List of Dalai Lamas
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List of Dalai Lamas. There have been 14 recognized incarnations of the Dalai Lama in Tibet.
| Title | Portrait | Name (Lifespan) |
Period in office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Dalai Lama |  |
Gedun Drupa (1391–1474) |
?-1474 |
| 2nd Dalai Lama | Gedun Gyatso (1475–1542) |
1492-1542 | |
| 3rd Dalai Lama |  |
Sonam Gyatso (1543–1588) |
1578-1588 |
| 4th Dalai Lama |  |
Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617) |
1601-1617 |
| 5th Dalai Lama |  |
Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617–1682) |
1642-1682 |
| 6th Dalai Lama |  |
Tsangyang Gyatso (1683–1706) |
1697-1706 |
| 7th Dalai Lama | Kelzang Gyatso (1708–1757) |
1720-1757 | |
| 8th Dalai Lama | Jamphel Gyatso (1758–1804) |
1762-1804 | |
| 9th Dalai Lama | Lungtok Gyatso (1805–1815) |
1810-1815 | |
| 10th Dalai Lama | Tsultrim Gyatso (1816–1837) |
1826-1837 | |
| 11th Dalai Lama | Khedrup Gyatso (1838–1856) |
1842 - 1856 | |
| 12th Dalai Lama |  |
Trinley Gyatso (1857–1875) |
1860 - 1875 |
| 13th Dalai Lama |  |
Thubten Gyatso (1876–1933) |
1879 - 1933 |
| 14th Dalai Lama | .jpg/100px-Dalai_Lama_at_WhiteHouse_(cropped).jpg) |
Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) |
1950 - present |
Further reading
List of Dalai Lamas, Wikipedia- "Short Biographies of the Previous Dalai Lamas". DalaiLama.com.
- Mullin, Glenn H. (2001). The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation, pp. 452–515. Clear Light Publishers. Santa Fe, New Mexico. ISBN 978-1-57416-092-5.
