PHILOSOPHER
Ananda Coomaraswamy
1877 - 1947
Ananda Coomaraswamy
Ananda Kentish Muthu Coomaraswamy (Tamil: ஆனந்த குமாரசுவாமி, Āṉanta Kentiś Muthū Kumāracuvāmi; Sinhala: ආනන්ද කුමාරස්වාමි Ānanda Kumārasvāmī; 22 August 1877 − 9 September 1947) was a Ceylonese metaphysician, historian and a philosopher of Indian art who was an early interpreter of Indian culture to the West. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ananda Coomaraswamy has received more than 591,371 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ananda Coomaraswamy is the 543rd most popular philosopher (up from 638th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Sri Lankan Philosopher.
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Ananda Coomaraswamy ranks 543 out of 1,081. Before him are Myia, Jonathan Edwards, Conrad Celtes, Eugen Fink, Sergei Bulgakov, and Nicos Poulantzas. After him are Usman dan Fodio, Arne Næss, Sivananda Saraswati, Chandrakirti, Ivan Ilyin, and Gianni Vattimo.
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Myia
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 537
Jonathan Edwards
1703 - 1758
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 538
Conrad Celtes
1459 - 1508
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 539
Eugen Fink
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 540
Sergei Bulgakov
1871 - 1944
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 541
Nicos Poulantzas
1936 - 1979
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 542
Ananda Coomaraswamy
1877 - 1947
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 543
Usman dan Fodio
1754 - 1817
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 544
Arne Næss
1912 - 2009
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 545
Sivananda Saraswati
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 546
Chandrakirti
600 - 650
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 547
Ivan Ilyin
1883 - 1954
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 548
Gianni Vattimo
1936 - 2023
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 549
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1877, Ananda Coomaraswamy ranks 40. Before him are Ulrich Salchow, Mykola Leontovych, Emil Abderhalden, Otto Gross, Henry Norris Russell, and Isabelle Eberhardt. After him are Alben W. Barkley, Endre Ady, James Jeans, Raymond Roussel, Sadao Araki, and Vasil Kolarov. Among people deceased in 1947, Ananda Coomaraswamy ranks 64. Before him are Franz Seldte, Gusztáv Jány, Franz Xaver Schwarz, W. I. Thomas, Alice Keppel, and Alfredo Casella. After him are Archduchess Louise of Austria, Heinrich Schwarz, Helmuth von Pannwitz, Ludwig Fischer, Charles Bally, and Maxwell Perkins.
Others Born in 1877
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Ulrich Salchow
1877 - 1949
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 34
Mykola Leontovych
1877 - 1921
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 35
Emil Abderhalden
1877 - 1950
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 36
Otto Gross
1877 - 1920
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 37
Henry Norris Russell
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 38
Isabelle Eberhardt
1877 - 1904
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 39
Ananda Coomaraswamy
1877 - 1947
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 40
Alben W. Barkley
1877 - 1956
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 41
Endre Ady
1877 - 1919
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 42
James Jeans
1877 - 1946
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 43
Raymond Roussel
1877 - 1933
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 44
Sadao Araki
1877 - 1966
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 45
Vasil Kolarov
1877 - 1950
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 46
Others Deceased in 1947
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Franz Seldte
1882 - 1947
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 58
Gusztáv Jány
1883 - 1947
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 59
Franz Xaver Schwarz
1875 - 1947
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 60
W. I. Thomas
1863 - 1947
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 61
Alice Keppel
1868 - 1947
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 62
Alfredo Casella
1883 - 1947
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 63
Ananda Coomaraswamy
1877 - 1947
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 64
Archduchess Louise of Austria
1870 - 1947
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 65
Heinrich Schwarz
1906 - 1947
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 66
Helmuth von Pannwitz
1898 - 1947
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 67
Ludwig Fischer
1905 - 1947
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 68
Charles Bally
1865 - 1947
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 69
Maxwell Perkins
1884 - 1947
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 70
In Sri Lanka
Among people born in Sri Lanka, Ananda Coomaraswamy ranks 4 out of 44. Before him are Patanjali (-200), Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916), and Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954). After him are Anagarika Dharmapala (1864), Tony Hoare (1934), Jack Churchill (1906), Aryadeva (200), Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949), William Chester Minor (1834), and Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945).
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Patanjali
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 1
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1916 - 2000
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 2
Velupillai Prabhakaran
1954 - 2009
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 3
Ananda Coomaraswamy
1877 - 1947
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 4
Anagarika Dharmapala
1864 - 1933
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5
Tony Hoare
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 6
Jack Churchill
1906 - 1996
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 7
Aryadeva
200 - 250
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 8
Mahinda Rajapaksa
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 9
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 10
William Chester Minor
1834 - 1920
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 11
Chandrika Kumaratunga
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 12
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Sri Lanka
Among philosophers born in Sri Lanka, Ananda Coomaraswamy ranks 1.
