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Israel Regardie

1907 - 1985

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Francis Israel Regardie (; né Regudy; November 17, 1907 – March 10, 1985) was an English and American occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who spent much of his life in the United States. He wrote fifteen books on the subject of occultism. Born to a working-class Orthodox Jewish family in the East End of London, Regardie and his family soon moved to Washington, D.C., in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Israel Regardie has received more than 362,412 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Israel Regardie is the 36th most popular occultist (down from 35th in 2019), the 2,838th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,097th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Occultist.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Israel Regardie ranks 36 out of 41. Before him are Algernon Blackwood, Joséphin Péladan, A. E. Waite, Elias Ashmole, Dion Fortune, and Otto Witte. After him are Tituba, Manly P. Hall, Sergey Oldenburg, and William Quan Judge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Israel Regardie ranks 211. Before him are Germán Suárez Flamerich, Paula Wessely, Juan Carlos Corazzo, Amir Sjarifuddin, Vladimir Veksler, and Ilia Vekua. After him are Gordon Douglas, Gene Autry, Jean Aerts, Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, John King Fairbank, and Camargo Guarnieri. Among people deceased in 1985, Israel Regardie ranks 144. Before him are Laura Ashley, Gale Sondergaard, Mary Kenneth Keller, Josef Čtyřoký, Dawn Addams, and Samantha Smith. After him are Jan de Quay, Aksel Airo, E. B. White, Haruo Remeliik, Yusuf Lule, and Vivien Thomas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Israel Regardie ranks 2,838 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Dyer (1611), Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Henry Salt (1780), Nevil Shute (1899), and Edmund Campion (1540). After him are Ice MC (1965), Adrian Paul (1959), Shirley Eaton (1937), Jean Marsh (1934), William Elford Leach (1791), and Robin Milner (1934).

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Among OCCULTISTS In United Kingdom

Among occultists born in United Kingdom, Israel Regardie ranks 12. Before him are Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Alice Bailey (1880), Algernon Blackwood (1869), Elias Ashmole (1617), and Dion Fortune (1890).

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