List of Buddhists - Buddhist Practitioners Notable in Other Fields

Buddhist Practitioners Notable in Other Fields

  • Orlando Bloom, English actor (SGI Nichiren Buddhist)
  • Kate Bosworth, American actress (SGI Nichiren Buddhist)
  • Chow Yun-fat, Chinese actor
  • Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer/songwriter/poet (Zen Buddhist)
  • George Dvorsky, transhumanist futurist and one of directors of Humanity+. (Secular Buddhist)
  • Richard Gere, American actor (Tibetan Buddhist)
  • Allen Ginsberg, poet (Tibetan Buddhist)
  • Herbie Hancock, American pianist and composer (SGI Nichiren Buddhist)
  • Steve Jobs, American businessman and inventor (Zen Buddhist)
  • k.d. lang, Canadian singer (Tibetan Buddhist)
  • Jet Li, Chinese martial artist, Hollywood actor (Tibetan Buddhist)
  • Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter (SGI Nichiren Buddhist)
  • Kenneth Pai, Chinese-American writer
  • Steven Seagal, American actor and aikido expert (Tibetan Buddhist)
  • Oliver Stone, American film director
  • Sharon Stone, American actress, producer, and former fashion model.
  • Tina Turner, American singer-songwriter (SGI Nichiren Buddhist)
  • Wong Ah Kiu – Malaysian of mixed Chinese and Malay descent
  • Tiger Woods American golfer

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