Famous people who are Buddha's?

Question

I am trying to find the name of famous people who follow Buddism

Answer 1

Well probably the most famous, or one of them, would be the 60s pop singer, Cat Stevens who in the height of his career stopped singing and became Yusuf Islam.

In December 1977, at a London mosque, Stevens officially converted to Islam and took a name more suited to his new religious life: Yusuf Islam. Soon after the 1978 release of his last album as Cat Stevens, "Back To Earth (Album)," Islam retired from the pop world, got married and absorbed himself in the study and practice of his new religion.

Islam's decision to leave the music world was, he now stresses, his own:

And here's a list of 'famous' Buddhists - or some of them ...

Ernestine Anderson - jazz singer
Laurie Anderson - performance artist
Kate Bosworth - actress
Orlando Bloom - actor
Susan Blackmore - parapsychologist, Zen Buddhist, ghost buster, professional skeptic
Cora L. E. Christian - Black female doctor who was an independent candidate for Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 2002.
Leonard Cohen - Canadian poet, novelist
Rob Cohen - film director
Dadon Dawadolma - singer, actress
Diane di Prima - Feminist poet
Nathaniel Dorsky - filmmaker
Richard Gere - actor, movie star
Goldie Hawn - Oscar-winning actress
Frank Herbert - science fiction writer famous for Dune series
Becky Johnston - author, screenwriter
Phil Jackson - basketball coach
Jack Kerouac - poet, writer
George Lucas - film producer, director ("Star Wars")
Jennifer Lopez - singer, actress
Joanna Lumley - actress
Melissa Mathison - screenwriter
Tano Maeda - filmmaker
Me'shell Ndegeocello - musician, songwriter
Bruce Joel Rubin - screenwriter
Keanu Reeves - actor
Michael Stipe - musician
Oliver Stone - film director
Patti Smith - rock star
Steven Seagal - actor
Renee Tajima-Pena - filmmaker
Tina Turner - singer
Uma Thurman - actress
Babeth VanLoo - filmmaker
Gene Vincent - rockabilly musician
Mark Wahlberg - rap singer, actor
Alice Walker - author, The Color Purple
Ruby Wax - actress, comedienne
Adam Yauch (MCA of the Beasties) - rap singer

Answer 2

Your question threw me at first. They would be Buddhists, not Buddhas. So far I don't think there have been any new officially recognized Buddha's since the founder of Buddhism (Buddhists do believe there is more than one Buddha, but I think they all were in heaven already before THE Buddha came along). Famous people who are Buddhists? Depends on what you think you have to do to really be a Buddhist. I know Richard Gere is pretty into it; and of course there are any famous Asian celebrities who come from predominantly Buddhist countries.

Answer 3

Famous People In Buddhism

Answer 4

ur question is a bit unclear..do yot want 2 no famous peopl who were buddhists or buddhas?
well anyway there were 28 buddhas as far as buddhism is concerned..i guess u no who is a buddha.il mention in short just in case,a buddha is a person who has understood evrythng and especilly has gained the 'salvation from the pain'..where he has eliminate
d his human lusts n pleasures which sticks us 2

Answer 5

Richard Gere

Answer 6

Richard Geer

Answer 7

Jet Li
he was a buddhist since he was 8. i think he's a real buddhist in everything.he made his last martial art epic' Fearless' around a theme of buddhism.he devotes his time studing tibetan buddhism under a holy tibetan

he says "desire is bad.desire is the root to pain.avoid extremes.take the middle way."

Answer 8

Dalai Llama

Answer 9

Kurt Cobain?

Answer 10

Maynard James Keenan of the epic rock band TOOL follows Buddhism...actually he does more than that..his full name is Rev. Maynard James Keenan!