1872 - 1950
Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as Bande Mataram. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sri Aurobindo has received more than 3,814,638 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia. Sri Aurobindo is the 290th most popular philosopher (down from 274th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from India (down from 57th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Indian Philosopher.
Sri Aurobindo was a philosopher, poet, and yogi who was most famous for his philosophy of Integral Yoga.
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Among philosophers, Sri Aurobindo ranks 290 out of 1,081. Before him are Nicolai Hartmann, Félix Guattari, Roscellinus, Ramana Maharshi, Synesius, and Robert Nozick. After him are Hipparchia of Maroneia, Jerome of Prague, Rudolf Otto, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Aristoxenus, and John Searle.
1882 - 1950
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 284
1930 - 1992
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 285
1050 - 1121
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 286
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 287
370 - 413
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 288
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 289
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 290
350 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 291
1379 - 1416
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 292
1869 - 1937
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 293
1149 - 1209
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 294
360 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 295
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 296
Among people born in 1872, Sri Aurobindo ranks 21. Before him are Sergei Diaghilev, Richard Willstätter, Louis Blériot, Charles Greeley Abbot, Maurice Gamelin, and Helena Rubinstein. After him are Aubrey Beardsley, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Habibullah Khan, Jože Plečnik, Gotse Delchev, and Wilhelm Miklas. Among people deceased in 1950, Sri Aurobindo ranks 21. Before him are Edgar Rice Burroughs, Heinrich Mann, Kurt Weill, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Nicolai Hartmann, and Ramana Maharshi. After him are Norman Haworth, Emil Jannings, George Minot, Cesare Pavese, Max Beckmann, and John Rabe.
1872 - 1929
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 15
1872 - 1942
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 16
1872 - 1936
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 17
1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 18
1872 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 19
1872 - 1965
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 20
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 21
1872 - 1898
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 22
1872 - 1925
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 23
1872 - 1919
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 24
1872 - 1957
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 25
1872 - 1903
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 26
1872 - 1956
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 27
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 15
1871 - 1950
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 16
1900 - 1950
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 17
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 18
1882 - 1950
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 19
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 20
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 21
1883 - 1950
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 22
1884 - 1950
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 23
1885 - 1950
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 24
1908 - 1950
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 25
1884 - 1950
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 26
1882 - 1950
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 27
Among people born in India, Sri Aurobindo ranks 82 out of 1,493. Before him are Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Mumtaz Mahal (1593), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Ajatashatru (-500), and Ramana Maharshi (1879). After him are Sher Shah Suri (1486), Vātsyāyana (300), Cliff Richard (1940), Tukaram (1608), Sarojini Naidu (1879), and Nathuram Godse (1910).
1900 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 76
1593 - 1631
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 77
1775 - 1862
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 78
1929 - 2022
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 79
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 80
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 81
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 82
1486 - 1545
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 83
300 - 500
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 84
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 85
1608 - 1650
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 86
1879 - 1949
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 87
1910 - 1949
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 88
Among philosophers born in India, Sri Aurobindo ranks 15. Before him are Padmasambhava (717), Vyasa (-390), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), and Ramana Maharshi (1879). After him are Ramanuja (1017), Jyotirao Phule (1827), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Buddhaghosa (401), Ravidas (1450), and Madhvacharya (1199).
717 - 762
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 9
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 10
80 - 150
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 11
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 12
1893 - 1952
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 13
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 14
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 15
1017 - 1137
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 16
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 17
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 18
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 19
1450 - Present
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 20
1199 - 1278
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 21