Jacques Bacot (1877–1965), explorer and pioneering French Tibetologist
Lati Rinpochay & Hopkins, Jeffrey (1985) Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth, Ithaca: Snow Lion
Hugh Edward Richardson (1905–2000), British diplomat and Tibetologist
Tibetologist Melvyn Goldstein wrote in 1971 that "Tibet was characterized by a form of institutionalized inequality that can be called pervasive serfdom".
During that time, Sopa trained many of the first generation of respected Buddhist scholars and translators in the USA, including Jeffrey Hopkins, José Cabezón, John Makransky and Zorba Paster.
According to Tibetologist Melvyn Goldstein, natalist feelings run high in China's Tibet region, among both ordinary people and government officials.
George de Roerich, (a.k.a. Yuri Roerich) Tibetologist, son of Nicholas Roerich
Tom Tillemans (born 1950), Dutch-Canadian Buddhologist, Indologist and Tibetologist
In 1910, Sikkim Political Officer and Tibetologist Sir Charles Alfred Bell engaged Bhutan and signed the Treaty of Punakha and other agreements that had the effect of assigning land in Motithang (Thimphu) and a hill station between Chukha and Thimphu to the British, assigning a portion of Kalimpong to Bhutan, and doubling the per annum subsidy from Britain to Bhutan.