List of former Buddhists

The following is a list of former Buddhists who no longer identify as such, organized by their current religious affiliation or ideology.

Christianity

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Name Nationality Notes Refs.
Mitsuo Fuchida Japanese Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service captain noted for involvement in the attack on Pearl Harbor who later became an evangelist [1][2]
Kari Lake American politician and former television news anchor, converted from Buddhism to evangelical Christianity [3][4][5]
Zack Lee Indonesian actor and boxer [6]
Jaruvan Maintaka Thai former Auditor-General of Thailand [7]
Chieko N. Okazaki American Relief Society leader, converted from Buddhism to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [8]
Talduwe Somarama Sri Lankan former Buddhist monk and assassin [9]
Charlie Soong Chinese businessman and missionary [10]
Janice Vidal Hong Konger singer [11][12]
Paul Williams British professor in Indian religions at the University of Bristol [13]
Ben Weasel American singer and guitarist for the punk rock band Screeching Weasel, converted from Buddhism to Catholicism [14]
Vanness Wu Taiwan actor and singer [15]
Yu Tian Taiwan singer-politician [16]

Hinduism

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Islam

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References

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  2. ^ From Pearl Harbor to Calvary by Mitsuo Fuchida.
  3. ^ "How an Obama-backing Arizona news anchor became Trump's pick for governor". NBC News.
  4. ^ Phoenix, Keiran Southern. "Kari Lake falters in Arizona governorship bid".
  5. ^ "24 Individuals Are Now Collecting Petitions for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District as Petition Deadline Looms". 5 April 2022.
  6. ^ ""Kesaksian hidup Zack Lee (suami Nafa Urbach)" at". gmstrueworshippers.wordpress.com. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  7. ^ ""God's on My Side" at". Nationmultimedia.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  8. ^ "New Relief Society General Presidency Called," Ensign, May 1990, pp. 110–11.
  9. ^ "Ceylon: To Find Forgiveness – TIME". Time.com. 13 July 1962. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  10. ^ "The Chinese Revolution and Chinese Communism". Web.ku.edu. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  11. ^ Janice Vidal (2009). Twins effect inspires Janice Vidal (衛蘭) (interview footage). Hong Kong: South China Morning Post.
  12. ^ Janice: Except God, I trust Leon the Most (Traditional Chinese), Oriental Daily, Retrieved on 2010-07-08
  13. ^ Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies Edited and with a new introduction by Paul Williams (London: Routledge, 2005). Eight volumes. ISBN 978-0-415-33226-2
  14. ^ Interviews 1340 Mag July 2007
  15. ^ Tan, Theresa. "Vanness Wu: Christian First, Entertainer Second". City News. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  16. ^ (圖輯影音)余天受洗成基督徒 拋棄過去所有罪孽, Liberty Times, 2017-04-09
  17. ^ Thakur, Upendra. The Hunas in India. The Chowkhamba Senskrit, Banaras, 1967.
  18. ^ Dona Catherina: the last empress of Lanka Lanka Library
  19. ^ Divatia 42
  20. ^ Divatia, N. B. (1993). Gujarati Language and Literature. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 8120606485.
  21. ^ Kennedy, Hugh (2004). The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates. Longman. pp. 137, 143.
  22. ^ Mahmud Ghazan Archived 3 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 2 July 2007.
  23. ^ Genghis Khan: his life and legacy By Paul Ratchnevsky, Thomas Nivison Haining, pg. 204
  24. ^ The Cambridge history of Iran, Volume 5 By University of Cambridge, pg. 204
  25. ^ Limbert, J. W. (2004). Shiraz in the age of Hafez: the glory of a medieval Persian city. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p.87
  26. ^ A Sketch of the History of Hindustan from the First Muslim Conquest to the Fall of the Mughal Empire by H. G. Keene
  27. ^ Maldives By Stefania Lamberti, pg.15
  28. ^ "The Chaghadaids and Islam: the conversion of Tarmashirin Khan (1331–34). – Journal, Magazine, Article, Periodical". Goliath.ecnext.com. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  29. ^ "Peace Tv". Peacetv.in. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
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