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Shakuntala Devi

1929 - 2013

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Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian mental calculator and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving her world record on 18 June 1980 at Imperial College, London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shakuntala Devi has received more than 7,983,622 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Shakuntala Devi is the 2,129th most popular writer (up from 3,131st in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from India (up from 339th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 8.0M

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  • 54.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shakuntala Devi ranks 2,129 out of 5,755. Before her are Quadratus of Athens, Elena Poniatowska, Jaggi Vasudev, Heinrich Glarean, John Mandeville, and Bálint Balassi. After her are Abraham ibn Daud, Thorbjørn Egner, Vera Brittain, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Harold Bloom, and Fredrika Bremer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Shakuntala Devi ranks 151. Before her are Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Zeca Afonso, Alain Tanner, John C. Bogle, Charles Tilly, and Anne Meara. After her are Jane Powell, Gabriel Urgebadze, Joe Pass, René Laloux, Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Sixten Jernberg. Among people deceased in 2013, Shakuntala Devi ranks 129. Before her are Aslan Usoyan, Bernadette Lafont, Bebo Valdés, Mitja Ribičič, Colin Davis, and Marie-Claire Alain. After her are Georges Lautner, Marc Rich, Margherita Hack, Édouard Molinaro, Clive Burr, and Álvaro Mutis.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shakuntala Devi ranks 255 out of 1,493. Before her are Anna Hazare (1937), Guru Amar Das (1479), K. Kamaraj (1903), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), Velu Nachiyar (1730), and Jaggi Vasudev (1957). After her are Sanghamitta (-281), Idries Shah (1924), Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), Farrukhsiyar (1685), Bahubali (null), and Akbar II (1760).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Shakuntala Devi ranks 42. Before her are Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907), Surdas (1478), D. R. Bendre (1896), Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), and Jaggi Vasudev (1957). After her are Idries Shah (1924), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Bhavabhuti (null), Jim Corbett (1875), and T. H. White (1906).

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