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Ngawang Tashi Bapu Geshe Ngawang Tashi Bapu a.k.a. Lama Tashi (born 22 February 1968 in Thembang village of West Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh, India) is former Principal Chant Master of Drepung Loseling Monastery, one of the largest monasteries of the Dalai Lama. ...

(born 1968), former Principal Chant Master of Drepung Loseling Monastery *

Ngawang Choephel Ngawang Choephel is a documentary filmmaker, director, producer, and musician. Early life Choephel was born in western Tibet in 1966. When he was two years old, he and his mother fled the hardships of Chinese occupation and sought refuge in Indi ...

(born 1966), documentary filmmaker, director, producer, and musician * Ngawang Jigme Drakpa (died 1597), the last ruling prince of Tsang (West Central Tibet) of the Rinpungpa dynasty *

Ngawang Tashi Drakpa Ngawang Tashi Drakpa (, 1488–1564) was a king of Tibet who ruled in 1499–1554 and 1556/57–1564. He belonged to the Phagmodrupa dynasty which was the dominating regime in Tibet from 1354 to 1435 and maintained a degree of authority until the e ...

(1488–1564), king of Tibet who ruled in 1499–1554 and 1556/57–1564 *

Ngawang Drakpa Gyaltsen Ngawang Drakpa (Gyaltsen) (, d. 1603 or 1604) was a king in Central Tibet who ruled from 1554 to 1556/57, and again from 1576 to 1603/04. He belonged to the Phagmodrupa dynasty which held power in Tibet or parts of it from 1354 to the early 17th ce ...

(died 1603), king in Central Tibet who ruled in 1554–1556/57, and 1576–1603/04 * Etsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935), 14th Dalai Lama, highest spiritual leader and head of Tibet *

Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso The 5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (; ; 1617–1682) was recognized as the 5th Dalai Lama, and he became the first Dalai Lama to hold both Tibet's political and spiritual leadership roles. He is often referred to simply as the Great Fif ...

(1617–1682), 5th Dalai Lama, with effective temporal and spiritual power over all Tibet * Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso (born 1966), Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author, founder of the Pundarika Foundation *

Ngawang Yeshey Gyatso Yeshe Gyatso () (1686–1725) was a pretender for the position of the 6th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Declared by Lha-bzang Khan of the Khoshut Khanate on June 28, 1707, he was the only unofficial Dalai Lama. While praised for his personal moral qualities ...

(1686–1725), pretender for the position of the 6th Dalai Lama of Tibet * Ngawang Jamphel (born 1992), Bhutanese footballer *

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (; ; February 1, 1910 – December 23, 2009 ) was a Tibetan senior official who assumed various military and political responsibilities both before and after 1951 in Tibet. He is often known simply as Ngapoi in English sour ...

(1910–2009), Tibetan senior official with various military and political responsibilities *

Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga served as the 41st Sakya Trizin, the throne holder of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, from his appointment in 1952 until his retirement in 2017. His religious name is Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar Trinley Samphe ...

(born 1945), the 41st Sakya Trizin, the throne holder of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism 1952–2017 *

Trulshik Rinpoche Ngawang Chökyi Lodrö Trulshik Rinpoche Ngawang Chökyi Lodrö (''khrul zhig ngag dbang chos kyi blo gros'') (1 January 1923 – 2 September 2011) born in Yardrok Taklung, Central Tibet was one of the main teachers of the 14th Dalai Lama and of many of the younger gen ...

(1923–2011), teacher of the 14th Dalai Lama and of many Nyingma lamas *

Ngawang Namgyal Ngawang Namgyal (; alternate spellings include ''Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel;'' 1594–1651), known colloquially as ''The Bearded Lama'', was a Tibetan Buddhist Drukpa Kagyu school Rinpoche, and the unifier of Bhutan as a nation-state. He was lat ...

(1594–1651), Tibetan Buddhist lama and the unifier of Bhutan as a nation-state *

Ngawang Namgyal (Rinpungpa) Ngawang Namgyal (; died 1544 or somewhat later) was a prince of the Rinpungpa dynasty that dominated the Tsang region in West Central Tibet between 1435 and 1565. He reigned from 1512 to 1544, and was a patron of the Karma Kagyu school as was the ...

(died 1544), prince of the Rinpungpa dynasty in West Central Tibet *

Ngawang Pem Ngawang Pem is a Bhutanese civil servant. In 2012, she was appointed Dzongda (district governor) of Tsirang District, making her the first woman Dzongda in Bhutan. She graduated from Sherubste College, Kanglung, Tashigang and in 2006 completed ...

, Bhutanese civil servant, the first woman Dzongda in Bhutan *

Ngawang Rinchen Ngawang Rinchen (; ; born 26 February 1984) is a Chinese actor of Tibetan descent. Early life and education Ngawang Rinchen was born in Lhasa, Tibet, China. He graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2007, where he majored in acting. After gr ...

(born 1984), Chinese actor of Tibetan descent *

Ngawang Jigdral Rinpoche Dorje Lopon Ngawang Jigdral Rinpoche, is a Nyingma tulku A ''tulku'' (, also ''tülku'', ''trulku'') is an individual recognized as the reincarnation of a previous spiritual master (lama), and expected to be reincarnated, in turn, after death. ...

, Nyingma tulku of Sherpa decent *

Ngawang Samten Ngawang Samten is a Tibetan educationist, Tibetologist and the vice chancellor of the Central University for Tibetan Studies. Besides editing publications such as ''Abhidhammathasamgaho'', ''Pindikrita'', ''Pancakrama'' and ''Manjusri'', he is the ...

(born 1956), Tibetan educationist, Tibetologist, vice chancellor of the Central University for Tibetan Studies *

Ngawang Sangdrol Ngawang Sangdrol (born in Lhasa, Tibet, in 1977) is a former political prisoner, imprisoned at the age of 13 by the Government of the People's Republic of China, for peacefully demonstrating against the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1992. She wa ...

(born 1977), former political prisoner, imprisoned at the age of 13 by the Government of the People's Republic of China for peacefully demonstrating against the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1992 *

Ngawang Sungrab Thutob Ngawang Sungrab Thutob (; ) (1874–1952) was the third Taktra Rinpoche, (Wylie transliteration: ''sTag-brag'', also Takdrak, Tagdrag, etc.) and regent of Tibet. As regent, he was responsible for raising and educating the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin ...

(1874–1952), known as Geshe Wangyal and "America's first lama," Buddhist lama and scholar of Kalmyk origin

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