- male, deceased (1973)
- Peter Aufschnaiter (November 2, 1899-October 19, 1973) was an Austrian mountaineer, agricultural scientist, geographer and cartographer.
- male
- Tarthang Tulku is a Tibetan teacher (lama) in the Nyingma tradition who lives in America, where he works to preserve the art and culture of Tibet....
- male, deceased (1981)
- The sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpei Dorje (Wylie Rang 'byung rig pa'i rdo rje) was spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan...
- male, 41 years old
- Erik Weihenmayer (born 1968) is the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001. He also completed the Seven Summits...
- male, deceased (1582)
- Altan Khan (Chinese: 俺答汗, Mongolian: Алтан Хаан), whose given name was Anda, was the de facto ruler of the Right Wing of the Mongols and exerc...
- male, deceased (680)
- The Chinese Princess Wencheng, was a niece of the powerful Emperor Taizong of Tang of Tang China, who left China in 640, according to records,...
- male, deceased (2004)
- Fosco Maraini (november 15 1912 - june 8 2004) was an Italian ethnologist, photographer, film-maker, mountaineer, writer, poet and professor....
- male, deceased (1775)
- Prithvi Narayan Shah, King of Nepal was the ninth generation descendant of Dravya Shah (1559 - 1570 A.D.), the founder of the ruling house of...
- male
- Claude Arpi is French-born author and journalist who lives in Auroville, India. He is the author of "The Fate of Tibet" (Har-Anand Publications),...
- female, 59 years old
- Naomi Duguid is a Canadian food writer, best known for her cookbooks co-written with her husband Jeffrey Alford. Duguid was born in Ottawa, Ontario...
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