Globally, Rinpoche (Rinpoche 
, Ринпоче 
) is an extremely rare masculine first name. Much more frequently, Rinpoche is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Rinpoche | Nepal, Bhutan, United States, India, China |
| Ринпоче | Russia |
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dagpo lama rinpoche (b. 1845) |
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taring lhatsun rinpoche Tibetan monk (1886-1947) (b. 1886) |
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penor rinpoche Buddhist lama (b. 1932) |
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tenga rinpoche Tibetan painter (1932-2012), CN (b. 1932) |
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alak jigme thinley lhundup rinpoche Tibetan religious teacher, IN (b. 1939) |
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lama yeshe losal rinpoche Tibetan Buddhist Lama, teacher and tulku. Abbot of Samye Ling Monastery and Founder of the Holy Isle Project., GB (b. 1943) |
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third bardor tulku rinpoche Tibetan religious leader, US (b. 1949) |
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| chatral rinpoche Buddhist philosopher, NP (b. 1913) |
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khandro rinpoche Buddhist lama, IN (b. 1967) |
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wangdrak rinpoche Buddhist lama |
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| tharchin rinpoche Buddhist lama of the Nyingma school (1936–2013) (b. 1936) |
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| chime rinpoche Tibetan LAma (b. 1941) |
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| tsoknyi rinpoche Buddhist teacher (b. 1966) |
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| kwetsang rinpoche lama of Sera who participated in the search for Tenzin Gyatso four years after Thubten Gyatso died |
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| ding gung rinpoche |
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Ven, Kagyur, Khenpo, Gontug, Gemang, Togdan, Tenzin, Namkha, Santokh, Shyalpa, Choegon, Khamtul, Phakchko, Lobsang, Tamding, Thichhap, Trijang, Yongzin, Choegyal, Wangchuk, Sogyal, Ontul, Nyima, Norbu, Bise, Guru, Lama, Tara, Sapan, Segyu, Sonya, Anyen, Ashak, Wangchen, Achok, Kunga, Penor, Ringo, Denys, Drupa, Geshe, Lodoe, Jigme, Tulku, Karma, and Chungtsang