List of American Buddhists

This is a list of notable Buddhists or Buddhist practitioners who live or lived in the United States. This list includes both formal teachers of Buddhism, and people notable in other areas who are publicly Buddhist or who have espoused Buddhism in America.

Academia

• Dennis Hirota is a professor in the Department of Shin Buddhism at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan. He was born in Berkeley, California in 1946 and received his B.A. from University of California, Berkeley. In 2008, he was a visiting professor of Buddhism ^[1] at Harvard Divinity School where his studies focused on the Buddhist monk Shinran. ^[2]
• Seth Evans is a scholar and educator who specializes in the Abhidhamma Pitaka (abhidhammapiṭaka) and the Visuddhimagga. He is known for his work in the phenomenological aspects of Buddhist psychology. Evans also plays bass for the punk-rock band The Out of Sorts. ^[3]
• Taitetsu Unno was a scholar, lecturer, and author on the subject of Pure Land Buddhism. His work as a translator has been responsible for making many important Buddhist texts available to the English-speaking world and he is considered one of the leading authorities in the United States on Shin Buddhism, a branch of Pure Land Buddhism. ^[4]

Actors

Keanu Reeves

Robert Downey Jr.

Chris Evans

• Anthony Lee (1961–2000), American actor and playwright ^[5]
• Benedict Cumberbatch (born in 1976) is an American-British Buddhist actor. He is famous for Dr. Strange (2021), The Imitation Game (2014) and Spider-man: No Way Home (2021).(Theravada). ^[6]
• Brad Pitt (1963– ) American actor and film producer. ^{[7] [8]}
• Celeste Lecesne, American actor, author, screenwriter, LGBT rights activist, founder of The Trevor Project ^[9]
• Chris Evans (1981– ), American Buddhist actor. He is well known as Captain America. He is a student of Indian Buddhism. (Theravada) ^{[10] [11]}
• Chris Kattan, American actor, comedian and author. (Tibetan Buddhism) ^[12]
• David Labrava, actor, writer, tattoo artist, former member of the Hells Angels, and motorcycle enthusiast best known for playing Happy Lowman in the FX series Sons of Anarchy and its spinoff Mayans M.C. (Zen) ^[13]
• Drew Carey, American actor, comedian, game show host and photographer. ^[14] (Theravada)
• Duncan Trusell (1974– ), American actor and stand-up comic, known for his podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour. ^[15] (Tibetan Buddhism)
• Elliot Page, American-Canadian actor and activists. (Tibetan Buddhism) ^{[16] [17]}
• Garry Shandling (1949–2016), American actor and comedian. ^[18] (Zen)
• George Takei, American actor and author ^[19]
• Harrison Ford (1942– ), American actor. His films have grossed more than $5.4 billion in North America and more than $9.3 billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing actor in North America. ^[20]
• Herschel Savage, American actor, director, and stage actor. ^[21]
• Jeff Bridges (1949– ), American actor. (zen) ^{[22] [23]}
• Jeremy Piven, American actor, comedian and producer. (zen) ^[24]
• Jet Li, American-Chinese martial artist,actor ^[25] (Tibetan Buddhist)
• John Astin  –, American actor best known for playing Gomez Addams on The Addams Family ^[26]
• KevJumba (June 12, 1990– ), American former YouTuber and actor. ^[27]
• Mandy Patinkin (1952– ), American actor and singer, known for his work in musical theatre, television and film. ^[28]
• Martin Starr (1983– ), American actor and comedian. (Theravada) ^[29]
• Michael O'Keefe, American actor, known for his roles as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack , Ben Meechum in The Great Santini, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Darryl Palmer in the Neil Simon movie The Slugger's Wife .He has been a practicing Zen Buddhist since 1981. ^[30]
• Michael Imperioli (1966– ), American actor, writer, director and musician. In 2008, Imperioli became a Buddhist. ^[31]
• Oliver Stone (September 15, 1946– ), American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ^{[32] [33] [34]} Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of Midnight Express (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake Scarface (1983). Stone achieved prominence as writer and director of the war drama Platoon (1986), which won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture.
• Orlando Bloom (1977– ), American-English actor. Well known for Will turner in Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Elf Legolas in Lord of Rings movie series. ^[35]
• Pattrick Duffy (1949– ), American actor and director widely known for his role on the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas, where he played Bobby Ewing, the youngest son of Miss Ellie, and the nicest brother of J.R. Ewing from 1978 to 1985 and from 1986 to 1991. The actor was brought closer to the teachings of Buddhism by his late wife, the ballet dancer Carlyn Rosser (1939–2017). He has now been practicing religion for almost 50 years and describes it as an "Essential part" of his life. ^{[36] [37]}
• Peter Coyote (1941– ), American actor and author ^[38] (Zen, ordained priest)
• Richard Gere, American actor. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a starring role in Days of Heaven (1978). ^[39] (Tibetan Buddhism)
• Robert Downey Jr. (1965–), American Jewish Buddhist who is well known as Iron Man. He has said many times that Buddhism has helped him with his drug and alcohol addiction. (Theravada) ^[40]
• Ron Glass (1945–2016), American actor and comedian. ^[41]
• Steven Seagal, American actor and aikido expert (Tibetan Buddhism) ^[42]
• Walter Ho (1923 – March 27, 2020), known in Chinese as Hua Da ^[43] (when he was in China) and Hsia Hua-ta ^[44] (when he was in Taiwan), was an American Peking opera actor.

