This is a list of notable Buddhists, encompassing all the major branches of the religion, and including interdenominational and eclectic Buddhist practitioners. This list includes both formal teachers of Buddhism, and people notable in other areas who are publicly Buddhist or who have espoused Buddhism.
Historical Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools
Individuals are grouped by nationality, except in cases where their influence was felt elsewhere. Gautama Buddha and his immediate disciples ('Buddhists') are listed separately from later Indian Buddhist thinkers, teachers and contemplatives.
Buddha's disciples and early Buddhists
See also: Disciples of Gautama Buddha and Family of Gautama Buddha
The Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama
Amrapali
Ananda, Siddhartha's cousin, personal attendant of the Buddha and one of his chief disciples
Anathapindika
Angulimala
Anuruddha
Assaji
Ajatasattu
Bimbisara
Channa
Citta
Cunda
Devadatta, another cousin of Siddhartha and later rival who attempted to assassinate the Buddha
Hatthaka of Alavi
Kaccāna
Khema
Khujjuttara
Kisa Gotami
Kondañña
Mahākāśyapa
Maudgalyayana (Pali: Moggallana), one of two chief disciples of the Buddha
Nanda
Mahapajapati Gotami, Buddha's aunt and foster mother
Pasenadi
Pindola Bharadvaja
Punna
Rāhula, only child of Siddhartha and Yasodharā before Siddhartha renounced and began his search for Enlightenment
Samavati
Sariputta, one of the two chief disciples of the Buddha
Subhuti
Suddhodana
Sundari
Sunita
Upali, foremost disciple in knowledge of the Vinaya
Uppalavanna
Velukandakiya
Visakha
Yasodharā, Siddhartha's wife before he renounced
Aryadeva, foremost disciple of Nagarjuna, continued the philosophical school of Madhyamaka
Asanga, founder of the Yogacara school, widely considered the most important Mahayana philosopher along with Nagarjuna
Atiśa, holder of the "mind training" teachings, considered an indirect founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
Bhāviveka, early expositor of the Svatantrika branch of the Madhyamaka school
Bodhidharma, founder of Chan Buddhism
Bodhiruci, patriarch of the Dilun (Chinese: 地論) school
Batuo, founding abbot and patriarch of the Shaolin Monastery
Buddhaghosa, Theravadin commentator
Buddhapālita, early expositor of the Prasaṅgika branch of the Madhyamaka school
Chandragomin, renowned grammarian
Candrakīrti, considered the greatest exponent of Prasaṅgika
Dharmakirti, famed logician, author of the Seven Treatises; student of Dignāga's student, Īśvārasēna; said to have debated famed Hindu scholar Adi Shankara
Dignāga, famed logician
Garab Dorje, Indian founder of Dzogchen (Total Perfection) tradition
Kamalaśīla (8th century), author of important texts on meditation
Luipa, one of the eighty-four tantric Mahasiddhas
Nagarjuna, founder of the Madhyamaka school, widely considered the most important Mahayana philosopher (with Asanga)
Nadapada (Tib. Naropa), Tilopa's primary disciple, teacher of Marpa the Translator and Khungpo Nyaljor
Padmasambhava (Tib. Guru Rinpoche), Indian founder of Tibetan Buddhism
Saraha, famed mahasiddha, forefather of the Kagyu lineage
Śāntarakṣita, abbot of Nalanda, founder of the Yogacara who helped Padmasambhava establish Buddhism in Tibet
Shantideva (8th century), author of the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
Tilopa, recipient of four separate transmissions from Nagarjuna, Nagpopa, Luipa, and Khandro Kalpa Zangmo; Naropa's teacher
Vasubandhu, author of the Abhidharmakōśa and various Yogacara treatises; these may or may not be the same person
Dharmaraksita (3rd century BCE), Greek Buddhist missionary sent by emperor Ashoka, and a teacher of the monk Nagasena
Mahadharmaraksita (2nd century BCE), Greek Buddhist master during the time of Menander
Nāgasena (2nd century BCE), Buddhist sage questioned about Buddhism by Milinda, the Indo-Greek king in the Milinda Pañha
An Shigao, Parthian monk and the first known Buddhist missionary to China, in 148 CE
Dharmarakṣa, Yuezhi monk, the first known translator of the Lotus Sutra into Chinese
Jñānagupta (561-592), monk and translator from Gandhara, Pakistan
Kumārajīva (c. 401), Kuchan monk and one of the most important translators
Lokaksema, Kushan monk, first translator of Mahayana scriptures into Chinese, around 180 CE
Prajñā (c. 810), monk and translator from Kabul, who translated important texts into Chinese and educated the Japanese Kūkai in Sanskrit texts
Baizhang Huaihai
Bodhidharma, first patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
Dahui Zonggao, 12th-century kōan master
Daman Hongren, fifth patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
Dayi Daoxin, fourth patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
Dazu Huike, second patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
Faxian, translator and pilgrim
Fazang
Guifeng Zongmi, fifth patriarch of the Huayan school
Hong Yi, calligraphist, painter, master of seal carving
Huangbo Xiyun, 9th-century teacher of Linji Yixuan
Huineng, sixth and last patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
Ingen, 17th-century Chinese Chan monk, founder of the Ōbaku sect of Zen
Ji Gong, a Buddhist monk revered as a deity in Taoism
Jizang, founder of East Asian Mādhyamaka
Jnanayasas, translator
Linji Yixuan, 9th-century Chinese monk, founder of the Linji school of Chan Buddhism
Mazu Daoyi, 8th-century Chan master
Moheyan, 8th-century Chinese monk, advocate of “sudden” enlightenment
Sanghapala, 6th-century monk (Mon-Khmer?) who translated many texts to Chinese
Sengcan, third patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
Wumen Huikai, author of the Gateless Gate
Xuanzang, brought Yogacara to China to found the East Asian Yogācāra school; significant pilgrim, translator
Xueting Fuyu, 13th-century Shaolin Monastery abbot of the Caodong school
Yijing, pilgrim and translator
Yunmen Wenyan, founder of one of the five schools of Chan Buddhism
Yuquan Shenxiu, Tang dynasty, patriarch of "Northern School" sect of Chan Buddhism
Zhaozhou, 9th-century Chan master; noted for "Mu" koan
Zhiyi, founder of the Tiantai school
Gampopa, student of Jetsun Milarepa and founder of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
Jigten Sumgön, founder of Drikung Kagyu Lineage
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, founder of the Jonang school and advocate of the shentong philosophy
Jamgon Kongtrul
Longchenpa, one of the greatest Nyingma philosophers
Mandarava, important female student and consort of Padmasambhava
Marpa Lotsawa, student of Naropa and a founder of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
Milarepa, foremost student of Marpa Lotsawa
Padmasambhava, Indian founder of Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism
Sakya Pandita, one of the greatest Sakya philosophers
Taranatha, important Jonang scholar
Je Tsongkhapa, 14th-century Tibetan monk, founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, based upon the Kadam tradition
Yeshe Tsogyal, important female student and consort of Padmasambhava
Bankei Yōtaku (1622–1693), Zen master of the Rinzai school
Dōgen Zenji (1200–1253), founder of the Sōtō school of Zen, based upon the Caodong school
Eisai (1141–1215), travelled to China and returned to found the Rinzai school of Zen]
Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769), Rinzai school of Zen]
Hōnen (1133–1212), founder of the Jōdo-shū school of Pure Land Buddhism
Ikkyū (1374–1481), Zen Buddhist monk and poet
Ippen (1234–1289), founder of the Ji-shū sect of Pure Land Buddhism
Kūkai (774–835), founder of Shingon Buddhism
Myōe (1173–1232), monk of Kegon and Shingon Buddhism, known for his propagation of the Mantra of Light
Nakahara Nantenbō (1839–1925), Zen master and artist
Nichiren (1222–1282), founder of Nichiren Buddhism
Nikkō (1246–1333), founder of Nichiren Shōshū
Rōben (689–773), invited Simsang to Japan and founded the Kegon tradition based upon the Korean Hwaeom school
Ryōkan (1758–1831), Zen monk and poet
Saichō (767–822), founded Tendai school in Japan, also known by the posthumous title Dengyō Daishi
Shinran (1173–1263), founder of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Pure Land Buddhism and disciple of Hōnen
Takuan Sōhō (1573–1645), Zen teacher, and, according to legend, mentor of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi
Gempō Yamamoto (1866–1961), Zen master
Shinjō Itō (1906–1989), founder of Shinnyo-en
Gihwa (1376–1433), Korean Seon monk; wrote commentaries on the Diamond Sutra and Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
Jinul, Korean Seon monk (1158–1210); founder of modern Korean gong'an meditation system
Uisang (7th century), Korean monk, founder of Hwaeom tradition, based upon the Chinese Huayan school
Woncheuk
Wonhyo (617–668), Korean monk; prolific commentator on Mahayana sutras
Shin Arahan, primate of Pagan Kingdom, 1056–1115
Ledi Sayadaw, propagator of vipassanā
Mahasi Sayadaw, propagator of vipassanā
Sayadaw U Tejaniya, propagator of vipassanā
Mogok Sayadaw, propagator of vipassanā
Webu Sayadaw, propagator of vipassana meditation
Sitagu Sayadaw, Dhamma teacher
Ba Khin, propagator of vipassana meditation in the Ledi tradition
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese leader
Aung San, father of Burma and father of Aung San Suu Kyi
Myoma Myint Kywe, Burmese writer and historian
Buddhadasa, a well-known monk and philosopher
Ajahn Chah, monk well-known for his students from all over the world
Ajahn Maha Bua, a well-known monk in the Thai Forest Tradition
Mun Bhuridatta, monk who established Thai Forest Tradition
Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, one of the pioneers of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya
Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro monk who founded the Dhammakaya Movement
Somdej Toh, monk who was the preceptor and teacher of King Rama IV
Anawrahta (1015–1078), founder of the Pagan Kingdom and credited with introducing Theravada Buddhism there and reintroducing it in Ceylon
Ashoka (304–232 BC), Mauryan Emperor of ancient India, and the first Buddhist ruler to send Buddhist missionaries outside of India throughout the Old World (阿育王)
Brihadratha Maurya, last ruler of the Maurya Empire
Harsha (606–648), Indian emperor who converted to Buddhism
Jayavarman VII (1181–1219), king of Cambodia
Kanishka the Great, ruler of the Kushan Empire
Kublai Khan, Mongol khagan and founder of the Yuan dynasty of China
Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler who conquered much of Southwest Asia
Menander I (Pali: Milinda), 2nd century BCE, a king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom of Northwestern India who questioned Nāgasena about Buddhism in the Milinda Pañha and is said to have become an arhat
Mindon Min (1808–1878), last king of Burma and facilitator of the Fifth Buddhist council
Emperor Ming of Han
Mongkut, king of Thailand and founder of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya
Prince Shōtoku (574–622), mythologized crown prince and regent of Japan
Theodorus (1st century BCE), Indo-Greek governor, author of a Buddhist dedication
Wu Zetian (625–705), only female Empress Regnant in Chinese history
Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝) (502–549)
Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura (307 BCE–267 BCE), King of Anuradhapura
Ajahn Amaro (1956–)
Ajahn Brahm (1951– )
Ajahn Chah (1918–1992)
Ajahn Sumedho (1934– )
Ayya Khema (1923–1997)
Ba Khin (1899–1971)
Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero (1896–1998)
Bhikkhu Anālayo (1962–)
Bhikkhu Bodhi (1944–)
Bhikkhu Kiribathgoda Gnanananda (1961–)
Bour Kry (1945–)
Buddhadasa (1906–1993)
Charles Henry Allan Bennett (1872–1923)
Dipa Ma (1911–1989)
Henepola Gunaratana (1927–)
Ledi Sayadaw (1846–1923)
Mahasi Sayadaw (1904–1982)
Mun Bhuridatta (1870–1949)
Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu (1905–1960)
