1918 - 2008
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma, 12 January 1918 – 5 February 2008) was the creator of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and leader of the worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways, including as a new religious movement and as non-religious. He became known as Maharishi (meaning "great seer") and Yogi as an adult.After earning a degree in physics at Allahabad University in 1942, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became an assistant and disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (also known as Guru Dev), the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of the Jyotir Math in the Indian Himalayas. The Maharishi credits Brahmananda Saraswati with inspiring his teachings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has received more than 3,880,587 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is the 863rd most popular religious figure (down from 776th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from India (down from 106th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Indian Religious Figure.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is most famous for being the founder of Transcendental Meditation.
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Among religious figures, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ranks 863 out of 2,238. Before him are Peter of Alcantara, Saturnin, Nicholas of Flüe, Charalambos, Apollinaris of Laodicea, and Safi-ad-din Ardabili. After him are Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Benedict of Aniane, Killing of Peter Fechter, Agnes of Bohemia, Odilo of Cluny, and Juan Diego.
1499 - 1562
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 857
300 - 300
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 858
1417 - 1487
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 859
87 - 202
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 860
310 - 390
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 861
1252 - 1334
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 862
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 863
600 - 649
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 864
750 - 821
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 865
1944 - 1962
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 866
1211 - 1282
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 867
961 - 1049
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 868
1474 - 1548
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 869
Among people born in 1918, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ranks 55. Before him are Paul D. Boyer, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Julian Schwinger, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Arthur Kornberg, and John Forsythe. After him are Edward B. Lewis, Betty Ford, François Tombalbaye, Rosemary Kennedy, Richard Winters, and João Goulart. Among people deceased in 2008, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ranks 48. Before him are Phil Hill, George Habash, George Emil Palade, Tassos Papadopoulos, Robert Rauschenberg, and Horst Tappert. After him are Giuseppe Di Stefano, George Carlin, Joshua Lederberg, Dražan Jerković, Janez Drnovšek, and Dorothy Vaughan.
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 49
1918 - 1990
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 50
1918 - 1994
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 51
1918 - 2012
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 52
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 53
1918 - 2010
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 54
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 55
1918 - 2004
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 56
1918 - 2011
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 57
1918 - 1975
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 58
1918 - 2005
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 59
1918 - 2011
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 60
1918 - 1976
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 61
1927 - 2008
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 42
1926 - 2008
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 43
1912 - 2008
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 44
1934 - 2008
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 45
1925 - 2008
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 46
1923 - 2008
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 47
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 48
1921 - 2008
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 49
1937 - 2008
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 50
1925 - 2008
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 51
1936 - 2008
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 52
1950 - 2008
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 53
1910 - 2008
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 54
Among people born in India, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ranks 123 out of 1,493. Before him are Jyotirao Phule (1827), James Brooke (1803), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Sushruta (-620), Bharata Muni (-1000), and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883). After him are Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Buddhaghosa (401), Mangal Pandey (1827), Vidyapati (1352), and Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621).
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 117
1803 - 1868
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 118
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 119
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 120
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 121
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 122
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 123
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 124
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 125
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 126
1827 - 1857
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 127
1352 - 1448
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 128
1621 - 1675
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 129
Among religious figures born in India, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ranks 12. Before him are Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Mahākāśyapa (-550), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Maudgalyayana (-568), and Radha (null). After him are Dayananda Saraswati (1824), Anthony de Mello (1931), Ravi Shankar (1956), Jayadeva (1170), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896).
1900 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 6
550 BC - 549 BC
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 7
1666 - 1708
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 8
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 9
568 BC - 484 BC
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 10
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 11
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 12
1824 - 1883
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 13
1931 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 14
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 15
1170 - 1245
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 16
1835 - 1918
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 17
1896 - 1977
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 18