This is a list of Dalai Lamas of Tibet. There have been 14 recognised incarnations of the Dalai Lama.
There has also been one non-recognised Dalai Lama, Ngawang Yeshe Gyatso (declared in 1707), by Lha-bzang Khan as the "true" 6th Dalai Lama – however, he was never accepted as such by the majority of the Tibetan people.Stein 1972, p. 85.Chapman, F. Spencer. (1940). Lhasa: The Holy City, p. 127. Readers Union Ltd. London.Mullin 2001, p. 276.
List {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Title ! Portrait ! Name ! TibetanWylie transliteration ! Dalai Lama from ! Dalai Lama until |- | 1st Dalai Lama | | Gedun Drupa | dge 'dun grub pa | N/A | 1474 |- | 2nd Dalai Lama | | Gedun Gyatso | dge-'dun rgya-mtsho | N/A | 1542 |- | 3rd Dalai Lama | | Sonam Gyatso | bsod nams rgya mtsho | 1578 | 1588 |- | 4th Dalai Lama | | Yonten Gyatso | yon tan rgya mtsho | 1601 | 1617 |- | 5th Dalai Lama | | Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso | Ngag-dbang blo-bzang rgya-mtsho | 1642 | 1682 |- | 6th Dalai Lama | | Tsangyang Gyatso | tshangs-dbyangs rgya-mtsho | 1697 | 1706 |- | 7th Dalai Lama | | Kelzang Gyatso | bskal bzang rgya mtsho | 1720 | 1757 |- | 8th Dalai Lama | | Jamphel Gyatso | jam dpal rgya mtsho| 1762 | 1804 |- | 9th Dalai Lama | | Lungtok Gyatso | lung rtogs rgya mtsho| 1810 | 6 March 1815 |- | 10th Dalai Lama | | Tsultrim Gyatso | tshul khrim rgya mtsho| 1826 | 30 September 1837 |- | 11th Dalai Lama | | Khedrup Gyatso | mkhas grub rgya mtsho| 1842 | 31 January 1856 |- | 12th Dalai Lama | | Trinley Gyatso | '''phrin las rgya mtsho | 1860 | 25 April 1875 |- | 13th Dalai Lama| | Thubten Gyatso | thub bstan rgya mtsho | 31 July 1879 | 17 December 1933 |- | rowspan="2"|14th Dalai Lama'| rowspan="2"| | rowspan="2"|Tenzin Gyatso | rowspan="2"|bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho| 22 February 1940 | rowspan="2"|Incumbent |- | 17 November 1950
See also List of Panchen Lamas List of rulers of Tibet
References
Bibliography
Mullin, Glenn H. (2001). The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation''. Clear Light Publishers. Santa Fe, NM. .
External links List of Dalai Lamas 1–13 with related data and complete peer-reviewed biographies on The Treasury of Lives