List of Buddhists
A number of noted individuals have been Buddhists.
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2 Recent or contemporary figures 3 Celebrity Buddhists 4 Infamous Buddhists |
Major Buddhist thinkers, historical figures and founders of schools
- Ananda
- Asanga
- Atisha (founder of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan_Buddhism)
- Bodhidharma (legendary first patriarch of Zen in China)
- Buddhaghosa (Theravadin commentator)
- Chandrakirti
- Dharmakirti
- Chih I (founder of Tien Tai school)
- Dogen Zenji (founder of Soto Zen)
- Fa-Tsang
- The Buddha
- Hakuin (Rinzai Zen)
- Hsuan Tsang (took Tripitaka to China)
- Hui Neng (6th Patriarch of Zen in China)
- Kukai (founder of Shingon)
- Longchenpa
- Nagarjuna
- Nichiren Daishonin (founder of Nichiren Buddhism)
- Padmasambhava (semi-legendary founder of Nyingma school of Tibetan_Buddhism)
- Ryokan (18th_Century Japanese Zen monk and poet)
- Sariputta (Pali. Shariputra Sanskrit. One of two chief disciples of the Buddha]]
- Shantideva (8th_Century Indian)
- Shinran
- Tsongkapa
- Vasubandhu
- Xuanzang
Recent or contemporary figures
- Ajahn Mun
- Ajahn Luang Por Chah
- Alan Watts
- Ayya Khema
- Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
- Chögyam Trungpa
- Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
- The 14th Dalai Lama
- Pema Chodron
- Sangharakshita
- Shunryu Suzuki
- Tarthang Tulku
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Celebrity Buddhists
- Roberto Baggio
- Fabian Barthez
- David Beckham
- Leonard Cohen
- Penelope Cruz
- Kathleen Dee-Anne Norris
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Richard Gere
- Philip Glass
- Herbie Hancock
- George Harrison
- Jet Li
- John Milius
- Brad Pitt
- Keanu Reeves
- Steven Seagal
- Oliver Stone
- Sting
- Tina Turner
