1925 - 1998
Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925 – April 27, 1998) was an American author. Starting with The Teachings of Don Juan in 1968, Castaneda wrote a series of books that describe his training in shamanism, particularly with a group whose lineage descended from the Toltecs. The books, narrated in the first person, relate his experiences under the tutelage of a man that Castaneda claimed was a Yaqui "Man of Knowledge" named don Juan Matus. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Castaneda has received more than 1,534,407 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Carlos Castaneda is the 271st most popular writer (up from 294th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Peru (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Peruvian Writer.
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Among writers, Carlos Castaneda ranks 271 out of 5,794. Before him are Marcus Terentius Varro, Mario Puzo, Antonin Artaud, Shota Rustaveli, Amos Oz, and Fuzûlî. After him are Friedrich Hölderlin, Peter Drucker, William Wordsworth, Adam Mickiewicz, Paul Valéry, and Jordanes.
116 BC - 27 BC
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 265
1920 - 1999
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 266
1896 - 1948
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 267
1172 - 1216
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 268
1939 - 2018
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 269
1494 - 1556
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 270
1925 - 1998
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 271
1770 - 1843
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 272
1909 - 2005
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 273
1770 - 1850
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 274
1798 - 1855
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 275
1871 - 1945
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 276
600 - 600
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 277
Among people born in 1925, Carlos Castaneda ranks 15. Before him are Albert Bandura, Robert F. Kennedy, Zygmunt Bauman, Alija Izetbegović, Mikis Theodorakis, and Tony Curtis. After him are Lee Van Cleef, Mahathir Mohamad, B.B. King, Audie Murphy, Jorge Rafael Videla, and Rock Hudson. Among people deceased in 1998, Carlos Castaneda ranks 6. Before him are Akira Kurosawa, Pol Pot, Frank Sinatra, Halldór Laxness, and Jean Marais. After him are Ernst Jünger, Todor Zhivkov, Jean-François Lyotard, Yang Shangkun, Niklas Luhmann, and Octavio Paz.
1925 - Present
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 9
1925 - 1968
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 10
1925 - 2017
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 11
1925 - 2003
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 12
1925 - Present
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 13
1925 - 2010
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 14
1925 - 1998
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 15
1925 - 1989
HPI: 77.41
Rank: 16
1925 - Present
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 17
1925 - 2015
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 18
1925 - 1971
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 19
1925 - 2013
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 20
1925 - 1985
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 21
1910 - 1998
HPI: 84.43
Rank: 1
1925 - 1998
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 2
1915 - 1998
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 3
1902 - 1998
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 4
1913 - 1998
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 5
1925 - 1998
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 6
1895 - 1998
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 7
1911 - 1998
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 8
1924 - 1998
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 9
1907 - 1998
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 10
1927 - 1998
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 11
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in Peru, Carlos Castaneda ranks 5 out of 196. Before him are Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920), Atahualpa (1502), Mario Vargas Llosa (1936), and Isabel Allende (1942). After him are Lina Medina (1933), Alberto Fujimori (1938), Túpac Amaru (1545), Pachacuti (1380), Rose of Lima (1586), Manco Cápac (1250), and Túpac Amaru II (1738).
1920 - 2020
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 1
1502 - 1533
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 2
1936 - Present
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 4
1925 - 1998
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 5
1933 - Present
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 6
1938 - Present
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 7
1545 - 1572
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 8
1380 - 1460
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 9
1586 - 1617
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 10
1250 - 1169
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 11
1738 - 1781
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Peru, Carlos Castaneda ranks 3. Before him are Mario Vargas Llosa (1936) and Isabel Allende (1942). After him are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), César Vallejo (1892), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), José María Arguedas (1911), Ricardo Palma (1833), Ciro Alegría (1909), and Jaime Bayly (1965).
1936 - Present
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 1
1942 - Present
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 2
1925 - 1998
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 3
1539 - 1616
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 4
1892 - 1938
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5
1535 - 1615
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 6
1894 - 1930
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 7
1911 - 1969
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 8
1833 - 1919
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 9
1909 - 1967
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 10
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 11