Actresses

Kate Bosworth

Romina Power

Kate Hudson

• Angelina Jolie, American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times. ^{[7] [45]}
• Angelica Ross (1980– ), American actress, businesswoman, and transgender rights advocate. A self-taught computer programmer, she went on to become founder and CEO of TransTech Social Enterprises, a firm that helps employ transgender people in the tech industry. ^{[46] [47]}
• Edith Falco (July 5, 1963– ), American actress. She is best known for her roles as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999–2007), and as Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015). She also played Diane Whittlesey in HBO's prison drama Oz (1997–2000). ^{[48] [49]}
• Kate Bosworth, American actress and model. Following minor roles in the films The Horse Whisperer (1998) and Remember the Titans (2000), she rose to prominence with her role as a young surfer in the box-office hit Blue Crush (2002). ^{[42] [50]}
• Kiều Chinh (born in Hanoi 1937), Vietnamese-American actress, producer, humanitarian, lecturer and philanthropist. ^[51]
• Jennifer Aniston (1965– ), American actress and producer. She is famous for Friends (Zen) ^[52]
• Kate Hudson (1979– ), American actress and businesswoman.(Zen) ^[53]
• Koo Stark (1956– ), American photographer and actress, known for her relationship with Prince Andrew. She is a patron of the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust, museum of the Victorian pioneer photographer. ^[54]
• Lindsay Crouse, American actress. ^[55]
• Luana Anders (1938–1996), American film and television actress and screenwriter. ^{[56] [57]}
• Lucy Liu (December 2, 1968– ), American actress, producer, director, and artist. Her accolades include winning a Critics' Choice Television Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Seoul International Drama Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award. ^[58]
• Malin Akerman (1978– ), Swedish-American raised in Canada, actress, producer and model. ^[59]
• Marcia Wallace, American actress, voice artist, comedian ^[60]
• Ming-Na Wen (November 20, 1963– ) ^[61] is an American ^[62] actress and model. She is best known for voicing Mulan in the animated film Mulan and its sequel, and for portraying Melinda May / The Cavalry in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020). She was named TVLine's Performer of the Week for her work in the episode, "Melinda".
• Naima Mora, actress, fashion model and winner of America's Next Top Model ^[63]
• Sarah Jessica Parker (1965– ), American actress and television producer. ^[7]
• Sharon Stone, American actress, producer, and former fashion model ^[64]
• Susan Damante, American actress who has starred in various films and television programs. ^[65]
• Rei Hance, American writer, businesswoman, and retired actress. ^[66]
• Vinessa Shaw, American film actress and model. She was raised a Buddhist. She embraced Nichiren Buddhist philosophy as a member of the Soka Gakkai International. ^[67]
• Uma Thurman (April 29, 1970– ), American actress, writer, producer, and model. She has acted in a variety of films, from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films.She was brought up a Buddhist by her dad. In fact, her father was the first westerner to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Uma's name is derived from the Tibetan name ‘Dbuma Chenpo’ (the ‘db’ is silent) – meaning, ‘the great middle way’. ^{[45] [68]}

