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A number of noted individuals have been Buddhists.
Historical Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools
Individuals are grouped by nationality, except in cases where the vast majority of their influence was felt elsewhere. Gautama Buddha and his contemporary disciples ('Buddhists') are listed separately from later Indian Buddhist thinkers, teachers and contemplatives.
Buddha's Disciples and Early Buddhists
- The Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama
- Disciples of the Buddha
- Family of the Buddha
- Ambapali
- Ananda, Siddhartha's cousin, personal attendant of the Buddha and one of his chief disciples
- Anathapindika
- Angulimala
- Anuruddha
- Assaji
- Ajatasattu
- Bimbisara
- Channa
- Cunda
- Dabba Mallaputta
- Devadatta
- Dhammadinna
- Hatthaka of Alavi
- Janussoni
- Jayasena
- Jivaka Komarabhacca
- Maha Kaccana
- Kaccayana Gotta
- Kankharevata
- Maha Kappina
- Kasi Bharadvaja
- Kevatta
- Khema
- Khujjuttara
- Kisa Gotami
- Kondañña
- Maha Kotthika
- Magandiya
- Mahākāśyapa
- Mallika
- Maudgalyayana
- Maya Devi
- Migara
- Nanda
- Maha Pajapati Gotami
- Pasenadi
- Pukkusati
- Punna
- Rahula
- Ratthapala
- Revata
- Samavati
- Sariputta (Pali, Shariputra Sanskrit), one of the two chief disciples of the Buddha.
- Suddhodana
- Sundari
- Sunita
- Udena
- Upali, foremost disciple in knowledge of the Vinaya.
- Uppalavanna
- Vacchagotta
- Velukandakiya
- Visakha
- Yasa
- Yashodhara
Later Indian Buddhists (after Buddha)
- Aryadeva, foremost disciple of Nagarjuna, continued the philosophical school of Madhyamika
- Asanga, founder of the Yogachara school, widely considered the most important Mahayana philosopher (with Nagarjuna)
- Atisha, holder of the “mind training” (Tib. lojong) teachings, considered an indirect founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism
- Bhavaviveka, early expositor of the Svatantrika Madhyamikha
- Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen/Chan
- Bodhiruci, patriarch of the Ti-Lun school
- Buddhabhadra, founding abbot and patriarch of the Shaolin temple
- Buddhaghosa, (Theravadin commentator)
- Buddhapalita, early expositor of the Prasangika Madhyamikha
- Candragomin, renowned grammarian
- Chandrakirti, considered the greatest exponent of Prasangika Madhyamika
- Dharmakirti, famed logician, author of the Seven Treatises; student of Dignana's student Ishvarasena; said to have debated famed Hindu scholar Shankara
- Dignaga, famed logician
- Gunaprabha, foremost student of Vasubandhu, known for his work the Vinayasutra
- Kamalashila (8th century), author of important texts on meditation
- Luipa, one of the eighty-four tantric Mahasiddhas
- Nagarjuna, founder of the Madhyamika school, widely considered the most important Mahayana philosopher (with Asanga)
- Nagpopa, one of the eighty-four tantric mahasiddas
- Nadapada, (Tib. Naropa), Tilopa's primary disciple, teacher of Marpa the Translator and Khungpo Nyaljor
- Padmasambhava (Tib. Guru Rinpoche) Indian founder of Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism
- Sakyaprabha, prominent expositor of the Vinaya
- Saraha, famed mahasiddha, forefather of the Tibetan Kagyu lineage
- Shantarakshita, abbot of Nalanda, founder of the Yogachara-Madhyamika who helped Padmasambhava establish Buddhism in Tibet
- Shantideva, (8th century) author of the Bodhisattvacaryavatra
- Talika, (Tilopa in Tibetan), recipient of four separate transmissions from Nagarjuna, Nagpopa, Luipa, and Khandro Kalpa Zangmo; Naropa's teacher
- Vasubandhu, author of the Abhidharmakosha
- Vimuktisena, commentator on texts of Asanga's
Indo-Greek
- Dharmaraksita (3rd century BCE), Greek Buddhist missionary of Ashoka the Great, and a teacher of Nagasena.
- Mahadharmaraksita (2nd century BCE), Greek Buddhist master during the time of Menander.
