Interesting People # 64 - The Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama was born Lhamo Thondup.

(When he became the Dalai Lama at the age of 15, he was renamed Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso. Tibetans address the Dalai Lama in several different ways: Gyalwa Rinpoche ('Precious Victor'), Kundun ('Presence'), and Yishin Norbu ('Wishfulfilling Gem'), but thank goodness he is usually referred to simply as "His Holiness" (HH), or "His Holiness The Dalai Lama.")