RELIGIOUS FIGURE

14th Dalai Lama

1935 - Today

14th Dalai Lama

The 14th Dalai Lama (born 6 July 1935; full spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, shortened as Tenzin Gyatso; né Lhamo Thondup) is the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. He served as the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet before 1959 and subsequently led the Tibetan government in exile represented by the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India. A belief central to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition as well as the institution of the Dalai Lama is that the reincarnated person is a living Bodhisattva, specifically an emanation of Avalokiteśvara (in Sanskrit) or Chenrezig (in Tibetan), the Bodhisattva of Compassion. The Mongolic word dalai means ocean. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. 14th Dalai Lama is the 81st most popular religious figure (down from 70th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from China (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

The 14th Dalai Lama is most famous for being the spiritual and political leader of Tibet.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, 14th Dalai Lama ranks 81 out of 3,187. Before him are Abu Hanifa, Isaiah, Pope Innocent III, Pope Pius III, Eusebius, and Pope Benedict XIV. After him are Judas Iscariot, Pope Pius V, Ruhollah Khomeini, Zechariah, Pope Paul III, and Pope Linus.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

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Abu Hanifa
698 - 767
HPI: 83.39
Rank: 75
Isaiah
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 83.38
Rank: 76
Pope Innocent III
1160 - 1216
HPI: 83.33
Rank: 77
Pope Pius III
1439 - 1503
HPI: 83.27
Rank: 78
Eusebius
265 - 339
HPI: 83.24
Rank: 79
Pope Benedict XIV
1675 - 1758
HPI: 83.17
Rank: 80
14th Dalai Lama
1935 - Present
HPI: 83.17
Rank: 81
Judas Iscariot
50 - 30
HPI: 83.13
Rank: 82
Pope Pius V
1504 - 1572
HPI: 83.13
Rank: 83
Ruhollah Khomeini
1902 - 1989
HPI: 83.10
Rank: 84
Zechariah
90 BC - 100
HPI: 83.06
Rank: 85
Pope Paul III
1468 - 1549
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 86
Pope Linus
1 - 79
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 87

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, 14th Dalai Lama ranks 5. Before him are Elvis Presley, Alain Delon, Salman of Saudi Arabia, and Luciano Pavarotti. After him are José Mujica, Mahmoud Abbas, Hussein of Jordan, Woody Allen, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and Luis Suárez.

Others Born in 1935

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Elvis Presley
SINGER
1935 - 1977
HPI: 87.57
Rank: 1
Alain Delon
ACTOR
1935 - 2024
HPI: 85.79
Rank: 2
Salman of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1935 - Present
HPI: 83.36
Rank: 3
Luciano Pavarotti
SINGER
1935 - 2007
HPI: 83.23
Rank: 4
14th Dalai Lama
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1935 - Present
HPI: 83.17
Rank: 5
José Mujica
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2025
HPI: 82.11
Rank: 6
Mahmoud Abbas
POLITICIAN
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 7
Hussein of Jordan
POLITICIAN
1935 - 1999
HPI: 79.66
Rank: 8
Woody Allen
FILM DIRECTOR
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 9
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
ARCHITECT
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 10
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
POLITICIAN
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 11
Luis Suárez
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2023
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 12