1907 - 1987
Mahadevi Verma (26 March 1907 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi-language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. She has been also addressed as the Modern Meera. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahadevi Varma has received more than 1,749,248 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Mahadevi Varma is the 1,262nd most popular writer (up from 1,897th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from India (up from 192nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Mahadevi Varma ranks 1,262 out of 5,755. Before her are Hugo Gernsback, Odo of Cluny, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Lu Yu, Aleksandr Kuprin, and P. G. Wodehouse. After her are Charles Péguy, Rasul Gamzatov, Mario Benedetti, Michel Butor, Winifred Wagner, and Juliusz Słowacki.
1884 - 1967
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,256
878 - 942
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,257
1736 - 1794
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,258
733 - 804
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 1,259
1870 - 1938
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,260
1881 - 1975
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,261
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,262
1873 - 1914
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,263
1923 - 2003
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,264
1920 - 2009
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,265
1926 - 2016
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,266
1897 - 1980
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,267
1809 - 1849
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,268
Among people born in 1907, Mahadevi Varma ranks 64. Before her are Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Miklós Rózsa, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Emilie Schindler, Ray Milland, and Lars Ahlfors. After her are Horia Sima, Giovanni Ferrari, James Meade, Helmuth James von Moltke, Altiero Spinelli, and Sigvard Bernadotte. Among people deceased in 1987, Mahadevi Varma ranks 40. Before her are Anthony de Mello, Henry Ford II, Douglas Sirk, Didier Pironi, Peter Tosh, and Peter Medawar. After her are James Baldwin, Randolph Scott, Luis Federico Leloir, Yakov Zeldovich, Rouben Mamoulian, and Buddy Rich.
1907 - 1967
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 58
1907 - 1995
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 59
1907 - 1980
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 60
1907 - 2001
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 61
1907 - 1986
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 62
1907 - 1996
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 63
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 64
1907 - 1993
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 65
1907 - 1982
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 66
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 67
1907 - 1945
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 68
1907 - 1986
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 69
1907 - 2002
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 70
1931 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 34
1917 - 1987
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 35
1897 - 1987
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 36
1952 - 1987
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 37
1944 - 1987
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 38
1915 - 1987
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 39
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 40
1924 - 1987
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 41
1898 - 1987
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 42
1906 - 1987
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 43
1914 - 1987
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 44
1897 - 1987
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 45
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 46
Among people born in India, Mahadevi Varma ranks 151 out of 1,493. Before her are Shantideva (685), Kittur Chennamma (1778), V. V. Giri (1894), Green Boots (null), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), and B. K. S. Iyengar (1918). After her are Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Ravi Shankar (1956), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Dhyan Chand (1905), and Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671).
685 - 763
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 145
1778 - 1829
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 146
1894 - 1980
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 147
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 148
1564 - 1624
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 149
1918 - 2014
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 150
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 151
1542 - 1623
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 152
1892 - 1972
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 153
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 154
1865 - 1928
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 155
1905 - 1979
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 156
1671 - 1748
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 157
Among writers born in India, Mahadevi Varma ranks 28. Before her are Bharata Muni (-1000), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Vidyapati (1352), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), and B. K. S. Iyengar (1918). After her are Subramania Bharati (1882), Anna Leonowens (1831), Kuvempu (1904), Andal (800), Deepak Chopra (1946), and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876).
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 22
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 23
1352 - 1448
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 24
1551 - 1602
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 25
1820 - 1891
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 26
1918 - 2014
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 27
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 28
1882 - 1921
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 29
1831 - 1915
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 30
1904 - 1994
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 31
800 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 32
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 33
1876 - 1938
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 34