Nyānaponika Mahāthera (1901–1994)
Nyānatiloka Mahāthera (1878–1957)
Ñāṇavīra Thera (1920–1965)
Preah Maha Ghosananda (1929–2007)
S. N. Goenka (1924–2013), non-sectarian Burmese-Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation who was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2012
Thanissaro Bhikkhu (1949–)
Anagarika Govinda (1898–1985)
B. Alan Wallace (b. 1950)
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (1930–2002)
Chögyam Trungpa (1940–1987)
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche (b. 1951)
Dhardo Rimpoche (1917–1990)
Dilgo Khyentse (1910–1991)
Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (1904–1987)
Kelsang Gyatso
Gyaincain Norbu, the 11th Panchen Lama (controversial; born 1990)
Kalu Rinpoche (1905–1989)
Karma Thinley Rinpoche (b. 1931)
Matthieu Ricard (b. 1946)
Ole Nydahl (b. 1941)
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa (1924–1981)
Sakyong Mipham
14th Dalai Lama (born 1935)
Tenzin Palmo (b. 1943)
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Trijang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso(1901–1981)
Tsoknyi Rinpoche (b. 1966)
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920–1996), Dzogchen, Mahamudra and the Chokling Tersar
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (b. 1975)
Gelek Rimpoche
American
Adyashanti
Robert Baker Aitken (1917–2010)
Anne Hopkins Aitken (1911–1994)
Reb Anderson (b. 1943)
Zentatsu Richard Baker (b. 1936)
Joko Beck (1917–2011)
Sherry Chayat (b. 1943)
Jundo Cohen (Just Jundo) (b. 1960)
Issan Dorsey (1933–1990)
Zoketsu Norman Fischer (b. 1946)
James Ishmael Ford (b. 1948)
Tetsugen Bernard Glassman (b. 1939)
Paul Haller
Cheri Huber (b. 1944)
Soenghyang (Barbara Rhodes, b. born 1948)
Philip Kapleau (1912–2004)
Houn Jiyu-Kennett (1924–1996)
Bodhin Kjolhede (b. 1948)
Jakusho Kwong (b. 1935)
Taigen Dan Leighton (b. 1950)
John Daido Loori (1931–2009)
Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji (b. 1954)
Heng Sure (b. 1949)
Brad Warner (b. 1964)
Chinese
Fayun (1933–2003)
Hsu Yun (1840–1959)
Hsuan Hua (1918–1995)
Nan Huai-Chin (1918–2012)
European
John Crook (1930–2011)
U Dhammaloka (1856?–1914?)
John Garrie (1923–1998)
Muhō Noelke (1968–)
Japanese
Kōbun Chino Otogawa (1938–2002)
Taisen Deshimaru (1914–1982)
Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769)
Keido Fukushima
Jakushitsu Genkō (1290–1367)
Shodo Harada (b. 1940)
Harada Daiun Sogaku (1871–1961)
Dainin Katagiri (1928–1990)
Musō Soseki (1275–1351)
Imakita Kosen (1816–1892)
Yamada Koun (1907–1989)
Taizan Maezumi (1931–1995)
Sōyū Matsuoka (?–1998)
Sōkō Morinaga (1925–1995)
Soen Nakagawa (1907–1984)
Gudō Wafu Nishijima (b. 1919)
Shōhaku Okumura
Kōdō Sawaki (1880–1965)
Nyogen Senzaki (1876–1958)
Oda Sessō (1901–1966)
Soyen Shaku (1859–1919)
Zenkei Shibayama (1894–1974)
Eido Tai Shimano (b. 1932)
Omori Sogen (1904–1994)
D. T. Suzuki (1870–1966)
Shunryū Suzuki (1904–1971)
Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji (b. 1933)
Bassui Tokushō (1327–1387)
Sesshū Tōyō (1420–1506)
Sobin Yamada
Hakuun Yasutani (1885–1973)
Bankei Yōtaku (1622–1693)
Sesson Yūbai (1290–1348)
Korean
Seongcheol (1912–1993)
Seungsahn (1927-2004)
Malaysian
Sujiva (1951–)
Chi Chern (1955–)
Taiwanese
Guang Qin (廣欽) (1892–1986), founder of Cheng Tian Temple (承天禪寺) in Taiwan
Yin Shun (印順) (1906–2005), founder of Humanistic Buddhism (人間佛教)
Sheng-yen (聖嚴) (1931–2009), founder of Dharma Drum Mountain (法鼓山) in Taiwan
Cheng Yen (證嚴) (1937–), founder of Tzu Chi Foundation (慈濟基金會) in Taiwan
Hsing Yun (星雲) (1927–), founder of Fo Guang Shan (佛光山) in Taiwan
Wei Chueh (惟覺) (1928–), founder of Chung Tai Shan (中台禪寺) in Taiwan
Vietnamese
Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926–)
Thích Chân Không (1938–)
Thích Thiên-Ân (1926–1980)
Thích Thanh Từ (1924–)
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956), Indian Intellectual, jurist, scholar, political leader, Buddhist revivalist and architect of the Indian Constitution
Tara Brach (1953–)
