List of Buddhists

A number of noted individuals have been Buddhists.

Major Buddhist thinkers, historical figures and founders of schools

• Ananda
• Asanga
• Bodhidharma
• The Buddha
• Chandrakirti
• Dogen
• Fa-Tsang[?]
• Longchenpa
• Nagarjuna
• Nichiren Daishonin (founder of Nichiren Buddhism)
• Shantideva
• Vasubandhu[?]

Celebrity Buddhists

• Sting
• Richard Gere
• Tina Turner
• Roberto Baggio
• Fabian Barthez
• David Beckham
• Keanu Reeves
• Brad Pitt
• Philip Glass
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Herbie Hancock
• Kathleen Dee-Anne Norris
• Steven Segal
• Jet Li

Recent or contemporary but not celebrity per se

• Thich Nhat Hanh
• Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki[?]
• Shunryu Suzuki
• Alan Watts
• Chögyam Trungpa
• Tarthang Tulku[?]
• The 14th Dalai Lama

See also: List of people by belief, list of people