POLITICIAN

12th Dalai Lama

1857 - 1875

12th Dalai Lama

Trinley Gyatso (also spelled Trinle Gyatso and Thinle Gyatso; 28 December 1856 – 25 April 1875) was the 12th Dalai Lama of Tibet. His short life coincided with a time of major political unrest and wars among Tibet's neighbours. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of 12th Dalai Lama has received more than 498,363 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). 12th Dalai Lama is the 4,212th most popular politician (up from 4,240th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from China and the 201st 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.

Memorability Metrics

500k
Page Views (PV)
60.78
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
38
Languages Editions (L)
6.99
Effective Languages (L*)
3.11
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, 12th Dalai Lama ranks 4,212 out of 19,576. Before him are José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Yoav Galant, Ny-Hor, Masahito, Prince Hitachi, Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, and Katō Kiyomasa. After him are Abdullah of Pahang, Li Zongren, Demetrius II Aetolicus, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Vasili Kuznetsov, and Tarpeia.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
1766 - 1840
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 4,206
Yoav Galant
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 4,207
Ny-Hor
4000 BC - 4000 BC
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 4,208
Masahito, Prince Hitachi
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 4,209
Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia
932 - 999
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 4,210
Katō Kiyomasa
1561 - 1611
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 4,211
12th Dalai Lama
1857 - 1875
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 4,212
Abdullah of Pahang
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 4,213
Li Zongren
1890 - 1969
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 4,214
Demetrius II Aetolicus
275 BC - 229 BC
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 4,215
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 4,216
Vasili Kuznetsov
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 4,217
Tarpeia
800 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 4,218

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, 12th Dalai Lama ranks 37. Before him are Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Otto von Below, Edward Emerson Barnard, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Max Klinger, and Georges Gilles de la Tourette. After him are Antoni Grabowski, Ida Tarbell, Cécile Chaminade, Wilhelm Johannsen, Eugène Atget, and Theodor Escherich. Among people deceased in 1875, 12th Dalai Lama ranks 18. Before him are Moses Hess, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Charles Wheatstone, Pierre Larousse, and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. After him are Amalia of Oldenburg, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Jacques Paul Migne, Francis V, Duke of Modena, Heinrich Schwabe, and Tristan Corbière.

Others Born in 1857

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Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1943
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 31
Otto von Below
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1944
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 32
Edward Emerson Barnard
ASTRONOMER
1857 - 1923
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 33
Aleksandr Lyapunov
MATHEMATICIAN
1857 - 1918
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 34
Max Klinger
PAINTER
1857 - 1920
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 35
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
PHYSICIAN
1857 - 1904
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 36
12th Dalai Lama
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1875
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 37
Antoni Grabowski
CHEMIST
1857 - 1921
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 38
Ida Tarbell
WRITER
1857 - 1944
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 39
Cécile Chaminade
COMPOSER
1857 - 1944
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 40
Wilhelm Johannsen
BIOLOGIST
1857 - 1927
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 41
Eugène Atget
PAINTER
1857 - 1927
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 42
Theodor Escherich
BIOLOGIST
1857 - 1911
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 43