1926 - 1990
Nina Kulagina, Ninel Sergeyevna Kulagina (Russian: Нине́ль Серге́евна Кула́гина, born Ninel Mikhaylova) (30 July 1926 – 11 April 1990) was a Russian woman who claimed to have psychic powers, particularly in psychokinesis. Academic research of her phenomenon was conducted in the USSR for the last 20 years of her life. Kulagina was suspected of utilizing hidden magnets and threads to perform her feats. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nina Kulagina has received more than 547,839 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nina Kulagina is the 26th most popular occultist (down from 25th in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from Russia (down from 537th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Occultist.
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Among occultists, Nina Kulagina ranks 26 out of 37. Before her are Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Robert Fludd, Franz Bardon, and Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers. After her are Michael Scot, Joséphin Péladan, Algernon Blackwood, Stanislas de Guaita, A. E. Waite, and Elias Ashmole.
1874 - 1954
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 20
1743 - 1803
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 21
1776 - 1853
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 22
1574 - 1637
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 23
1909 - 1958
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 24
1854 - 1918
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 25
1926 - 1990
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 26
1175 - 1232
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 27
1858 - 1918
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 28
1869 - 1951
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 29
1861 - 1897
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 30
1857 - 1942
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 31
1617 - 1692
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 32
Among people born in 1926, Nina Kulagina ranks 118. Before her are Henry Molaison, Yevgeny Leonov, John Derek, Raul Hilberg, Aaron Klug, and Per Wahlöö. After her are Gordon Scott, Jérôme Lejeune, Sergio Pininfarina, Cloris Leachman, Paul Baran, and Peter Shaffer. Among people deceased in 1990, Nina Kulagina ranks 67. Before her are Sergei Dovlatov, Angelo Schiavio, Delphine Seyrig, Samuel Noah Kramer, Curtis LeMay, and Samuel Doe. After her are Tadeusz Kantor, Nicola Abbagnano, Manuel Puig, Meir Kahane, José Figueres Ferrer, and Taro Kagawa.
1926 - 2008
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 112
1926 - 1994
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 113
1926 - 1998
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 114
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 115
1926 - 2018
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 116
1926 - 1975
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 117
1926 - 1990
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 118
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 119
1926 - 1994
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 120
1926 - 2012
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 121
1926 - 2021
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 122
1926 - 2011
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 123
1926 - 2016
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 124
1941 - 1990
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 61
1905 - 1990
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 62
1932 - 1990
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 63
1897 - 1990
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 64
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 65
1951 - 1990
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 66
1926 - 1990
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 67
1915 - 1990
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 68
1901 - 1990
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 69
1932 - 1990
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 70
1932 - 1990
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 71
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 72
1922 - 1990
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 73
Among people born in Russia, Nina Kulagina ranks 606 out of 3,262. Before her are Vladimir Arsenyev (1872), Elem Klimov (1933), Sergey Sazonov (1860), Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), Georges Gurvitch (1894), and Pyotr Rumyantsev (1725). After her are Vladislav Volkov (1935), Yuri II of Vladimir (1188), Alexander Fadeyev (1901), Walter Weiß (1890), John of Kronstadt (1829), and Serge Koussevitzky (1874).
1872 - 1930
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 600
1933 - 2003
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 601
1860 - 1927
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 602
1892 - 1944
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 603
1894 - 1965
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 604
1725 - 1796
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 605
1926 - 1990
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 606
1935 - 1971
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 607
1188 - 1238
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 608
1901 - 1956
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 609
1890 - 1967
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 610
1829 - 1908
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 611
1874 - 1951
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 612
Among occultists born in Russia, Nina Kulagina ranks 2. Before her are Grigori Rasputin (1869). After her are Sergey Oldenburg (1863).
1869 - 1916
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 1
1926 - 1990
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 2
1863 - 1934
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 3