B. R. Ambedkar

B. R. Ambedkar

male, deceased (1956)
Hinduism-related controversy, University of Mumbai alumni, converttoBuddhism, From Vadodara, indian caste system, activist
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was a Buddhist revivalist, Indian jurist, scholar and Bahujan political leader who is the chief architect of the Indian...
Richard Gere

Richard Gere

male, 60 years old
actor, Buddhist, pretty woman, people magazine sexiest man alive, American, an officer and a gentleman…converttoBuddhism
Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He first became famous during the 1980s, after appearing in several successful...
Udit Raj

Udit Raj

male, 51 years old
Hinduism-related controversy, Allahabad University alumni, converttoBuddhism, Indian, Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh, Dalit Buddhist movement…Buddhism
Udit Raj (born Ram Raj 1st January 1958, Ramnagar, Uttar Pradesh) was born into a low caste Hindu family, and studied for BA at Allahabad...
Alan Watts

Alan Watts

male, deceased (1973)
Buddhist, English metaphysics writer, spiritual teacher, Alan Wilson Watts, consciousness, Taoism…converttoBuddhism, Buddhism in the United States, Buddhism
Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 - November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion. He was best known...
Ashoka The Great

Ashoka The Great

male
edicts, Mahavamsa, Sinhalese, converttoBuddhism, ashoka, Sinhalese language…theravada buddhism, Buddhism
Ashoka (Devanāgarī: अशोकः, IAST: ',, Prakrit Imperial title: Devanampriya Priyadarsi"', "He who is the beloved of the Gods and who regards ever...
Christmas Humphreys

Christmas Humphreys

male, deceased (1983)
Old Malvernian, converttoBuddhism, Buddhist society, Queen's Counsel, judge, barrister…mahayana buddhism, Buddhism
Travers Christmas Humphreys, QC (15 February 1901 - 13 April 1983) was a British barrister who prosecuted several controversial cases in the 1940s...

Menander I

male
Buddhist, Indo-Greek king, greek, Indo-Greek kingdom, converttoBuddhism
Menander I was one of the rulers of the Indo-Greek Kingdom in northern India and present-day Pakistan from 155 or 150 to 130 BC. He is the first...
Tina Turner

Tina Turner

female, 69 years old
singer, Rhythm and blues singer, rock and roll, American, The Ike & Tina Turner Revue, film producer…What's Love Got To Do With It, Let's Stay To, converttoBuddhism, Buddhism
Tina Turner (born November 26, 1939) is a 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive...
Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts

female, 41 years old
pretty women, English, hot, actress, British, film actress…converttoBuddhism
Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968) is a British actress known for her roles in "Mulholland Dr.", the film remakes of "The Ring" and "King...

Pema Chödrön

female, 73 years old
converttoBuddhism, writer, Tibetan Buddhist teacher, vajrayana, tibetan buddhism, nun
Pema Chödrön is a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan vajrayana tradition, and a teacher in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. The goal of her...