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# List of former Buddhists

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

## Atheism

| Name | Nationality | Notes | Refs. |
| Adam Carolla | American | Radio, TV, and podcast personality, raised as a Buddhist, now identifies as non-religious and an atheist. | |

## Christianity

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

## Hinduism

* Mihirakula – Huna ruler
* Rajasinghe I – Sri Lankan king who conquered Kandy
* Rishabhadatta – Satrap viceroy
* Rudradaman I – Satrap ruler and conqueror of the Satavahanas

## Islam

* The Barmakid family – originally the guardians of the great Buddhist shrine near Balkh, upon conversion they became "the greatest family" in the early Abbasid caliphate
* Muhammad ibn Suri – king of the Ghurid dynasty from the 10th-century to 1011
* Mahmud Ghazan – seventh ruler of the Ilkhanate
* Korguz – was a Uyghur governor of Khorasan during the reign of the Mongol ruler Ogedei Khan
* Muhammad Khodabandeh – eighth Ilkhaid dynasty ruler in Iran from 1304 to 1316
* Mubarak Shah – head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate (1252–1260, March–September 1266)
* Donei Kalaminjaa – king of the Maldives
* Tarmashirin – Khan of the Chagatai Khanate following Duwa Timur
* Hussein Ye – Islamic scholar of Chinese Malaysian descent whose lectures are frequently aired on Peace TV
* Benjamin Liljedahl – Islamic scholar of Swedish descent whose lectures are frequently heard in the Maharishi International University dining hall. Former member of Yiguandao and a practitioner of both Tai Chi and Karate.
# Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal

Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal (fl. 1470) was a medieval Scottish poet.
In 1470, she wrote an elegy to her husband, Niall Òg Mac Nèill, Constable of Castle Sween, Knapdale, which was the earliest documented poem in Classic Scottish Gaelic, written by a woman. It was written in the Classic Bardic meter and is one of only four existing poems written in this style by a woman.
# Gürcülü

39°25′36″N 46°27′54″E﻿ / ﻿39.42667°N 46.46500°E﻿ / 39.42667; 46.46500
Gürcülü (Gurjulu) is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.
# Angel Amaya

Angel Amaya (born 11 February 1934) is a Venezuelan boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, he lost to Raúl Macías of Mexico.
# Piaski, Ełk County

Piaski (Polish pronunciation:) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ełk, within Ełk County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Ełk and 121 km (75 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located in Masuria.
# Ivan Jakovljević

Ivan Jakovljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Јаковљевић, born 26 May 1989) is a Serbian footballer who plays for NK Vuteks-Sloga Vukovar. His preferred position is right back, where he has played throughout his career.

## Honours
### Radnik Bijeljina

* Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup: 2015–16
# Tomáš Okleštěk

Tomáš Okleštěk (born 21 February 1987) is a Czech football player who currently plays for 1. SC Znojmo.

## Career

Ahead of the 2019-20 season, Okleštěk returned to 1. SC Znojmo.

## Honours
### Czech Rupublic U-21

* FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up (1) 2007
# Jim Christou

Jim Christou (born 24 December 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Christou was born in Florina, Greece, and migrated to Australia shortly after his birth. While playing for Heidelberg, won the Diamond Valley Football League's best and fairest award in 1971.
A rover, he started his Fitzroy career in the 1972 VFL season and in 1975 was joined in the team by his younger brother John. His nine games in 1975 were the most that he would play in a single season. He played thirty senior games for Fitzroy over 4½ years.
During the 1976 season, Christou believed he wasn't being afforded a fair opportunity for regular selection at Fitzroy, and he sought a clearance to North Melbourne. When Fitzroy rejected his clearance, he transferred at midseason without a clearance to Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (the VFA and VFL did not have a reciprocal permit agreement in place). He became a regular player on the half-forward line for Port Melbourne over the next 2½ seasons, and was a member of their premiership teams in 1976 and 1977. He transferred to Yarrawonga in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1979, but disliked travelling to the country each weekend and returned to Port Melbourne in 1980. He played in another two premierships with Port Melbourne in 1980 and 1981, and played a total of 90 games for the club.
Christou switched clubs in 1982, joining Northcote, and he captained the club to its 1982 second division grand final win over Caulfield.
Christou's brother John Christou was also a footballer, the pair playing together for much of their careers at Fitzroy, Port Melbourne and Northcote. Christou also played district cricket for Northcote as an all-rounder, playing 104 first XI games across a twelve-year career. He was a member of Northcote's 1973/74 First XI premiership.
# Ballobi

