Namgyal

Namgyal, a Tibetan deity, has been a personal name in several countries; see (inter alia):

Literature

 * Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, a 16th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar of the Dagpo Kagyu lineage

Politics

 * Namgyal dynasty (disambiguation)
 * Namgyal dynasty of Sikkim, rulers in Sikkim
 * Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh, rulers in Ladakh
 * Phuntsog Namgyal (disambiguation)
 * Phuntsog Namgyal, first king of Sikkim
 * Palden Thondup Namgyal, last hereditary ruler of Sikkim, husband of Hope Cooke
 * Ngawang Namgyal, founder of Bhutan
 * Tashi Namgyal, ruler of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963
 * Thutob Namgyal, who transferred Sikkim's capital to Gangtok in 1894
 * Tshudpud Namgyal, longest-reigning king of Sikkim (from 1793 to 1863); regained independence from Nepal in 1815

Culture

 * Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
 * Namgyal Monastery, any of several Tibetan Buddhist institutions
 * Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies
 * Namgyal Lhamo, exponent of Tibetan singing
 * Tashi Namgyal Academy in Sikkim

Sports

 * Namgyal Bhutia, Indian professional footballer

Other

 * Namgyal Rinpoche, Karma Tenzin Dorje (1931-2003), born Leslie George Dawson, in Toronto, Canada