Gedhun Choekyi Nyima

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima

male, 20 years old
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (b. April 25 1989) is the eleventh Panchen Lama. He was born in Lhari County, Tibet and was named by the current Dalai Lama,...
Choekyi Gyaltsen

Choekyi Gyaltsen

male, deceased (1989)
Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen was the 10th Panchen Lama of Gelug Buddhism. He was often referred to simply as Choekyi Gyaltsen (which ca...
Qoigyijabu

Qoigyijabu

male, 19 years old
Qoigyijabu (born February 13, 1990) is a Tibetan Buddhist monk installed by the government of the People's Republic of China as the eleventh...

Alexandra David-Néel

female, deceased (1969)
Alexandra David-Néel born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David was a French explorer, anarchist, spiritualist, Buddhist and writer, most known fo...
Jigme Phuntsok

Jigme Phuntsok

male, deceased (2004)
Khenpo ("Abbot") Jigme Phuntsok (1933-2004) was a Nyingma lama from the Dhok region of Kham (in what is now the modern Chinese province of Sichuan....
Lobsang Yeshe

Lobsang Yeshe

male, deceased (1737)
Lobsang Yeshe (also written Lobsang Yeshi) (1663 - 1737) was the 5th Panchen Lama of Tibet.
Nain Singh

Nain Singh

male
Nain Singh (नैन सिंह) was one of the first of the pundits who explored the Himalayas for the British. He mapped the trade route through Nepal...
Thubten Choekyi Nyima 9th Panchen Lama

Thubten Choekyi Nyima 9th PanchenLama

male, deceased (1937)
Thubten Choekyi Nyima (1883 - 1937), often referred to as "Choekyi Nyima", was the 9th Panchen Lama of Tibet. He fled to Inner Mongolia, China in...
Lobsang Palden Yeshe

Lobsang Palden Yeshe

male, deceased (1780)
Lobsang Palden Yeshe was the Sixth Panchen Lama of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet. He was distinguished by his writings and interest in the world....

Ernst Schäfer

male, deceased (1992)
Ernst Schäfer was a famous German hunter and zoologist in the 1930s, specializing in ornithology. He is most famous for his three expeditions to T...