This is a list ofnotableBuddhists or Buddhist practitioners who live or lived in the United Kingdom. This list includes both formal teachers of Buddhism, and people notable in other areas who are publicly Buddhist or who have espousedBuddhism in the United Kingdom.

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 1967), British-Nigerian actor (Soka Gakkai International)^[1]
• Andrew Williams, British actor, model and television personality.^[2]
• Alex Day (born 1989), English musician,vlogger and writer.^[3]
• Alex Ferns (born 1968), Scottish actor known forEastEnders.^[4]
• Barry Letts (1925–2009), English actor, television director, writer and producer.^[5]
• Benedict Cumberbatch (born 1976), British actor (Theravada).^[6]
• Chris Gascoyne (born 1968), English actor (Theravada)^[7]
• David Yip, British actor and playwright.^[8]
• Donovan, British singer, songwriter and record producer.^[9]
• Gordon Hopkirk (1884–1966), British silent film actor.^[10]
• James Norton, English actor (Tibetan Buddhism)^[11][12]
• John Garrie (1923–1998), British actor and Zen Buddhist teacher.^[13]
• Orlando Bloom (born 1977), English actor (Soka Gakkai International)^[14]
• William Woollard, British actor, historian and retiredtelevision producer and television presenter.
• Zhang Tielin (born 1957), British actor and film director.^[15]

• Anulka Dziubinska, English actress and model.^[16]
• Claudia Jessie, British actress (Soka Gakkai International)^[17]
• Jan Anderson, British actress and television personality.
• Lauren Harries, English actress and television personality.
• Naomi Watts, British-Australian actress.^[18]
• Nikki Bedi, British actress and television personality.^[19]
• Pamela Nomvete, British actress.^[20]
• Thandiwe Newton (born 1972), English actress (Theravada).^[21]
• Rula Lenska, British actress.^[22]

• Jeff Banks, Welsh artist, fashion designer of men's and women's clothing, jewellery, and home furnishings.^[23]

• Andy Puddicombe (born 23 September 1972) is a British author, public speaker and a teacher ofmeditation andmindfulness. He, alongside Richard Pierson,^[24] is the co-founder ofHeadspace, a digital health company that providesguided meditation training andmindfulness for its users.^[25][26]
• Clare Melford, British businesswoman and former CEO ofGlobal Disinformation Index.^[27]

• Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (1928–2016), English politician; served as the Liberal Member of Parliament forOrpington and served in theHouse of Lords, having inherited the title ofBaron Avebury in 1971.^[28](Secular Buddhism)
• Suella Braverman is a British barrister and politician who has served asHome Secretary since 25 October 2022. She previously held the position from 6 September to 19 October 2022 underLiz Truss. A member of theConservative Party, she was chair of theEuropean Research Group from 2017 to 2018 andAttorney General for England and Wales from 2020 to 2022. She has been themember of Parliament (MP) forFareham inHampshire since2015.^[29] She took heroath of office on theDhammapada.^[30]

• Bernard Benson, British inventor and author.^[31]
• Edmund James Mills, British chemist. He was inventor of the brand-name disinfectant Parozone.^[32]

• Amazonica, is a Britishrock singer andDJ.^[33]
• Annabella Lwin (born 31 October 1966) is an Anglo-Burmese singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the lead vocalist ofBow Wow Wow.^[34]
• Boy George (born 1961), English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer, mixed media artist, photographer and record producer (Soka Gakkai International).^[35]
• David Bowie (1947–2016), English singer-songwriter and actor.^[36]
• Gary Glitter, English formerglam rock singer, became a Buddhist and vegetarian during the 1980s.^[37]
• Howard Jones (born 1955), English musician, singer and songwriter.^[38]
• Jamie Muir, British musician, best known for his work as the percussionist inKing Crimson from 1972 to 1973, appearing prominently on their fifth albumLarks' Tongues in Aspic.
• Limahl, English pop singer, lead singer ofKajagoogoo and solo artist.^[39]
• Maxi Jazz (born 1957), British rapper.^[40]
• Nick Jago, English musician, former drummer ofBlack Rebel Motorcycle Club.^[41]
• Richard Batsford (born 25 October 1969), English pianist, composer and singer-songwriter.^[42]
• Sandie Shaw (born 26 February 1947), retired English pop singer.^[43]

• Andy B, British professional poker player.^[44]
• Alex Albon, Britishracing driver who competesunder the Thai flag inFormula One forWilliams.^[45]
• Jonny Wilkinson (born 1979), English former rugby union player. (Thravada)^[46]
• Russell Martin, professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach ofScottish Premiership clubRangers.
• Ricky Evans (born 1960),Welsh former internationalrugby union player.^[47]
• Peter Thornley (born 19 October 1941)^[48] is an English retiredprofessional wrestler who was best known for thering characterKendo Nagasaki.^[49][50]

• Arthur Lillie (24 February 1831 – 28 November 1911), was aBuddhist, soldier in theBritish Indian Army, and a writer.^[51] His books on religion were poorly received by scholars.^[51]
• Neville Armstrong (20 October 1913 – September 2008) was a British soldier, literary agent, and publisher.

• Edward Douglas Fawcett, British mountaineer, philosopher and novelist.^[52][53]
• Marco Pallis, Greek-British author andmountaineer with close affiliations to the Traditionalist School. He wrote works on the religion and culture ofTibet.^[54]
• Colin Wyatt, Britishski-racer,ski-jumper,ski mountaineer, artist,lepidopterist, author, and photographer; world traveller.^[55]

• Ajahn Amaro (born 1956) – British-American Theravāda monk; abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England.
• Ajahn Brahm (born 1951) – British-born Theravāda monk, ordained in Thailand; abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Australia.
• Ajahn Khemadhammo (born 1944) – British monk of the Thai Forest Tradition; founder of Forest Hermitage, UK.
• Ajahn Sucitto (born 1949) – British-born Theravada Buddhist monk, former abbot ofChithurst Buddhist Monastery.
• Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu (1905–1960) – British Theravada Buddhist monk and translator ofPali literature.
• Ñāṇavīra Thera (1920–1965) – English Theravāda Buddhist monk.
• Sīlācāra (1871–1951) – One of the earliest Western Theravāda monks, ordained in Burma.
• Sangharakshita (1925–2018) – British Buddhist teacher; founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community.

• Ananda Metteyya (1872–1923) – One of the first English monks ordained in Burma; early missionary.
• Christmas Humphreys (1901–1983) – Founder of TheBuddhist Society in London; early British convert.
• Ken Jones (1930–2015) – Welsh teacher, poet, and socially engaged Buddhist activist.
• Lance Selwyn Cousins (1942–2015) – British scholar in the field ofBuddhist Studies and founding member of Samatha Trust.
• Maitreyabandhu (born 1961) – Poet and Buddhist teacher at theLondon Buddhist Centre.
• Rupert Mark Lovell Gethin (born 1957) – Emeritus Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol.
• Thomas William Rhys Davids (1843–1922) – Welsh scholar of the Pāli language and founder of thePāli Text Society.

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