1836 - 1886
Ramakrishna Paramahansa (Bengali: রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, romanized: Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; pronounced [ramɔkriʂno pɔromoɦɔŋʃo] , 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhay was an Indian Hindu mystic and spiritual leader. After adhering to various religious practices from the Hindu traditions of Vaishnavism, Tantra, and Advaita Vedanta, as well as from Islam and Christianity, Ramakrishna proclaimed the world's various religions as "so many paths to reach one and the same goal", thus validating the essential unity of religions. His parable-based teachings espoused the ultimate unity of various religions as a means to enable the realization of the same God. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramakrishna has received more than 4,179,781 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Ramakrishna is the 71st most popular philosopher (down from 67th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from India (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Philosopher.
Ramakrishna is most famous for his teachings about the unity of all religions. He believed that all religions have the same goal, which is to help people find the truth.
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Among philosophers, Ramakrishna ranks 71 out of 1,081. Before him are George Berkeley, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Arius, Antonio Gramsci, Karl Jaspers, and Rudolf Steiner. After him are Epictetus, William of Ockham, Xenophanes, Jürgen Habermas, Ibn Arabi, and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling.
1685 - 1753
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 65
1762 - 1814
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 66
256 - 336
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 67
1891 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 68
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 69
1861 - 1925
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 70
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 71
50 - 135
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 72
1285 - 1347
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 73
570 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 74
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 75
1165 - 1240
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 76
1775 - 1854
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 77
Among people born in 1836, Ramakrishna ranks 1. After him are Wilhelm Steinitz, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Léo Delibes, Sophia of Nassau, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Marie Henriette of Austria, Henri Fantin-Latour, Sakamoto Ryōma, Ferdinand Cheval, and James Tissot. Among people deceased in 1886, Ramakrishna ranks 2. Before him is Franz Liszt. After him are Ludwig II of Bavaria, Emily Dickinson, Leopold von Ranke, Chester A. Arthur, John Deere, Amilcare Ponchielli, Alexander Ostrovsky, Ilya Ulyanov, Alexander Butlerov, and Prince Louis, Count of Trani.
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 1
1836 - 1900
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 2
1836 - 1895
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 3
1836 - 1891
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 4
1836 - 1913
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 5
1836 - 1912
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 6
1836 - 1894
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 7
1836 - 1902
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 8
1836 - 1904
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 9
1836 - 1867
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 10
1836 - 1924
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 11
1836 - 1902
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 12
1811 - 1886
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 1
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 2
1845 - 1886
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 3
1830 - 1886
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 4
1795 - 1886
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 5
1829 - 1886
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 6
1804 - 1886
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 7
1834 - 1886
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 8
1823 - 1886
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 9
1831 - 1886
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 10
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 11
1838 - 1886
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 12
Among people born in India, Ramakrishna ranks 12 out of 1,493. Before him are Narendra Modi (1950), Rabindranath Tagore (1861), Amitabh Bachchan (1942), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), and Vivien Leigh (1913). After him are B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Nagarjuna (150), Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), Rudyard Kipling (1865), Indira Gandhi (1917), and Kālidāsa (400).
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 6
1861 - 1941
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 8
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 9
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 10
1913 - 1967
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 11
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 12
1891 - 1956
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 13
150 - 250
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 14
1887 - 1920
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 15
1865 - 1936
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 16
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 17
400 - 420
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 18
Among philosophers born in India, Ramakrishna ranks 1. After him are Nagarjuna (150), Bodhidharma (483), Swami Vivekananda (1863), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Kabir (1440), Adi Shankara (788), Padmasambhava (717), Vyasa (-390), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), and Paramahansa Yogananda (1893).
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 1
150 - 250
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 2
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 3
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 4
1895 - 1986
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 5
1440 - 1518
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 6
788 - 820
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 7
717 - 762
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 8
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 9
80 - 150
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 10
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 11
1893 - 1952
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 12