483 - 540
Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According to a 17th-century apocryphal story found in a manual called Yijin Jing, he began the physical training of the monks of Shaolin Monastery that led to the creation of Shaolin kungfu. He is known as Dámó in China and as Daruma in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bodhidharma has received more than 5,881,746 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Bodhidharma is the 114th most popular philosopher (up from 157th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from India (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Philosopher.
Bodhidharma is most famous for being the founder of the Zen school of Buddhism.
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Among philosophers, Bodhidharma ranks 114 out of 1,081. Before him are Philo, Pyrrho, Meister Eckhart, Charles Fourier, Gilles Deleuze, and John Venn. After him are Al-Tabari, George Gurdjieff, Emil Cioran, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Zygmunt Bauman, and Antisthenes.
15 BC - 45
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 108
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 109
1260 - 1328
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 110
1772 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 111
1925 - 1995
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 112
1834 - 1923
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 113
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 114
839 - 923
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 115
1866 - 1949
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 116
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 117
1776 - 1841
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 118
1925 - 2017
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 119
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 120
Among people born in 483, Bodhidharma ranks 1. After him is Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei. Among people deceased in 540, Bodhidharma ranks 1. After him are Dignāga, Wacho, Barsanuphius, Kaleb of Axum, and Amalaberga.
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 1
480 - 540
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 2
500 - 540
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 3
401 - 540
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 4
500 - 540
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 5
500 - 540
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 6
Among people born in India, Bodhidharma ranks 21 out of 1,493. Before him are Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), Rudyard Kipling (1865), Indira Gandhi (1917), Kālidāsa (400), Shivaji (1627), and Ānanda (-600). After him are Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Swami Vivekananda (1863), Shah Rukh Khan (1965), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), and Sathya Sai Baba (1926).
1887 - 1920
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 15
1865 - 1936
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 16
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 17
400 - 420
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 18
1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 19
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 20
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 21
340 BC - 297 BC
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 22
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 23
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 24
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 25
1895 - 1986
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 26
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 27
Among philosophers born in India, Bodhidharma ranks 4. Before him are Rajneesh (1931), Ramakrishna (1836), and Nagarjuna (150). After him are Swami Vivekananda (1863), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Kabir (1440), Adi Shankara (788), Padmasambhava (717), Vyasa (-390), Aśvaghoṣa (80), and Ram Mohan Roy (1772).
1931 - 1990
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 1
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 2
150 - 250
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 3
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 4
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 5
1895 - 1986
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 6
1440 - 1518
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 7
788 - 820
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 8
717 - 762
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 9
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 10
80 - 150
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 11
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 12