Kham
Kham ranks 5,325th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mill Hill, Brugg, and Paimpol. Memorable people born in Kham include 11th Dalai Lama, 9th Dalai Lama, and Sogyal Rinpoche. Kham has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians. Kham is located in China.
Kham is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Domey also known as Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The official name of this Tibetan region/province is Dotoe. The original residents of Kham are called Khampas, and were governed locally by chieftains and monasteries. Kham covers a land area distributed in multiple province-level administrative divisions in present-day China, most of it in Tibet Autonomous Region and Sichuan, with smaller portions located within Qinghai and Yunnan. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1805 and 1947, Kham was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including 11th Dalai Lama, 9th Dalai Lama, and Sogyal Rinpoche.
People Born in Kham
Go to all Rankings
11th Dalai Lama
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1838 - 1856
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 1
9th Dalai Lama
POLITICIAN
1805 - 1815
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 2
Sogyal Rinpoche
WRITER
1947 - 2019
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kham were religious figures (1), politicians (1), and writers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kham, including Sogyal Rinpoche. Whereas, throughout history, religious figures have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kham, including 11th Dalai Lama.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Kham since 1700.