- Nāgasena (2nd century BCE), Buddhist sage questioned about Buddhism by Milinda, the Indo-Greek king in the Milinda Pañha.
Central Asian
- An Shih Kao, a Parthian monk and the first known Buddhist missionary to China, in 148 CE.
- Dharmaraksa, a Yueh-Chih Buddhist monk, the first known translator of the Lotus Sutra into Chinese.
- Jnanagupta (561-592), a monk and tranlator from Gandhara, Pakistan.
- Kumarajiva (c. 401), a Kuchean monk, and one of the most important translators.
- Lokaksema, a Kushan monk, the first translator of Mahayana scriptures into Chinese, around 180 CE.
- Prajna (c. 810). A monk and translator from Kabul, who translated important texts into Chinese and educated the Japanese Kūkai in Sanskrit texts.
Chinese
- Baizhang Huaihai
- Fazang
- Fa Xian (translator and pilgrim)
- Seng Chou (僧稠)
- Joshu (9th century Chinese Zen monk)
- Huangbo Xiyun
- Fu Yu (福裕)
- Jinaluo
- Fa Ru
- Hui Guang (慧光)
- Huineng (6th Patriarch of Zen in China)
- Ingen (17th century Chinese Zen monk, founder of the Ōbaku sect of Zen)
- Pu Ji
- Daoji (Buddhist monk revered as a deity in Taoism)
- Jnanayasas (translator)
- Linji (9th century Chinese monk, founder of the Linji school of Zen)
- Sanghapala (6th century monk (Mon-Khmer?) who translated many texts to Chinese)
- Shenxiu (Tang Dynasty, the chief of Shao-Lin Temple, made great contribution to Zen)
- Xuanzang (brought Yogacara to China to found Faxiang school, significant pilgrim, translator)
- Yi Jing (pilgrim and translator)
- Yunmen Wenyan (founder of one of the five Chan schools)
- Zhiyi (founder of Tiantai school)
- Zongmi (WG: Tsung-mi; fifth patriarch of Chinese Huayan school)
- Ou-Yang Jin-Wu
- Hong Yi (also calligraphist, painter, master of seal carving)
Tibetan
- Gampopa, a student of Jetsun Milarepa and founder of the Karma Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
- Dolpopa founder of the Jonang school and the Shentong philosophy
- Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye, the first Jamgon Kongtrul
- Karsey Kongtrül, the second Jamgon Kongtrul
- Khungpo Nyaljor, founder of the Shangpa Kagyü lineage
- Longchenpa one of the greatest Nyingma philosophers
- Marpa (Marpa the Translator, Marpa of Lhobrag), student of Naropa and a founder of the Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
- Milarepa, a foremost student of Marpa Lotsawa who is said to have achieved buddhahood in one lifetime
- Sakya Pandita one of the greatest Sakya philosophers
- Taranatha important Jonang scholar
- Tsongkhapa (14th century Tibetan monk, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism, based upon the Kadam tradition)
- Yeshe Tsogyal, important female student of Padmasambhava
Japanese
- Dogen Zenji (founder of Soto Zen, based upon the Chinese Caodong tradition)
- Eisai (12th century Japanese monk, travelled to China and returned to found the Japanese Rinzai sect of Zen)
- Ippen, founder of the Japanese Pure Land Ji sect (Ji-shu)
- Ikkyu
- Bankei Yōtaku (1622-1693), 'Unborn' Zen
- Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769, Rinzai Zen)
- Honen, founder of the Japanese Pure Land Jodo sect (Jodo-shu)
- Kūkai (9th century Japanese monk, founder of Shingon)
- Myoe (Japanese monk of the Shingon and Kegon schools, known for his propagation of the Mantra of Light)
- Nichiren (founder of Nichiren Buddhism)
- Nikkō (founder of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism)
- Rōben (8th century Japanese monk, invited Simsang to Japan and founded the Kegon tradition, based upon the Korean Hwaeom school)
- Ryōkan (18th century Japanese Zen monk and poet)
- Saichō (9th century Japanese monk, founder of Tendai tradition, based upon the Chinese Tiantai school)
- Shinran, founder of the Japanese Pure Land Jodo Shin sect (Jodo Shinshu)
- Takuan Sōhō (Zen teacher, and, according to legend, mentor of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi)
Korean
- Gihwa (1376-1433) Korean Seon monk; wrote commentaries on the Diamond Sutra and Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
- Jinul Korean Seon monk (1158-1210); founder of modern Korean gong'an meditation system
- Simsang (8th century Korean monk, who at the request of Rōben helped transmit Hwaeom to Japan, thereby founding the Japanese Kegon tradition)
- Uisang (7th century Korean monk, founder of Hwaeom tradition, based upon the Chinese Huayan school)
- Wonhyo (617-668) Korean monk; prolific commentator on Mahayana sutras
- Woncheuk
Thai
- Somdej Toh (Thai monk specializing in magical amulets)
- Phramonkolthepmuni (1885-1959) (Thai monk who founded the Dhammakaya Tradition)
- Khun Yay Mahā Ratana Upāsikā Chandra Khonnokyoong (1909-2000) (Thai nun who headed Wat Phra Dhammakaya)
Historical rulers and political figures
- Ashoka the Great (304–232 BC), Mauryan Emperor of ancient India, and the first Buddhist ruler to send Buddhist missionaries outside of India throughout the Old World
- Brhadrata, the last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty
- Menander (Pali: Milinda), 2nd century BCE, an Indo-Greek king of northwestern India, who questioned Nāgasena about Buddhism in the Milinda Pañha, and is said to have become an arhat.
