What is List of converts to Buddhism?
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2013}} The following people are all '''converts to Buddhism''', sorted alphabetically by family name. ==From Abrahamic religions== === From Christianity === {{Main|List of converts to Buddhism from Christianity}} ===From Islam=== {{main|List of converts to Buddhism from Islam}} * [[Wong Ah Kiu]] (1918–2006), [[Malaysians|Malaysian]] woman born to a Muslim family but raised as [[Buddhist]]; her conversion from Islam became a legal issue in [[Malaysia]] on her death<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=21180 AP/Al Jazeera] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324142540/http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=21180 |date=March 24, 2008 }}</ref> * [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]], Sri Lankan cricket player who converted from Islam to Buddhism at the age of 16, previously known as Tuwan Muhammad Dilshan<ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan's Ahmed Shehzad attacks Tillakaratne Dilshan over religion|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ahmed-shehzad-attacks-tillakaratne-dilshan-over-religion-pakistan-odi-207038-2014-09-03|website=[[India Today]]|date=September 3, 2014|access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref> * [[Kenneth Pai]], [[Chinese American]] writer of [[Hui people|Hui]] descent<ref>{{Cite web|last=Palladino |first=D.J.|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2006/sep/28/peony-dreams/|title=Peony Dreams|date=September 28, 2006|website=[[Santa Barbara Independent]]|access-date=June 12, 2008}}</ref> ==={{anchor|Judaism}}From Judaism=== *[[Peter Coyote]] (1941–), American actor and author<ref>{{cite web|title=Coyote reflects on wild dogs and the next 1,000 years|url=http://www.petercoyote.com/millvalley021512.html|publisher=Mill Valley Herald|website=PeterCoyote.com|access-date=May 22, 2013|archive-date=May 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522005701/http://www.petercoyote.com/millvalley021512.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Surya Das]] (1950–), lama who founded Dzogchen Foundation and Centers<ref>[http://www