21st-century American Buddhists

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American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)

Chinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor

American actor (born 1965)

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

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American film director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1946)

American rock musician and actress (born 1964)

American actress

American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)

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African-American actress (born 1963)

American artist and musician (born 1947)

American actress and model

American singer-songwriter

American actress

American comedian (born 1958)

American singer

American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)

American singer and actress (1951-)

American actor

American actress and comedian (1942-2013)

Hong Kong singer (1975–2023)

American lawyer and politician (born 1947)

American actor, voice artist, director, activist and narrator

American television personality and podcaster

American actor

American screenwriter

American novelist (1927–2014)

American actor and director (born 1930)

American musician (1964–2012)

American rapper

actress

American swimmer

American actor and comedian (born 1970)

Vietnamese American poet, essayist and novelist (born 1988)

American writer

American jazz and blues singer (1928–2016)

American actor

American fashion model

American Buddhist writer and academic

American scholar of Tibetan Buddhism (born 1944)

American writer (1936-2019)

American politician

American Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar (born 1944)

American mathematician

American singer, dancer and actress

Indonesian-American actress

American musician

American politician (1951-2026)

American poet (1934–2017)

American fashion model and filmmaker

American Buddhist writer

American writer

teacher and half-sister of Barack Obama

American author, translator, teacher, researcher, interpreter, and Buddhist practitioner

American writer and journalist (1957–2024)