Guy "Ballobi" Ballo (born December 30, 1988) is a professional Ivorian footballer who plays as a midfielder.
# Serge Ayeli

Serge Yves Roland Ayeli (born 23 August 1981) is a retired Ivorian footballer, who played as a striker.
# Anoh Attoukora

Anoh Apollinaire Attoukora Sfondo (born 20 June 1989) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aviron Bayonnais.

## Career

Attoukora was born in Adjamé and he was brought in Romania at Dinamo București in 2007 by coach Mircea Rednic where he played one Liga I game for the first team.
# Jean-Baptiste Akassou

Jean-Baptiste Akra Akassou (born November 5, 1985, in Songon) is an Ivorian professional footballer who currently plays for Anagennisi Karditsa.His weight is 73kg.

## Honours
### Club
#### Muangthong United

* Thailand Division 2 League Champions (1) : 2007

#### Niki Volos

* Football League (Greece) Champions (1) : 2013–14
# Youssouf Yalike

Youssouf Yalike (born 17 January 1999) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Spanish club Deportivo Fabril as a central midfielder.

## Club career

Born in Abidjan, Yalike joined Levante UD in 2017 from locals Arras Football Association, signing his first contract with the club on 22 May. Initially assigned to the Juvenil squad, he made his debut with the reserves on 18 November by coming on as late substitute for Javi Llor in a 3–0 Tercera División away win against CD Olímpic de Xàtiva.
Yalike made his first team debut on 28 November 2017, replacing Jason in a 1–1 home draw against Girona FC, for the season's Copa del Rey. The following 22 August, he joined fourth division side CF Torre Levante on a one-year loan deal.
# Youssouf Traoré

Youssouf Traoré (born 29 January 1991) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for JA Drancy.
# Balázs Hárai

Balázs Hárai (born 5 April 1987) is a Hungarian water polo center forward. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold medal at the 2013 World Championships.

## Honours
### National

* Olympic Games: Bronze medal - 2020
* World Championships: Gold medal - 2013; Silver medal - 2017
* European Championship: Gold medal - 2020; Silver medal - 2014; Bronze medal - 2012, 2016
* FINA World League: Silver medal - 2013, 2014
* FINA World Cup: Silver medal - 2014
* Junior World Championships: (gold medal - 2007)

### Club

* Hungarian Championship (OB I): 2x (2005, 2006 - with Bp. Honvéd)
* Hungarian Cup (Magyar Kupa): 4x (2006, 2010 - with Bp. Honvéd; 2008, 2009 - with Eger)

## Awards

* Szalay Iván Award (2005)
* Junior Príma Award (2011)
* Silver Cross of the Cross of Merit of Hungary (2012)
* Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2015, 2016
# Trigonoptera ornata

Trigonoptera ornata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by William John Macleay in 1886, originally under the genus Aegomomus.
# Assane Gnoukouri

Assane Demoya Gnoukouri (pronounced; born 28 September 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He temporarily retired in 2017 following a diagnosis with a heart condition while playing for Serie A club Udinese, on loan from Inter Milan. Gnoukouri made his Serie A debut as an 18-year-old for Inter, under then coach, Roberto Mancini.

## Early career

Gnoukouri spent his early career at the Altovicentino. On 18 September 2014, Gnoukouri, along with his younger brother Zate Wilfried Gnoukouri and other brothers, Miguel Anguel Gnoukouri and Williams Gnoukouri, joined the Internazionale Primavera.

## Club career

He made his Serie A debut for the club on 11 April 2015, coming on as a substitute for Gary Medel after 80 minutes in 3–0 win against Hellas Verona.

## International career

Gnoukouri was born in Ivory Coast to Ivorian parents, but was raised in France as child before spending his late teens in Italy. He received a call up to the Ivory Coast national football team for their friendly tie against Hungary, where he was an unused substitute in a 0-0 draw. He debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a 5-1 loss to France U21 in November 2016.

## Statistics
### Club

    As of 24 November 2016
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Internazionale |
| Internazionale | 2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Internazionale | 2015–16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| Internazionale | 2016–17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| Internazionale | Total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 |
# Sadia Olivier Bleu

Sadia Olivier Bleu (born 26 December 1997), known as Sadia Olivier, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Iraqi Premier League club Amanat Baghdad.

## Club career
### Early career

Sadia was born in Bangolo, Ivory Coast. He started playing at a very young age and he joined Salef Academy in Ivory Coast and also made his debut for senior team at the age of 18.

### Ghazl Mahalla

In August 2019, Sadia signed with Egyptian second division club Ghazl El Mahalla. It was a successful season for both Sadia and his team, they top the group and gained qualification to Egyptian Premier League for the season 2020–21.

### Amanat Baghdad

In January 2021, Sadia signed with Iraqi Premier League club Amanat Baghdad SC.

## Honors

Ghazl Mahalla
* Egyptian Second Division:
    Winners : 2019–20
# Malinówka Mała

Malinówka Mała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ełk, within Ełk County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
# Tomáš Labun

Tomáš Labun (born 28 January 1984 in Humenné) is a Slovak football player who currently plays for MŠK Rimavská Sobota, on loan from MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš. Labun is a midfielder or defender.
He previously played for FK LAFC Lučenec and Cercle Brugge in the Belgian First Division.
Labun has represented his country at youth level. He was also part of the Slovak team at the 2002 European U19 championship.

## Honours
### Slovakia
#### Slovakia U20

* 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Participation

#### Slovakia U19

* 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship - Third place
# Tomáš Kučera (footballer, born 1977)

Tomáš Kučera (born 13 February 1977) is a Czech former professional football forward. He made over 150 appearances in the Gambrinus liga. He played international football at under-21 level for Czech Republic U21 and represented his country in Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
# Mladen Mihajlović

Mladen Mihajlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Михајловић; born January 11, 1985) is a Serbian strength and conditioning coach and former basketball player.

## Early life

Mihajlović started his basketball career playing with the youth teams of Torlak and OKK Beograd. Later he moved to the junior team of Partizan. He earned his bachelor's degree in sport sciences from the University of Belgrade in 2011.

## Coaching career

Mihajlović was a strength and conditioning coach for the Spartak Moscow women's youth team (Russia) and the Târgoviște women's team (Romania), as well as for the domestic teams Crvena zvezda and Radnički Kragujevac.
In January 2016, he joined the Partizan coaching staff while Aleksandar Džikić was a head coach. After Serbian coach Aleksandar Đorđević had become the head coach for the Bayern Munich, Mihajlović joined their coaching staff as a strength and conditioning coach.
On March 11, 2019, Mihajlović joined a coaching staff of Virtus Bologna when Đorđević signed as their head coach.
On August 23, 2021, he has signed with Fenerbahçe Beko of the Basketball Super League.

