New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

PHILOSOPHER

Jiddu Krishnamurti

1895 - 1986

Photo of Jiddu Krishnamurti

Icon of person Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti ( JID-oo KRISH-nə-MOOR-tee; 11 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was an Indian philosopher, speaker, writer, and spiritual figure. Adopted by members of the Theosophical tradition as a child, he was raised to fill the advanced role of World Teacher, but in adulthood he rejected this mantle and distanced himself from the related religious movement. He spent the rest of his life speaking to groups and individuals around the world; many of these talks have been published. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiddu Krishnamurti has received more than 5,445,921 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Jiddu Krishnamurti is the 140th most popular philosopher (down from 133rd in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from India (down from 18th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Jiddu Krishnamurti is most famous for his talks and writings on the subjects of psychology, spirituality, and the nature of human beings.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jiddu Krishnamurtis by language


Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jiddu Krishnamurti ranks 140 out of 1,081. Before him are Baron d'Holbach, Wilhelm Dilthey, John Rawls, Isocrates, Zhu Xi, and Edith Stein. After him are Clement of Alexandria, Simone Weil, György Lukács, Martin Buber, Hans Kelsen, and Duns Scotus.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Jiddu Krishnamurti ranks 7. Before him are George VI, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Carl Orff, Juan Perón, Richard Sorge, and Buster Keaton. After him are Anna Freud, J. Edgar Hoover, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Wilm Hosenfeld, Nikolai Yezhov, and Ernst Jünger. Among people deceased in 1986, Jiddu Krishnamurti ranks 9. Before him are Jorge Luis Borges, Olof Palme, Vyacheslav Molotov, Andrei Tarkovsky, Cary Grant, and Frank Herbert. After him are Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Joseph Beuys, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jean Genet, and Harold Macmillan.

Others Born in 1895

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1986

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In India

Among people born in India, Jiddu Krishnamurti ranks 26 out of 1,493. Before him are Ānanda (-600), Bodhidharma (483), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Swami Vivekananda (1863), Shah Rukh Khan (1965), and Subhas Chandra Bose (1897). After him are Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Kabir (1440), Adi Shankara (788), Valmiki (-80), Aryabhata (476), and Aurangzeb (1618).

Others born in India

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Jiddu Krishnamurti ranks 6. Before him are Rajneesh (1931), Ramakrishna (1836), Nagarjuna (150), Bodhidharma (483), and Swami Vivekananda (1863). After him are Kabir (1440), Adi Shankara (788), Padmasambhava (717), Vyasa (-390), Aśvaghoṣa (80), and Ram Mohan Roy (1772).

Indian born Philosophers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL