RELIGIOUS FIGURE

13th Dalai Lama

1876 - 1933

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The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (full given name: Ngawang Lobsang Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal; abbreviated to Thubten Gyatso) (Tibetan: ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: Thub Bstan Rgya Mtsho; 12 February 1876 – 17 December 1933) was the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet, enthroned during a turbulent modern era. He presided during the Collapse of the Qing Dynasty, and is referred to as "the Great Thirteenth", responsible for redeclaring Tibet's national independence, and for his national reform and modernization initiatives. In 1878, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of 13th Dalai Lama has received more than 1,812,942 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). 13th Dalai Lama is the 503rd most popular religious figure (down from 485th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from China (down from 98th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

The 13th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is most famous for his advocacy of Tibetan independence. He was born in 1935 and became the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of 15. He was the youngest to hold the title of Dalai Lama.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 503 out of 3,187. Before him are Hasan al-Askari, Saint Eustace, Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, Ibn Majah, Bruno of Cologne, and Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair. After him are Rāhula, Maria al-Qibtiyya, Paul of Thebes, Rose of Lima, Haggai, and Saint Sarah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 16. Before him are Constantin Brâncuși, Pablo Casals, Alexander I of Serbia, Manuel de Falla, Willis Carrier, and Adolf Windaus. After him are Otto Diels, Elsa Einstein, Maurice de Vlaminck, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Hermann Müller, and Róbert Bárány. Among people deceased in 1933, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 7. Before him are Clara Zetkin, Li Ching-Yuen, Calvin Coolidge, Adolf Loos, Faisal I of Iraq, and Constantine P. Cavafy. After him are John Galsworthy, Paul Ehrenfest, Sándor Ferenczi, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Nikolai Yudenich, and Annie Besant.

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In China

Among people born in China, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 104 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhang Heng (78), Ziying (-300), Jiajing Emperor (1507), Emperor Xian of Han (181), Emperor Yang of Sui (569), and King Wu of Zhou (-1150). After him are Yu the Great (-2123), Jingtai Emperor (1428), Yuan Shao (154), Lin Biao (1907), Soong Mei-ling (1897), and Temür Khan (1265).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 2. Before him are 14th Dalai Lama (1935). After him are Huineng (638), Je Tsongkhapa (1357), 11th Dalai Lama (1838), Bao Xishun (1951), Dazu Huike (487), Joseph Zen (1932), Shaohao (null), Jianzhen (688), Sengcan (529), and Gan Ji (101).

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