1926 - 2011
Sathya Sai Baba (born Ratnakaram Sathyanarayana Raju; 23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011) was an Indian guru and philanthropist. At the age of fourteen, he claimed that he was the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba, and left his home to accept his devotees.Sai Baba's believers credited him with miracles such as materialisations of vibhuti (holy ash) and other small objects such as rings, necklaces and watches, along with reports of miraculous healings, resurrections, clairvoyance, bilocation and was purportedly omnipotent and omniscient. His devotees believe them to be signs of his divinity, while some individuals have concluded that his acts were based on sleight of hand or had other explanations that were fake and not supernatural. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sathya Sai Baba has received more than 4,844,256 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Sathya Sai Baba is the 273rd most popular religious figure (down from 242nd in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from India (down from 19th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Religious Figure.
Sathya Sai Baba is most famous for his ability to perform miracles. He has also been known to heal people and predict future events.
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Among religious figures, Sathya Sai Baba ranks 273 out of 2,238. Before him are Philip Melanchthon, Pope Benedict IX, Pope John XIX, Zacchaeus, Pope Gregory IV, and Pope Urban IV. After him are Pope Sixtus I, Saint Pantaleon, Pope Celestine I, Pope Gelasius II, Habakkuk, and Gregory of Nyssa.
1497 - 1560
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 267
1012 - 1055
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 268
975 - 1032
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 269
50 - 100
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 270
790 - 844
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 271
1185 - 1264
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 272
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 273
42 - 124
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 274
275 - 303
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 275
400 - 432
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 276
1062 - 1119
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 277
626 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 278
335 - 395
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 279
Among people born in 1926, Sathya Sai Baba ranks 11. Before him are Ingvar Kamprad, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Jiang Zemin, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Leslie Nielsen, and Miles Davis. After him are Dario Fo, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Klaus Kinski, Andrzej Wajda, Thích Nhất Hạnh, and Chuck Berry. Among people deceased in 2011, Sathya Sai Baba ranks 10. Before him are Osama bin Laden, Václav Havel, Elizabeth Taylor, Otto von Habsburg, Cesária Évora, and Burhanuddin Rabbani. After him are Peter Falk, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Wangari Maathai, Sócrates, Joe Frazier, and Annie Girardot.
1926 - 2018
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 5
1926 - 2014
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 6
1926 - 2022
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 7
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 8
1926 - 2010
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 9
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 10
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 11
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 12
1926 - 2011
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 13
1926 - 1991
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 14
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 15
1926 - 2022
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 16
1926 - 2017
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 17
1957 - 2011
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 4
1936 - 2011
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 5
1932 - 2011
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 6
1912 - 2011
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 7
1941 - 2011
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 8
1940 - 2011
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 9
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 10
1927 - 2011
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 11
1926 - 2011
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 12
1940 - 2011
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 13
1954 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 14
1944 - 2011
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 15
1931 - 2011
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 16
Among people born in India, Sathya Sai Baba ranks 27 out of 1,493. Before him are Bodhidharma (483), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Swami Vivekananda (1863), Shah Rukh Khan (1965), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), and Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895). After him are Kabir (1440), Adi Shankara (788), Valmiki (-80), Aryabhata (476), Aurangzeb (1618), and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888).
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 21
340 BC - 297 BC
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 22
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 23
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 24
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 25
1895 - 1986
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 26
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 27
1440 - 1518
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 28
788 - 820
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 29
80 BC - 2 BC
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 30
476 - 550
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 31
1618 - 1707
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 32
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 33
Among religious figures born in India, Sathya Sai Baba ranks 3. Before him are Rama (null) and Ānanda (-600). After him are Mahavira (-599), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Mahākāśyapa (-550), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Maudgalyayana (-568), Radha (null), and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918).
HPI: 82.53
Rank: 1
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 2
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 3
599 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 4
1486 - 1534
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 5
1900 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 6
550 BC - 549 BC
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 7
1666 - 1708
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 8
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