1910 - 1981
Lobsang Rampa is the pen name of 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 was Cyril Henry Hoskin (8 April 1910 – 25 January 1981), a plumber 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 398,638 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lobsang Rampa is the 1,094th most popular writer (up from 1,166th in 2019), the 854th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 876th in 2019) and the 106th 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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Among writers, Lobsang Rampa ranks 1,094 out of 5,794. Before him are Sergey Mikhalkov, Edogawa Ranpo, Shammai, Valerie Solanas, B. H. Liddell Hart, and Aron Nimzowitsch. After him are Dylan Thomas, Christine Nöstlinger, Virginia Henderson, Robert Sheckley, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Marshall Rosenberg.
1913 - 2009
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,088
1894 - 1965
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 1,089
50 BC - 30
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,090
1936 - 1988
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,091
1895 - 1970
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,092
1886 - 1935
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,093
1910 - 1981
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 1,094
1914 - 1953
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 1,095
1936 - 2018
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 1,096
1897 - 1996
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 1,097
1928 - 2005
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 1,098
1867 - 1928
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 1,099
1934 - 2015
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 1,100
Among people born in 1910, Lobsang Rampa ranks 48. Before him are Erich Kempka, Edvard Kardelj, Luise Rainer, Jean-Louis Barrault, J. Allen Hynek, and António de Spínola. After him are Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Ne Win, Edda Mussolini, Archer Martin, John Sturges, and Miguel Najdorf. Among people deceased in 1981, Lobsang Rampa ranks 39. Before him are Max Delbrück, Miroslav Krleža, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Will Durant, Omar Torrijos, and Leo Kanner. After him are Bill Shankly, Bernard Lee, Karl Richter, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Mike Hailwood, and Lotte Lenya.
1910 - 1975
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 42
1910 - 1979
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 43
1910 - 2014
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 44
1910 - 1994
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 45
1910 - 1986
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 46
1910 - 1996
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 47
1910 - 1981
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 48
1910 - 1999
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 49
1910 - 2002
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 50
1910 - 1995
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 51
1910 - 2002
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 52
1910 - 1992
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 53
1910 - 1997
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 54
1906 - 1981
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 33
1893 - 1981
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 34
1933 - 1981
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 35
1885 - 1981
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 36
1929 - 1981
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 37
1894 - 1981
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 38
1910 - 1981
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 39
1913 - 1981
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 40
1908 - 1981
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 41
1926 - 1981
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 42
1905 - 1981
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 43
1940 - 1981
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 44
1898 - 1981
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 45
Among people born in United Kingdom, Lobsang Rampa ranks 854 out of 6,924. Before him are Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), Michael York (1942), Robert Peel (1788), Petula Clark (1932), John Hawkins (1532), and Peter Mansfield (1933). After him are John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Dylan Thomas (1914), Philippa of England (1394), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), Colin Maclaurin (1698), and Edward Whymper (1840).
1738 - 1805
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 848
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 849
1788 - 1850
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 850
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 851
1532 - 1595
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 852
1933 - 2017
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 853
1910 - 1981
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 854
1885 - 1977
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 855
1914 - 1953
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 856
1394 - 1430
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 857
1914 - 1994
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 858
1698 - 1746
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 859
1840 - 1911
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 860
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Lobsang Rampa ranks 106. Before him are Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), P. D. James (1920), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), James Hadley Chase (1906), Arthur Hailey (1920), and Elizabeth Gaskell (1810). After him are Dylan Thomas (1914), John Dryden (1631), Thomas De Quincey (1785), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Allan Pinkerton (1819), and Robert Browning (1812).
1959 - Present
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 100
1920 - 2014
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 101
1924 - 2019
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 102
1906 - 1985
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 103
1920 - 2004
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 104
1810 - 1865
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 105
1910 - 1981
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 106
1914 - 1953
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 107
1631 - 1700
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 108
1785 - 1859
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 109
1881 - 1975
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 110
1819 - 1884
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 111
1812 - 1889
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 112