The Buddha is a title used to refer to a man named "Siddharth Gautama". It means Fully Awakened One. He was born in a region of what is now known as the country Nepal as Prince Siddhartha Gautam in a Nepali Shakya Kingdom in Lumbini, Nepal and was the person who created the religion of Buddhism. He lived from about 563 BC to about 483 BC. 