Buddhist Studies profiles of buddhist figures
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Profiles of Buddhist Figures - The Biographical details are necessarily brief and this listing is highly selective but this section first attempts to represent major Buddhist figures contemporary with the historical Buddha or later significant historical figures; then it lists significant Buddhist writers, teachers and practitioner in the Theravada, Mahayana, Tibetan and Zen/Ch'an traditions, both ancient and modern.
Contemporaries of the Buddha - and later Historical Figures.
Theravada Buddhists - Scholars and Teachers.
Mahayana Buddhists - Philosophers & Pure Land School.
Tibetan Buddhists - Founders of Lineages / Contemporary Sangha.
Zen / Ch'an Buddhists - Ancient and Modern Masters.