1907 - 1994
Alain Daniélou (4 October 1907 – 27 January 1994) was a French historian, Indologist, intellectual, musicologist, translator, writer, and notable Western convert to and expert on the Shaivite branch of Hinduism.In 1991 he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Daniélou has received more than 149,405 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Daniélou is the 349th most popular historian, the 4,037th most popular biography from France and the 50th most popular French Historian.
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Among historians, Alain Daniélou ranks 349 out of 339. Before him are Joseph Hergenröther, Tom Segev, Ernest Lavisse, Neagu Djuvara, Riane Eisler, and Henri Grégoire. After him are Cyril Toumanoff, David Marshall Lang, Heinrich Ewald, Taner Akçam, Frances Yates, and Boris Rybakov.
1824 - 1890
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 343
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 344
1842 - 1922
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 345
1916 - 2018
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 346
1931 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 347
1881 - 1964
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 348
1907 - 1994
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 349
1913 - 1997
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 350
1924 - 1991
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 351
1803 - 1875
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 352
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 353
1899 - 1981
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 354
1908 - 2001
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 355
Among people born in 1907, Alain Daniélou ranks 247. Before him are Ramón Guzmán, Jacques Roumain, Sofia Yablonska, Roger Blin, Sanya Dharmasakti, and Alfred Schmitt. After him are Clifford Curzon, Lotfia Elnadi, Sven Andersson, Jean Van Houtte, August Hellemans, and John McIntire. Among people deceased in 1994, Alain Daniélou ranks 222. Before him are Hermann Josef Abs, Jay Miner, Gilbert Roland, Gennady Voronov, Charlotte Auerbach, and William Higinbotham. After him are Alfredo Pérez, Roger Bocquet, Willem Jacob Luyten, József Háda, William Wilson Morgan, and Patrick O'Neal.
1907 - 1954
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 241
1907 - 1944
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 242
1907 - 1971
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 243
1907 - 1984
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 244
1907 - 2002
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 245
1907 - 1973
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 246
1907 - 1994
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 247
1907 - 1982
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 248
1907 - 2002
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 249
1907 - 1981
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 250
1907 - 1991
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 251
1907 - 1992
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 252
1907 - 1991
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 253
1901 - 1994
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 216
1932 - 1994
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 217
1905 - 1994
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 218
1910 - 1994
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 219
1899 - 1994
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 220
1910 - 1994
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 221
1907 - 1994
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 222
1929 - 1994
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 223
1921 - 1994
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 224
1899 - 1994
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 225
1911 - 1994
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 226
1906 - 1994
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 227
1927 - 1994
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 228
Among people born in France, Alain Daniélou ranks 4,037 out of 6,011. Before him are Émile Lemoine (1840), Roger Blin (1907), François Sudre (1787), Jacques Rozier (1926), Vincent Candela (1973), and Alfred Schmitt (1907). After him are Alain Perrin (1956), Jacques Roubaud (1932), Julie Depardieu (1973), Aymeric Laporte (1994), Ernest Courtot de Cissey (1810), and Jean Lassalle (1955).
1840 - 1912
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 4,031
1907 - 1984
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 4,032
1787 - 1862
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 4,033
1926 - 2023
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 4,034
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 4,035
1907 - 1973
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 4,036
1907 - 1994
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 4,037
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 4,038
1932 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 4,039
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 4,040
1994 - Present
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 4,041
1810 - 1882
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 4,042
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 4,043
Among historians born in France, Alain Daniélou ranks 50. Before him are Élisabeth Roudinesco (1944), Léon Gautier (1832), Gustave Lanson (1857), Jérôme Carcopino (1881), Marc Fumaroli (1932), and Ernest Lavisse (1842). After him are Jacques Barzun (1907) and Rémi Mathis (1982).
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 44
1832 - 1897
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 45
1857 - 1934
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 46
1881 - 1970
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 47
1932 - 2020
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 48
1842 - 1922
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 49
1907 - 1994
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 50
1907 - 2012
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 51
1982 - Present
HPI: 25.82
Rank: 52