# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tekchok-dorje
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:07:11.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tekchok-dorje"
name: "Tekchok Dorje"
slug: "tekchok-dorje"
description: "The 14th Karmapa, Theckchok Dorje (1798–1868), also Thegchog Dorje, was the 14th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. Theckchok Dorje was born in Danang, Kham, Tibet, and was recognized by Drukchen Kunzig Chokyi Nangwa based on the instructional letter from the 13th Karmapa, Dudul Dorje that detailed where his next reincarnation would be born. He was enthroned and ordained as a monk by the 9th Tai Situpa at the age of nineteen."
tagline: "Tibetan Lama"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ThekchokDorje.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1798-01-27"
deathDate: "1868-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.539417333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5"
    title: "Текчог Дордже"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ཀརྨ་པ་ཐེག་མཆོག་རྡོ་རྗེ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theg%C4%8Dhog_Dord%C5%BEe"
    title: "Thegčhog Dordže"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thegchog_Dorje"
    title: "Thegchog Dorje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Karmapa%2C_Theckchok_Dorje"
    title: "14th Karmapa, Theckchok Dorje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thekchok_Dorje"
    title: "Thekchok Dorje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thegchog_Dorje"
    title: "Thegchog Dorje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5"
    title: "Текчок Дордже"
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  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC%E5%8D%81%E5%9B%9B%E5%99%B6%E7%91%AA%E5%B7%B4%C2%B7%E7%89%B9%E4%B8%98%E5%A4%9A%E5%82%91"
    title: "第十四噶瑪巴·特丘多傑"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2034128"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump