OCCULTIST
Manly P. Hall
1901 - 1990

Manly P. Hall
Manly Palmer Hall (18 March 1901 – 29 August 1990) was a Canadian author, lecturer, astrologer and mystic. Over his 70-year career he gave thousands of lectures and published over 150 volumes, of which the best known is The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manly P. Hall has received more than 1,295,991 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Manly P. Hall is the 38th most popular occultist (down from 36th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Canada (up from 306th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Occultist.
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1.3M
Page Views (PV)
56.97
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
21
Languages Editions (L)
2.64
Effective Languages (L*)
3.45
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Among OCCULTISTS
Among occultists, Manly P. Hall ranks 38 out of 41. Before him are A. E. Waite, Elias Ashmole, Dion Fortune, Otto Witte, Israel Regardie, and Tituba. After him are Sergey Oldenburg, and William Quan Judge.
Most Popular Occultists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsA. E. Waite
1857 - 1942
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 32
Elias Ashmole
1617 - 1692
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 33
Dion Fortune
1890 - 1946
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 34
Otto Witte
1872 - 1958
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 35
Israel Regardie
1907 - 1985
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 36
Tituba
1650 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 37
Manly P. Hall
1901 - 1990
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 38
Sergey Oldenburg
1863 - 1934
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 39
William Quan Judge
1851 - 1896
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 40
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1901, Manly P. Hall ranks 191. Before him are Mária Mednyánszky, Curt Bois, Haj Ali Razmara, Sekiryo Kaneda, Grete Hermann, and Jan de Quay. After him are Juan García Oliver, Maurice Evans, Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Nora Gregor, Alfred Müller-Armack, and Claude Aveline. Among people deceased in 1990, Manly P. Hall ranks 167. Before him are Boris Paichadze, Germán Suárez Flamerich, Luis Trenker, Alexander Men, Ahti Karjalainen, and Kenjiro Takayanagi. After him are Horst Bienek, Laura Perls, Aleksandra Chudina, Herbert Wehner, Cemal Süreya, and Araken Patusca.
Others Born in 1901
Go to all RankingsMária Mednyánszky
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1901 - 1978
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 185
Curt Bois
ACTOR
1901 - 1991
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 186
Haj Ali Razmara
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1951
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 187
Sekiryo Kaneda
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1949
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 188
Grete Hermann
MATHEMATICIAN
1901 - 1984
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 189
Jan de Quay
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 190
Manly P. Hall
OCCULTIST
1901 - 1990
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 191
Juan García Oliver
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1980
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 192
Maurice Evans
ACTOR
1901 - 1989
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 193
Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
COMPANION
1901 - 1960
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 194
Nora Gregor
ACTOR
1901 - 1949
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 195
Alfred Müller-Armack
ECONOMIST
1901 - 1978
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 196
Claude Aveline
WRITER
1901 - 1992
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 197
Others Deceased in 1990
Go to all RankingsBoris Paichadze
SOCCER PLAYER
1915 - 1990
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 161
Germán Suárez Flamerich
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1990
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 162
Luis Trenker
FILM DIRECTOR
1892 - 1990
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 163
Alexander Men
PHILOSOPHER
1935 - 1990
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 164
Ahti Karjalainen
POLITICIAN
1923 - 1990
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 165
Kenjiro Takayanagi
INVENTOR
1899 - 1990
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 166
Manly P. Hall
OCCULTIST
1901 - 1990
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 167
Horst Bienek
WRITER
1930 - 1990
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 168
Laura Perls
PSYCHOLOGIST
1905 - 1990
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 169
Aleksandra Chudina
ATHLETE
1923 - 1990
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 170
Herbert Wehner
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 171
Cemal Süreya
WRITER
1931 - 1990
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 172
Araken Patusca
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1990
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 173
In Canada
Among people born in Canada, Manly P. Hall ranks 271 out of 1,622. Before him are Louis St. Laurent (1882), Percy Faith (1908), Agnes Martin (1912), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), Albert S. Ruddy (1930), and Anna Paquin (1982). After him are Robert Langlands (1936), Roberta Bondar (1945), John Draper (1943), Paul Haggis (1953), Gordon Lightfoot (1938), and Lothaire Bluteau (1957).
Others born in Canada
Go to all RankingsLouis St. Laurent
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1973
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 265
Percy Faith
COMPOSER
1908 - 1976
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 266
Agnes Martin
PAINTER
1912 - 2004
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 267
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
EXPLORER
1661 - 1706
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 268
Albert S. Ruddy
PRODUCER
1930 - 2024
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 269
Anna Paquin
ACTOR
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 270
Manly P. Hall
OCCULTIST
1901 - 1990
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 271
Robert Langlands
MATHEMATICIAN
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 272
Roberta Bondar
ASTRONAUT
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 273
John Draper
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 274
Paul Haggis
FILM DIRECTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 275
Gordon Lightfoot
SINGER
1938 - 2023
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 276
Lothaire Bluteau
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 277
Among OCCULTISTS In Canada
Among occultists born in Canada, Manly P. Hall ranks 1.