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Directory 256 of 7,622 figures
Figures — 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.
121–240 of 256
Most linked first
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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Galdan Boshugtu Khan Khong Tayiji or khan of the Dzungaria in the 17th century -
Hōjō Masako Political leader of Kamakura shogunate -
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Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince Father Thai prince (1892–1929) -
Munetaka-shinnō Son of emperor Go-Saga; shogun of Kamakura -
Pakpa Lodro Gyeltsen Tibetan Lama (1235-1280) -
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa Karmapas (1924–1981) -
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Shunryu Suzuki Japanese Buddhist missionary (1904–1971) -
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Sogyal Rinpoche Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition -
Yi Xing 8th-century Buddhist monk and astronomer -
Ājñātakauṇḍinya 6th-century BCE Indian Buddhist leader -
Amoghavajra Buddhist monk and translator active in China (705–774) -
Ennin Japanese Buddhist monk (794–864) - Kṣemā Disciple of Gautama Buddha
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Ruth Ozeki American writer -
Trần Nhân Tông 3rd emperor of the Trần dynasty and Đại Việt, Zen buddhist, and national hero of Vietnam -
Wonhyo Korean Buddhist monk and commentator (617–686) -
Henjo Japanese writer -
Hsing Yun Taiwanese Buddhist monk (1927–2023) -
Sakya Pandita Tibetan Lama (1182–1251) -
Ven. Xuecheng Chinese Buddhist monk -
Yeshe Tsogyel Semi-mythical female deity in Tibetan Buddhism -
Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama Tibetan Lama -
Longchenpa Tibetan Buddhist -
Muqi Chinese painter -
Zanabazar Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader -
Bhavyaviveka Indian Buddhist philosopher (c.500–c.578) -
Buton Rinchen Drub Tibetan Buddhist leader and Sakya master (1290–1364) -
Genshin Japanese Buddhist monk -
Shikishi-naishinnō Japanese princess and poet, daughter of emperor Go-Shirakawa -
taranatha Tibetan Lama -
Bhikkhu Bodhi American Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar (born 1944) -
Dazu Huike Chan practitioner -
Gyeongsun of Silla King of Silla -
Jianzhen Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan -
Karma Pakshi Tibetan Buddhist religious figure (1204–1283) -
Mahasi Sayadaw Myanmar Buddhist Monk (1904-1982) -
Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama Third Karmapa, an important figure in the history of Tibetan Buddhism -
Sengai Japanese artist (1750-1837) - Sengzhao Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar
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Takuan Sōhō Japanese Buddhist priest -
Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama Panchen lama (1883-1937) -
Tsunesaburō Makiguchi Japanese educator (1871-1944) -
Xuanzang Central character in the novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en -
Ingen Buddhist monk (1592-1673) -
Jōsei Toda Japanese educator (1900–1958) -
Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen, 4th Panchen Lama Fourth Panchen Lama of Tibet, 1570–1662 -
Lobsang Yeshe, Fifth Panchen Lama Panchen Lama - Paramartha Indian Buddhist monk and translator active in China (499–569)
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Pema Chödrön American philosopher -
Tenzin Palmo Tibetan Buddhist nun -
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Vipassī Buddha One of the 28 ancient Buddhas -
Xuyun Chán Buddhist master (1840–1959) -
Zhaozhou Congshen Esteemed chán master of the Tang Dynasty -
Abutsu-ni Japanese poet of the Kamakura period -
Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup, 3rd Panchen Lama Tibetan Buddhist religious leader - Erdeni Batur Oirats' Choros prince and founder of Dzungar Khanate
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George de Roerich Russian tibetologist (1902–1960) - Go-Fukakusa-in no Nijō Japanese poet and author
