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12th Dalai Lama

12th Dalai Lama of Tibet

1857 - 1875

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12th Dalai Lama

His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. 12th Dalai Lama is the 4,129th most popular politician (up from 4,206th in 2024), the 275th most popular biography from China (up from 322nd in 2019) and the 170th most popular Chinese Politician.

The 12th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is most famous for being the first Dalai Lama to be born in Tibet. He was also the first Dalai Lama to be born in a free Tibet.

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12th Dalai Lama's biography spans 38 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 67.76.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, 12th Dalai Lama ranks 4,127 out of 20,022. Before him are Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, Lee Jae-myung, Yolande of Aragon, Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Mohammad Khodabanda, and Menahem. After him are Pepin II of Aquitaine, Rafael del Riego, Roza Otunbayeva, Antonius Felix, Hisham I of Córdoba, and Emperor Yōmei.

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Merenre Nemtyemsaf II
2300 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 4,123
Lee Jae-myung
1964 - Present
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 4,124
Yolande of Aragon
1384 - 1442
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 4,125
Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia
932 - 999
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 4,126
Mohammad Khodabanda
1531 - 1595
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 4,127
Menahem
800 BC - 760 BC
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 4,128
12th Dalai Lama
1857 - 1875
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 4,129
Pepin II of Aquitaine
823 - 864
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 4,130
Rafael del Riego
1784 - 1823
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 4,131
Roza Otunbayeva
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 4,132
Antonius Felix
10 - 100
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 4,133
Hisham I of Córdoba
757 - 796
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 4,134
Emperor Yōmei
540 - 587
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 4,135

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, 12th Dalai Lama ranks 39. Before him are A. E. Waite, Karl Pearson, Cécile Chaminade, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, George Gissing, and Christian Michelsen. After him are Otto von Below, Max Klinger, Wilhelm Johannsen, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Eugène Atget, and Williamina Fleming. Among people deceased in 1875, 12th Dalai Lama ranks 16. Before him are Tongzhi Emperor, Charles Lyell, Isaac Singer, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Charles Wheatstone, and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. After him are Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Moses Hess, Heinrich Schwabe, Amalia of Oldenburg, Pierre Larousse, and Guillaume Henri Dufour.

Others Born in 1857

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A. E. Waite
OCCULTIST
1857 - 1942
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 33
Karl Pearson
STATISTICIAN
1857 - 1936
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 34
Cécile Chaminade
COMPOSER
1857 - 1944
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 35
Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1943
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 36
George Gissing
WRITER
1857 - 1903
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 37
Christian Michelsen
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1925
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 38
12th Dalai Lama
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1875
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 39
Otto von Below
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1944
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 40
Max Klinger
PAINTER
1857 - 1920
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 41
Wilhelm Johannsen
BIOLOGIST
1857 - 1927
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 42
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
PHYSICIAN
1857 - 1904
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 43
Eugène Atget
PAINTER
1857 - 1927
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 44
Williamina Fleming
ASTRONOMER
1857 - 1911
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 45