Buddhist writers

Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist (1926–2022)

British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)

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

Japanese writer

Japanese philosopher (1870–1945)

Japanese Buddhist leader (1928–2023)

Dharmakīrti (fl. ) was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nālandā. He was one of the key scholars of epistemology (pramāṇa) in Buddhist philosophy, and is associated with the Yogācāra and Sautrāntika schools. He was also one of the primary theorists of Buddhist atomism. His works influenced the scholars of Mīmāṃsā, Nyaya and Shaivism schools of Hindu philosophy as well as scholars of Jainism.

Austrian religious studies scholar

Dignāga (also known as Diṅnāga, ) was an Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician. He is credited as one of the Buddhist founders of Indian logic (hetu vidyā) and atomism. Dignāga's work laid the groundwork for the development of deductive logic in India and created the first system of Buddhist logic and epistemology (pramāṇa).

American writer

Korean writer (1879–1944)

Taiwanese Buddhist monk (1927–2023)

Japanese author of many books on Islam and other religions (1914–1993)

American philosopher

British Buddhist philosopher

Vietnamese Buddhist monk (1928-2020)

German Buddhist nun (1923–1997)

Shandao (; ; 613–681) was a Chinese Buddhist scholar monk and an influential figure of East Asian Pure Land Buddhism.

Italian actress

Tibetan writer

American vipassana teacher

Japanese writer (1896-1994)

Ven. Nyanatiloka (Ñāṇatiloka) Mahathera (19 February 1878, Wiesbaden, Germany – 28 May 1957, Colombo, Ceylon), born as Anton Walther Florus Gueth, was one of the earliest Westerners in modern times to become a Bhikkhu, a fully ordained Buddhist monk.

award-winning Cuban-American poet and writer

Tanluan (, 476–554) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who wrote on Pure Land Buddhism.

Australian lawyer, explorer and conservationist (1900-1979)

American Buddhist writer

Italian Buddhist nun

Brazilian actress (1929-2015)

Japanese poet

Indian economist, educationist, and politician

Nepalese writer (1858–1935)

Bengali Writer, Indologist, and pundit of Pali and Buddhism (1888-1948)

Dutch painter (1909-2006)

American Buddhist teacher

Japanese Shin Buddhist reformer (1863–1903)

American theologian (1943–2015)

American Buddhist scholar (1926–2017)

Gurulugomi was a Sinhalese literary figure, who lived in the 12th century in Sri Lanka. He is renowned as one of the rare masters of Sinhala classical diction and style. Gurulugomi was also proficient in other oriental languages such as Pali, Sanskrit and Prakrit. He was also fluent in Latin and Greek languages.

Indian writer (1857–1885)

Indian economist