John Crook (1930–2011), British ecologist, sociologist, and practitioner of both Ch'an and Tibetan Buddhism tradition
Josei Toda (1900–1958), peace activist and second president of the Soka Gakkai
Joseph Goldstein
Han Yong-un (1879–1944)
Chittadhar Hridaya (1906–1982)
Hsuan Hua (1918–1995), Tripitaka Master; extensive English commentaries on the major Mahayana Sutras: Avatamsaka Sutra, Shurangama Sutra, Shurangama Mantra, Lotus Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and many others
Christmas Humphreys (1901–1983)
Daisaku Ikeda (1928–), prolific writer of Nichiren Buddhism, society, peace and nuclear abolition, and President of the Soka Gakkai International
Jack Kornfield (1945–), American book writer, student of renowned forest monk Ajahn Chah, and teacher of Theravada Buddhism
Dennis Lingwood (1925–)
Edward Salim Michael (1921—2006)
Nakamura Hajime (1911–1999)
Nishida Kitaro (1870–1945)
Gudo Wafu Nishijima (b. 1919)
Nishitani Keiji (1900–1990)
Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907)
Sheng-yen (1930–2009), religious scholar, one of the most respected teachers of Chinese Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism, and founder of spiritual and educational organization Dharma Drum Mountain
Taixu (1890–1947)
Tanaka Chigaku (1861–1939)
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871–1944), Japanese educator and founder of the Soka Gakkai
Robert Thurman (1941–), American author, editor and translator of books on Tibetan Buddhism, Je Tsongkhapa professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and co-founder and president of Tibet House U.S.
Brad Warner (b. 1964)
Alan Watts (1915–1973)
Yin Shun (1906–2005)
Modern politicians, activists, and protesters
B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956), Indian nationalist, jurist, scholar, political leader, philosopher, anthropologist, historian, economist, Buddhist revivalist and principal architect of the Constitution of India
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma; received the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 (Theravada)
Colleen Hanabusa, U.S. Congresswoman (2011–), Democrat and lawyer from 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
Hank Johnson, U.S. Congressman (2007-) and Democrat from Georgia; one of the first two Buddhists to serve in the United States Congress (Soka Gakkai International)
Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (1928–2016), English politician and Liberal Democrat; served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970 and served in the House of Lords, having inherited the title of Baron Avebury in 1971
Jiyul, a Buddhist nun from South Korea who fasted to stop destruction of Korean salamander lands (Korean Seon)
U Thant (1909–1974), Burmese diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961-1971) (Theravada)
Thích Huyền Quang (1919–2008), Vietnamese Buddhist monk, dissident and activist; formerly the patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam; in 2002, he was awarded the Homo Homini Award for his human rights activism by the Czech group People in Need
Thích Quảng Độ, Vietnamese Buddhist monk, current patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam; awarded the Homo Homini Award for human rights activism by the Czech group People in Need in 2002; nine-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Thích Quảng Đức (1897–1963), Vietnamese Mahayana monk and self-martyr for freedom of religion; burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963 (Mahayana)
Kiren Rijiju, Indian politician
Fabien Barthez, French goalkeeper (1994–2006) of 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000-winning French national football team (Zen)
Roberto Baggio, Italian (1988–2004) footballer; in 1993, he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or (Soka Gakkai International)
Orlando Bloom, English actor (Soka Gakkai International)
Kate Bosworth, American actress (Soka Gakkai International)
