1910 - 1981
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 509,533 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Lobsang Rampa is the 1,122nd most popular writer (down from 1,094th in 2019), the 904th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 854th in 2019) and the 109th 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 1,122 out of 5,755. Before him are Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Meng Haoran, Joan Fuster, Gaius Asinius Pollio, Assia Djebar, and Hrotsvitha. After him are Ken Kesey, Eiji Yoshikawa, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Joachim du Bellay, Rigas Feraios, and Ouyang Xiu.
1875 - 1945
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,116
690 - 740
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,117
1922 - 1992
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,118
76 BC - 4
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 1,119
1936 - 2015
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 1,120
935 - 1002
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1,121
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 1,122
1935 - 2001
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,123
1892 - 1962
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 1,124
1858 - 1915
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,125
1522 - 1560
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,126
1757 - 1798
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 1,127
1007 - 1072
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 1,128
Among people born in 1910, Lobsang Rampa ranks 49. Before him are Galina Ulanova, Meša Selimović, Edvard Kardelj, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Archer Martin, and Eero Saarinen. After him are John Sturges, Shunichi Kumai, Miguel Najdorf, Dorothy Vaughan, Imi Lichtenfeld, and Tjalling Koopmans. Among people deceased in 1981, Lobsang Rampa ranks 40. Before him are Zarah Leander, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Harry Harlow, Will Durant, Bill Haley, and Bernard Lee. After him are Leo Kanner, Omar Torrijos, Lotte Lenya, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Duško Popov, and Stefan Wyszyński.
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 43
1910 - 1982
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 44
1910 - 1979
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 45
1910 - 2000
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 46
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 47
1910 - 1961
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 48
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 49
1910 - 1992
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 50
1910 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 51
1910 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 52
1910 - 2008
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 53
1910 - 1998
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 54
1910 - 1985
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 55
1907 - 1981
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 34
1905 - 1981
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 35
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 36
1885 - 1981
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 37
1925 - 1981
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 38
1908 - 1981
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 39
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 40
1894 - 1981
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 41
1929 - 1981
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 42
1898 - 1981
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 43
1887 - 1981
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 44
1912 - 1981
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 45
1901 - 1981
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 46
Among people born in United Kingdom, Lobsang Rampa ranks 904 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), Keith Moon (1946), Noah Jupe (2005), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), and Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849). After him are Joan Collins (1933), Natasha Richardson (1963), Brian Josephson (1940), Samuel Crompton (1753), H. H. Asquith (1852), and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806).
1872 - 1912
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 898
1946 - 1978
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 899
2005 - Present
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 900
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 901
1946 - 2011
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 902
1849 - 1936
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 903
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 904
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 905
1963 - 2009
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 906
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 907
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 908
1852 - 1928
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 909
1806 - 1859
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 910
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Lobsang Rampa ranks 109. Before him are W. H. Auden (1907), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Patrick White (1912), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Thomas Chatterton (1752), and Elizabeth Gaskell (1810). After him are Dylan Thomas (1914), Arthur Hailey (1920), Thomas De Quincey (1785), John Berger (1926), James Anderson (1680), and P. G. Wodehouse (1881).
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 103
1924 - 2019
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 104
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 105
1819 - 1884
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 106
1752 - 1770
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 107
1810 - 1865
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 108
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 109
1914 - 1953
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 110
1920 - 2004
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 111
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 112
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 113
1680 - 1739
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 114
1881 - 1975
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 115