### National teams coaching

From 2012 to 2014, Mihajlović was a member of the coaching staff for the youth national selections of Serbia led by head coach Dejan Mijatović. In 2012, he worked with under-18 team, in 2013 with under-19 team and during 2014 he worked with Serbia under-20 team.
In summer 2014, Mihajlović became a strength and conditioning coach for Serbia men's senior national team. He was a member of coaching staff at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, FIBA EuroBasket 2015, 2016 Summer Olympics, FIBA EuroBasket 2017 and the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

## Career achievements

* Basketball Super League (Turkey) champion: 1 (with Fenerbahçe Beko: 2021–22)
* FIBA Champions League champion: 1 (with Segafredo Virtus Bologna: 2018–19)
* Italian League champion: 1 (with Segafredo Virtus Bologna: 2020–21)
* Romanian Women's League champion: 1 (with CSM Târgoviște: 2011–12)
* German Cup winner: 1 (with FC Bayern Munich: 2017–18)
* Romanian Women's Cup winner: 1 (with CSM Târgoviște: 2011–12)
# Ferjani Sassi

Ferjani Sassi (Arabic: فرجاني ساسي; born 18 March 1992) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa and the Tunisia national team.

## Club career

Sassi started his career with CS Sfaxien where he won the Tunisian League and CAF Confederation Cup in 2013, then he transferred to French club Metz in 2015. In 2018, he went back to Tunisia to join ES Tunis, then he played for Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, and Zamalek in Egypt.

## International career

Sassi played his first international game with the Tunisia senior national team on 8 June 2013, against Sierra Leone (2–2), where he was part of the starting squad and played the entire match.
He was in Tunisia's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, scoring a penalty in Tunisia's opening game against England.

## Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Tunisia | 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 2014 | 6 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 2015 | 10 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 2017 | 10 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 2018 | 10 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 2019 | 11 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 2021 | 13 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 2022 | 7 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 80 | 7 |
    Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sassi goal.
List of international goals scored by Ferjani Sassi :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 15 October 2014 | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia | Senegal | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2 | 12 June 2015 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia | Djibouti | 4–0 | 8–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 1 June 2018 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | Turkey | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 18 June 2018 | Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia | England | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| 5 | 11 July 2019 | Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Madagascar | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 6 | 14 June 2022 | Panasonic Stadium Suita, Osaka, Japan | Japan | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2022 Kirin Cup |
| 7 | 5 September 2024 | Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia | Madagascar | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |

## Honours

CS Sfaxien
* Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2012–13
* CAF Confederation Cup: 2013
ES Tunis
* Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2016–17, 2017–18
* Tunisian Cup: 2015–16
Zamalek
* Egyptian Premier League: 2020–21
* Egypt Cup: 2018–19, 2020–21
* Egyptian Super Cup: 2019–20
* CAF Confederation Cup: 2018–19
* CAF Super Cup: 2020
* Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2018
Al-Duhail
* Qatar Stars League: 2022–23
* Emir of Qatar Cup: 2022
* Qatar Cup: 2023
* Qatari Stars Cup: 2022–23
Individual
* Qatar Stars League Team of the Year: 2023–24
# Jan Novotný (footballer)

Jan Novotný (born 15 April 1982) is a professional Czech football player who played in the Gambrinus liga for clubs including FK Viktoria Žižkov, FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) and SK Kladno.
# Kushan Pass