Belinda Carlisle, American singer (Soka Gakkai International)
Tisca Chopra, Indian actress (Soka Gakkai International)
Chow Yun-fat, Chinese actor
Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer/songwriter/poet (Zen)
Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and model
George Dvorsky, Transhumanist, Futurist and one of directors of Humanity+ (Secular Buddhism)
Richard Gere, American actor (Tibetan Buddhism)
Allen Ginsberg, poet (Tibetan Buddhism)
Philip Glass, American composer (Tibetan Buddhist)
Herbie Hancock, American pianist and composer (Soka Gakkai International)
Steve Jobs, American businessman, entrepreneur, marketer, inventor and the CEO of Apple Inc (Zen)
Jack Kerouac, American novelist (Zen and Tibetan Buddhism; also the Catholic Church)
k.d. lang, Canadian singer (Tibetan Buddhism)
James Lecesne, American actor, author, screenwriter, LGBT rights activist, founder of The Trevor Project (Soka Gakkai International)
Jet Li, Chinese martial artist, Hollywood actor (Tibetan Buddhist)
Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter (Soka Gakkai International)
Naima Mora, fashion model, winner of America's Next Top Model (Soka Gakkai International)
Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), U.S. Air Force Colonel and first Asian American astronaut of NASA (Pure Land Buddhism)
Kenneth Pai, Chinese-American writer
Steven Seagal, American actor and aikido expert (Tibetan Buddhism)
Maya Soetoro-Ng, Indonesian American writer, university instructor and maternal half-sister of Barack Obama, the 44th and current President of the United States
Oliver Stone, American film director
Sharon Stone, American actress, producer, and former fashion model
George Takei, American actor and author
Tina Turner, American singer-songwriter (Soka Gakkai International)
Marcia Wallace, American actress, voice artist, comedian (Soka Gakkai International)
Naomi Watts, British-Australian actress and film producer
Faye Wong, Chinese singer and actress (Tibetan Buddhism)
Tiger Woods, American golfer
Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress
Steve Jinks, character from Warehouse 13
Daryl Dixon, character from The Walking Dead
Kahn Souphanousinphone, character from the cartoon King of the Hill
Connie Souphanousinphone, character from the cartoon King of the Hill
Dale Cooper, protagonist of the television series Twin Peaks
Kyle Valenti, character from the television series Roswell
Enigma, a Marvel Comics superheroine
Lisa Simpson, feminist and daughter of Homer and Marge Simpson, character from the cartoon The Simpsons
Carl Carlson, character from the cartoon The Simpsons
Lenny Leonard, character from the cartoon The Simpsons
Liu Kang, character from the video game and later movie, Mortal Kombat
Yoh Asakura, protagonist of the anime/manga Shaman King
Trini Kwan, original Yellow Ranger of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Wendy Wu, protagonist of the Disney Channel Original Movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
2D, lead singer and keyboardist of the British virtual band Gorillaz
Shi (comics), Crusade Comics' superheroine
Master Splinter, a Zen sensei/teacher to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Hiro Nakamura, protagonist character in TV series Heroes
Xorn, Marvel Comics character and member of the X-Men
Gi, the Planeteer able to wield the element water
Green Lama, an American pulp magazine hero
Edina Monsoon (Eddy) from the Absolutely Fabulous TV sitcom
Jeremy, from the popular web series Pure Pwnage
God, from the animated cartoon South Park
Green Arrow (Connor Hawke), DC Comics superhero
Sun Wukong, Monkey King in Chinese epic novel Journey to the West, and a fictional pupil of historical Chinese monk Xuanzang
Charlie Crews, Zen Buddhist, protagonist of television series Life
Mary Elizabeth, character from the novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Hanamaru Kunikida, character from Love Live! Sunshine!!