Art

• Chrisann Brennan, American artist and painter. ^[69]
• Paul Reps (September 15, 1895 – July 12, 1990), American artist, poet, and author. He is best known for his unorthodox haiku-inspired poetry that was published from 1939 onwards. He is considered one of America's first haiku poets. ^[70]
• Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (October 13, 1920 – March 15, 2010), professionally known as Elaine Hamilton, was an internationally known American abstract painter and muralist born near Catonsville, Maryland. ^[71]

Business

Steve Jobs

• George Dvorsky, Transhumanist, Futurist and a director of Humanity+ ^[72] (Secular Buddhism)
• Jack Dorsey (1976– ), American technological entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, as well as the founder and CEO of Block, Inc., a financial payments company. (Theravada) ^[73]
• Nita Ing (born 17 March 1955, in Taipei) is the Taiwanese-American president of Continental Engineering Corporation and the former chairman of the board of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, the company which built a high-speed railway system from Taipei to Kaohsiung. A supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party, she had been an advisor to the former President Chen Shui-bian.
• Priscilla Chan (February 24, 1985– ), American philanthropist and a former pediatrician. She and her husband, Mark Zuckerberg, a co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms, established the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in December 2015, with a pledge to transfer 99 percent of their Facebook shares, then valued at $45 billion. ^[74]
• Steve Jobs, American businessman, entrepreneur, marketer, inventor and the CEO of Apple Inc ^{[75] [76]} (Zen)
• Steve Wynn, American real estate developer and art collector. He was known for his involvement in the luxury casino and hotel industry, prior to being forced to step down. ^{[77] [78]}

Directors

George Lucas

• Alan Ball, American writer, director and producer. ^[79]
• Abel Ferrara, American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use and redefinition of neo-noir imagery.
• George Lucas (May 14, 1944– ), American film director, producer, screenwriter, and entrepreneur. ^{[80] [81]}
• Richard Martini (12 March 1955– ), American film director, producer, screenwriter and freelance journalist. ^[82]
• Shan Serafin (November 18, 1982– ), American film director, screenwriter, and novelist. In both film and literature he is known for his work in the thriller and action genres. For stage, the majority of his productions fall under drama. ^[83]
• Michael D. Akers (September 5, 1970, in Ephrata, Pennsylvania- ), American film director, producer, screenwriter and Film editor.

Poets

• Grace Cavalieri is an American poet and playwright
• Albert Saijo (February 4, 1926 – June 2, 2011), Japanese-American poet associated with the Beat Generation. He and his family were imprisoned as part of the United States government's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, during which time he wrote editorials on his experiences of internment for his high school newspaper. Saijo went on to serve in the U.S. Army and study at the University of Southern California. Later he became associated with Beat Generation figures including Jack Kerouac, with whom he wrote, traveled and became friends. ^[84]
• Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997), American poet and writer. ^[85]
• Alurista, Chicano poet and activist. ^[86]
• Chase Twichell, American poet, professor, publisher. ^[87]
• Diane di Prima, American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. ^[88]
• Gary Snyder (May 8, 1930– ), American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. ^[89]
• Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet ^[90] who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. ^[91]
• Jane Hirshfield (February 24, 1953- ^[92] ) is an American poet, essayist, and translator, known as 'one of American poetry's central spokespersons for the biosphere' and recognized as 'among the modern masters,' 'writing some of the most important poetry in the world today.' ^[93]
• John Giorno, American poet and performance artist. He founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems and organized a number of early multimedia poetry experiments and events.
• John S. Hall (September 2, 1960– ), American poet, author, singer and lawyer perhaps best known for his work with King Missile, an avant-garde band that he co-founded in 1986 and has since led in various incarnations. ^[94]
• Steven Sater, Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Laurence Olivier Award-winning American poet, playwright, lyricist, television writer and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the book and lyrics for the Tony Award-winning 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening. ^{[95] [96] [97]}
• Tyler Knott Gregson, poet, author, essayist, and professional photographer. ^[98]