The Kushan Pass or Kaoshan Pass (el. about 4,370 m or 14,340 ft) is a mountain pass just west of the famous Salang Pass (3,878 m. or 12,723 ft.) in the Hindu Kush mountain range of northern Afghanistan. These two passes provided the most direct, if difficult, routes across the imposing east–west wall of the Hindu Kush mountains which divide northern Afghanistan or Tokharistan from Kabul province, which is closely connected to southern Afghanistan and Pakistan. Nowadays, the Salang tunnel constructed by the Soviets in the 1960s, and the paved road through it make it by far the easiest route through the Hindu Kush Mountains.
Vincent Smith states that Alexander the Great took his troops across both the Khawak Pass and the Kaoshān or Kushan Pass.
   "Towards the close of spring in the year 327 B.C. when the sun had sufficiently melted the snows, he [Alexander] led his army, including perhaps fifty or sixty thousand Europeans, across the lofty Khāwak and Kaoshān passes of the Hindu Kush, or Indian Caucasus, and after ten days' toil amidst the mountains emerged in the rich valley now known as the Koh-i-Daman."
However, according to some scholars, there is really no proof for this.
It seems probable that the pass was named after the Kushan dynasty which had a number of important sites in the region of Baghlan, to the north of the passes (dating from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE), including the majestic fortified dynastic temple of Surkh Kotal and Rabatak where the fascinating Rabatak inscription listing the names of the early Kushan kings, and providing evidence on the date of the beginning of the Kanishka era was found a few years ago—which is now commonly thought to have begun around 127 CE.
It seems it is the Yangi-Yuli, or "New Road" of Babur (1483–1530), the conqueror of northern India and founder of the Mughal Dynasty.
Both the Kushan and Khawak passes, so important for the early history of Afghanistan, are now bypassed by the paved road that runs through the Salang tunnel under the Salang Pass, completed by the Soviets in 1964, at a height of about 3,400 m. It links Charikar and Kabul with Kunduz, Khulm, Mazari Sharif and Termez.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Smith (1908), p. 45.
* ↑ Vogelsang (2002), p. 9, n. 16.
* ↑ Hill (2015), Vol. I, p. 328, n. 13.2; Vol. II, Appendix N, pp. 166-168.
* ↑ Wood (1872), p. lxxiv.
# Roy Ramsay (footballer)

Roy Ramsay (born 3 January 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ramsay, a back pocket, was originally from Broadmeadows. His first stint at North Melbourne was from 1976 to 1981, during which time he never managed to play more than nine games in a season. He did play in four finals, including North Melbourne's 1979 preliminary final loss to Collingwood, but didn't feature in any of their three grand final appearances.
In 1982, Ramsay played for Essendon, but was restricted mainly to the reserves, where he won a best and fairest award.
Ramsay returned to North Melbourne in 1983 and became a regular fixture in the team, playing 23 games that year, 21 in 1984 and 19 in 1985. He played seven games in the 1986 VFL season, then didn't make any appearances the following year, troubled by a shoulder injury. In 1988 he left the club for Port Melbourne.
He is a cousin of Billy Swan, a former VFA footballer who is the father of Brownlow Medalist Dane Swan.
# Michael Horsburgh

Michael Horsburgh (born 15 January 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Horsburgh, a ruckman, played originally for Coleraine in the Western Border Football League (WBFL). In 1978 he finished second, on countback, in the league's best and fairest, but was retrospectively awarded the medal 24 years later. He made four appearances for Collingwood, early in the 1980 VFL season, then he returned to the WBFL, as playing coach of Casterton.
# Gordon Towan

Gordon Towan (born 24 March 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

## Early VFA career

Towan spent four years playing for amateur club ANZ Bank, before commencing at Victorian Football Association (VFA) side Preston in 1978. He was used as a full-back by Preston.

## Collingwood

In the 1982 VFL season, with Tom Hafey coached Collingwood having a slow start to the season, winning just one of their first seven games, a decision was made to approach 28-year-old Towan, who had previously spent a pre-season at the club. He was cleared by Preston in time for Collingwood's round eight fixture against the Sydney Swans, but he instead played in the reserves. The following week, against Hawthorn at Victoria Park, Towan was selected to make his debut. He played as a back pocket and at times was matched up against Gary Buckenara and a young Gary Ablett. Collingwood's next game was at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where Towan made his second VFL appearance, in a seven-point loss to Melbourne. Hafey was sacked two days later and replaced by Mick Erwin. Towan was one of the casualties at the selection table, dropped for Collingwood's round 11 game against St Kilda. Three weeks later he was back playing with Preston.

## Back at Preston

He continued at Preston in 1983 and despite battling a hamstring injury was picked in the team which defeated Geelong West in that year's VFA Grand Final. He retired from playing at the end of 1986, and played a total of 116 games for Preston. He later served as president of the club.
In 1984 he was appointed coach of Reservoir-Lakeside.