Religion: Buddhist
- ️Wed Dec 17 2008
Religion: Buddhist
LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhumibol Adulyadej | Head of State | 5-Dec-1927 | King of Thailand | |
| Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Actor | 22-Aug-1967 | Adebisi in Oz | |
| Luana Anders | Actor | 12-May-1938 | 21-Jul-1996 | The Pit and the Pendulum |
| Laurie Anderson | Performance Artist | 5-Jun-1947 | Tape bow violinist and performance artist | |
| Ashoka | Royalty | c. 304 BC | 232 BC | Emperor of India, 273-32 BC |
| John Astin | Actor | 30-Mar-1930 | Gomez on The Addams Family | |
| Roberto Baggio | Soccer | 18-Feb-1967 | The Divine Ponytail | |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Head of State | 17-Apr-1916 | 10-Oct-2000 | Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
| Matsuo Basho | Poet | 1644 | 12-Oct-1694 | Haiku master |
| Orlando Bloom | Actor | 13-Jan-1977 | Lord of the Rings | |
| David Bowie | Singer/Songwriter | 8-Jan-1947 | Ziggy Stardust | |
| Buddha | Religion | 563 BC | 477 BC | Enlightened One |
| Chester Carlson | Inventor | 8-Feb-1906 | 19-Sep-1968 | Invented Xerography |
| Orlando Cepeda | Baseball | 17-Sep-1937 | MLB first baseman | |
| Jackie Chan | Actor | 7-Apr-1954 | Martial arts star, did his own stunts | |
| Yvon Chouinard | Business | 9-Nov-1938 | Founder, Patagonia | |
| Art Clokey | Cartoonist | 12-Oct-1921 | 8-Jan-2010 | Creator of Gumby |
| Paula Cole | Musician | 5-Apr-1968 | Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? | |
| Peter Coyote | Actor | 10-Oct-1942 | Dennis Ryland on The 4400 | |
| Penelope Cruz | Actor | 28-Apr-1974 | Woman On Top | |
| Dalai Lama | Religion | 6-Jul-1935 | 14th incarnation of the Dalai Lama | |
| Patrick Duffy | Actor | 17-Mar-1949 | Bobby Ewing on Dallas | |
| Daniel Ellsberg | Government | 7-Apr-1931 | Pentagon Papers source | |
| Eric Erlandson | Guitarist | 9-Jan-1963 | Guitarist for Hole | |
| Boy George | Singer/Songwriter | 14-Jun-1961 | Karma Chameleon | |
| Richard Gere | Actor | 31-Aug-1949 | American Gigolo | |
| Allen Ginsberg | Poet | 3-Jun-1926 | 5-Apr-1997 | Howl! |
| Karl Gjellerup | Author | 2-Jun-1857 | 11-Oct-1919 | The Pilgrim Kamanita |
| Paul Michael Glaser | Actor | 25-Mar-1943 | Starsky and Hutch | |
| Ron Glass | Actor | 10-Jul-1945 | Det. Harris on Barney Miller | |
| Gary Glitter | Musician | 8-May-1944 | Rock and Roll Part 2 | |
| Alex Grey | Artist | 29-Nov-1953 | Chapel of Sacred Mirrors | |
| Colleen Hanabusa | Politician | 4-May-1951 | Congresswoman, Hawaii 1st | |
| Herbie Hancock | Jazz Musician | 12-Apr-1940 | Innovative jazz/fusion composer and pianist | |
| Naomie Harris | Actor | 6-Sep-1976 | Pirates of the Caribbean | |
| Goldie Hawn | Actor | 21-Nov-1945 | Private Benjamin | |
| Sessue Hayakawa | Actor | 10-Jun-1889 | 23-Nov-1973 | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| Mazie Hirono | Politician | 3-Nov-1947 | Congresswoman, Hawaii 2nd | |
| Chuck Hoberman | Inventor | 1956 | Creator of unfolding structures | |
| Soichiro Honda | Business | 17-Nov-1906 | 5-Aug-1991 | Founder of Honda Motor Company |
| William Hung | Singer | 13-Jan-1983 | Hong Kong Ricky Martin on American Idol | |
| Cheddi Jagan | Head of State | 22-Mar-1918 | 6-Mar-1997 | President of Guyana, 1992-97 |
| Steve Jobs | Business | 24-Feb-1955 | 5-Oct-2011 | Co-Founder of Apple Computer |
| Hank Johnson | Politician | 2-Oct-1954 | Congressman, Georgia 4th | |
| Angelina Jolie | Actor | 4-Jun-1975 | Tomb Raider | |
| Herbert von Karajan | Conductor | 5-Apr-1908 | 16-Jul-1989 | General music director of Europe |
| Bob Kaufman | Poet | 18-Apr-1925 | 12-Jan-1986 | Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness |
| Irvin Kershner | Film Director | 29-Apr-1923 | 27-Nov-2010 | The Empire Strikes Back |
| Kublai Khan | Royalty | 23-Sep-1215 | 18-Feb-1294 | Mongol Emperor, 1260-71 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi | Activist | 19-Jun-1945 | Burmese activist, Nobel Prize recipient | |