Politics

See also: List of Buddhist members of the United States Congress

• David Ige, American politician. He was the 8th Governor of Hawaii. A Democrat, he served in the Hawaii State Senate from 2003 to 2014 and the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1985 to 2003. In the 2014 gubernatorial election, he defeated incumbent Governor Neil Abercrombie in the Democratic primary, and won the general election over Republican nominee Duke Aiona. Ige was reelected in 2018. ^[99]
• Colleen Hanabusa, U.S. Congresswoman (2011–), Democrat and lawyer from Hawaii. ^[100]
• Kazuhisa Abe (January 18, 1914 – May 18, 1996) ^[101] was a Democratic state senator and justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii.
• Mazie Hirono, U.S. Senator (2013–), U.S. Congresswoman (2007–2013) and Democrat from Hawaii; first elected female Senator from Hawaii, first Asian-American woman elected to the Senate, first U.S. Senator born in Japan and the nation's first Buddhist Senator. ^[102]
• Hank Johnson, U.S. Congressman (2007–) and Democrat from Georgia; one of the first two Buddhists to serve in the United States Congress. ^[103]
• Derek Tran, Democratic Congressman from CA-45 (2025–)

Science

• Chester Carlson, (February 8, 1906 – September 19, 1968), American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington.He invented Xerography. ^{[104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109]}
• James H. Austin, American neurologist and author. He is the author of the book Zen and the Brain. It establishes links between the neurophysiology of the human brain and the practice of meditation, and won the Scientific and Medical Network Book Prize for 1998. He has written five sequels: Zen-Brain Reflections (2006), Selfless Insight (2009), Meditating Selflessly (2011), Zen-Brain Horizons (2014) and Living Zen Remindfully (2016). ^[110]
• James J. Hughes (born May 27, 1961) is an American sociologist and bioethicist. He is the executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. ^[111]
• Joseph Goguen (June 28, 1941 – July 3, 2006), American computer scientist. He was professor of Computer Science at the University of California and University of Oxford, and held research positions at IBM and SRI International.
• Mark Epstein (1953– ), American author and psychotherapist who integrates Shakyamuni Buddha's teachings with Sigmund Freud's approaches to trauma. He often writes about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. ^{[112] [113] [114]}
• George I. Fujimoto (1920–2023) ^[115] is an American chemist of Japanese descent.
• Ted Fujita (1920–1998), was a Japanese-American meteorologist whose research primarily focused on severe weather. His research at the University of Chicago on severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons revolutionized the knowledge of each. Although he is best known for creating the Fujita scale of tornado intensity and damage.
• Harvey Itano (1920–2010), biochemist and member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
• Mizuko Ito, cultural anthropologist at the University of California, Irvine.
• Akiko Iwasaki, immunologist and professor at Yale University.
• Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist specializing in string field theory.
• Akihiro Kanamori, mathematician specializing in set theory.
• Jay Kochi (1927–2008), chemist.
• John Maeda, computer scientist, artist, professor at MIT.
• Syukuro Manabe, 2021 Nobel Laureate in Physics.
• Yoky Matsuoka, computer scientist; 2007 MacArthur Fellow.
• Horace Yomishi Mochizuki (1937–1989), mathematician specializing in group theory.
• Shuji Nakamura, 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics.
• Yoichiro Nambu (1921–2015), 2008 Nobel Laureate in Physics.
• Isaac Namioka (1928–2019), mathematician who worked in general topology and functional analysis.
• Charles J. Pedersen (1904–1989), 1987 Nobel laureate in Chemistry; his mother was Japanese.
• Gordon H. Sato (1927–2017), cell biologist and member of the United States Nanal Academy of Sciences.
• Ryuzo Yanagimachi, reproductive biologist and member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.

