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Alexandra David-Néel

1868 - 1969

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Alexandra David-Néel (born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David; 24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) was a Belgian–French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa, Tibet, when it was forbidden to foreigners. David-Néel wrote over 30 books about Eastern religion, philosophy, and her travels, including Magic and Mystery in Tibet, which was published in 1929. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandra David-Néel has received more than 552,794 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Alexandra David-Néel is the 948th most popular writer (down from 925th in 2019), the 1,070th most popular biography from France (up from 1,089th in 2019) and the 141st most popular French Writer.

Alexandra David-Néel was a Belgian-French explorer and spiritualist who became famous for being the first Western woman to enter Tibet and travel to Lhasa.

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Among writers, Alexandra David-Néel ranks 948 out of 7,302. Before her are James Jones, Pierre Larousse, Rubén Darío, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Hans Sachs, and L. Frank Baum. After her are Vātsyāyana, Virginia Satir, Andrew of Crete, Johannes Tauler, Patrick White, and Sin Saimdang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Alexandra David-Néel ranks 37. Before her are Charles Maurras, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Josephine Bakhita, Myrtle Corbin, Stefan George, and La Belle Otero. After her are Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Alfred Weber, Pompeu Fabra, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Kantarō Suzuki. Among people deceased in 1969, Alexandra David-Néel ranks 32. Before her are Arthur Friedenreich, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Moïse Tshombe, Josef von Sternberg, and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. After her are B. Traven, Sonja Henie, Enrique Ballestrero, Wacław Sierpiński, Allen Dulles, and Vjekoslav Luburić.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexandra David-Néel ranks 1,070 out of 6,770. Before her are Aimé Bonpland (1773), Joseph Liouville (1809), Pierre Larousse (1817), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Lazare Hoche (1768), and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932). After her are Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Claude Jade (1948), Thomas Couture (1815), Michel Rolle (1652), Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy (1756), and Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alexandra David-Néel ranks 141. Before her are Julien Green (1900), Eugène Scribe (1791), Maurice Druon (1918), Jacques Clément (1567), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), and Pierre Larousse (1817). After her are Johannes Tauler (1300), George Steiner (1929), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Victorien Sardou (1831), Heinrich Kramer (1430), and Jean de Joinville (1224).

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