Thích Quảng Đức (1897 – 11 June 1963, born Lâm Văn Túc, was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963.

 Quang Duc was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by Ngô Đình Diệm. 

Photographs of his self-immolation were circulated widely across the world and brought attention to the policies of the Diệm government. 

John F. Kennedy said in reference to a photograph of Duc on fire, "No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one." 

Malcolm Browne won a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of the monk's death. After his death, his body was re-cremated, but his heart purportedly remained intact.