1934 - 2015
Maria Nirmala Joshi (23 July 1934 – 23 June 2015) was an Indian religious sister who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nirmala Joshi has received more than 368,987 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Nirmala Joshi is the 2,518th most popular religious figure (down from 1,975th in 2019), the 611th most popular biography from India (down from 471st in 2019) and the 49th most popular Indian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Nirmala Joshi ranks 2,518 out of 2,238. Before her are Hermann Volk, Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Marek Jędraszewski, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Eulogius of Alexandria, and Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. After her are Solomon Schechter, Daniel Sturla, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Nicetas I of Constantinople, Sumuel, and Vincent Nichols.
1903 - 1988
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 2,512
1938 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 2,513
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 2,514
1924 - 2012
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 2,515
501 - 608
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 2,516
1130 - 1176
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 2,517
1934 - 2015
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 2,518
1847 - 1915
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 2,519
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 2,520
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 2,521
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 2,522
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 2,523
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 2,524
Among people born in 1934, Nirmala Joshi ranks 388. Before her are James Drury, Birutė Kalėdienė, Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov, Gérard Latortue, Cedar Walton, and Roy Kinnear. After her are Orrin Hatch, Hans-Emil Schuster, Diana Der Hovanessian, Jimmy Garrison, Britt Strandberg, and Anne Osborn Krueger. Among people deceased in 2015, Nirmala Joshi ranks 332. Before her are Herberto Hélder, Allen Toussaint, Jouko Törmänen, Pál Várhidi, Rakhat Aliyev, and Zhanna Yorkina. After her are David Canary, Verne Gagne, Andy White, Saeed Jaffrey, Haskell Wexler, and Bengt Berndtsson.
1934 - 2020
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 382
1934 - Present
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 383
1934 - Present
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 384
1934 - 2023
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 385
1934 - 2013
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 386
1934 - 1988
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 387
1934 - 2015
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 388
1934 - 2022
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 389
1934 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 390
1934 - 2018
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 391
1934 - 1976
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 392
1934 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 393
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 394
1930 - 2015
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 326
1938 - 2015
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 327
1954 - 2015
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 328
1931 - 2015
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 329
1962 - 2015
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 330
1939 - 2015
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 331
1934 - 2015
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 332
1938 - 2015
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 333
1926 - 2015
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 334
1930 - 2015
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 335
1929 - 2015
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 336
1922 - 2015
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 337
1933 - 2015
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 338
Among people born in India, Nirmala Joshi ranks 611 out of 1,493. Before her are Randhir Kapoor (1947), Ismat Chughtai (1915), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), C. R. Rao (1920), and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874). After her are B. V. Doshi (1927), Jeannette Altwegg (1930), Saeed Jaffrey (1929), Uttam Kumar (1926), Shabana Azmi (1950), and Dimple Kapadia (1957).
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 605
1915 - 1991
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 606
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 607
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 608
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 609
1874 - 1937
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 610
1934 - 2015
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 611
1927 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 612
1930 - 2021
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 613
1929 - 2015
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 614
1926 - 1980
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 615
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 616
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 617
Among religious figures born in India, Nirmala Joshi ranks 49. Before her are Saint Alphonsa (1910), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889), Roberto de Nobili (1577), Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924), and Joseph Coutts (1945). After her are Telesphore Toppo (1939), Rukhmabai (1864), Baselios Cleemis (1959), Oswald Gracias (1944), Ravi Zacharias (1946), and Wahiduddin Khan (1925).
1910 - 1946
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 43
1805 - 1871
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 44
1889 - 1929
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 45
1577 - 1656
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 46
1924 - 2014
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 47
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 48
1934 - 2015
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 49
1939 - 2023
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 50
1864 - 1955
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 51
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 52
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 53
1946 - 2020
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 54
1925 - 2021
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 55