1900 - Today
Mahavatar Babaji (IAST: Mahāvatāra Bābājī; lit. 'Great Avatar (Revered) Father') is the Himalayan yogi and guru who taught Kriya Yoga to Lahiri Mahasaya (1828–1895). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahavatar Babaji has received more than 2,721,390 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Mahavatar Babaji is the 647th most popular religious figure (up from 784th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from India (up from 111th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Religious Figure.
Mahavatar Babaji is most famous for being the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda.
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Among religious figures, Mahavatar Babaji ranks 647 out of 2,238. Before him are Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Hind bint Utbah, Pancras of Rome, Hans Küng, Pope Leo V, and Twosret. After him are Eli, Victor of Aveyron, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Columbanus, Holofernes, and Norbert of Xanten.
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 641
510 - 635
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 642
289 - 304
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 643
1928 - 2021
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 644
870 - 905
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 645
1201 BC - 1189 BC
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 646
1900 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 647
1128 BC - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 648
1793 - 1828
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 649
1886 - 1972
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 650
540 - 615
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 651
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 652
1080 - 1134
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 653
Among people born in 1900, Mahavatar Babaji ranks 31. Before him are Kurt Weill, Eyvind Johnson, Jan Oort, Thomas Wolfe, Richard Kuhn, and Edith Frank. After him are Chiune Sugihara, W. Edwards Deming, Karl Wolff, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Ragnar Granit, and Choe Yong-gon.
1900 - 1950
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 25
1900 - 1976
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 26
1900 - 1992
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 27
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 28
1900 - 1967
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 29
1900 - 1945
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 30
1900 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 31
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 32
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 33
1900 - 1984
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 34
1900 - 1948
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 35
1900 - 1991
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 36
1900 - 1976
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 37
Among people born in India, Mahavatar Babaji ranks 76 out of 1,493. Before him are Samudragupta (335), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Ravi Shankar (1920), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Rajendra Prasad (1884), and Rajiv Gandhi (1944). After him are Mumtaz Mahal (1593), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Ajatashatru (-500), Ramana Maharshi (1879), and Sri Aurobindo (1872).
335 - 380
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 70
1893 - 1952
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 71
1920 - 2012
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 72
1486 - 1534
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 73
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 74
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 75
1900 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 76
1593 - 1631
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 77
1775 - 1862
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 78
1929 - 2022
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 79
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 80
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 81
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 82
Among religious figures born in India, Mahavatar Babaji ranks 6. Before him are Rama (null), Ānanda (-600), Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Mahavira (-599), and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486). After him are Mahākāśyapa (-550), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Maudgalyayana (-568), Radha (null), and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918).
HPI: 82.53
Rank: 1
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 2
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 3
599 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 4
1486 - 1534
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 5
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