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Directory 256 of 7,622 figures
Figures — Buddhist traditions
The figures filed under Buddhist traditions.
People on the record,
and people in the telling.
Never confused
Figures in Buddhist traditions
India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan, roughly 500 BCE to the present.
1–120 of 256
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Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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The Buddha Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE) -
Ashoka Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE -
Tenzin Gyatso 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetans -
Christianity Chiang Kai-shek Chinese politician, military leader, and President of the ROC (1887–1975) -
Nagarjuna 3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher -
Xuanzang 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664) -
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Wu Zetian Founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690 -
East Asian traditions Itō Hirobumi 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th Prime Minister of Japan (1841–1909) -
Hongwu Emperor Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398 -
Bodhidharma Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk -
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Amitābha Buddha Celestial buddha of Mahayana Buddhism -
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Thích Nhất Hạnh Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist (1926–2022) -
Bai Juyi Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty (772-846) -
Padmasambhava 8th-century Vajrayana Master -
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Mongkut King of Siam from 1851 to 1868 -
Thubten Gyatso 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1876-1933) -
Ānanda Attendant of the Buddha and main figure in First Buddhist Council -
Dōgen Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher (1200-1253) -
Phutthayotfa Chulalok King of Siam (1737–1809) -
Faxian Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), pilgrim to India, and travelogue author during the Jin and Liu Song dynasties -
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Christianity Alan Watts British American author and lecturer (1915–1973) -
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Kumārajīva Kuchan Buddhist monk and translator (344-413) -
1st Dalai Lama Dalai Lama of Tibet (1391-1474) -
Kūkai Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835) -
Toghon Temür Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370 -
Vasubandhu 4th/5th century Indian Buddhist monk -
Tsangyang Gyatso Sixth Dalai Lama of Tibet (1683-1706) -
Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso Political and religious leader of Tibet (1617–1682) -
Nichiren Founder of Nichiren Buddhism in Japan -
Songtsän Gampo Tibetan emperor (604-650) -
Atish Dipankar Bengali Buddhist scholar - Buddhaghosa 5th-century Indian Theravada Buddhist commentator, translator and philosopher
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Emperor Wen of Sui Founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty (541-604) -
Prince Shōtoku Semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622) -
Sesshū Tōyō Japanese artist (1420-1506) -
Shitao Chinese painter and poet (1642-1707) -
Suiko Empress of Japan from 592 to 628 -
Takeda Shingen Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period -
Empress Meishō Empress of Japan (1624-1696) -
Gedun Gyatso Dalai Lama of Tibet (1476-1542) -
D. T. Suzuki Japanese Buddhist scholar, Doctor of Letters (1870–1966) -
Trinle Gyatso 12th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1857-1875) -
Budai Figure in Buddhist and East Asian religious traditions -
Dalai Lama 09 Lungtok Gyatso 9th Dalai Lama (1805-1815) -
Dalai Lama 11 Khedrub Gyatso 11th Dalai Lama (1838–1856) -
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Shantideva 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and scholar -
Taejo of Goryeo Founder of the Goryeo Dynasty (877-943) -
Tsongkhapa Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher, and guru (c. 1357–1419) -
East Asian traditions Go-Daigo 96th emperor of Japan (r. 1318–1339) -
Uda Japanese emperor -
Dalai Lama 10 Tsultrim Gyatso 10th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1816-1837) -
Emperor Reigen Emperor of Japan -
Bogd Khan Great Khan of Outer Mongolia (1869–1924) -
Go-Yōzei Emperor of Japan from 1586 to 1611 -
Jamphel Gyatso 8th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1758-1804) -
Kelzang Gyatso 7th Dalai Lama -
Ken Wilber American writer and public speaker -
Rāhula Son of the Śākyamuni Buddha -
Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal Bhutanese Lama (1594-1651) -
Tokugawa Iemitsu The third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1604–1651) -
Asanga 4th century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scholar -
Mahapajapati Gotami Disciple of Gautama Buddha -
Shōmu Emperor of Japan -
Emperor Heizei Emperor of Japan -
Emperor Kameyama Emperor of Japan -
Go-Sai Emperor of Japan -
Katō Kiyomasa 16th-century Japanese daimyo (1562-1611) -
Mahākāśyapa Disciple of Gautama Buddha -
Taira no Kiyomori Japanese samurai (1118–1181) -
Daisaku Ikeda Japanese Buddhist leader (1928–2023) -
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Five Tathagatas Emanations/representations of the five qualities of the Adi-Buddha: Vairocana, Amoghasiddhi, Amitābha, Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya -
Matthieu Ricard French writer and Buddhist monk -
Sen no Rikyū Japanese tea master -
Bhaiṣajyaguru Buddha The Buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism -
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Devadatta Buddhist monk, cousin and brother-in-law of Gautama Siddhārtha -
Emperor Hanazono 95th emperor of Japan (r. 1308–1318) -
Emperor Shirakawa Emperor of Japan -
Ikkyū Sōjun Japanese Buddhist monk (1394–1481) -
Ko Un Korean poet -
Saigyō Japanese poet -
Tri Songdetsen Emperor of Tibet -
Zhiyi Chinese Buddhist monk and founder of Tiantai tradition (538–597) -
Candrakīrti Indian Mahayana scholar of the Madhyamaka school -
Junnin Emperor of Japan -
Yijing (635–713), Chinese Buddhist monk, traveler, and writer -
Chōkei Emperor of Japan -
Marpa Chokyi Lodro Tibetan Buddhist teacher -
Eisai Japanese monk -
Go-Uda Emperor of Japan -
Hakuin Ekaku Japanese Zen Buddhist master (1686-1769) -
Hōnen Japanese Buddhist monk -
Shinran Japanese Buddhist monk and founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect (1173–1263) -
Aryadeva 3rd century Sri Lankan philosopher and writer - Dignāga Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician (c.480–c.540)
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Dīpankara Buddha Figure of Buddhist mythology, one of the Buddhas of the past -
Emperor Gong of Song Emperor of the Song Dynasty -
Linji Yixuan Chinese Chan Buddhist monk (?–866) -
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Mahinda Buddhist monk of 3rd century BC -
Rahul Sankrityayan Indian Buddhist scholar, polyglot and travel writer (1893–1963); 'Father of Hindi travel literature' -
Saichō Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Japanese Tendai school -
Sangamitta Indian Buddhist nun -
Cheng Yen Taiwanese Buddhist nun -
Chögyam Trungpa Tibetan Buddhist lama and writer (1939-1987) -
Gampopa Sonam Rinchen Tibetan Buddhist teacher, monk and philosopher (1079–1153) -
Hōjō Sōun Japanese daimyo of the early Sengoku period -
Jien Japanese poet -
Anagarika Dharmapala Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and writer (1864-1933) -
Buddhadāsa Thai Buddhist monk (1906–1993) -
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His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje Tibetan Lama -
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Munjong of Goryeo The king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea -
Bada Shanren Chinese artist (1626-1705) -
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Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama 10th Panchen Lama of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism (1938–1989) - Jeongjong 3rd king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea
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Ryōkan Japanese Buddhist monk (1758–1831) -
Tilopa Indian philosopher -
Ueda Akinari Japanese writer (1734–1809) -
Fujiwara no Fuhito Japanese noble -
Hōjō Tokimune Japanese Regent -
Naropa Indian Buddhist Mahasiddha -
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Buddhist master, writer and filmmaker
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