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Hosokawa Fujitaka Daimyo -
Kalu Rinpoche Tibetan lama (1905–1989) -
Lobsang Palden Yeshe, 6th Panchen Lama Panchen Lama -
Ōtani Kōzui Japanese noble (1876–1948) -
Savita Ambedkar Wife of Babasaheb Ambedkar, doctor and social activist (1909-2003) -
Sosei Japanese poet -
Taixu Qing Dynasty Buddhist (1890-1947) -
Tenshō Shūbun Japanese artist (1414-1463) -
Trần Thánh Tông Emperor of Vietnam -
Yunmen Wenyan Chinese Buddhist philosopher -
East Asian traditions En no Gyōja Legendary founder of Shugendō -
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Enchin Buddhist monk and founder of the Jimon school of Tendai Buddhism -
Fujiwara Seika Philosopher (1561-1619) -
Gendun Chopel Intellectual, artist, writer and scholar (1903-1951) -
Hsuan Hua American Buddhist monk (1918-1995) -
Josetsu Japanese painter (1386-1428) -
Khedrubje Gelek Pelzang Tibetan Buddhist leader (1385–1438) - Krakucchanda Buddha One of the ancient Buddhas
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Lobsang Tenzin Tibetan Buddhist monk and politician - Moggaliputta-Tissa Indian Buddhist monk and scholar (c. 327–247 BCE)
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Mun Bhuridatta Thai Buddhist monk (1870–1949) -
Ōta Dōkan Japanese poet and samurai -
Patrul Orgyen Jigme Chokyi Wangpo 1808-87, Tibetan Buddhist teacher (Nyingma school) -
Rinchen Zangpo Buddhist philosopher -
Uicheon Korean Buddhist monk and philosopher (1051–1101) -
Vajrabodhi Indian esoteric Buddhist monk, translator and teacher in Tang China -
Christianity Wu Li Chinese painter (1632-1718) -
Ayyā Khemā German Buddhist nun (1923–1997) -
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Changkya Rölpé Dorjé Important Buddhist teacher in the Qing court -
Dahui Zonggao 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master -
Daosheng Chinese Buddhist monk -
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Dàoxuān Chinese Buddhist monk (596–667) -
Dromton Gyelwa Jungne Tibetan Buddhist lama -
Drukpa Kunle Buddhist master -
Fujiwara no Tamako Empress consort of Emperor Toba of Japan, mother of Emperor Sutoku and Emperor Go-Shirakawa -
Hong Yi Buddhist monk, painter, musician (1880-1942) -
Ippen Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Jishu school -
Jakucho Setouchi Japanese novelist, nun (1922–2021) -
Keizan Japanese Buddhist monk -
Kōsa Japanese warrior monk -
Deity Legend of Jigong Chan Buddhist monk who lived in the Southern Song -
Machig Labdrön Tibetan Buddhist teacher -
Maitreya-nātha 4th century Buddhist philosopher -
Mikyo Dorje Karmapas (1507-1554) -
Christianity Niijima Yae Japanese former soldier and nurse -
Ōtagaki Rengetsu Japanese Buddhist nun, poet, potter and artist (1791–1875) -
Sakyong Mipham Tibetan lama -
Santōka Taneda Japanese poet (1882–1940) -
Seungsahn Korean Buddhist monk (1927-2004) -
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Shandao Chinese Buddhist monk -
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Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh Thai prince and field marshal (1883–1920) -
Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama Karmapa Lama -
Dilgo Khyentse Tashi Peljor Buddhist Vajrayana master, scholar, poet, and teacher (1910–1991) -
Dōkyō Japanese Buddhist monk -
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Dolpopa Sherab Gyeltsen Nepalese philosopher -
Dudul Dorje, 13th Karmapa Lama Karmapas - Hyecho Korean monk, explorer, translator
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Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye Tibetan Buddhist scholar (1813–1899) - Kai-hime Daughter of Narita Ujinaga
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Mipam Gyatso Master of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and leader of Ri-me movement -
Ñāṇatiloka German Buddhist monk (1878–1957) - Palden Tenpai Nyima, 7th Panchen Lama Seventh Panchen Lama of Tibet
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