
* [[Edward Snowden]], American former [[National Security Agency|NSA]] intelligence contractor and [[whistleblower]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/57af1e21c0c14309a3684fc7695605c6 | title=Snowden tells life story and why he leaked in new memoir | website=[[Associated Press News]] | date=13 September 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Tenzing Norgay]], first person to reach the summit of [[Mount Everest]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB |last=Hansen |first=Peter H. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/50064 |title=Tenzing Norgay [known as Sherpa Tenzing] (1914–1986), mountaineer |date=2004-09-23 |series=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/50064 }}</ref>
* [[Jet Li]], Chinese martial artist, Hollywood actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2001 |title=How did you come to follow Tibetan Buddhism? |url=http://jetli.com/jet/index.php?l=en&s=spirit&ss=questions&p=x&date=010521 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223115433/http://www.jetli.com/jet/index.php?l=en&s=spirit&ss=questions&p=x&date=010521 |archive-date=23 February 2007 |access-date=9 August 2001 |website=The Official Jet Li Website |publisher=JetLi.com}}</ref> ([[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist]])
* [[Naima Mora]], American fashion model and winner of ''[[America's Next Top Model]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2015 |title=Soka Gakkai International's 'Buddhist in America' Videos: The Spiritual Heart on Camera |url=http://enews.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/46160 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206201829/http://enews.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/46160 |archive-date=6 December 2014 |access-date=8 August 2014 |website=Buddhist Door}}</ref> ([[Soka Gakkai International]])
* [[Maya Soetoro-Ng]], [[Indonesian American]] writer, university instructor and maternal half-sister of [[Barack Obama]], the 44th President of the United States<ref>{{Cite web |last=Solomon |first=Deborah |date=20 January 2008 |title=All in the Family |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/magazine/20wwln-Q4-t.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin |access-date=6 March 2016 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=1 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501110531/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/magazine/20wwln-Q4-t.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Priscilla Chan]], pediatrician and philanthropist, wife of [[Facebook]] founder [[Mark Zuckerberg]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Post |first=The Huffington |date=2017-01-01 |title=Former Atheist Mark Zuckerberg Gets Religion |language=en-AU |work=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/12/31/former-atheist-mark-zuckerberg-gets-religion_a_21645171/ |access-date=2020-11-28 |archive-date=27 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227172946/http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/12/31/former-atheist-mark-zuckerberg-gets-religion_a_21645171/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook's Zuckerberg says he's 'more religious' since becoming a dad |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/facebooks-zuckerberg-says-hes-more-religious-since-becoming-a-dad/ |access-date=2020-11-28 |website=The Times of Israel |language=en-US |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110012206/https://www.timesofisrael.com/facebooks-zuckerberg-says-hes-more-religious-since-becoming-a-dad/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Fictional Buddhists==
===Anime and manga===
*Gautama Buddha, protagonist from ''[[Saint Young Men]]''
*The cast from ''[[Ah My Buddha]]''
*Ikkyū, protagonist from ''[[Ikkyū-san (TV series)|Ikkyū-san]]''
*The cast from ''[[Oseam (2003 film)|Oseam]]''
*Seishin Muroi, character from ''[[Shiki (novel)|Shiki]]''
*[[Yoh Asakura]], protagonist of the anime/manga ''[[Shaman King]]''
*Hanamaru Kunikida, character from ''[[Love Live! Sunshine!!]]''
*[[Miroku (character)|Miroku]], character from Japanese Anime ''[[Inuyasha]]''
*[[Krillin]], character from the ''[[Dragon Ball (disambiguation)|Dragonball]]'' series
*Kaname Asahina, Chiaki and Yūsei, characters from ''[[Brothers Conflict]]''
*Chichiri, character from ''[[Fushigi Yūgi]]''
*Yakumo Kokonoe, character from ''[[The Irregular at Magic High School]]''
*Mayura Sōda, Miyuki Sagara, and Yukimasa Sagara, characters from ''[[RDG: Red Data Girl]]''
*Keisei Tagami and Akasha Shishidō, characters from the ''[[Corpse Princess]]'' series
*Anji Yūkyūzan, character from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''
*Enkai, character from ''[[Requiem from the Darkness]]''

