1863 - 1902
Swami Vivekananda (; Bengali: [ʃami bibekanɔndo] (listen); 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (Bengali: [nɔrendronatʰ dɔto]), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world; and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, and bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion. Vivekananda became a popular figure after the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago, where he began his famous speech with the words, "Sisters and brothers of America...," before introducing Hinduism to Americans. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Swami Vivekananda has received more than 15,533,454 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Swami Vivekananda is the 134th most popular philosopher (up from 214th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from India (up from 39th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Philosopher.
Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk and a major figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world.
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Among philosophers, Swami Vivekananda ranks 134 out of 1,081. Before him are Mozi, Chanakya, Oswald Spengler, Emanuel Swedenborg, Giambattista Vico, and Bonaventure. After him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Baron d'Holbach, Wilhelm Dilthey, John Rawls, Isocrates, and Zhu Xi.
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 128
375 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 129
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 130
1688 - 1772
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 131
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 132
1221 - 1274
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 133
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 134
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 135
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 136
1833 - 1911
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 137
1921 - 2002
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 138
436 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 139
1130 - 1200
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 140
Among people born in 1863, Swami Vivekananda ranks 7. Before him are Edvard Munch, Henry Ford, Pierre de Coubertin, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Paul Signac, and Konstantin Stanislavski. After him are Arthur Henderson, Pietro Mascagni, David Lloyd George, Henry van de Velde, Gabriele D'Annunzio, and George Herbert Mead. Among people deceased in 1902, Swami Vivekananda ranks 3. Before him are Émile Zola and Cecil Rhodes. After him are Rudolf Virchow, Levi Strauss, Maria Goretti, Marie Henriette of Austria, Samuel Butler, James Tissot, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, and Victor D'Hondt.
1863 - 1944
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 1
1863 - 1947
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 2
1863 - 1937
HPI: 80.21
Rank: 3
1863 - 1914
HPI: 79.42
Rank: 4
1863 - 1935
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 5
1863 - 1938
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 6
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 7
1863 - 1935
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 8
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 9
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 10
1863 - 1957
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 11
1863 - 1938
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 12
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 13
1840 - 1902
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 1
1853 - 1902
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 2
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 3
1821 - 1902
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 4
1829 - 1902
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 5
1890 - 1902
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 6
1836 - 1902
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 7
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 8
1836 - 1902
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 9
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 10
1822 - 1902
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 11
1841 - 1902
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in India, Swami Vivekananda ranks 23 out of 1,493. Before him are Indira Gandhi (1917), Kālidāsa (400), Shivaji (1627), Ānanda (-600), Bodhidharma (483), and Chandragupta Maurya (-340). After him are Shah Rukh Khan (1965), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Kabir (1440), and Adi Shankara (788).
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 17
400 - 420
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 18
1627 - 1680
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 19
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 20
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 21
340 BC - 297 BC
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 22
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 23
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 24
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 25
1895 - 1986
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 26
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 27
1440 - 1518
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 28
788 - 820
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 29
Among philosophers born in India, Swami Vivekananda ranks 4. Before him are Ramakrishna (1836), Nagarjuna (150), and Bodhidharma (483). After him are Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Kabir (1440), Adi Shankara (788), Padmasambhava (717), Vyasa (-390), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), and Paramahansa Yogananda (1893).
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 1
150 - 250
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 2
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 3
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 4
1895 - 1986
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 5
1440 - 1518
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 6
788 - 820
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 7
717 - 762
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 8
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 9
80 - 150
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 10
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 11
1893 - 1952
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 12