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Indra Devi

1899 - 2002

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Eugenie Peterson (Latvian: Eiženija Pētersone, Russian: Евгения Васильевна Петерсон; 12 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 347,940 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Indra Devi is the 4,657th most popular actor (down from 4,588th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 135th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Latvian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Indra Devi ranks 4,657 out of 13,578. Before her are Jeffrey Donovan, Laura Johnson, Danuta Szaflarska, Han Ji-min, Rinko Kikuchi, and Dolores Hart. After her are Rachel Bilson, Amparo Baró, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Nadya Nozharova, Seth Green, and Yvette Andréyor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Indra Devi ranks 228. Before her are Finn Ronne, Grigori Roshal, Gerald Moore, Bo Lindman, Väinö Kokkinen, and György Piller. After her are Willem Jacob Luyten, John Christie, Chief Dan George, Byron Haskin, Curtis Bernhardt, and Frances Yates. Among people deceased in 2002, Indra Devi ranks 224. Before her are Chaim Potok, Mary Carew, Signe Hasso, George Nader, Kevin Smith, and Mal Waldron. After her are Ong Teng Cheong, Vernon A. Walters, John Eriksen, Carmelo Bene, Pasieguito, and Tore Svensson.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Indra Devi ranks 144 out of 323. Before her are Evika Siliņa (1975), Jānis Daliņš (1904), Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Werner Bergengruen (1892), Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838), and Imants Ziedonis (1933). After her are Valdis Birkavs (1942), Andris Bērziņš (1951), Marija Naumova (1973), Andrejs Upīts (1877), Lya Mara (1897), and Leonid Ostrovski (1936).

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Among ACTORS In Latvia

Among actors born in Latvia, Indra Devi ranks 9. Before her are Arkady Raikin (1911), Laima Vaikule (1954), Vija Artmane (1929), Heinz Erhardt (1909), Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (1948), and Rutanya Alda (1942). After her are Lya Mara (1897), Alvis Hermanis (1965), Ksenia Solo (1987), Agata Muceniece (1989), and Ilze Jaunalksne (1976).

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