Singers

• Adam Yauch, better known under the stage name MCA, was an American rapper, bass player, filmmaker and a founding member of the hip hop group Beastie Boys. ^[116]
• Alanis Morissette (1974– ), Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with two mildly successful dance-pop albums. ^[117]
• Aliana Lohan (December 22, 1993– ), American singer, actress, fashion model and television personality.Ali Lohan is a Buddhist by religion. She converted to Buddhism after being raised in Catholicism. ^{[118] [119] [120] [121] [122]}
• Anthony Newman (May 12, 1941– ), American classical musician. While mostly known as an organist, Newman is also a harpsichordist (including the pedal harpsichord), pianist, composer, conductor, writer, and teacher.
• Belinda Carlisle, American singer ^[123]
• Brad Warner (1964- ), American Sōtō Zen monk, author, blogger, documentarian and punk rock bass guitarist. ^[124]
• Buster Williams  –, American jazz bassist ^[125]
• Chi Cheng (July 15, 1970 – April 13, 2013), American musician and poet, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the American alternative metal band Deftones. ^[126]
• Chynna Rogers, American rapper, disc jockey, and model who was signed by Ford Modeling Agency at the age of 14 ^[127] and affiliated with the ASAP Mob. ^{[128] [129]}
• Coco Lee, Chinese-American singer and songwriter.
• Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter ^[130]
• Duncan Sheik  –, American singer-songwriter and composer ^[131]
• Combat Jack (July 8, 1964 – December 20, 2017), known professionally as Combat Jack, was a Haitian-American hip hop music attorney, executive, journalist, editor and podcaster. ^[132]
• David Bennett Cohen (August 4, 1942– ), ^[133] American musician best known as the original keyboardist and one of the guitar players for the late-1960s psychedelic rock and blues band Country Joe and the Fish.
• Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. ^[134] (Nichiren Buddhism)
• Eric Erlandson (1963– ), American musician, guitarist, and writer, primarily known as founding member, songwriter and lead guitarist of alternative rock band Hole from 1989 to 2002.Erlandson has practiced Buddhism since 1992. ^[135]
• Jesse Michaels (1969– ), American songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, artist, and author from Berkeley, California. ^[136]
• John Cage, American singer and composer ^[137]
• Joseph Bowie (1953– ), American jazz trombonist and vocalist. The brother of trumpeter Lester Bowie, Joseph is known for leading the jazz-punk group Defunkt and for membership in the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. ^[138]
• Joseph Jarman (September 14, 1937 – January 9, 2019) ^[139] was an American jazz musician, composer, poet, and Shinshu Buddhist priest.
• June Millington (April 14, 1948– ), Filipino American guitarist, songwriter, producer, educator, and actress. ^[140]
• Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter, and television judge. She is known for her influence on the pop sound and style of the 2010s. Pursuing a career in gospel music at 16, Perry released her commercially unsuccessful debut album, Katy Hudson (2001), under Red Hill Records. ^{[141] [142]}
• Paul Masvidal, American musician, best known as the guitarist, singer and a founding member of Cynic. ^[143]
• Phạm Phi Nhung (10 April 1970 – 28 September 2021), Vietnamese-American singer, actress and humanitarian. She specialised in Dan Ca and Tru Tinh music. She sang for Paris By Night and Van Son and also acted in their plays and Tinh production. She also recorded music for Lang Van. ^[144]
• Phoebe Snow, American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs "Poetry Man" and "Harpo's Blues", and her credited guest vocals backing Paul Simon on "Gone at Last". ^[145]
• Peter Rowan (1942– ), American bluegrass musician and composer. Rowan plays guitar and mandolin, yodels and sings. ^[146]
• Laurie Anderson (1947– ), American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and sculpting, Anderson pursued a variety of performance art projects in New York City during the 1970s, focusing particularly on language, technology, and visual imagery. She became more widely known outside the art world when her single "O Superman" reached number two on the UK singles chart in 1981. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film Home of the Brave . ^{[147] [148]}
• Li Na, Chinese-American folk singer that gained particular popularity in the late 1980s and the 1990s China.
• Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, American singer, arranger, composer, music director, producer, DJ, orchestral conductor and educator.
• Nikolas Schreck, American singer-songwriter, musician, author, film-maker and Tantric Buddhist religious teacher based in Berlin, Germany.
• Roberta Donnay (August 10, 1966, Washington, D.C.- ), American jazz singer. ^{[149] [150]} jazz vocalist, composer, and band leader produced by Orrin Keepnews. ^[151] She is a practicing Buddhist. ^[151]
• Stacey Q, American pop singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her best-known single, John Mitchell's "Two of Hearts", released in 1986, reached number one in Canada, number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top ten in five other countries. ^[152]
• Steven Sater  –, American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter best known for Spring Awakenings ^[153]
• Suzanne Nadine Vega, American singer-songwriter best known for her folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans almost 40 years. ^[154]
• Tina Turner, American singer-songwriter. ^[42]
• Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023), American jazz saxophonist and composer. ^[155]
• Zeena Schreck, American singer, visual and musical artist, author and the spiritual leader of the Sethian Liberation Movement (SLM). ^{[156] [157]}

