# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-tonisson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:52:10.734Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-tonisson"
name: "Karl Tõnisson"
slug: "karl-tonisson"
description: "Karl August Tõnisson \nalso known as Brother Vahindra and Barefoot Tõnisson, was an Estonian writer and religious figure.\n \nThe first Estonian convert to Buddhism, he was generally seen as eccentric but had a significant impact on Estonian views of Buddhism. In 1930 he left Europe for Thailand, later settling in Burma, dying in Rangoon, aged 78."
tagline: "Estonian Buddhism monk (1883-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_T%C3%B5nisson%E2%80%94Karlis_Tennisons%E2%80%94Vend_Vahindra_buddha_munk.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1883-08-20"
deathDate: "1962-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.04
  momentum:             4.736842105263158
  historical:           7.673974666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broder_Vahindra"
    title: "Broder Vahindra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_T%C3%B5nisson"
    title: "Karl Tõnisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_T%C3%B5nisson"
    title: "Karl Tõnisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vend_Vahindra"
    title: "Vend Vahindra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_T%C3%B5nisson"
    title: "Karl Tõnisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brolis_Vahindra"
    title: "Brolis Vahindra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Tenisons_(budists)"
    title: "Kārlis Tenisons (budists)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_T%C3%B5nisson"
    title: "Karl Tõnisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB"
    title: "Тыниссон, Карл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q550699"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump