1907 - 2019
Shivakumara Swami (born Shivanna; 1 April 1907 – 21 January 2019) was an Indian humanitarian, spiritual leader, educator and supercentenarian. He was a Lingayatism religious figure. Swami joined the Siddaganga Matha in 1930 Karnataka and became head seer in 1941. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shivakumara Swami has received more than 1,122,189 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Shivakumara Swami is the 490th most popular social activist (down from 447th in 2019), the 657th most popular biography from India (up from 664th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Indian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Shivakumara Swami ranks 490 out of 538. Before him are Mohamed Bouazizi, Eoin O'Duffy, Berta Cáceres, Ella Baker, Flora Brovina, and Akira Amano. After him are Karina Pankievich, Joseph Weydemeyer, Oswaldo Payá, Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, Wang Dan, and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.
1984 - 2011
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 484
1890 - 1944
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 485
1971 - 2016
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 486
1903 - 1986
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 487
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 488
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 489
1907 - 2019
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 490
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 491
1818 - 1866
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 492
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 493
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 494
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 495
1890 - 1964
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 496
Among people born in 1907, Shivakumara Swami ranks 315. Before him are Barbara Kent, Willy Busch, Ilias Tsirimokos, Mike Mazurki, Vladimirs Petrovs, and István Pelle. After him are Rolf Jacobsen, Ernesto Albarracín, Art Babbitt, Albert Ammons, Toni Frissell, and Jacques Barzun. Among people deceased in 2019, Shivakumara Swami ranks 395. Before him are Anatoly Krutikov, Sheila Dikshit, Nina Fyodorova, Russi Taylor, Eduardo Nascimento, and Raymond Leppard. After him are Ivan Kizimov, Nikolai Gorbachev, Chuck Peddle, Martin Feldstein, D. A. Pennebaker, and Sara Danius.
1907 - 2011
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 309
1907 - 1982
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 310
1907 - 1968
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 311
1907 - 1990
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 312
1907 - 1943
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 313
1907 - 1986
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 314
1907 - 2019
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 315
1907 - 1994
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 316
1907 - 2000
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 317
1907 - 1992
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 318
1907 - 1949
HPI: 42.80
Rank: 319
1907 - 1988
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 320
1907 - 2012
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 321
1933 - 2019
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 389
1938 - 2019
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 390
1947 - 2019
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 391
1944 - 2019
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 392
1943 - 2019
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 393
1927 - 2019
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 394
1907 - 2019
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 395
1928 - 2019
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 396
1948 - 2019
HPI: 43.11
Rank: 397
1937 - 2019
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 398
1939 - 2019
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 399
1925 - 2019
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 400
1962 - 2019
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 401
Among people born in India, Shivakumara Swami ranks 657 out of 1,493. Before him are Godfrey Brown (1915), Jasraj (1930), Tarsem Singh (1961), Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), Rukhmabai (1864), and Sharman Joshi (1979). After him are Jagjit Singh (1941), Arunachalam Muruganantham (1961), Surekha Sikri (1945), Aruna Irani (1946), Michael Bates (1920), and R. D. Burman (1939).
1915 - 1995
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 651
1930 - 2020
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 652
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 653
1946 - 2020
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 654
1864 - 1955
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 655
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 656
1907 - 2019
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 657
1941 - 2011
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 658
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 659
1945 - 2021
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 660
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 661
1920 - 1978
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 662
1939 - 1994
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 663
Among social activists born in India, Shivakumara Swami ranks 39. Before him are Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Medha Patkar (1954), Ela Bhatt (1933), Manilal Gandhi (1892), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), and Veerappan (1952). After him are Nirmala Deshpande (1929), Jamnalal Bajaj (1889), Rajmohan Gandhi (1935), Jadav Payeng (1963), Stan Swamy (1937), and Gauri Lankesh (1962).
1878 - 1931
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 33
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 34
1933 - 2022
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 35
1892 - 1956
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 36
1947 - 1984
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 37
1952 - 2004
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 38
1907 - 2019
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 39
1929 - 2008
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 40
1889 - 1942
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 41
1935 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 42
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 43
1937 - 2021
HPI: 36.95
Rank: 44
1962 - 2017
HPI: 33.18
Rank: 45