599 BC - 527 BC
Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर, Mahāvīra), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, Vardhamāna), was the 24th Tirthankara (supreme preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early 6th century BCE into a royal Jain family of ancient India. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahavira has received more than 4,772,286 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia. Mahavira is the 370th most popular religious figure (up from 401st in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from India (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Religious Figure.
Mahavira is most famous for being the founder of Jainism. He was a prince who renounced his throne and became a monk.
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Among religious figures, Mahavira ranks 370 out of 2,238. Before him are Hosea, Saint Monica, Muhammad al-Mahdi, Pope Vitalian, Saint Apollonia, and Pope Zosimus. After him are Saint Nino, Meritaten, Maya, Pope Hormisdas, Pope Victor III, and Pope Simplicius.
784 BC - Present
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 364
332 - 387
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 365
869 - 941
HPI: 69.31
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600 - 672
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 367
110 - 249
HPI: 69.28
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400 - 418
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 369
599 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 370
296 - 335
HPI: 69.22
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1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 69.21
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600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.19
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450 - 523
HPI: 69.17
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1027 - 1087
HPI: 69.17
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420 - 483
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Among people born in 599 BC, Mahavira ranks 1. Among people deceased in 527 BC, Mahavira ranks 2. Before him is Peisistratos.
Among people born in India, Mahavira ranks 36 out of 1,493. Before him are Valmiki (-80), Aryabhata (476), Aurangzeb (1618), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Padmasambhava (717), and Amartya Sen (1933). After him are Julie Christie (1940), Rani of Jhansi (1828), Jahangir (1569), Brahmagupta (598), Tulsidas (1532), and Sariputta (-568).
80 BC - 2 BC
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476 - 550
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1618 - 1707
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1888 - 1975
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717 - 762
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1933 - Present
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599 BC - 527 BC
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1940 - Present
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1828 - 1858
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1569 - 1627
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598 - 670
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1532 - 1623
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568 BC - 484 BC
HPI: 68.12
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Among religious figures born in India, Mahavira ranks 4. Before him are Rama (null), Ānanda (-600), and Sathya Sai Baba (1926). After him are Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Mahākāśyapa (-550), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Maudgalyayana (-568), Radha (null), and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918).
HPI: 82.53
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600 BC - 500 BC
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1926 - 2011
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599 BC - 527 BC
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1486 - 1534
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1900 - Present
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550 BC - 549 BC
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1666 - 1708
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1835 - 1908
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568 BC - 484 BC
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1918 - 2008
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