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3rd Dalai Lama

1543 - 1588

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Sonam Gyatso (Tibetan: བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: bsod nams rgya mtsho, ZYPY: Soinam Gyaco; 1543–1588) was the first to be named Dalai Lama, although the title was retrospectively given to his two predecessors. He was born near Lhasa in 1543 and was recognised as the reincarnation of Gendun Gyatso and subsequently enthroned at Drepung Monastery by Panchen Sonam Dragpa, who became his tutor. Panchen Sonam Dragpa was the 15th Ganden Tripa and his texts still serve as the core curriculum for many Gelugpa monasteries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of 3rd Dalai Lama has received more than 281,386 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). 3rd Dalai Lama is the 2,864th most popular politician (down from 2,643rd in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from China (down from 212th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular Chinese Politician.

The third Dalai Lama is most famous for being the first Dalai Lama to be born in Tibet.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.91

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, 3rd Dalai Lama ranks 2,864 out of 15,577. Before him are Reccared I, Prajadhipok, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Richard Baer, Zhang Xueliang, and Külüg Khan. After him are Henry of Bohemia, Psamtik II, Louis II of Anjou, Ahmad al-Mansur, Cao Huan, and Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1543, 3rd Dalai Lama ranks 3. Before him are Domenico Fontana and William Byrd. After him are Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Claudio Acquaviva, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, Kanō Eitoku, Michele Ruggieri, Giovanni Bembo, Christine of Hesse, and Giovanni de' Medici. Among people deceased in 1588, 3rd Dalai Lama ranks 6. Before him are Mimar Sinan, Paolo Veronese, Frederick II of Denmark, Henry I, Duke of Guise, and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. After him are Henri, Prince of Condé, Qi Jiguang, Johann Weyer, Bernardino Telesio, Alonso Sánchez Coello, and Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz.

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In China

Among people born in China, 3rd Dalai Lama ranks 220 out of 1,392. Before him are Lin Zexu (1785), Emperor Zhao of Han (-94), Wang Xizhi (303), Emperor Qinzong (1100), Zhang Xueliang (1901), and Külüg Khan (1281). After him are Wei Yan (200), Ching Shih (1775), Abaoji (872), Wang Yangming (1472), Zhang Zuolin (1875), and Zhang Sanfeng (1200).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, 3rd Dalai Lama ranks 143. Before him are Lin Zexu (1785), Emperor Zhao of Han (-94), Wang Xizhi (303), Emperor Qinzong (1100), Zhang Xueliang (1901), and Külüg Khan (1281). After him are Wei Yan (200), Abaoji (872), Zhang Zuolin (1875), Emperor Yuan of Han (-75), Empress Wanrong (1906), and Zhao Bing (1271).

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