# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonam-gyatso
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:07:45.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonam-gyatso"
name: "Sonam Gyatso"
slug: "sonam-gyatso"
description: "The 3rd Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso (1543–1588), was the first in the tulku lineage to be entitled formally as the Dalai Lama. In 1578 Altan Khan presented the spiritual title of Dalai Lama, in honor of Sonam Gyatso's profound teachings conferred in Mongolia, which soon became a Tibetan Buddhist country. He founded Kumbum Monastery, Lithang Monastery, and Namgyal Monastery. The spiritual title was retrospectively given to his two tulku lineage predecessors, the 1st Dalai Lama and the 2nd Dalai Lama."
tagline: "3rd Dalai Lama (1543-1588)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonam_Gyatso.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1543-02-28"
deathDate: "1588-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.497262556534159
  historical:           21.57388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump