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7th Dalai Lama

1708 - 1757

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The 7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso (Wylie: bskal bzang rgya mtsho; 1708–1757, also spelled Kalzang Gyatso, Kelsang Gyatso and Kezang Gyatso), was recognized as the authentic 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was seen as the true incarnation of the 6th Dalai Lama, and was enthroned after a pretender supported by the Koshut Khan was deposed. The 7th Dalai Lama was a great scholar, a prolific writer and a poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of 7th Dalai Lama has received more than 275,154 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). 7th Dalai Lama is the 6,439th most popular politician (down from 6,079th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from China (down from 463rd in 2019) and the 291st most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, 7th Dalai Lama ranks 6,439 out of 19,576Before him are Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, Abdon, Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia, Zhong Kang, Janusz Radziwiłł, and Pascal Lissouba. After him are Loukas Notaras, Kusunoki Masashige, Ceawlin of Wessex, Injong of Goryeo, Ashur-uballit II, and Constanze Manziarly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1708, 7th Dalai Lama ranks 6Before him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, Albrecht von Haller, Pompeo Batoni, and Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg. After him are William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Antiochus Kantemir, Egidio Duni, Olof von Dalin, Johann Adolf Scheibe, and Georg Dionysius Ehret. Among people deceased in 1757, 7th Dalai Lama ranks 11Before him are Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Rosalba Carriera, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Johann Stamitz, Siraj ud-Daulah, and Robert-François Damiens. After him are David Hartley, Amursana, Bulleh Shah, Antoine Pesne, Edward Vernon, and Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin.

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In China

Among people born in China, 7th Dalai Lama ranks 493 out of 1,610Before him are Tang Yin (1470), Li He (790), He Zizhen (1910), Liu Zongyuan (773), Marpa Lotsawa (1012), and Ba Jin (1904). After him are Peng Liyuan (1962), Gampopa (1079), Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235), Shaohao (null), Mei Lanfang (1894), and Yao Wenyuan (1931).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, 7th Dalai Lama ranks 291Before him are Hong Tianguifu (1849), Emperor Yizong of Tang (833), Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei (408), Yen Chia-kan (1905), Langdarma (803), and He Zizhen (1910). After him are Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235), Yao Wenyuan (1931), Zuo Zongtang (1812), T. V. Soong (1894), Zhang Xun (1854), and Zhang Chunqiao (1917).