# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pema-karpo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:39:56.312Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pema-karpo"
name: "Pema Karpo"
slug: "pema-karpo"
description: "Kunkhyen Pema Karpo was the fourth Gyalwang Drukpa, head of the Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the most famous and learned of all the Gyalwang Drukpas. During his lifetime, he was known as the grand lama amongst all grand lamas, and was a teacher to many lamas and disciples all over Tibet."
tagline: "Buddhist religious leader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tibet%2C_religioso_della_scuola_drukpa%2C_xviii_sec.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1527"
deathDate: "1592"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.04
  momentum:             0.3971119133574007
  historical:           5.677034666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunkhyen_Pema_Karpo"
    title: "Kunkhyen Pema Karpo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pema_Karpo"
    title: "Pema Karpo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunkhyen_Pema_Karpo"
    title: "Kunkhyen Pema Karpo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%BE"
    title: "Пема Карпо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pema_Karpo"
    title: "Pema Karpo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunkhyen_Pema_Karpo"
    title: "Kunkhyen Pema Karpo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464140"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump