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B. K. S. Iyengar

Indian yoga teacher who brought yoga as exercise to the Western world

1918 - 2014

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B. K. S. Iyengar

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). B. K. S. Iyengar is the 1,494th most popular writer (up from 1,496th in 2024), the 237th most popular biography from India (down from 191st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Indian Writer.

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110k

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65.29

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B. K. S. Iyengar's biography spans 37 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 65.29.

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Among Writers

Among writers, B. K. S. Iyengar ranks 1,494 out of 7,707. Before him are Winifred Wagner, Elizabeth Siddal, Hugo Claus, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Veronica Franco, and François de Malherbe. After him are Robert Bloch, Robin Hobb, Ibn al-Khatib, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Gustav Landauer, and Gampopa.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Winifred Wagner
1897 - 1980
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 1,488
Elizabeth Siddal
1829 - 1862
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 1,489
Hugo Claus
1929 - 2008
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 1,490
Ida Laura Pfeiffer
1797 - 1858
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 1,491
Veronica Franco
1546 - 1591
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1,492
François de Malherbe
1555 - 1628
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1,493
B. K. S. Iyengar
1918 - 2014
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 1,494
Robert Bloch
1917 - 1994
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 1,495
Robin Hobb
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 1,496
Ibn al-Khatib
1313 - 1374
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 1,497
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1689 - 1762
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 1,498
Gustav Landauer
1870 - 1919
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 1,499
Gampopa
1079 - 1153
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 1,500

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, B. K. S. Iyengar ranks 79. Before him are John Forsythe, Jeff Chandler, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Spiro Agnew, W. Eugene Smith, and Jin Youzhi. After him are Gabriel Axel, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Richard Winters, Fernando Peyroteo, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, and Fanny Blankers-Koen. Among people deceased in 2014, B. K. S. Iyengar ranks 84. Before him are Milan Galić, Karl Albrecht, Henry Hartsfield, Vladimir Beara, Hal Finney, and Billy Milligan. After him are Siegfried Lenz, Gabriel Axel, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Alice Herz-Sommer, Ben Bradlee, and Oscar de la Renta.

Others Born in 1918

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John Forsythe
ACTOR
1918 - 2010
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 73
Jeff Chandler
ACTOR
1918 - 1961
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 74
Edward A. Murphy Jr.
ENGINEER
1918 - 1990
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 75
Spiro Agnew
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1996
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 76
W. Eugene Smith
JOURNALIST
1918 - 1978
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 77
Jin Youzhi
POLITICIAN
1918 - 2015
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 78
B. K. S. Iyengar
WRITER
1918 - 2014
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 79
Gabriel Axel
FILM DIRECTOR
1918 - 2014
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 80
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1990
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 81
Richard Winters
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1918 - 2011
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 82
Fernando Peyroteo
SOCCER PLAYER
1918 - 1978
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 83
Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1918 - 2007
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 84
Fanny Blankers-Koen
ATHLETE
1918 - 2004
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 85