PHILOSOPHER

Ram Dass

1931 - 2019

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Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931 – December 22, 2019), also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and writer. His best-selling 1971 book Be Here Now, which has been described by multiple reviewers as "seminal", helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga in the West. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ram Dass has received more than 5,044,836 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ram Dass is the 998th most popular philosopher (down from 963rd in 2019), the 4,695th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,744th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ram Dass ranks 998 out of 1,267. Before him are Harry Frankfurt, Merab Mamardashvili, Sphaerus, Jean Rostand, Nana Asmaʼu, and Thomas Arnold. After him are Seyla Benhabib, Jacob Taubes, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Isidore of Alexandria, Arulenus Rusticus, and Tariq Ramadan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ram Dass ranks 271. Before him are Paavo Haavikko, Alex Soler-Roig, José Alencar, Vizma Belševica, Mikael Tariverdiev, and Nicole Courcel. After him are John Zizioulas, Hans Alfredson, Shammi Kapoor, Tomás Balcázar, Corinne Marchand, and Boris Pankin. Among people deceased in 2019, Ram Dass ranks 231. Before him are Dick Miller, Johnny Clegg, Peter Snell, Luciano De Crescenzo, Carlo Maria Abate, and Julie Adams. After him are Fernando J. Corbató, Ndaye Mulamba, Theo Adam, Robert Waseige, Janet Asimov, and Eva Mozes Kor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ram Dass ranks 4,695 out of 20,380. Before him are Marta Kauffman (1956), Peter Jacobson (1965), Esai Morales (1962), Ed Ablowich (1913), Frankie Faison (1949), and Adlai Stevenson I (1835). After him are Sanford Meisner (1905), Louise Brough (1923), Glenn Curtiss (1878), Adam Driver (1983), William B. Travis (1809), and Barry Corbin (1940).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Ram Dass ranks 43. Before him are Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lysander Spooner (1808), Edmund Gettier (1927), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), and Harry Frankfurt (1929). After him are Stanley Cavell (1926), Lon L. Fuller (1902), Josiah Royce (1855), Mary Daly (1928), Hubert Dreyfus (1929), and Paul Kurtz (1925).

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