RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima

1989 - Today

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Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (born 25 April 1989) is the 11th Panchen Lama belonging to the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, as recognized and announced by the 14th Dalai Lama on 14 May 1995. Three days later, on 17 May, the six-year-old Panchen Lama was kidnapped and forcibly disappeared by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), after the Chinese government failed in its efforts to install a substitute. A Chinese substitute is seen as a political tool to undermine the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, which traditionally is recognized by the Panchen Lama. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima remains forcibly detained by the CCP, along with his family, in an undisclosed location since 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is the 3,089th most popular religious figure (down from 3,065th in 2024), the 1,106th most popular biography from China (up from 1,143rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima ranks 3,089 out of 3,187. Before him are Margot Käßmann, Patrick Joseph Hayes, Rufino Santos, Begum Samru, Trinley Thaye Dorje, and Edward Bouverie Pusey. After him are Rawil Gaynetdin, Daniil of Bulgaria, Saad al Ghamdi, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Josef Grünwidl, and Julio Rosales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima ranks 240. Before him are Yui Ishikawa, Carlos Valdes, Nicolás Lodeiro, Kateryna Lagno, Caleb Landry Jones, and Salman Al-Faraj. After him are Shinta Fukushima, Nick Calathes, Bruno Alexandre Rodrigues, Morfydd Clark, Lee Yi-kyung, and Foxes.

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In China

Among people born in China, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima ranks 1,106 out of 1,610. Before him are Trinley Thaye Dorje (1983), Ding Junhui (1987), Liu Guoliang (1976), Vincent Zhao (1972), Zhang Jin (1974), and Jiang Jialiang (1964). After him are Liu Hong (1987), Li Weifeng (1978), Li Donghua (1967), Johnny Chan (1957), Chen Kun (1976), and Wang Yan (1971).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima ranks 24. Before him are Thomas Tien Ken-sin (1890), Hsing Yun (1927), Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (1924), Paul Yü Pin (1901), John Baptist Wu (1925), and Trinley Thaye Dorje (1983). After him are Ogyen Trinley Dorje (1985), and Xuecheng (1966).

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