1956 - Today
Ravi Shankar (born May 13, 1956) is an Indian yoga guru, a spiritual leader. He is referred to as Sri Sri (honorific), Guru ji, or Gurudev. From around the mid 1970s, he worked as an apprentice under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ravi Shankar has received more than 8,242,623 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ravi Shankar is the 989th most popular religious figure (up from 2,095th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from India (up from 570th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Indian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Ravi Shankar ranks 989 out of 2,238. Before him are Melito of Sardis, Pietro Parolin, Antipope Innocent III, Praxedes, Otto of Bamberg, and Paula of Rome. After him are Edith Cavell, Robert Sarah, Germanus I of Constantinople, Mechtilde, Ibn Sa'd, and Amun-her-khepeshef.
140 - 180
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 983
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 984
1150 - 1183
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 985
100 - Present
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 986
1060 - 1139
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 987
347 - 406
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 988
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 989
1865 - 1915
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 990
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 991
634 - 733
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 992
1241 - 1298
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 993
784 - 845
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 994
1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 995
Among people born in 1956, Ravi Shankar ranks 50. Before him are Ian Curtis, Bakir Izetbegović, Zbigniew Boniek, Jost Gippert, Anthony Bourdain, and Guido van Rossum. After him are Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Michele Alboreto, Min Aung Hlaing, Michael Biehn, Dave Murray, and Aileen Wuornos.
1956 - 1980
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 44
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 45
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 46
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 47
1956 - 2018
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 48
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 49
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 50
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 51
1956 - 2001
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 52
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 53
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 54
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 55
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 56
Among people born in India, Ravi Shankar ranks 154 out of 1,493. Before him are Green Boots (null), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), Mahadevi Varma (1907), Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), and S. R. Ranganathan (1892). After him are Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Dhyan Chand (1905), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Jayadeva (1170), Sambhaji (1657), and Subramania Bharati (1882).
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 148
1564 - 1624
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 149
1918 - 2014
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 150
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 151
1542 - 1623
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 152
1892 - 1972
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 153
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 154
1865 - 1928
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 155
1905 - 1979
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 156
1671 - 1748
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 157
1170 - 1245
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 158
1657 - 1689
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 159
1882 - 1921
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 160
Among religious figures born in India, Ravi Shankar ranks 15. Before him are Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Maudgalyayana (-568), Radha (null), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), and Anthony de Mello (1931). After him are Jayadeva (1170), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), Guru Arjan (1563), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), and Śāntarakṣita (725).
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 9
568 BC - 484 BC
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 10
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 11
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 12
1824 - 1883
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 13
1931 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 14
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 15
1170 - 1245
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 16
1835 - 1918
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 17
1896 - 1977
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 18
1563 - 1606
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 19
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 20
725 - 788
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 21