1947 - 2019
Sogyal Rinpoche (Tibetan: བསོད་རྒྱལ་, Wylie: Bsod-rgyal; 1947 – 28 August 2019) was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama. He was recognized as the incarnation of a Tibetan master and visionary saint of the 19th century, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa. Sogyal Rinpoche was the founder and former spiritual director of Rigpa — an international network of over 100 Buddhist centres and groups in 23 countries around the world — and the author of the best-selling book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, which has been printed in 30 languages and 56 countries. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sogyal Rinpoche has received more than 448,894 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sogyal Rinpoche is the 2,738th most popular writer (up from 3,011th in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from China (down from 641st in 2019) and the 66th most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 2,738 out of 5,755. Before him are Labīd, Samuel Smiles, Anna Sewell, Pedro Salinas, Tang Xianzu, and Ahron Daum. After him are Gertrud von Le Fort, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Macropedius, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Rachel Bluwstein, and Mohammed Hussein Heikal.
560 - 661
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,732
1812 - 1904
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,733
1820 - 1878
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,734
1891 - 1951
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,735
1550 - 1616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,736
1951 - 2018
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,737
1947 - 2019
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 2,738
1876 - 1971
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 2,739
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 2,740
1487 - 1558
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,741
1879 - 1937
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,742
1890 - 1931
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 2,743
1888 - 1956
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 2,744
Among people born in 1947, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 229. Before him are Tim Buckley, Peter Senge, Harry Redknapp, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Mitsuo Tsukahara, and Brian Herbert. After him are Kōzō Okamoto, James Dyson, John Mearsheimer, Massiel, Somchai Wongsawat, and Co Adriaanse. Among people deceased in 2019, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 164. Before him are Eva Mozes Kor, Charles Jencks, Charlie Whiting, Jörg Demus, Marie-José Nat, and Goro Shimura. After him are Sylvia Miles, José Luis Brown, Krishna Sobti, Vonda N. McIntyre, Peggy Lipton, and Momir Bulatović.
1947 - 1975
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 223
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 224
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 225
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 226
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 227
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 228
1947 - 2019
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 229
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 230
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 231
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 232
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 233
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 234
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 235
1934 - 2019
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 158
1939 - 2019
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 159
1952 - 2019
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 160
1928 - 2019
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 161
1940 - 2019
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 162
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 163
1947 - 2019
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 164
1924 - 2019
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 165
1956 - 2019
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 166
1925 - 2019
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 167
1948 - 2019
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 168
1946 - 2019
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 169
1956 - 2019
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 170
Among people born in China, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 653 out of 1,392. Before him are Lau Kar-leung (1934), Salchak Toka (1901), Jimmy Lai (1948), Chen Boda (1904), Wang Fuzhi (1619), and Tang Xianzu (1550). After him are Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), Huang Tingjian (1045), Yuan Mei (1716), François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), and Ma Huateng (1971).
1934 - 2013
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 647
1901 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 648
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 649
1904 - 1989
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 650
1619 - 1692
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 651
1550 - 1616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 652
1947 - 2019
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 653
1914 - 1949
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 654
1045 - 1105
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 655
1716 - 1798
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 656
1929 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 657
650 - 676
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 658
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 659
Among writers born in China, Sogyal Rinpoche ranks 66. Before him are Lu Ji (261), Yuan Zhen (779), Xu Zhimo (1897), Guan Hanqing (1210), Zhou Daguan (1266), and Tang Xianzu (1550). After him are Yuan Mei (1716), François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), Longchenpa (1308), Yang Jiang (1911), and Gu Yanwu (1613).
261 - 303
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 60
779 - 831
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 61
1897 - 1931
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 62
1210 - 1280
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 63
1266 - 1346
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 64
1550 - 1616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 65
1947 - 2019
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 66
1716 - 1798
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 67
1929 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 68
650 - 676
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 69
1308 - 1364
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 70
1911 - 2016
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 71
1613 - 1682
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 72