1012 - 1097
Marpa Lotsāwa (མར་པ་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་, 1012–1097), sometimes known fully as Marpa Chökyi Lodrö (Wylie: mar pa chos kyi blo gros) or commonly as Marpa the Translator (Marpa Lotsāwa), was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher credited with the transmission of many Vajrayana teachings from India, including the teachings and lineages of Mahamudra. Due to this, the Kagyu lineage, which he founded, is often called Marpa Kagyu in his honour.Although some accounts relate that the Mahasiddha Naropa was the personal teacher of Marpa, other accounts suggest that Marpa held Naropa's lineage through intermediary disciples only. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marpa Lotsawa has received more than 142,388 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Marpa Lotsawa is the 531st most popular philosopher (up from 548th in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from China (down from 408th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Chinese Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Marpa Lotsawa ranks 531 out of 1,081. Before him are Al-Baydawi, Dharmakirti, Cesare Ripa, Chaïm Perelman, Crates of Mallus, and Georg Henrik von Wright. After him are Berengar of Tours, Charles W. Morris, Vilém Flusser, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Myson of Chenae, and Myia.
1201 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 525
700 - 660
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 526
1555 - 1622
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 527
1912 - 1984
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 528
200 BC - 145 BC
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 529
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 530
1012 - 1097
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 531
998 - 1088
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 532
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 533
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 534
1703 - 1762
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 535
700 BC - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 536
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 537
Among people born in 1012, Marpa Lotsawa ranks 3. Before him are Pope Benedict IX and Baldwin V, Count of Flanders. After him are García Sánchez III of Pamplona, Abbad II al-Mu'tadid, and Cai Xiang. Among people deceased in 1097, Marpa Lotsawa ranks 1. After him are Anushtegin Gharchai, Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona, Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, Heonjong of Goryeo, Odo of Bayeux, Petar Snačić, Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou, and Hugh V, Count of Maine.
1012 - 1055
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 1
1012 - 1067
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 2
1012 - 1097
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 3
1012 - 1054
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 4
1012 - 1069
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 5
1012 - 1067
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 6
1012 - 1097
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 1
1100 - 1097
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 2
1054 - 1097
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 3
1009 - 1097
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 4
1084 - 1097
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 5
1036 - 1097
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 6
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 7
1040 - 1097
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 8
1062 - 1097
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 9
Among people born in China, Marpa Lotsawa ranks 412 out of 1,392. Before him are Han Gan (706), Zhuge Jin (174), Daniel C. Tsui (1939), Mi Fu (1051), J. G. Ballard (1930), and Gengshi Emperor (null). After him are Run Run Shaw (1907), Qian Xuesen (1911), Ba Jin (1904), Zhang Lu (101), Zhang Zhongjing (150), and Wang Qishan (1948).
706 - 783
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 406
174 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 407
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 408
1051 - 1107
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 409
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 410
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 411
1012 - 1097
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 412
1907 - 2014
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 413
1911 - 2009
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 414
1904 - 2005
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 415
101 - 216
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 416
150 - 219
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 417
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 418
Among philosophers born in China, Marpa Lotsawa ranks 22. Before him are Ban Zhao (45), Ge Hong (284), Zhiyi (538), Dong Zhongshu (-179), Liu Bowen (1311), and Huiyuan (334). After him are Zhou Dunyi (1017), Zhang Daoling (34), Hu Shih (1891), Shen Buhai (-385), Cheng Yi (1033), and Wang Bi (226).
45 - 115
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 16
284 - 364
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 17
538 - 597
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 18
179 BC - 104 BC
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 19
1311 - 1375
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 20
334 - 416
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 21
1012 - 1097
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 22
1017 - 1073
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 23
34 - 156
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 24
1891 - 1962
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 25
385 BC - 337 BC
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 26
1033 - 1107
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 27
226 - 249
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 28