# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-roach
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:43:48.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-roach"
name: "Michael Roach"
slug: "michael-roach"
description: "Michael Roach is an American businessman, spiritual leader, and former Buddhist monk by the name Geshe Lobsang Chunzin, and scholar who has started a number of businesses and organizations, written books inspired by Buddhism, and translated Tibetan Buddhist teachings. He has at times been the center of controversy for his views, teachings, activities, and behavior."
tagline: "American Buddhist writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GesheSuit.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-12-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.090576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://geshemichaelroach.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%A5%E5%8F%AF%C2%B7%E7%BE%85%E5%8D%80%E6%A0%BC%E8%A5%BF"
    title: "麥可·羅區格西"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "ميخائيل روشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "مايكل روشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Roach"
    title: "Michael Roach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Roach"
    title: "Michael Roach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geshe_Michael"
    title: "Geshe Michael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A5'"
    title: "מייקל רואץ'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%87%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Роуч, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Roach"
    title: "Michael Roach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%87"
    title: "Майкл Роуч"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Roach"
    title: "Michael Roach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4398743"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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