===Graphic novels===
* [[Enigma (Marvel Comics)|Enigma]], Marvel Comics superheroine
* [[Xorn]], Marvel Comics character and member of the X-Men
* [[Green Lama]], American pulp magazine hero
* [[Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)]], DC Comics superhero

===Literature===
* [[Sun Wukong]], Monkey King in Chinese epic novel ''[[Journey to the West]]'', and a fictional pupil of historical Chinese monk [[Xuanzang]]
* Mary Elizabeth, character from the novel ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]''

===Film and television===
* Steve Jinks, [[List of Warehouse 13 characters#Steve Jinks|character from ''Warehouse 13'']], (Season 3, Episode 1) "The New Guy"
* [[Daryl Dixon]], character from ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'', Episode 8 (Season 2, Episode 2) "Bloodletting"
* [[Kahn Souphanousinphone]], character from the cartoon ''[[King of the Hill]]''
* [[Connie Souphanousinphone]], character from the cartoon ''King of the Hill''
* [[Dale Cooper]], protagonist of the television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''
* [[Kyle Valenti]], character from the television series ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]''
* [[Lisa Simpson]], feminist and daughter of Homer and Marge Simpson, character from the cartoon ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Episode 275 (Season 13 Episode 6) "She of Little Faith"
** [[Lenny and Carl]] and [[Carl Carlson]], and [[Lenny Leonard]]
* [[Trini Kwan]], original Yellow Ranger of the ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''
* [[Wendy Wu]], protagonist of the [[Disney Channel Original Movie]] ''[[Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior]]''
* [[Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Master Splinter]], Zen sensei/teacher to the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]
* [[Hiro Nakamura]], protagonist character in TV series ''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=n.d. |title=Religion of Hiro Nakamura; from Heroes (TV series): Season 1, Episode |url=http://www.comicbookreligion.com/?c=2007&Hiro_Nakamura |access-date=31 January 2012 |publisher=Comicbookreligion.com |archive-date=23 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323162931/http://www.comicbookreligion.com/?c=2007&Hiro_Nakamura |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Planeteer#Gi|Gi]], Planeteer able to wield the element water
* [[Edina Monsoon]] (Eddy) from the ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' TV sitcom
* The God [[List of minor characters on South Park#God|character in ''South Park'']], episode "[[Probably (South Park)|Probably]]"
* Charlie Crews, Zen Buddhist, protagonist of television series ''[[Life (American TV series)|Life]]''
* Buddha, character from ''[[Air Buddies]]''
* Satomi Ito, Alpha [[Werewolf]] and leader of Buddhist werewolf pack in the television series ''[[Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)]]''

===Video games===
* [[Liu Kang]], character from the video game and later movie, ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''
* Sage, a class of trainer from the ''[[Pokémon (video game series)|Pokémon]]'' series

===Misc===
* [[2D (Gorillaz)|2D]], lead singer and keyboardist of the British [[virtual band]] [[Gorillaz]]
* [[List of Pure Pwnage characters#Web series|Jeremy]], from the popular web series ''[[Pure Pwnage]]''

==See also==
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* [[Awgatha]]
* [[Three Refuges]]
* [[Five precepts]]
* [[Dalit Buddhist movement]]
* [[Jewish Buddhists]]
* [[List of American Buddhists]] 
* [[List of British Buddhists]]
* [[List of Marathi Buddhists]]
* [[List of converts to Buddhism]]
* [[List of converts to Buddhism from Christianity]]
* [[List of converts to Buddhism from Hinduism]]
* [[Outline of Buddhism]]

==References==
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