List of Celebrity Buddhists
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Celebrity Buddhists, such as those in television, film, the arts, CEOs, music, and sports, that are known in the West and around the world. Also included are politicians from non-Buddhist lands (otherwise the list would be too long if it included all politicians from Buddhist lands too or celebrities who are only known in Buddhist lands).
Buddhist politicians
- Suella Braverman, former Member of Parliament, Attorney General, current Home Secretary, United Kingdom (2022- )
- Bill Clinton, U.S. President (1993-2001) (officially Christian, but practices Buddhist meditation)
- Colleen Hanabusa, U.S. Congresswoman (2011- ) from Hawaii
- Mazie Hirono, U.S. Congresswoman, (2007-2013) and U.S. Senator (2013- ) Democrat from Hawaii
- David Ige, Governor of Hawaii (2014- )
- Hank Johnson, U.S. Congressman, (2007- ) Democrat from Georgia
- Sam Lim, member of the Australian House of Representatives (2022- )
- Eric Lubbock, United Kingdom, elected member of the House of Lords
- Rosa Parks, U.S. Civil Rights activist
Business and philanthropy
- Priscilla Chan, American philanthropist and former pediatrician. She is the wife of Mark Zuckerberg
- Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter
- George Dvorsky, Transhumanist, futurist
- William Ford, Jr., Executive Director of the Board at Ford Motor Co.
- Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc.
- Jack Ma, Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist
- David Woodard, American businessman
- Elaine Wynn, Wynn Resorts, charities
- Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts Limited, Las Vegas
- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, philanthropist
Military and astronauts
- Ellison Onizuka, U.S. Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut
Sport
- Roberto Baggio, soccer (football) star for Italy
- Fabien Barthez, soccer (football) star for France
- Mario Balotelli, soccer (football) star for Italy
- Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player (Orthodox Christian, but practices Buddhist meditation)
- Anthony Ervin, American, multiple gold medalist in swimming
- Ricky Evans, Welsh rugby player
- Sebastien Frey, French soccer player
- Phil Jackson, Basketball coach of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers
- Ariya Jutanugarn, professional golfer
- Brett Kirk, Australian Football League player and coach
- Lucia Rijker, Dutch professional boxer, kickboxer, and actress
- Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
- Mehmet Scholl, soccer (football) star for Germany
- Jonny Wilkinson, British rugby player
- Tiger Woods American Golfer
Music, television, film, poetry, comedians, other
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Nigerian-English actor
- Jennifer Aniston, American actress, director
- John Astin, American actor
- Tom Baker, English actor and writer
- Jimmy Barnes, Australian rock singer
- Orlando Bloom, English actor
- Kate Bosworth, American actress
- David Bowie, musician, writer, actor
- Abby Brammell, American television and stage actress
- Russell Brand, English actor and comedian
- Jeff Bridges, American actor
- John Cage, American composer and music theorist
- Drew Carey, American comedian, actor, game show host
- Belinda Carlisle, American singer
- Edson Celulari, Brazilian actor
- Jackie Chan, martial artist, actor
- Tisca Chopra, Indian actress
- John Cleese, actor, writer
- Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer/songwriter/poet
- Marco Columbro, Italian actor, television host
- Combat Jack, hip hop music attorney and executive
- Carmen Consoli, Italian singer-songwriter
- Peter Coyote, American actor, director, writer
- Penelope Cruz, Spanish actress and model
- Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor
- Carmo Dalla Vecchia, Brazilian actor
- Peter Dean, English actor
- Manuel De Peppe, Italian actor, musician, songwriter, producer
- Robert Downey Jr., American actor and producer
- Patrick Duffy, actor
- Chris Evans, American actor
- Chris Gascoyne, English actor
- Boy George, British singer-songwriter
- Richard Gere, American actor
- Allen Ginsberg, poet
- Philip Glass, composer
- Ron Glass, American actor
- Beverly Glenn-Copeland, American singer and songwriter
- Herbie Hancock, musician
- Dan Harris, American journalist, anchorman Nightline news show
- Anne Louise Hassing, Danish actress
- Goldie Hawn, actress
- Hermann Hesse, Noble Prize winning author
- bell hooks, author
- Kate Hudson, actress
- Michael Imperioli, American actor
- Maxi Jazz, English musician, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ
- Claudia Jessie, English actress
- Charles R. Johnson, Writer, academic, artist, philosopher, Black American literature scholar
- Angelina Jolie, American actress, humanist activist, Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency
- Howard Jones, British musician, singer and songwriter
- Chris Kattan, American actor, comedian, author
- Jack Kerouac, author, poet, painter
- Miranda Kerr, Australian supermodel, one of Victoria's Secret Angels
- David Labrava, American actor
- K.D. Lang, Canadian singer
- Celeste Lecesne, American actor
- Anthony Lee, American actor and playwright
- Barry Letts, English actor, writer, producer, director
- Jet Li, Chinese martial artist, Hollywood actor
- Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer
- Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter
- George Lucas, American filmmaker, director of Star Wars
- Naima Mora, fashion model
- Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Thandiwe Newton, English actress
- Maya Soetoro-Ng, university professor, sister of U.S. president (Barack Obama)
- Elliot Page, American actor and producer
- Kenneth Pai, Chinese-American writer
- Sarah Jessica Parker, actress, producer
- Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer
- Victor Pelevin, novelist
- Brad Pitt, actor
- Jeremy Piven, American actor, comedian, producer
- Ron Reagan, talk show host, son of former U.S. president (Ronald Reagan)
- Keanu Reeves, American actor
- Joe Rogan, martial artist, comedian, podcast host
- Steven Sater, American poet, playwright, lyricist, television writer and screenwriter
- Steven Seagal, American actor and aikido expert
- Garry Shandling, American actor, comedian, producer, director
- Duncan Sheik, American singer-songwriter and composer
- Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer
- Russell Simmons, Entertainment and Fashion Mogul
- Martin Starr, American actor, comedian
- Sting, English singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of The Police
- Oliver Stone, film director
- Sharon Stone, American actress, producer, and former fashion model
- Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper, songwriter, and record producer
- George Takei, American actor, "Sulu" on Star Trek
- Uma Thurman, American actress
- Thuy Trang (1973-2001), Vietnamese American Actress
- Duncan Trussell, American actor, comedian
- Tina Turner, American singer-songwriter
- Joao Vitti, Brazilian actor
- Alice Walker, author (Color Purple and others)
- Marcia Wallace, American actress
- Naomi Watts, British-Australian actress
- Dennis Weaver, actor
- Ming-Na Wen, Chinese American Actress
- Buster Williams, American jazz bassist
- Adam Yauch, American musician, director, producer, Beastie
- Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress