Sunya Pratt
Exposed to Buddhism at a young age, Reverend Sunya Gladys Pratt became an important spiritual leader for Jodo Shinshu Buddhists in the Pacific Northwest.
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Yoshiko Yamanouchi
Yoshiko Yamanouchi (1895–1973) was an early Buddhist community leader, businesswoman, and amateur painter.
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding was gifted with a natural talent for music. Not only is she an amazing jazz singer, but she can also play the upright bass at the same time, a skill that takes most musicians years to be able to do. While her music is categorized as jazz, she incorporates elements of R&B and Brazilian music into her songs.
Jetsun Pema
In 2011, Jetsun Pema (རྗེ་བཙུན་པདྨ་) was crowned Druk Gyaltsuen – the Dragon Queen of Bhutan – and is currently the world’s youngest queen consort.
Chandra Khonnokyoong
Prominent Thai Maechi (nun) and the founder of Wat Phra Dhammakaya.
Indradevi
Politically influential queen of the Khmer Empire from roughly 1181 to 1219
Jacquetta Gomes
Jacquetta Gomes is a Bodhicarini (1994), Sangha [Community of Buddhist Monks] Authorized Dhamma Teacher (1983), and Upasika (1975) in Theravada Buddhism, and was the first Buddhist Fire Chaplain.
Lý Chiêu Hoàng
Lý Chiêu Hoàng was the ninth and last sovereign of the Lý dynasty from 1224 to 1225 and the only empress regnant in the history of Vietnam.