The Most Famous
NOBLEMEN from Bhutan
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bhutanese Noblemen of all time. This list of famous Bhutanese Noblemen is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck (b. 2016)
With an HPI of 23.14, Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck is the most famous Bhutanese Nobleman. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med rnam rgyal dbang phyug; born 5 February 2016) is the first child and heir apparent of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema. He has been the Crown Prince of Bhutan since his birth in 2016. His name was announced on 16 April 2016. Prior to the announcement, he was known only as The Gyalsey, which means "prince". Before his birth, his paternal uncle Prince Jigyel Ugyen of Bhutan was the heir presumptive to the throne. In honor of his birth, 108,000 trees were planted by thousands of volunteers in Bhutan. In 2017, in honor of his first birthday, a new damselfly species was named after the crown prince, Megalestes gyalsey. He is expected to become the sixth Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan). He has a younger brother, Prince Dasho Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck, and a younger sister, Princess Ashi Sonam Yangden Wangchuck. He is the youngest Crown Prince in the world.
2. Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck (b. 2020)
With an HPI of 12.91, Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck is the 2nd most famous Bhutanese Nobleman. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་ཕྱུག; born 19 March 2020) is the second child of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema. He is the second line to the throne after his brother Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck. On 17 December 2019, it was reported that the king and queen were expecting their second child, to be born in spring 2020. On 19 March 2020, the king and queen's official Instagram accounts reported that she had given birth to her second son in Lingkana Palace in Thimphu. On 30 June 2020, the Royal Family announced that the second baby had been named Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck, and would be known as His Royal Highness Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Bhutanese noblemen born between 2016 and 2020. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bhutanese noblemen include Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, and Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck. As of April 2024, 1 new Bhutanese noblemen have been added to Pantheon including Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck.
