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