# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-baker-aitken
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:31:39.099Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-baker-aitken"
name: "Robert Baker Aitken"
slug: "robert-baker-aitken"
description: "Robert Baker Dairyu Chotan Aitken Rōshi was a Zen teacher in the Harada-Yasutani lineage. He co-founded the Honolulu Diamond Sangha in 1959 with his wife, Anne Hopkins Aitken. Aitken received Dharma transmission from Koun Yamada in 1985 but decided to live as a layperson. He was a socialist and anarchist who advocated for social justice for homosexuals, women and Native Hawaiians throughout his life, and was one of the original founders of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship."
tagline: "Zen teacher, political activist (1917–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Baker_Aitken.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1917-06-19"
deathDate: "2010-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.830672
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.robertaitken.net/"
sources:
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    title: "روبرت بيكر إيتكن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت بيكر ايتكن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aitken_(Japanologe)"
    title: "Robert Aitken (Japanologe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baker_Aitken"
    title: "Robert Baker Aitken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baker_Aitken"
    title: "Robert Baker Aitken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7341809"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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