20th-century Buddhist monks

5th supreme patriarch

Lokanātha (legal name: Salvatore Cioffi; December 26, 1897 - May 25, 1966) was an Italian Buddhist missionary.

Korean Buddhist monk

Japanese explorer (1890-1968)

Myanmar Buddhist monk (1896–1977)

British Buddhist monk

U Sīlānanda () was a Burmese Buddhist monk and Vipassana meditation scholar. He was also the first rector of the International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University.

Chinese politician

Japanese Zen monk (1876-1958)

American Buddhist monk (1938–2002)

Japanese Buddhist monk (1885-1985)

Japanese Buddhist teacher (1906–1989)

Japanese Buddhist monk

Nepalese Buddhist monk/Sangha Nayak of Nepal

Kobong seonsanim (; 1890–1962), the 77th Patriarch in his teaching lineage, was a Korean Zen master.

Cambodian Buddhist monk (1898–1943)