List of former Buddhists

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The following is a list of former Buddhists who no longer identify as such, organized by their current religious affiliation or ideology.

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NameNationalityNotesRefs.
Mitsuo Fuchida Japanese Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service captain noted for involvement in the attack on Pearl Harbor who later became an evangelist [1] [2]
Kari Lake American politician and former television news anchor, converted from Buddhism to evangelical Christianity [3] [4] [5]
Zack Lee Indonesian actor and boxer [6]
Jaruvan Maintaka Thai former Auditor-General of Thailand [7]
Chieko N. Okazaki American Relief Society leader, converted from Buddhism to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [8]
Talduwe Somarama Sri Lankan former Buddhist monk and assassin [9]
Charlie Soong Chinese businessman and missionary [10]
Janice Vidal Hong Konger singer [11] [12]
Paul Williams British professor in Indian religions at the University of Bristol [13]
Ben Weasel American singer and guitarist for the punk rock band Screeching Weasel, converted from Buddhism to Catholicism [14]
Vanness Wu Taiwan actor and singer [15]
Yu Tian Taiwan singer-politician [16]

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