Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck

Bhutanese prince
Person human Q2664053
Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck
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Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck

Summary

Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck is a human[1]. He was born in New Delhi[2]. He was born on July 16, 1984[3]. He worked as a sports official[4]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month, #7,206 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's place of birth was New Delhi[2].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck was born on July 16, 1984[3].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's father was Jigme Singye Wangchuck[6].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's mother was Dorji Wangmo[7].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck held citizenship in Bhutan[8].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's professions included sports official[4].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck held the position of president[9].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck held the position of member of the International Olympic Committee[10].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's education included a stint at St Peter's College[11].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's education included a stint at Choate Rosemary Hall[12].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck was educated at Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School[13].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck was a member of International Olympic Committee[14].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's religion is recorded as Buddhism[15].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck is recorded as male[16].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's instance of is recorded as human[17].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's family is recorded as House of Wangchuck[18].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's noble title is recorded as prince[19].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's Commons category is recorded as Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck[20].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's sibling is recorded as Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck[21].
  • Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's sibling is recorded as Princess Sonam Dechen Wangchuck of Bhutan[22].

Body

Origins and Family

Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck was born in New Delhi[2]. He was born on July 16, 1984[3]. His father was Jigme Singye Wangchuck[6]. His mother was Dorji Wangmo[7].

Education

Educated at St Peter's College[11], a college of the University of Oxford[23], in United Kingdom[24], founded in 1929[25], headquartered in Oxford[26]; Choate Rosemary Hall[12], a boarding school[27], in United States[28], founded in 1890[29], headquartered in Wallingford[30]; and Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School[13], a secondary school[31], in Bhutan[32], founded in 1965[33].

Career and Affiliations

Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck worked as a sports official[4]. Positions held include president[9], a corporate title[34] and member of the International Olympic Committee[10], a position[35].

Personal Life

Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's religion is recorded as Buddhism[15].

Why It Matters

Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month, #7,206 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

FAQs

Where was Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck born?

Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck was born in New Delhi[2].

Who were Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's parents?

Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's father was Jigme Singye Wangchuck[6]. Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck's mother was Dorji Wangmo[7].

What did Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck do for work?

Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck worked as sports official[4].

Where did Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck go to school?

Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck was educated at St Peter's College[11], Choate Rosemary Hall[12], and Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Olympedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] . Olympedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] . Olympedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Olympedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . olympics.com. olympics.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] . wikidata.org.
  14. [4] . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . Olympedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] . Olympedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Virant · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship Bhutan
    Mother Dorji Wangmo
    Member of International Olympic Committee
    Name in native language དྲག་ཤོས་འཇིགས་རྒྱལ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་ཕྱུག།
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1559]]: དྲག་ཤོས་འཇིགས་རྒྱལ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་ཕྱུག།"
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