OCCULTIST
Baba Vanga
1911 - 1996
Baba Vanga
Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova (née Surcheva; Bulgarian: Вангелия Пандева Гущерова, née Сурчева, [vɐnˈɡɛlijɐ ˈpɑndevɐ ɡuˈʃtɛrovɐ (ˈsurt͡ʃevɐ)]; 3 October 1911 – 11 August 1996), commonly known as Baba Vanga (Bulgarian: Баба Ванга, lit. 'Grandmother Vanga'), was a Bulgarian attributed mystic and healer who claimed to have foreseen the future. Blind since her early childhood, she spent most of her life in the Rupite area of the Belasica mountains in Bulgaria. In the late 1970s and 1980s, she was widely known in Eastern Europe for her alleged abilities of clairvoyance and precognition. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baba Vanga has received more than 6,752,602 page views. Her biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Baba Vanga is the 4th most popular occultist (down from 3rd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from North Macedonia and the most popular Macedonian Occultist.
Baba Vanga is most famous for predicting the September 11 attacks. She also predicted that the 44th President of the United States would be African-American.
Memorability Metrics
6.8M
Page Views (PV)
74.52
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
58
Languages Editions (L)
10.17
Effective Languages (L*)
3.40
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among OCCULTISTS
Among occultists, Baba Vanga ranks 4 out of 41. Before her are Nostradamus, Grigori Rasputin, and John Dee. After her are Helena Blavatsky, Aleister Crowley, Count of St. Germain, Alessandro Cagliostro, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Allan Kardec, Éliphas Lévi, and Joachim of Fiore.
Most Popular Occultists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsNostradamus
1503 - 1566
HPI: 82.02
Rank: 1
Grigori Rasputin
1869 - 1916
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 2
John Dee
1527 - 1608
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 3
Baba Vanga
1911 - 1996
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 4
Helena Blavatsky
1831 - 1891
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 5
Aleister Crowley
1875 - 1947
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 6
Count of St. Germain
1712 - 1784
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 7
Alessandro Cagliostro
1743 - 1795
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 8
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
1486 - 1535
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 9
Allan Kardec
1804 - 1869
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 10
Éliphas Lévi
1810 - 1875
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 11
Joachim of Fiore
1135 - 1202
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1911, Baba Vanga ranks 5. Before her are Ronald Reagan, Josef Mengele, Konstantin Chernenko, and Georges Pompidou. After her are Naguib Mahfouz, Władysław Szpilman, Emil Cioran, Juan Manuel Fangio, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Todor Zhivkov, and William Golding. Among people deceased in 1996, Baba Vanga ranks 4. Before her are François Mitterrand, Marcello Mastroianni, and Tupac Shakur. After her are Thomas Kuhn, Carl Sagan, Marguerite Duras, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Joseph Brodsky, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Others Born in 1911
Go to all RankingsRonald Reagan
POLITICIAN
1911 - 2004
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 1
Josef Mengele
PHYSICIAN
1911 - 1979
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 2
Konstantin Chernenko
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 3
Georges Pompidou
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1974
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 4
Baba Vanga
OCCULTIST
1911 - 1996
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 5
Naguib Mahfouz
WRITER
1911 - 2006
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 6
Władysław Szpilman
MUSICIAN
1911 - 2000
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 7
Emil Cioran
PHILOSOPHER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 8
Juan Manuel Fangio
RACING DRIVER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 9
Võ Nguyên Giáp
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1911 - 2013
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 10
Todor Zhivkov
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1998
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 11
William Golding
WRITER
1911 - 1993
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1996
Go to all RankingsFrançois Mitterrand
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1996
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 1
Marcello Mastroianni
ACTOR
1924 - 1996
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 2
Tupac Shakur
SINGER
1971 - 1996
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 3
Baba Vanga
OCCULTIST
1911 - 1996
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 4
Thomas Kuhn
HISTORIAN
1922 - 1996
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 5
Carl Sagan
ASTRONOMER
1934 - 1996
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 6
Marguerite Duras
WRITER
1914 - 1996
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 7
Krzysztof Kieślowski
FILM DIRECTOR
1941 - 1996
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 8
Dzhokhar Dudayev
POLITICIAN
1944 - 1996
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
POLITICIAN
1921 - 1996
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 10
Joseph Brodsky
WRITER
1940 - 1996
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 11
Ella Fitzgerald
SINGER
1917 - 1996
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 12
In North Macedonia
Among people born in North Macedonia, Baba Vanga ranks 3 out of 156. Before her are Justinian I (482), and Mother Teresa (1910). After her are Justin I (450), Theodahad (480), Kiro Gligorov (1917), Esma Redžepova (1943), Nexhmije Hoxha (1921), Sigeric (370), Ljubiša Samardžić (1936), Stobaeus (401), and Dragoslav Šekularac (1937).
Others born in North Macedonia
Go to all RankingsJustinian I
POLITICIAN
482 - 565
HPI: 83.83
Rank: 1
Mother Teresa
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1910 - 1997
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 2
Baba Vanga
OCCULTIST
1911 - 1996
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 3
Justin I
POLITICIAN
450 - 527
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 4
Theodahad
POLITICIAN
480 - 536
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 5
Kiro Gligorov
POLITICIAN
1917 - 2012
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 6
Esma Redžepova
SINGER
1943 - 2016
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 7
Nexhmije Hoxha
POLITICIAN
1921 - 2020
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 8
Sigeric
POLITICIAN
370 - 415
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 9
Ljubiša Samardžić
ACTOR
1936 - 2017
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 10
Stobaeus
WRITER
401 - 401
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 11
Dragoslav Šekularac
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2019
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 12
Among OCCULTISTS In North Macedonia
Among occultists born in North Macedonia, Baba Vanga ranks 1.