20th-century Buddhist monks

Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist (1926–2022)

Vietnamese monk who self-immolated in 1963

Japanese Buddhist scholar, Doctor of Letters (1870–1966)

Prime Minister of Japan from 1956 to 1957

Thai Buddhist monk (1918–1992)

Thai Buddhist monk (1906–1993)

Japanese zen Buddhist monk (1880-1965)

Japanese Buddhist missionary (1904–1971)

Chinese politician (1885-1935)

Japanese Zen Master (1914–1982)

Vaidyanath Mishra (30 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his pen name Nagarjun, was a Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as Janakavi- the People's Poet. He is regarded as the most prominent protagonist of modernity in Maithili.

American Buddhist writer and academic

Myanmar Buddhist Monk (1904-1982)

Taixu (Tai-hsu, ; January 8, 1890 – March 17, 1947), also called Shi Taixu, was a Buddhist modernist, activist and thinker who advocated for a reformation and revival of Chinese Buddhism by drawing upon eclectic domestic and foreign sources and ideologies.

Myanmar Buddhist monk (1880–1939)

American Buddhist monk (1918-1995)

Buddhist monk, painter, musician (1880-1942)

Sheng Yen (), born Zhang Baokang (), (January 22, 1931 – February 3, 2009) was a Taiwanese Buddhist monk, religious scholar, and writer. He was one of the mainstream teachers of Chan Buddhism. He was a 57th generational dharma heir of Linji Yixuan in the Linji school (Japanese: Rinzai) and a third-generation dharma heir of Hsu Yun. In the Caodong (Japanese: Sōtō) lineage, Sheng Yen was a 52nd-generation Dharma heir of Dongshan Liangjie (807-869), and a direct Dharma heir of Dongchu (1908–1977).

Japanese poet (1882–1940)

American poet (1923–2002)

Seungsahn Haengwon (, August 1, 1927November 30, 2004), born Duk-In Lee, was a Korean Seon master of the Jogye Order and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen. He was the seventy-eighth Patriarch in his lineage. As one of the early Korean Zen masters to settle in the United States, he opened many temples and practice groups across the globe. He was known for his charismatic style and direct presentation of Zen, which was well tailored for the Western audience.

artist (1884-1918)

US Buddhist monk

US Buddhist monk

German Buddhist monk (1901–1994)

Sri Lankan philosopher (1907–1997)

Japanese writer (1904-2005)

Cambodian politician

South Korean cult leader (1912–1994)

Buddhist teacher

British American anthropologist (1924-1994)

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Cambodian Buddhist monk (1883-1969)

Vietnamese Buddhist patriarch and activist (1919-2008)

Japanese film director

Japanese Buddhist monk (1885–1973)

Taiwanese monk (1927–2022)

Japanese activist

Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (1906–2005)

Sri Lankan Buddhist monk (1919–2006)

Cambodian monk

Japanese Zen Buddhist monk (1860–1919)

Thai Buddhist monk

chemist and occultist (1872–1923)

Buddhist lama (1932–2009)

Thai Buddhist monk

Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher (1931–1995)

Buddhist lama (1878–1941)

Thai monk

Vietnamese poet

British Buddhist monk and author (1920–1965)

Sri Lankan monk and missionary (1898-1983)

Sri Lankan Buddhist monk (1896-1998)

Japanese Buddhist monk (1894-1974)

Russian Buddhist monk

First trans man to undergo phalloplasty

Japanese Buddhist monk

Japanese scholar (1895–1976)

Thai Buddhist monk

Irish-born Buddhist monk in Burma