Thomas Cleary male

Thomas Cleary (b. 1949) is a prolific, and somewhat reclusive, author and translator of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and Muslim religious...

Alice Walker female

Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her...

Alanis Morissette female

Alanis Nadine Morissette (born in Ottawa, 1 June 1974) is a Canadian and naturalized American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional...

Buddhadasa male, deceased

Buddhadasa Bhikkhu was one of the most influential Buddhist monks and ascetic-philosophers of the 20th century. Known as an innovative interpreter...

Tina Turner female

Tina Turner (born November 26, 1939) is a 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive...

Edward Conze male, deceased

Eberhart (Edward) Julius Dietrich Conze (1904 - 1979) was an Anglo-German scholar probably best known for his pioneering translations of Buddhist...

Sharon Stone female

Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actress, producer, and former...

Herbie Hancock male

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer....

Mongkut male, deceased

Mongkut (Rama IV), (October 18, 1804 - October 1, 1868) was king of Siam from 1851 to 1868. Historians have widely regarded him as one of the most...

Steven Seagal male

Steven Seagal (born April 10 1951) is an American action movie actor, producer, writer, director, martial artist, singer-songwriter, and activist....