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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

13th Dalai Lama

1876 - 1933

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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 era and the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. Referred to as "the Great Thirteenth", he is also known for redeclaring Tibet's national independence, and for his 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 1,682,786 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). 13th Dalai Lama is the 490th most popular religious figure (down from 410th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from China (down from 90th 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 490 out of 2,238Before him are Saint Sarah, Gregory Palamas, Pope John VI, Pope Pontian, Simon Magus, and John Climacus. After him are Abbas ibn Ali, John Vianney, Saint Rosalia, Saint Florian, Michael I Cerularius, and Umm Salama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 15Before him are Zewditu, Constantin Brâncuși, Pablo Casals, Manuel de Falla, Alexander I of Serbia, and Willis Carrier. After him are Maurice de Vlaminck, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Adolf Windaus, Otto Diels, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, and Róbert Bárány. Among people deceased in 1933, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 8Before him are Clara Zetkin, Calvin Coolidge, Adolf Loos, Faisal I of Iraq, Mohammed Nadir Shah, and Constantine P. Cavafy. After him are John Galsworthy, Annie Besant, Sándor Ferenczi, Wilhelm Cuno, Nikolai Yudenich, and Princess Thyra of Denmark.

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In China

Among people born in China, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 99 out of 1,392Before him are Yang Guifei (719), Zhang Heng (78), Tongzhi Emperor (1856), Soong Ching-ling (1893), Hua Tuo (200), and Qu Yuan (-343). After him are Milarepa (1052), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Emperor Yang of Sui (569), Jingtai Emperor (1428), Lin Biao (1907), and Tu Youyou (1930).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, 13th Dalai Lama ranks 2Before him are 14th Dalai Lama (1935). After him are Huineng (638), Je Tsongkhapa (1357), Bao Xishun (1951), 11th Dalai Lama (1838), Shaohao (null), Sengcan (529), Rabban Bar Sauma (1220), Joseph Zen (1932), Jianzhen (688), and Mang of Xia (null).