| Jules Laforgue | Poet | 16-Aug-1860 | 20-Aug-1887 | Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot |
| Bruce Lee | Actor | 27-Nov-1940 | 20-Jul-1973 | Enter the Dragon |
| Rula Lenska | Actor | 30-Sep-1947 | Alberta VO5 commercials | |
| Jet Li | Actor | 26-Apr-1963 | Kung fu action movie star | |
| Konosuke Matsushita | Business | 27-Nov-1894 | 27-Apr-1989 | Founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. |
| Peter Matthiessen | Novelist | 22-May-1927 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | |
| MCA | Rapper | 5-Aug-1967 | 4-May-2012 | Beastie Boys |
| Stephin Merritt | Singer/Songwriter | 1966 | The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths | |
| Yukio Mishima | Author | 14-Jan-1925 | 25-Nov-1970 | The Sea of Fertility |
| Joni Mitchell | Singer/Songwriter | 7-Nov-1943 | Big Yellow Taxi | |
| Alanis Morissette | Singer | 1-Jun-1974 | Jagged Little Pill | |
| Jamie Muir | Drummer | ? | Experimental percussionist | |
| Miyamoto Musashi | Military | 12-Mar-1584 | 13-Jun-1645 | A Book of Five Rings |
| Haing S. Ngor | Victim | 22-Mar-1940 | 25-Feb-1996 | The Killing Fields |
| Peter Norton | Computer Programmer | 14-Nov-1943 | Retired computer utilities programmer | |
| Michael O'Keefe | Actor | 24-Apr-1955 | Caddyshack | |
| Carré Otis | Model | 28-Sep-1968 | Mickey Rourke's ex-wife | |
| Mariane Pearl | Journalist | 23-Jul-1967 | Widow of Daniel Pearl | |
| Dennis Peron | Activist | 8-Apr-1945 | Medical marijuana | |
| Robert Pirsig | Author | 6-Sep-1928 | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance | |
| Stacey Q | Singer | 30-Nov-1958 | Two of Hearts | |
| Mahinda Rajapakse | Head of State | 18-Nov-1945 | President of Sri Lanka | |
| Keanu Reeves | Actor | 2-Sep-1964 | Dude | |
| Vere Rothermere | Publisher | 27-Apr-1925 | 1-Sep-1998 | Proprietor of the Daily Mail, 1971-98 |
| Herschel Savage | Pornstar | 25-Nov-1952 | Go-to performer for Seymore Butts | |
| Steven Seagal | Actor | 10-Apr-1951 | Under Siege | |
| Garry Shandling | Comic | 29-Nov-1949 | Larry Sanders | |
| Duncan Sheik | Musician | 18-Nov-1969 | Barely Breathing | |
| Thaksin Shinawatra | Head of State | 26-Jul-1949 | Prime Minister of Thailand, 2001-06 | |
| Phoebe Snow | Jazz Musician | 17-Jul-1952 | 26-Apr-2011 | Jazz vocalist |
| Koo Stark | Actor | 26-Apr-1956 | Ex-Girlfriend of Prince Andrew | |
| George Takei | Actor | 20-Apr-1937 | Sulu on Star Trek | |
| Mika Tan | Pornstar | 27-Nov-1977 | Lady Fellatio #2: Desperately Seeking Semen | |
| U Thant | Diplomat | 22-Jan-1909 | 25-Nov-1974 | UN Secretary General, 1961-71 |
| Uma Thurman | Actor | 29-Apr-1970 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | |
| Kiichiro Toyoda | Business | 11-Jun-1894 | 27-Mar-1952 | Founder of Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Tina Turner | Singer | 26-Nov-1939 | What's Love Got to Do With It | |
| Steve Van Zandt | Guitarist | 22-Nov-1950 | Silvio on The Sopranos | |
| Sven Väth | Disc Jockey | 26-Oct-1964 | Marathon trance DJ | |
| Collin Walcott | Jazz Musician | 24-Feb-1945 | 8-Nov-1984 | Jazz sitar player |
| Alice Walker | Author | 9-Feb-1944 | The Color Purple | |
| Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck | Royalty | 21-Feb-1980 | King of Bhutan | |
| Jigme Singye Wangchuck | Royalty | 11-Nov-1955 | King of Bhutan, 1972-2006 | |
| Alan Watts | Philosopher | 6-Jan-1915 | 16-Nov-1973 | Zen beat counterculture sage |
| Philip Whalen | Poet | 20-Oct-1923 | 26-Jun-2002 | Canoeing up Carbaga Creek |
| Faye Wong | Singer | 8-Aug-1969 | Easily Hurt Woman | |
| Tiger Woods | Golf | 30-Dec-1975 | Greatest living golfer | |
| Fusajiro Yamauchi | Business | 22-Nov-1860 | Jan-1940 | Founder of Nintendo |
| Michelle Yeoh | Actor | 6-Aug-1962 | Hong Kong action movie star | |
| Hideki Yukawa | Physicist | 23-Jan-1907 | 8-Sep-1981 | Predicted existence of mesons |
| Chow Yun-Fat | Actor | 18-May-1955 | Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon |
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