Chuon Nath
Religious Leader
Buddhist monk who was the Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia from 1948 to 1969.
He headed a reformist movement which led to a rationalist model of Buddhism.
He made it a priority to preserve the Khmer language in the face of French colonialism, and oversaw the creation of the Khmer dictionary.
He was the son of farmers.
He was a Buddhist like actor Steven Seagal.