Zurmo Gendun Bum was a fourteenth-century Nyingma lineage holder. Little is known of her life other than that she was born in Tsang and was likely a member of the Zur clan.

Galo Namgyel Dorje was a thirteenth-century tantric teacher known for the Dro and Ra traditions of Kālachakra and Yamāntaka.

Chak Drachompa studied Sanskrit in Bodhgaya in the twelfth century. He interpreted for the Indian paṇḍitas Buddhaśrī and Śākyaśrībhadra when they visited central Tibet and also translated their works into Tibetan. He is credited with four texts in the Tengyur.

Chak Lotsāwa Choje Pel, known also by the Sanskrit version of his name, Dharmaśvamin, was the last Tibetan translator to visit and study at Nālandā Monastery in India, primarily under Rāhulaśrībhadra, before its destruction. He attained considerable fame during his lifetime, with roughly thirty translations and revisions included in the Tibetan canon. He is also remembered for a correspondence with Sakya Paṇḍita on various points of doctrine.

Bari Lotsāwa Rinchen Drak was the second throne holder of Sakya Monastery, one of the few throne holders who was not a member of the Khon family. He is credited with translating and transmitting a collection of liturgies known as the One Hundred Sādhanas of Bari, or Bari Gyatsa. He was a student in India of Amoghavajra, with whom he translated. Known as a master of ritual, he was selected by the Khon family to be the teacher of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, the first of the five founding fathers of the Sakya school and his successor as throne holder