OCCULTIST
Helena Blavatsky
1831 - 1891
Helena Blavatsky
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (née Hahn von Rottenstern; 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1831 – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian and American mystic and author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. She gained an international following as the leading theoretician of Theosophy. Born into an aristocratic family in Yekaterinoslav, then in the Russian Empire (now Dnipro in Ukraine), Blavatsky traveled widely around the empire as a child. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helena Blavatsky has received more than 3,187,134 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Helena Blavatsky is the 5th most popular occultist (up from 8th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Occultist.
Helena Blavatsky was a Russian-born author and occultist who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. Her most famous work is "The Secret Doctrine," which was published in 1888.
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Among OCCULTISTS
Among occultists, Helena Blavatsky ranks 5 out of 37. Before her are Nostradamus, Grigori Rasputin, Baba Vanga, and John Dee. After her are Count of St. Germain, Aleister Crowley, Alessandro Cagliostro, Anton LaVey, Allan Kardec, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, and Éliphas Lévi.
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Nostradamus
1503 - 1566
HPI: 83.96
Rank: 1
Grigori Rasputin
1869 - 1916
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 2
Baba Vanga
1911 - 1996
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 3
John Dee
1527 - 1608
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 4
Helena Blavatsky
1831 - 1891
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 5
Count of St. Germain
1712 - 1784
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 6
Aleister Crowley
1875 - 1947
HPI: 72.16
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Alessandro Cagliostro
1743 - 1795
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 8
Anton LaVey
1930 - 1997
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 9
Allan Kardec
1804 - 1869
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 10
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
1486 - 1535
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 11
Éliphas Lévi
1810 - 1875
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1831, Helena Blavatsky ranks 4. Before her are James Clerk Maxwell, Frederick III, German Emperor, and Sitting Bull. After her are John Stith Pemberton, Emperor Kōmei, Xianfeng Emperor, James A. Garfield, Cheoljong of Joseon, Leo von Caprivi, Richard Dedekind, and Savitribai Phule. Among people deceased in 1891, Helena Blavatsky ranks 4. Before her are Arthur Rimbaud, Georges Seurat, and Nikolaus Otto. After her are Herman Melville, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, P. T. Barnum, Pedro II of Brazil, Léo Delibes, Sofia Kovalevskaya, and Wilhelm Eduard Weber.
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James Clerk Maxwell
1831 - 1879
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 1
Frederick III, German Emperor
1831 - 1888
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 2
Sitting Bull
1831 - 1890
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 3
Helena Blavatsky
1831 - 1891
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 4
John Stith Pemberton
1831 - 1888
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 5
Emperor Kōmei
1831 - 1867
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 6
Xianfeng Emperor
1831 - 1861
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 7
James A. Garfield
1831 - 1881
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 8
Cheoljong of Joseon
1831 - 1864
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 9
Leo von Caprivi
1831 - 1899
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 10
Richard Dedekind
1831 - 1916
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 11
Savitribai Phule
1831 - 1897
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 12
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Arthur Rimbaud
1854 - 1891
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 1
Georges Seurat
1859 - 1891
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 2
Nikolaus Otto
1832 - 1891
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 3
Helena Blavatsky
1831 - 1891
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 4
Herman Melville
1819 - 1891
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 5
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 6
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
1809 - 1891
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 7
P. T. Barnum
1810 - 1891
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 8
Pedro II of Brazil
1825 - 1891
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 9
Léo Delibes
1836 - 1891
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 10
Sofia Kovalevskaya
1850 - 1891
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 11
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
1804 - 1891
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 12
In Ukraine
Among people born in Ukraine, Helena Blavatsky ranks 15 out of 1,083. Before her are Ilya Repin (1844), Golda Meir (1898), Kazimir Malevich (1879), John III Sobieski (1629), Mikhail Bulgakov (1891), and Joseph Conrad (1857). After her are Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595), Svetlana Alexievich (1948), Taras Shevchenko (1814), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Kliment Voroshilov (1881), and Anna Akhmatova (1889).
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Ilya Repin
1844 - 1930
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 9
Golda Meir
1898 - 1978
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 10
Kazimir Malevich
1879 - 1935
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 11
John III Sobieski
1629 - 1696
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 12
Mikhail Bulgakov
1891 - 1940
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 13
Joseph Conrad
1857 - 1924
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 14
Helena Blavatsky
1831 - 1891
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 15
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
1595 - 1657
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 16
Svetlana Alexievich
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 17
Taras Shevchenko
1814 - 1861
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 18
Sviatoslav I of Kiev
942 - 972
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 19
Kliment Voroshilov
1881 - 1969
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 20
Anna Akhmatova
1889 - 1966
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 21
Among OCCULTISTS In Ukraine
Among occultists born in Ukraine, Helena Blavatsky ranks 1.
