List of converts to Buddhism
The following people are all converts to Buddhism, sorted alphabetically by family name.
From Abrahamic religions
From Christianity
From Islam
- Wong Ah Kiu (1918–2006), Malaysian woman born to a Muslim family but raised as Buddhist; her conversion from Islam became a legal issue in Malaysia on her death[1]
- Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lankan cricket player who converted from Islam to Buddhism at the age of 16, previously known as Tuwan Muhammad Dilshan[2]
- Kenneth Pai, Chinese American writer of Hui descent[3]
- Suraj Randiv, Sri Lankan cricket player, previously known as Mohamed Marshuk Mohamed Suraj
- Mehmet Scholl (1970–), German footballer
- Princess Sri Sulalai (1770–1837), royal concubine of King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, the King of Siam (Thailand)
From Judaism
- Peter Coyote (1941–), American actor and author[4]
- Surya Das (1950–), lama who founded Dzogchen Foundation and Centers[5][6]
- Tetsugen Bernard Glassman (January 18, 1939–), American Zen Buddhist roshi and co-founder of the Zen Peacemakers[7]
- Jack Kornfield (1945–), teacher in the vipassana movement of American Theravada Buddhism[7]
- Sharon Salzberg (1952–), meditation teacher and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society[7]
From Indian religions
From Hinduism
- B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956), converted from Hinduism[8]
- Ashoka the Great (277–232 BCE), converted from Hinduism, Indian emperor and early convert to Buddhism[9][10]
- Aśvaghoṣa (80?–150 CE?), Indian Buddhist figure, philosopher- poet[11]
- Balachandran Chullikkadu (born 1957), Malayalam language poet from Kerala[12]
- Jagdish Kashyap (1908–1976), Buddhist monk[13]
- Laxman Mane (1949–), Dalit author and social worker[14]
- Udit Raj (1958–), prominent Indian social activist and Buddhist polemicist[15]
- Rahul Sankrityayan (1893–1963), Hindi author and translator[13]
- Iyothee Thass (1845–1914), Siddha practitioner and leader of the Dravidian movement[16]
From other or undetermined
Richard Gere converted to Buddhism.
- Robert Baker Aitken (1917–2010), co-founded the Honolulu Diamond Sangha[17][18]
- Reb Anderson (1943–), Zen teacher [19]
- Alistair Appleton (1970–), British television presenter[20][21][22]
- Stephen Batchelor (1953–), writer[23]
- Orlando Bloom (January 13, 1977–), actor who played Legolas in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit[24][25]
- Kate Bosworth (1983–), American actress[26]
- John Cage (1912–1992), American composer[27]
- Arabella Churchill (1949–2007), English charity founder, festival co-founder, and fundraiser[28]
- Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer/songwriter/poet[29]
- John Crook (1930–2011), British ethologist[30]
- Ernest Fenollosa (1853–1908), American professor of philosophy and political economy at Tokyo Imperial University[31]
- Richard Gere (1949–), actor and activist for Tibetan causes[26]
- Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), poet[32]
- Natalie Goldberg (1948–), writer [33]
- Herbie Hancock (1940–), jazz pianist who has also released funk and disco albums[26]
- Joseph Jarman (1937–), jazz musician and Jodo Shinshu priest[34][35]
- Miranda Kerr (1983–), model[36]
- k.d. lang, Canadian singer[37]
- Jet Li (1963), actor[38]
- Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter[39]
- Menander I (died c. 130 BCE), Greco-Buddhist king (from pre-Christian Hellenistic religion)[40]
- Dennis Genpo Merzel (1944–), abbot of Kanzeon Zen Center[41][42]
- Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Ole Nydahl (1941), lama teacher [43]
- Tenzin Palmo 1943–), nun of Drukpa Kagyu lineage[44]
- Zeena Schreck (formerly LeVey) (1963–), a Berlin-based American visual and musical artist, author, the spiritual leader of the Sethian Liberation Movement (SLM), Tantric Tibetan Buddhist yogini and second daughter of the late Church of Satan's founder Anton LaVey.[45][46]
- Steven Seagal (1951–), action-film actor who was proclaimed a tulku[26]
- Oliver Stone, American film director[47]
- Sharon Stone, American actress, producer, and former fashion model[48]
- Ajahn Sumedho (1934–), most senior representative of the Thai Forest Tradition in the Western hemisphere; abbot of the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK
- Tan-luan (6th to 7th century), Chinese Buddhist monk important to Pure Land Buddhism (from Taoism)[49]
- Robert Thurman (1941–), Buddhist priest and writer who has been called "the Billy Graham of Buddhism"[50]
- Tina Turner (1939–), American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress who has won eight Grammy Awards[29]
- Philip Whalen (1923–2002), Beat generation poet and Zen monk[51]
- Adam Yauch (1964–2012), aka MCA, American rapper (member of Beastie Boys), songwriter, film director, and human rights activist[52]
See also
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