- Theodorus (1st century BCE), Indo-Greek governor, author of a Buddhist dedication.
- Kanishka, ruler of the Kushan Empire
- Shōtoku (574-622), crown prince and regent of Japan
- Liang Wudi (梁武帝) (502-549), emperor during the Chinese Liang Dynasty
- Harshavardhana (606-648), Indian emperor who converted to Buddhism.
- Wu Zetian
- Jayavarman VII (1181-1219), king of Cambodia
- Anawrahta (1044-1077), first unifier and Buddhist King of Myanmar. Introduced Buddhism to Myanmar.
- Mindon Min (1808–1878), king of Myanmar and facilitator of "5th World Theravada Buddhist Sanga's Council" or Sangayana
- Mongkut, king of Thailand and founder of the Thammayut Nikaya
- Emperor Ming of Han China.
- Tang Dynasty
- Kublai Khan Mongol Ruler.
Modern teachers
Theravada teachers
- Ven. Gnanatiloka
- Phra Khantipalo
- Ven. Narada Maha Thera
- Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta (1870-1949)
- Venerable Ananda Maitreya (1896-1998)
- Bhikkhu Bodhi (1944- )
- Ajahn Brahm (1951- )
- Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906-1993)
- Ajahn Chah (1918-1992)
- Venerable Chanmyay Sayadaw
- Dhiravamsa
- Dipa Ma (1911-1989)
- S. N. Goenka (1924- )
- Joseph Goldstein
- Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (1927- )
- Venerable Ledi Sayadaw (1846-1923)
- Ayya Khema (1923-1997)
- Ayya Tathaaloka (~1968? -), Founder of Dhammadharini Vihara, Thai Forest Tradition
- Preah Maha Ghosananda (1929- ), Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia
- Mahasi Sayadaw (1904-1982)
- Venerable Mogok Sayadaw (Late)
- Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana (born 1913), the 19th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand
- Phrabhavanaviriyakhun (Luang Phaw Dattajeevo) (b.1941), acting abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya,
- Phrarajbhavanavisudh (Luang Phaw Dhammajayo) (b.1944), President of the Dhammakaya Foundation
- Sharon Salzberg
- Acharya Godwin Samararatne
- Ajahn Sumedho
- U Ba Khin (1899-1971)
- Sayadaw U Pandita (1921- )
- Walpola Piyananda
- Venerable Webu Sayadaw (Late)
- Shinzen Young
Tibetan Buddhist teachers
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
- Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (1930-2002)
- Chögyam Trungpa (1940-1987)
- Dhardo Rimpoche (1917-1990)
- Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987)
- Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche (1965- )
- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (1961- )
- Qoigyijabu, (1990-) 11th Panchen Lama (According to the People's Republic of China government)
- Lhundub Sopa, (1923-)
- Jigdal Dachen Sakya, 1929-, head of the Sakya School in the USA
- Kalu Rinpoche (1905-1989)
- Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche (1938- )
- Kelsang Gyatso (1931- )
- Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche (1926-)
- Kyabje Gehlek Rinpoche (1939- )
- Paltul Rinpoche (1965- )
- Pawo Rinpoche (1912-1991; 1993- )
- Pema Chodron (1936- )
- Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924–1981), the 16th Karmapa
- Reginald Ray
- Rob Nairn
- Sonam Rinchen (1933- )
- Tarthang Tulku
- Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
- Thrangu Rinpoche (1933- )
- Trinley Thaye Dorje (1983- ), regarded by many as the 17th Karmapa (see also Karmapa controversy)
- Thubten Zopa Rinpoche (1946- )
- Thubten Chodron (1950- )
- Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, (1920-1996), Dzogchen, Mahamudra and the New Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa (Chokling Tersar).
