RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Anthony de Mello

1931 - 1987

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Anthony "Tony" de Mello, SJ (4 September 1931 – 2 June 1987), was an Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist. A spiritual teacher, writer, and public speaker, de Mello wrote several books on spirituality and hosted numerous spiritual retreats and conferences. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony de Mello has received more than 575,803 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony de Mello is the 1,077th most popular religious figure (down from 890th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from India (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

Anthony de Mello is most famous for his books of spiritual wisdom, such as Awareness, Sadhana, and The Way to Love.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Anthony de Mello ranks 1,077 out of 3,187. Before him are Shaykh Tusi, Diego de Landa, Euthymius the Great, Jacob Baradaeus, Pope Sisinnius, and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš. After him are Balak, Dazu Huike, Felicitas of Rome, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Arnold Janssen, and Antipope Paschal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Anthony de Mello ranks 89. Before him are Stephen Boyd, Takashi Takabayashi, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Sergio Sebastiani, Nikolai Chernykh, and Johnny Kitagawa. After him are Samir Amin, Tomi Ungerer, Jack Swigert, John Charles, Juan Goytisolo, and Mike Nichols. Among people deceased in 1987, Anthony de Mello ranks 47. Before him are Américo Tomás, Peter Medawar, Mahadevi Varma, Naji al-Ali, Henry Ford II, and William Stuart-Houston. After him are Kishore Kumar, Bob Fosse, Rouben Mamoulian, Camille Chamoun, Eugen Jochum, and Alistair MacLean.

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In India

Among people born in India, Anthony de Mello ranks 186 out of 1,861. Before him are S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Dharmendra (1935), Guru Arjan (1563), Jayadeva (1170), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), and Kamala Sohonie (1912). After him are Narayana Guru (1855), Kishore Kumar (1929), George Alencherry (1945), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), and Shilpa Shetty (1975).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Anthony de Mello ranks 19. Before him are Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), Guru Arjan (1563), and Jayadeva (1170). After him are George Alencherry (1945), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), Guru Angad (1504), Parshvanatha (-872), Śāntarakṣita (725), and Dashrath Manjhi (1934).

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