Thich

Thích is a name that Vietnamese monks and nuns take as their Buddhist surname to show affinity with the Buddha.

Notable Vietnamese monks with the name include:


 * Thích Huyền Quang (1919–2008), dissident and activist
 * Thích Quảng Độ (1928–2020), critic of the Vietnamese government
 * Thích Quảng Đức (1897–1963), who burned himself to death as a protest
 * Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926–2022), Zen teacher, author and peace activist
 * Thích Nhật Từ (born 1969), public speaker and author
 * Thích Thanh Từ, author and teacher
 * Thích Trí Quang (1924–2019), Mahayana leader of South Vietnam's Buddhist majority in 1963