Soldiers

Main article: Buddhists in the United States military

• Aidan Delgado, American attorney, author, and war veteran. His 2007 book The Sutras of Abu Ghraib detailed his experiences during his deployment in Iraq. ^{[158] [159]}
• George Lennon (25 May 1900 – 20 February 1991), American-Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. ^[160]
• John David Provoo (August 6, 1917 – August 28, 2001), United States Army staff sergeant. ^[161]
• Shiro Kashiwa (October 24, 1912 – March 13, 1998), first Attorney General of Hawaii to be appointed after it became a state in 1959. ^[162]
• Ming Chang – rear admiral (upper half), U.S. Navy, retired. Department of Navy Inspector General, 1987–1990 ^{[163] [164] [165]}
• Dan Choi, first lieutenant, U.S. Army. Gay rights advocate.
• Viet Xuan Luong, Major General, US Army Japan ^{[166] [167] [168] [169]}
• Lapthe Flora, Major General, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa ^[170]

Sports

Tiger Woods

• Anthony Ervin, American gold medalist swimmer.(Zen) ^[171]
• Dave Bautista (January 18, 1969– ), American actor and former professional wrestler. ^[172]
• DeAndre Jordan (July 21, 1988– ), American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies. ^[173]
• Josh Scobey (December 11, 1979– ), former American football running back and kick returner who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). ^{[174] [175]}
• Phil Jackson, American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive. A power forward, Jackson played 12 seasons in the NBA, winning NBA championships with the New York Knicks in 1970 and 1973. ^[176] Jackson was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 to 1998, leading them to six NBA championships. He then coached the Los Angeles Lakers from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2005 to 2011; the team won five league titles under his leadership. Jackson's 11 NBA titles as a coach surpassed the previous record of nine set by Red Auerbach. ^[177]
• Matt Sydal, American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). ^[178]
• Metta Sandiford-Artest (November 13, 1979– ), American former professional basketball player. ^[179]
• Sandje Ivanchukov, (July 23, 1960 – August 29, 2007), American soccer defender who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. ^[180]
• Tiger Woods (1975– ), American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records. ^[181] Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and one of the most famous athletes in history. He is an inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. ^{[182] [183] [184]}
• Orlando Cepeda, American former Major League Baseball first baseman and member of the Hall of Fame. ^[185]
• Willie Davis, American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball league as a center fielder.

Writers

• E. Hoffmann Price (July 3, 1898 - June 18, 1988), American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled 'fictioneer') for the pulp magazine marketplace. ^[186]
• Jess Row (1974 in Washington, D.C.- ), American short story writer, novelist, and professor.
• Kenneth Pai, Chinese-American writer ^[187]
• Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (1949–), known for his translations of almost 1,000 Sutta in all and providing the majority of the sutta translations in a website known as "Access to Insight"
• Jack Kornfield (1945–), American book writer, student of renowned forest monk Ajahn Chah, and teacher of Theravada Buddhism ^[188]
• Joseph Goldstein (1944-), one of the first American Vipassana teachers, contemporary author of numerous popular books on Buddhism
• Maya Soetoro-Ng (1970-), Indonesian-American writer, university instructor and maternal half-sister of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States ^[189]

Zen Teachers

• Adyashanti (1962–)
• Robert Baker Aitken (1917–2010)
• Anne Hopkins Aitken (1911–1994)
• Reb Anderson (1943–)
• Zentatsu Richard Baker (1936–)
• Joko Beck (1917–2011)
• Sherry Chayat (1943–)
• Issan Dorsey (1933–1990)
• Zoketsu Norman Fischer (1946–)
• James Ishmael Ford (1948–)
• Tetsugen Bernard Glassman (1939–2018)
• Paul Haller
• Ralph Chapin
• Cheri Huber (1944–)
• Soenghyang (Barbara Rhodes, 1948–)
• Philip Kapleau (1912–2004)
• Houn Jiyu-Kennett (1924–1996)
• Bodhin Kjolhede (1948–)
• Jakusho Kwong (1935–)
• Taigen Dan Leighton (1950–)
• John Daido Loori (1931–2009)
• Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji (1954–)
• Heng Sure (1949–)
• Bonnie Myotai Treace (1956–)
• Brad Warner (1964–)

See also

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