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7th Dalai Lama

1708 - 1757

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The 7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ, Wylie: bskal bzang rgya mtsho, also spelled Kalzang Gyatso, Kelsang Gyatso and Kezang Gyatso; 1708–1757), was recognized as the authentic 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was seen as the true incarnation of the 6th Dalai Lama, and was enthroned after a pretender supported by the Koshut Khan was deposed. The 7th Dalai Lama was widely regarded as a great scholar, a prolific writer and a poet. His collected works run seven volumes and contain numerous commentaries, liturgical works as well as many religious poems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. 7th Dalai Lama is the 6,756th most popular politician (down from 6,438th in 2019), the 450th most popular biography from China (up from 493rd in 2019) and the 263rd most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, 7th Dalai Lama ranks 6,756 out of 19,576. Before him are Muhammad II of Córdoba, Bairam Khan, Koča Popović, Horst Seehofer, Emperor Jingzong of Liao, and Leszek II the Black. After him are Friedrich Ebert Jr., Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Suryavarman I, Şevkefza Kadın, Dongcheon of Goguryeo, and Tokugawa Ieshige.

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Among people born in 1708, 7th Dalai Lama ranks 7. Before him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, Albrecht von Haller, Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, and Pompeo Batoni. After him are Safdar Jang, Antiochus Kantemir, Egidio Duni, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Olof von Dalin, and Johann Adolf Scheibe. Among people deceased in 1757, 7th Dalai Lama ranks 13. Before him are Rosalba Carriera, Robert-François Damiens, Johann Stamitz, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Siraj ud-Daulah, and David Hartley. After him are Antoine Pesne, Amursana, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Edward Vernon, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, and Johann Samuel König.

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In China

Among people born in China, 7th Dalai Lama ranks 450 out of 1,610. Before him are Marquis of Haihun (-92), Zhang Jinghui (1871), Langdarma (803), Guo Moruo (1892), Yuen Biao (1957), and Emperor Jingzong of Liao (948). After him are Emperor Shang of Tang (695), Sima Xiangru (-179), Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901), Yen Chia-kan (1905), Chen Sheng (-250), and Bao Xishun (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, 7th Dalai Lama ranks 263. Before him are Fuchai (-550), Marquis of Haihun (-92), Zhang Jinghui (1871), Langdarma (803), Guo Moruo (1892), and Emperor Jingzong of Liao (948). After him are Yen Chia-kan (1905), 10th Dalai Lama (1816), Cai Yong (133), Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa (1924), Emperor Yizong of Tang (833), and 9th Dalai Lama (1805).

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