RELIGIOUS FIGURE

14th Dalai Lama

1935 - Today

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The 14th Dalai Lama (born 6 July 1935; full spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, shortened as Tenzin Gyatso; né Lhamo Thondup) is the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. Before 1959, he served as both the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, and subsequently established and led the Tibetan government in exile represented by the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India. The adherents of Tibetan Buddhism consider the Dalai Lama a living Bodhisattva, specifically an emanation of Avalokiteśvara (in Sanskrit) or Chenrezig (in Tibetan), the Bodhisattva of Compassion, a belief central to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and the institution of the Dalai Lama. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of 14th Dalai Lama has received more than 13,393,882 page views. His biography is available in 117 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 113 in 2019). 14th Dalai Lama is the 70th most popular religious figure (down from 48th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from China (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

The 14th Dalai Lama is most famous for being the spiritual and political leader of Tibet.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 117

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, 14th Dalai Lama ranks 70 out of 3,187. Before him are Anthony of Padua, Jerome, Hildegard of Bingen, Bartholomew the Apostle, Pope Innocent VII, and Pope Julius II. After him are John Chrysostom, Rachel, Saint Anne, Pope Pius V, Pope Pius XI, and Benedict of Nursia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, 14th Dalai Lama ranks 5. Before him are Alain Delon, Elvis Presley, Mahmoud Abbas, and Luciano Pavarotti. After him are Salman of Saudi Arabia, Woody Allen, José Mujica, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Kenzaburō Ōe, Donald Sutherland, and Françoise Sagan.

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In China

Among people born in China, 14th Dalai Lama ranks 12 out of 1,610. Before him are Laozi (-604), Zheng He (1387), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Li Bai (701), and Sima Qian (-145). After him are Xi Jinping (1953), Kublai Khan (1215), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Du Fu (712), Chiang Kai-shek (1887), and Wu Zetian (624).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, 14th Dalai Lama ranks 1. After him are 13th Dalai Lama (1876), 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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