- Urgyen Trinley Dorje (1985- ), also regarded by many as the 17th Karmapa (see also Karmapa controversy)
--Stevo46 16:57, 10 March 2007 (UTC)===Zen teachers=== Japanese
- Soyen Shaku, Rōshi (1859-1919)
- D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966)
- Harada Daiun Sogaku (1871-1961)
- Nyogen Senzaki, Rōshi (1876-1958)
- Kodo Sawaki (1880-1965)
- Haku'un Yasutani, Rōshi (1885-1973)
- Shunryu Suzuki, Rōshi (1904-1971)
- Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, Rōshi (1907- )
- Taisen Deshimaru (1914-1982)
- Soko Morinaga, Rōshi (1925-1995)
- Dainin Katagiri (1928-1990)
- Taizan Maezumi (1931-1995)
- Soyu Matsuoka, Rōshi (?-1998)
- Harada Shodo, Rōshi (1945- )
- Eido Tai Shimano, Rōshi
Chinese
- Ven. Guang Qin (1892-1986)
- Ven. Hsing Yun (1927-)
- Ven. Hsin Ting (1944-)
- Ven. Hsuan Hua (1918-1995)
- Ven. Hsu Yun (1840-1959)
- Ven. Sheng-yen (1931- )
- Ven. Wei Chueh (1928-)
European
- Ven. Myokyo-ni (1921-)
- John Garrie Roshi (1923 - 1998)
- Taisen Dokushô Villalba, Rōshi (1956- )
- Fukai Denkô Mesa, (1967- )
- Kosen Thibaut, Rōshi (1950- )
- Barbara Kosen Richaudeau, (1951- )
- Ludger Tenryu Tenbreul, (1956- )
- Richard Ritsudo Morrissey, (1963- )
American
- Anne Hopkins Aitken, (1911-1994)
- Robert Baker Aitken, Rōshi (1917- )
- Tenshin Reb Anderson
- Zentatsu Richard Baker, Rōshi
- Joko Beck (1917- )
- John Crook (1930- )
- Shogaku Zenshin(Stephen Echard Musgrave Roshi(1946-)
- Zoketsu Norman Fischer
- James Ishmael Ford, Rōshi (1948- )
- Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, Rōshi
- Paul Haller, Rōshi
- Cheri Huber
- Ven. Heng Sure (1949-)
- Soeng Hyang (Barbara Rhodes)
- Philip Kapleau, Rōshi (1912-2004)
- Jiyu Kennett, Rōshi (1924-1996)
- Bodhin Kjolhede, Rōshi (1948- )
- Jakusho Kwong, Rōshi (1935- )
- Kongo Richard Langlois Roshi (1935-1999)
- John Daido Loori, Rōshi
- Kobutsu Shindo Malone, Rōshi
- Sevan Ross, Sensei (1951- )
- Elihu Genmyo Smith (1948-)
- John Tarrant, Roshi (1949 - )
- Daito Zenei Eric Thompson, Sensei (1956- )
- Brad Warner, Sensei
- Haju, Linda Murray, Sunim (1944 -)
Korean
- Seung Sahn, Soen Sa (1927-2004)
- Samu Sunim, (1941-)
Vietnamese
Miscellaneous
- Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933), (The World's Debt to Buddha)
- Natalie Goldberg
- Daisaku Ikeda
- Ven. Ching Kung (1927-)
- Ven. Cheng Yen (1937-)
- Ram Bahadur Bamjan (1989-)
- Sangharakshita (1925- )
- Jan Willis
- Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda (1919-2006)
Teachers of controversial Buddhist or Buddhist-influenced groups
- Shoko Asahara (1955- )
- Inoue Nissho (1887-1967)
- Li Hongzhi (1952- )
- Lu Sheng-yen (1945- )
- Suma Ching Hai
Modern Scholars in Buddhist Studies
- Alexander Berzin
- Edward Conze (1904-1979)
- C.A.F. Rhys Davids (1857-1942)
- T.W. Rhys Davids (1843-1922)
- Louis de La Vallée Poussin
- J. W. de Jong
- Richard Gombrich
- Robert Thurman
- Walpola Rahula
- Hermann Oldenberg (1854-1920)
- Viggo Fausböll (1821 - 1908)
- Eugène Burnouf (1801–1852)
- Etienne Lamotte
- Takakusu Junjirō (1866-1945)
- Fyodor Shcherbatskoy
- A. K. Warder
- K. R. Norman
- Jean Przyluski (1885-1944)
- Wilhelm Geiger (1856-1943)
- Robert Caesar Childers (1838-1876)
- A. K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)
- Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera (1899-1973)
- Robert Chalmers (1858-1938)
- A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera (1887-1962)
Modern Buddhist authors
- Bhante Vimalaramsi (1946- )
- Stephen Batchelor
- Susan Blackmore
- Thomas Cleary
- Mark Epstein
- Nakamura Hajime (1911-1999)
- Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945)
- Nishitani Keiji (1900-1990)
- Johnny Lovewisdom
- Ven. Tai Xu (1890-1947)
- Manhae (1879-1944)
- Abe Masao (born 1915)
- Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907)
- Scott Shaw
- Gary Snyder
- D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966)
- Tanaka Chigaku (1861-1939)
- Ven. Yin Shun (1906-2005)
- Alan Watts (1915-1973)
- Christmas Humphreys
Modern politicians, activists, and protesters
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956)
- Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
- Phoolan Devi
- Sulak Sivaraksa
- Thich Quang Duc
Celebrity Buddhists
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, actor
- Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
- Andrew Black, poker player
- Orlando Bloom, actor
- Belinda Carlisle, singer
- Leonard Cohen, poet, singer
- Mark Copani, actor
- Watazumi Doso, shakuhachi flutist
- Patrick Duffy, actor [1]
- Michael Everson, linguist
- Harrison Ford, making the film Seven Years in Tibet [2], narration of 2-hour feature documentary film Dalai Lama Renaissance
- William Clay Ford, Jr. [3]
- Richard Gere, actor [4]
- Allen Ginsberg, [1] poet
- Philip Glass, composer
- Ron Glass, actor
- Herbie Hancock, musician
- Goldie Hawn, actor
- Christmas Humphreys, judge, scholar
- Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan or Tuwan Mohamad Dilshan,Sri Lankan criketer.,http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/48472.html
- Kenneth Pai,writer,http://independent.com/archives/2006/09/peony_dreams.html
- Tony Jaa, Thai martial artist,actor
- Maxi Jazz, rapper
- Charles Johnson, writer
- Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the "father" of Lotus 1-2-3, forerunner of computer technology [5]
- Herbert von Karajan [6]
- Bruce Lee, Chinese martial artist, Hollywood actor [7]
- Jet Li, Chinese martial artist, Hollywood actor [8][9]
- Jennifer Lopez, singer/actor [10]
- Courtney Love, singer-songwriter, actress [2] [3]
- Gustav Meyrink, writer, translator, banker
- Kathleen Dee-Anne Norris, actor, model
- Victor Pelevin, novelist[4]
- Keanu Reeves, actor [11]
- Steven Seagal, actor, martial artist
- Duncan Sheik, singer-songwriter
- Wayne Shorter, musician
- Lisa Simpson, eldest daughter in The Simpsons
- Pamela Stephenson, psychotherapist and former comedienne
- Teresa Teng, late pop singer [12]
- Robert Thurman, professor at Columbia University, father of Uma Thurman
- Tina Turner, American singer [13]
- Naomi Watts [14]
- Faye Wong, singer
- Adam Yauch, rapper (MCA of the Beastie Boys)
References
- ^ Morgan, Bill. I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg. Viking. New York:2006
- ^ The Guardian, 2005: Enduring Love
- ^ The Sunday Times, 2006: Courting Disaster
- ^ Kropywiansky, Leo. "Victor Pelevin interview". BOMB magazine.
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