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Indra Devi

1899 - 2002

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Eugenie Peterson (Latvian: Eiženija Pētersone, Russian: Евгения Васильевна Петерсон; 22 May, 1899 – 25 April 2002), known as Indra Devi, was a pioneering teacher of yoga as exercise, and an early disciple of the "father of modern yoga", Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. She went to India in her twenties, becoming a film star there and acquiring the stage name Indra Devi. She was the first woman to study under the yoga guru Krishnamacharya at the Mysore Palace, alongside B.K.S Iyengar and K. Pattabhi Jois who went on to become yoga gurus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Indra Devi has received more than 326,831 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Indra Devi is the 4,596th most popular actor, the 135th most popular biography from Latvia and the 9th most popular Latvian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Indra Devi ranks 4,596 out of 9,996. Before her are Gil Birmingham, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Mildred Davis, Adrian Rawlins, Ashley Benson, and Mia May. After her are Bérénice Marlohe, Christopher Jones, Michael Lerner, Lisa Eilbacher, Sid Caesar, and Vinod Khanna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Indra Devi ranks 217. Before her are Chief Dan George, Byron Haskin, Axel Bakunts, György Piller, Jacques Audiberti, and George O'Brien. After her are Martha Mansfield, Lillian Disney, May McAvoy, Giorgi Leonidze, Alfred Mosher Butts, and Ilse Bing. Among people deceased in 2002, Indra Devi ranks 224. Before her are Kakhi Asatiani, Kaisa Parviainen, Daniel Pearl, Ekrem Akurgal, Reginald Rose, and John Baptist Wu. After her are Alexander Kazantsev, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Jan de Hartog, Sándor Mátrai, Leopold Vietoris, and Dee Brown.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Indra Devi ranks 135 out of 284. Before her are Laima Vaikule (1954), Andrejs Upīts (1877), Māris Kučinskis (1961), Johann Gerhard König (1728), Kārlis Skalbe (1879), and Imants Ziedonis (1933). After her are Jānis Endzelīns (1873), Anna Brigadere (1861), Valdis Birkavs (1942), Werner Bergengruen (1892), Laila Freivalds (1942), and Fridrikh Ermler (1898).

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Among ACTORS In Latvia

Among actors born in Latvia, Indra Devi ranks 9. Before her are Arkady Raikin (1911), Vija Artmane (1929), Lya Mara (1897), Heinz Erhardt (1909), Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (1948), and Laima Vaikule (1954). After her are Rutanya Alda (1942), Alvis Hermanis (1965), Ksenia Solo (1987), and Ilze Jaunalksne (1976).

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