1887 - 1963
Sivananda Saraswati (or Swami Sivananda; IAST: Svāmī Śivānanda Sarasvatī; 8 September 1887 – 14 July 1963) was a yoga guru, a Hindu spiritual teacher, and a proponent of Vedanta. Sivananda was born in Pattamadai, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, and was named Kuppuswami. He studied medicine and served in British Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sivananda Saraswati has received more than 1,182,664 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Sivananda Saraswati is the 546th most popular philosopher (up from 597th in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from India (down from 168th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Indian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Sivananda Saraswati ranks 546 out of 1,081. Before him are Eugen Fink, Sergei Bulgakov, Nicos Poulantzas, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Usman dan Fodio, and Arne Næss. After him are Chandrakirti, Ivan Ilyin, Gianni Vattimo, Eduard Spranger, Bernardino Telesio, and Metrodorus of Lampsacus.
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 540
1871 - 1944
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 541
1936 - 1979
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 542
1877 - 1947
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 543
1754 - 1817
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 544
1912 - 2009
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 545
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 546
600 - 650
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 547
1883 - 1954
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 548
1936 - 2023
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 549
1882 - 1963
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 550
1509 - 1588
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 551
331 BC - 278 BC
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 552
Among people born in 1887, Sivananda Saraswati ranks 79. Before him are Marcus Garvey, Josef Čapek, Giovanni Gronchi, Vasily Chapayev, Leonard Bloomfield, and George, Crown Prince of Serbia. After him are Joseph Bech, Tetsu Katayama, Wilhelm Kube, François Faber, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Mario Roatta. Among people deceased in 1963, Sivananda Saraswati ranks 44. Before him are Piero Manzoni, William Beveridge, Alois Hudal, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, William Carlos Williams, and W. E. B. Du Bois. After him are Eduard Spranger, Karl von Terzaghi, Remedios Varo, Sylvanus Olympio, Adrian Carton de Wiart, and Jacobus Oud.
1887 - 1940
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 73
1887 - 1945
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 74
1887 - 1978
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 75
1887 - 1919
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 76
1887 - 1949
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 77
1887 - 1972
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 78
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 79
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 80
1887 - 1978
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 81
1887 - 1943
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 82
1887 - 1915
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 83
1887 - 1933
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 84
1887 - 1968
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 85
1933 - 1963
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 38
1879 - 1963
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 39
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 40
1882 - 1963
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 41
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 42
1868 - 1963
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 43
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 44
1882 - 1963
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 45
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 46
1908 - 1963
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 47
1902 - 1963
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 48
1880 - 1963
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 49
1890 - 1963
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 50
Among people born in India, Sivananda Saraswati ranks 173 out of 1,493. Before him are Vikramaditya (-102), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Morarji Desai (1896), Kuvempu (1904), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), and Ram Narayan (1927). After him are Chandrakirti (600), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Tarabai (1675), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), Andal (800), and Guru Arjan (1563).
102 BC - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 167
1733 - 1757
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 168
1896 - 1995
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 169
1904 - 1994
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 170
1703 - 1762
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 171
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 172
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 173
600 - 650
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 174
300 BC - 148 BC
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 175
1675 - 1761
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 176
1896 - 1977
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 177
800 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 178
1563 - 1606
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 179
Among philosophers born in India, Sivananda Saraswati ranks 26. Before him are Ravidas (1450), Madhvacharya (1199), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Shantideva (685), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703). After him are Chandrakirti (600), Narayana Guru (1855), Dignāga (480), Eknath (1533), Thiruvalluvar (350), and Hemachandra (1089).
1450 - Present
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 20
1199 - 1278
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 21
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 22
685 - 763
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 23
1564 - 1624
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 24
1703 - 1762
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 25
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 26
600 - 650
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 27
1855 - 1928
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 28
480 - 540
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 29
1533 - 1599
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 30
350 - 351
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 31
1089 - 1172
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 32