Difference between revisions of "List of Celebrity Buddhists"
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==Buddhist politicians== | ==Buddhist politicians== | ||
− | *[[Mazie Hirono]] | + | *[[Mazie Hirono]], U.S. Congresswoman, Democrat from Hawaii |
− | *[[Hank Johnson]] | + | *[[Hank Johnson]], U.S. Congressman, Democrat from Georgia |
[[Category:Celebrity Buddhists]] | [[Category:Celebrity Buddhists]] |
Revision as of 14:57, 18 July 2009
Celebrity Buddhists, such as those in television, film, the arts, CEOs, music, and sports. 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).
- Roberto Baggio, soccer (football) star for Italy
- Orlando Bloom, English actor
- Jackie Chan, actor
- Leonard Cohen Canadian singer/songwriter/poet
- Patrick Duffy, actor
- William Ford, Jr., Executive Director of the Board at Ford Motor Co.
- Richard Gere, American actor
- Allen Ginsberg, poet
- Philip Glass, composer
- Herbie Hancock, musician
- Goldie Hawn, actress
- bell hooks, author
- Kate Hudson, actress
- Phil Jackson, Basketball coach of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers
- Angelina Jolie, American actress, humanist activist, Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency
- Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc.
- Jack Kerouac, author, poet, painter
- Miranda Kerr, Australian supermodel, one of Victoria's Secret Angels
- K.D. Lang, Canadian singer
- Jet Li, Chinese martial artist, Hollywood actor
- Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer
- Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter
- George Lucas, American filmmaker, director of Star Wars
- Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Maya Soetoro-Ng, university professor, sister of U.S. president (Barack Obama)
- Victor Pelevin, novelist
- Brad Pitt, actor
- Ron Reagan, talk show host, son of former U.S. president (Ronald Reagan)
- Keanu Reeves, American actor
- Steven Seagal, American actor and aikido expert
- Russell Simmons, Entertainment and Fashion Mogul
- Sting, English singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of The Police
- Oliver Stone, film director
- Sharon Stone, American actress, producer, and former fashion model
- George Takei, American actor, "Sulu" on Star Trek
- Uma Thurman, American actress
- Thuy Trang (1973-2001), Vietnamese American Actress
- Tina Turner, American singer-songwriter
- Alice Walker, author (Color Purple and others)
- Naomi Watts, British-Australian actress
- Dennis Weaver, actor
- Ming-Na Wen, Chinese American Actress
- Tiger Woods American Golfer
- Elaine Wynn, Wynn Resorts, charities
- Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts Limited, Las Vegas
- Adam Yauch, American musician, director, producer, Beastie
Buddhist politicians
- Mazie Hirono, U.S. Congresswoman, Democrat from Hawaii
- Hank Johnson, U.S. Congressman, Democrat from Georgia