PHILOSOPHER
Rajneesh
1931 - 1990
Rajneesh
Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho (Hindi pronunciation: [ˈo:ʃo:]), was an Indian godman, philosopher, mystic and founder of the Rajneesh movement. He was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader during his life. He rejected institutional religions, insisting that spiritual experience could not be organized into any one system of religious dogma. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rajneesh has received more than 18,830,728 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Rajneesh is the 42nd most popular philosopher (down from 37th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from India and the most popular Indian Philosopher.
Rajneesh is most famous for being the spiritual leader of the Rajneesh movement, which was a new religious movement in India in the 1970s.
Memorability Metrics
19M
Page Views (PV)
80.10
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
67
Languages Editions (L)
16.37
Effective Languages (L*)
2.41
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Rajneesh ranks 42 out of 1,267. Before him are Martin Heidegger, Maria Montessori, Plutarch, Søren Kierkegaard, David Hume, and Sun Tzu. After him are Laozi, Empedocles, Origen, Protagoras, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and John Amos Comenius.
Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsMartin Heidegger
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 36
Maria Montessori
1870 - 1952
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 37
Plutarch
46 - 127
HPI: 80.53
Rank: 38
Søren Kierkegaard
1813 - 1855
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 39
David Hume
1711 - 1776
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 40
Sun Tzu
544 BC - 496 BC
HPI: 80.24
Rank: 41
Rajneesh
1931 - 1990
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 42
Laozi
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 43
Empedocles
490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 79.81
Rank: 44
Origen
185 - 254
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 45
Protagoras
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 46
Ludwig Wittgenstein
1889 - 1951
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 47
John Amos Comenius
1592 - 1670
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 48
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1931, Rajneesh ranks 3. Before him are Mikhail Gorbachev, and Boris Yeltsin. After him are A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Toni Morrison, Raúl Castro, Mário Zagallo, James Dean, Tomas Tranströmer, Irvin D. Yalom, Isabel Martínez de Perón, and Raymond Kopa. Among people deceased in 1990, Rajneesh ranks 1. After him are Lev Yashin, Greta Garbo, Roald Dahl, Leonard Bernstein, Louis Althusser, Alberto Moravia, Ava Gardner, B. F. Skinner, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Paulette Goddard, and Sarah Vaughan.
Others Born in 1931
Go to all RankingsMikhail Gorbachev
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2022
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 1
Boris Yeltsin
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2007
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 2
Rajneesh
PHILOSOPHER
1931 - 1990
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 3
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2015
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 4
Toni Morrison
WRITER
1931 - 2019
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 5
Raúl Castro
POLITICIAN
1931 - Present
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 6
Mário Zagallo
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2024
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 7
James Dean
ACTOR
1931 - 1955
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 8
Tomas Tranströmer
WRITER
1931 - 2015
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 9
Irvin D. Yalom
PSYCHOLOGIST
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 10
Isabel Martínez de Perón
POLITICIAN
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 11
Raymond Kopa
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2017
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1990
Go to all RankingsRajneesh
PHILOSOPHER
1931 - 1990
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 1
Lev Yashin
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1990
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 2
Greta Garbo
ACTOR
1905 - 1990
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 3
Roald Dahl
WRITER
1916 - 1990
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 4
Leonard Bernstein
COMPOSER
1918 - 1990
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 5
Louis Althusser
PHILOSOPHER
1918 - 1990
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 6
Alberto Moravia
WRITER
1907 - 1990
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 7
Ava Gardner
ACTOR
1922 - 1990
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 8
B. F. Skinner
PSYCHOLOGIST
1904 - 1990
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 9
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
WRITER
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 10
Paulette Goddard
ACTOR
1910 - 1990
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 11
Sarah Vaughan
SINGER
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 12
In India
Among people born in India, Rajneesh ranks 4 out of 1,861. Before him are Mahatma Gandhi (1869), Narendra Modi (1950), and Ashoka (-304). After him are George Orwell (1903), Amitabh Bachchan (1942), Rabindranath Tagore (1861), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), and Ramakrishna (1836).
Others born in India
Go to all RankingsMahatma Gandhi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1869 - 1948
HPI: 87.82
Rank: 1
Narendra Modi
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 82.49
Rank: 2
Ashoka
POLITICIAN
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 3
Rajneesh
PHILOSOPHER
1931 - 1990
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 4
George Orwell
WRITER
1903 - 1950
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 5
Amitabh Bachchan
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.15
Rank: 6
Rabindranath Tagore
WRITER
1861 - 1941
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 7
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2015
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 8
Jawaharlal Nehru
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1964
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 9
B. R. Ambedkar
POLITICIAN
1891 - 1956
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 10
Srinivasa Ramanujan
MATHEMATICIAN
1887 - 1920
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 11
Ramakrishna
PHILOSOPHER
1836 - 1886
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 12
Among PHILOSOPHERS In India
Among philosophers born in India, Rajneesh ranks 1. After him are Ramakrishna (1836), Nagarjuna (150), Swami Vivekananda (1863), Adi Shankara (788), Kabir (1440), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Vyasa (-390), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Padmasambhava (717), Sri Aurobindo (1872), and Paramahansa Yogananda (1893).
Rajneesh
1931 - 1990
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 1
Ramakrishna
1836 - 1886
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 2
Nagarjuna
150 - 250
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 3
Swami Vivekananda
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 4
Adi Shankara
788 - 820
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 5
Kabir
1440 - 1518
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 6
Jiddu Krishnamurti
1895 - 1986
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 7
Vyasa
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 8
Aśvaghoṣa
80 - 150
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 9
Padmasambhava
717 - 762
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 10
Sri Aurobindo
1872 - 1950
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 11
Paramahansa Yogananda
1893 - 1952
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 12