1931 - 2019
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 4,582,439 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ram Dass is the 963rd most popular philosopher (down from 954th in 2019), the 4,756th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,969th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Ram Dass ranks 963 out of 1,081. Before him are Susan George, Heymann Steinthal, Dimitri Kitsikis, Stanisław Staszic, Alexander Men, and Ecphantus the Pythagorean. After him are Jaimini, Josef Pieper, Jerzy Żuławski, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Alice von Hildebrand, and Mary Daly.
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 957
1823 - 1899
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 958
1935 - 2021
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 959
1755 - 1826
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 960
1935 - 1990
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 961
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 962
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 963
390 BC - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 964
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 965
1874 - 1915
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 966
1907 - 1972
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 967
1923 - 2022
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 968
1928 - 2010
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 969
Among people born in 1931, Ram Dass ranks 251. Before him are Ita Ever, Duško Gojković, Nick Bollettieri, Ingvar Wixell, Alex Soler-Roig, and Cemal Süreya. After him are Gene Wolfe, León Febres Cordero, Kenny Burrell, Sakyo Komatsu, Michel Deville, and Mordecai Richler. Among people deceased in 2019, Ram Dass ranks 226. Before him are Fahrudin Jusufi, Herman Wouk, Janet Asimov, Reinhard Bonnke, Jan Olszewski, and Claude Goretta. After him are José Nápoles, Gene Wolfe, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Bob Hawke, and Eduardo Fajardo.
1931 - 2023
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 245
1931 - 2023
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 246
1931 - 2022
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 247
1931 - 2011
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 248
1931 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 249
1931 - 1990
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 250
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 251
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 252
1931 - 2008
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 253
1931 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 254
1931 - 2011
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 255
1931 - 2023
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 256
1931 - 2001
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 257
1939 - 2019
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 220
1915 - 2019
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 221
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 222
1940 - 2019
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 223
1930 - 2019
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 224
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 225
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 226
1940 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 227
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 228
1933 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 229
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 230
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 231
1924 - 2019
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 232
Among people born in United States, Ram Dass ranks 4,756 out of 18,182. Before him are Stephen Collins (1947), Joe Haldeman (1943), Octavia E. Butler (1947), Strom Thurmond (1902), Broderick Crawford (1911), and Martin Donovan (1957). After him are Kevin Schwantz (1964), Fred Gwynne (1926), Gene Wolfe (1931), Megan Thee Stallion (1995), Steve Kanaly (1946), and Claudette Colvin (1939).
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 4,750
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 4,751
1947 - 2006
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,752
1902 - 2003
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,753
1911 - 1986
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,754
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,755
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 4,756
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 4,757
1926 - 1993
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 4,758
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,759
1995 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,760
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,761
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,762
Among philosophers born in United States, Ram Dass ranks 44. Before him are Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lon L. Fuller (1902), Lysander Spooner (1808), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), and Susan George (1934). After him are Mary Daly (1928), Harry Frankfurt (1929), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Stanley Cavell (1926), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), and Allan Bloom (1930).
1932 - 2007
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 38
1902 - 1978
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 39
1808 - 1887
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 40
1945 - 2022
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 41
1912 - 1989
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 42
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 43
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 44
1928 - 2010
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 45
1929 - 2023
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 46
1799 - 1888
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 47
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 48
1913 - 2005
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 49
1930 - 1992
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 50