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Lobsang Rampa

1910 - 1981

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Lobsang Rampa was the pen name of Cyril Henry Hoskin (8 April 1910 – 25 January 1981), an author who wrote books with paranormal and occult themes. His best known work is The Third Eye, published in Britain in 1956. Following the publication of the book, newspapers reported that Rampa had been born Cyril Henry Hoskin, and was a surgical fitter and plumber's son from Plympton in Devon who claimed that his body hosted the spirit of a Tibetan lama going by the name of Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, who is purported to have authored the books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lobsang Rampa has received more than 537,489 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Lobsang Rampa is the 1,269th most popular writer (down from 1,120th in 2019), the 952nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 903rd in 2019) and the 114th most popular British Writer.

Lobsang Rampa is most famous for being the birthplace of the Dalai Lama, but it is also a sacred place for Tibetan Buddhists.

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  • 21

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  • 1.84

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lobsang Rampa ranks 1,269 out of 7,302. Before him are Hans Urs von Balthasar, Cosmas of Prague, Lu Yu, Kassia, Stobaeus, and Yeghishe Charents. After him are Erskine Caldwell, Edmond François Valentin About, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Marcus Minucius Felix, Robert Sheckley, and Chūya Nakahara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Lobsang Rampa ranks 61. Before him are Galina Ulanova, Jean-Louis Barrault, Dorothy Vaughan, August Landmesser, Imi Lichtenfeld, and Tancredo Neves. After him are Pavel Batitsky, John Sturges, Miguel Najdorf, Eero Saarinen, Karel Zeman, and A. J. Ayer. Among people deceased in 1981, Lobsang Rampa ranks 38. Before him are Joseph Murphy, Zarah Leander, Mehmet Shehu, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Omar Torrijos, and David Wechsler. After him are Leo Kanner, Alberto Suppici, Bill Shankly, Bill Haley, Lotte Lenya, and Gyula Lóránt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lobsang Rampa ranks 952 out of 8,785. Before him are Denis Thatcher (1915), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), Stewart Granger (1913), Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971), and Tony Richardson (1928). After him are Hans Sloane (1660), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), Isabella of England (1214), Thomas Graham (1805), and Eric Idle (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Lobsang Rampa ranks 114. Before him are James Anderson (1680), David Irving (1938), John Dryden (1631), Arthur Hailey (1920), Samuel Pepys (1633), and Rosamunde Pilcher (1924). After him are Thomas Chatterton (1752), Alma Reville (1899), Matthew Lewis (1775), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Neil Gaiman (1960), and Lee Child (1954).

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