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Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa

1924 - 1981

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The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (Tibetan: རང་འབྱུང་རིག་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: Rang 'byung rig pa'i rdo rje; August 14, 1924 – November 5, 1981) is the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and the spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He is of the oldest line of reincarnate lamas in Vajrayana Buddhism, known as the Karmapas whose coming was predicted by the Buddha in the Samadhiraja Sutra. The 16th Karmapa was considered to be a "living Buddha" and was deeply involved in the transmission of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism to Europe and North America following the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa has received more than 123,834 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa is the 9,720th most popular politician (down from 8,670th in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from China (down from 595th in 2019) and the 370th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa ranks 9,720 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Ashot I of Iberia, Justas Paleckis, Wasfi Tal, Dục Đức, and Alfonso Fróilaz. After him are Vadim Bakatin, Hussein al-Houthi, Dirk Jan de Geer, Ada, Countess of Holland, Azem Galica, and Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa ranks 168. Before him are Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Alexander Matrosov, Friaça, Gilbert Simondon, Marcel Broodthaers, and Aman Andom. After him are Cicely Tyson, Marjorie Boulton, Josef Škvorecký, Guillermo Rodríguez, Arthur Janov, and István Nyers. Among people deceased in 1981, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa ranks 95. Before him are Edvard Kocbek, Mohammad Beheshti, Paul Anspach, Victor Kugler, Carl Ludwig Siegel, and Eraldo Monzeglio. After him are Mostafa Chamran, Claude Auchinleck, Jim Davis, Zdeněk Burian, Roman Rudenko, and Lanza del Vasto.

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In China

Among people born in China, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa ranks 675 out of 1,610. Before him are Mang of Xia (null), Liu Zhiyuan (895), Cai E (1882), Li Tang (1050), Shi Jingtang (892), and Yijing (635). After him are Lee Hoi-chuen (1901), Wu Zhen (1280), Yi-Fu Tuan (1930), Tan Sitong (1865), Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510), and Rabban Bar Sauma (1220).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa ranks 370. Before him are Cai Yuanpei (1868), Zhang Zhidong (1837), Ho Feng-Shan (1901), Salchak Toka (1901), Liu Zhiyuan (895), and Cai E (1882). After him are Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510), Zeng Qinghong (1939), Hai Rui (1514), Xin Qiji (1140), Qu Qiubai (1899), and Lien Chan (1936).

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