- male, deceased (1984)
- Giuseppe Tucci (Macerata 5 June 1894-San Polo dei Cavalieri (Rome) 5 April 1984), was an Italian scholar of oriental cultures, specialising in...
- male, deceased (1987)
- Dudjom Rinpoche was the supreme leader of the Nyingmapa order of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in Tibet in 1904, and died on January 17th, 1987. He...
- male, 78 years old
- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is a Tibetan Buddhist monk, Gelug teacher (scholar) and author of Buddhist books. He was born in Tibet in 1931 and ordained at...
- male, deceased (1952)
- Sven Anders Hedin (February 19, 1865 - November 26, 1952) was a Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician. Hedin was born in Stockholm....
- male
- Ma Jian (b. August 18 1953) is a Chinese writer. He was born in Qingdao on the August 18 1953. In 1986, he moved to Hong Kong after a clampdown in...
- female, 73 years old
- Pema Chödrön is a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan vajrayana tradition, and a teacher in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. The goal of her...
- female
- Jetsun Pema is the living sister of the fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, born in the Tibetan village of Amdo. In the 1997 movie "Seven Years in...
- male, 59 years old
- Lithang Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche (born 1950, in Lithang Thil, Tibet) is a Buddhist leader from eastern Tibet. He was convicted of carrying out...
- female
- Yungchen Lhamo is a Tibetan singer living in exile in New York City. Lhamo's international success as a Tibetan singer is unprecendented. She has...
- male, 45 years old
- Adam Nathaniel Yauch, also known as MCA and Nathaniel Hörnblowér, is a founding member of hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys. Yauch was born August 5, 19...
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