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13th Dalai Lama

1876 - 1933

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The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (full given name: Ngawang Lobsang Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal; abbreviated to Thubten Gyatso) (Tibetan: ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: Thub Bstan Rgya Mtsho; 12 February 1876 – 17 December 1933) was the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet, enthroned during a turbulent modern era. He presided during the collapse of the Qing dynasty, and is referred to as "the Great Thirteenth", responsible for redeclaring Tibet's national independence, and for his national reform and modernization initiatives. In 1878, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. He was escorted to Lhasa and given his pre-novice vows by the Panchen Lama, Tenpai Wangchuk, and given the name "Ngawang Lobsang Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. 13th Dalai Lama is the 524th most popular religious figure (down from 503rd in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from China (up from 105th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

The 13th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is most famous for his advocacy of Tibetan independence. He was born in 1935 and became the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of 15. He was the youngest to hold the title of Dalai Lama.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 524 out of 3,187. Before him are Margaret Mary Alacoque, Kashyapa, James, son of Alphaeus, Umm Salama, Angelo Sodano, and Pope Leo VI. After him are Simeon Stylites, Rabbi Akiva, Adalbert of Prague, Pope John VI, Talhah, and Suger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 17. Before him are Otto Diels, Wilhelm Pieck, Constantin Brâncuși, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Manuel de Falla, and Hermann Müller. After him are Pablo Casals, Alexander I of Serbia, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Maurice de Vlaminck, A. L. Kroeber, and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium. Among people deceased in 1933, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 8. Before him are Faisal I of Iraq, Calvin Coolidge, Li Ching-Yuen, Constantine P. Cavafy, Adolf Loos, and John Galsworthy. After him are Mohammed Nadir Shah, Paul Ehrenfest, Jimmie Rodgers, Sándor Ferenczi, Wilhelm Cuno, and Nikolai Yudenich.

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In China

Among people born in China, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 95 out of 1,610. Before him are Daoguang Emperor (1782), Zhang Heng (78), Hongxi Emperor (1378), Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628), Songtsen Gampo (604), and Zhang Fei (167). After him are Emperor Wen of Sui (541), Yang Guifei (719), Qu Yuan (-343), Xianfeng Emperor (1831), Bogd Khan (1869), and Dong Zhuo (139).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 2. Before him are 14th Dalai Lama (1935). After him are Huineng (638), Je Tsongkhapa (1357), Yijing (635), Joseph Zen (1932), 11th Dalai Lama (1838), Dazu Huike (487), Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901), Bao Xishun (1951), Shaohao (null), and Rabban Bar Sauma (1220).

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