1498 - 1546
Meera, also known as Mirabai (मीराबाई; c.1498–c.1546), was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition.Mirabai was born into a Rajput royal family in Kudki, Pali district, Rajasthan, Mira then spent her childhood in Merta, Rajasthan. She is mentioned in Bhaktamal, confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the Bhakti movement culture by about 1600 CE. Most legends about Meera mention her fearless disregard for social and family conventions, her devotion to Lord Krishna, her treating Lord Krishna as her husband and being persecuted by her in-laws for her religious devotion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meera has received more than 2,320,158 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Meera is the 643rd most popular writer (down from 451st in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from India (down from 45th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Indian Writer.
Meera is most famous for her poem the "Bhagavad Gita" which she recited to Lord Krishna.
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Among writers, Meera ranks 643 out of 5,794. Before her are Ausonius, Vātsyāyana, Columella, Jean Froissart, Hind bint Utbah, and Carlo Gozzi. After her are John Irving, Camilo José Cela, Poliziano, Aratus, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, and Ryszard Kapuściński.
310 - 395
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 637
300 - Present
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 638
4 - 70
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 639
1337 - 1405
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 640
510 - 635
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 641
1720 - 1806
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 642
1498 - 1546
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 643
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 644
1916 - 2002
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 645
1454 - 1494
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 646
315 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 647
1828 - 1889
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 648
1932 - 2007
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 649
Among people born in 1498, Meera ranks 3. Before her are Eleanor of Austria and Katharina von Bora. After her are Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Maarten van Heemskerck, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, Giulio Clovio, Andreas Osiander, and Hieronymus Bock. Among people deceased in 1546, Meera ranks 5. Before her are Martin Luther, Hayreddin Barbarossa, Francisco de Orellana, and Giulio Romano. After her are Francisco de Vitoria, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Étienne Dolet, Petru Rareș, Isabella di Morra, and Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
1498 - 1558
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 1
1498 - 1552
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 2
1498 - 1546
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 3
1498 - 1526
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 4
1498 - 1574
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 5
1498 - 1500
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 6
1498 - 1568
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 7
1498 - 1568
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 8
1498 - 1519
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 9
1498 - 1578
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 10
1498 - 1552
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 11
1498 - 1554
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 12
1483 - 1546
HPI: 94.31
Rank: 1
1478 - 1546
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 2
1511 - 1546
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 3
1499 - 1546
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 4
1498 - 1546
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 5
1483 - 1546
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 6
1484 - 1546
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 7
1509 - 1546
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 8
1487 - 1546
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 9
1520 - 1546
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 10
1497 - 1546
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 11
Among people born in India, Meera ranks 60 out of 1,227. Before her are Zubin Mehta (1936), Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Premchand (1880), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Amir Khusrow (1253), and Vātsyāyana (300). After her are Cliff Richard (1940), Ravi Shankar (1920), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Abdul Karim (1863), and Aśvaghoṣa (80).
1936 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 54
1856 - 1920
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 55
1880 - 1936
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 56
1872 - 1950
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 57
1253 - 1325
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 58
300 - Present
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 59
1498 - 1546
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 60
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 61
1920 - 2012
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 62
1879 - 1950
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 63
1945 - Present
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 64
1863 - 1909
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 65
80 - 150
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 66
Among writers born in India, Meera ranks 12. Before her are Tulsidas (1532), Valmiki (-80), Ghalib (1797), Salman Rushdie (1947), Premchand (1880), and Vātsyāyana (300). After her are Tukaram (1608), Deepak Chopra (1946), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Sarojini Naidu (1879), Basava (1134), and Savitribai Phule (1831).
1532 - 1623
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 6
80 BC - 2 BC
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 7
1797 - 1869
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 9
1880 - 1936
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 10
300 - Present
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 11
1498 - 1546
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 12
1608 - 1650
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 14
1918 - 2005
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 15
1879 - 1949
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 16
1134 - 1196
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 17
1831 - 1897
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 18