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. He was a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Swami Vivekananda has received more than 11,142,798 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Swami Vivekananda is the 214th most popular philosopher (down from 163rd in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from India (down from 29th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Swami Vivekananda ranks 214 out of 1,089. Before him are Benedetto Croce, Pelagius, Muhammad Abduh, Melissus of Samos, Gabriel Marcel, and Miguel de Unamuno. After him are Paulo Freire, Bernard Bolzano, Hasan al-Basri, Hippias, Imre Lakatos, and Gaston Bachelard.
1866 - 1952
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 208
360 - 420
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 209
1849 - 1905
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 210
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 211
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 212
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 213
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 214
1921 - 1997
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 215
1781 - 1848
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 216
642 - 728
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 217
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 218
1922 - 1974
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 219
1884 - 1962
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 220
Among people born in 1863, Swami Vivekananda ranks 13. Before him are Arthur Henderson, Pietro Mascagni, Henry van de Velde, George Herbert Mead, Constantine P. Cavafy, and David Lloyd George. After him are Alexandre Yersin, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Carlos I of Portugal, Werner Sombart, Austen Chamberlain, and Vladimir Vernadsky. Among people deceased in 1902, Swami Vivekananda ranks 5. Before him are Émile Zola, Cecil Rhodes, Levi Strauss, and Rudolf Virchow. After him are Maria Goretti, Samuel Butler, Marie Henriette of Austria, James Tissot, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, and Ion Ivanovici.
1863 - 1935
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 7
1863 - 1945
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 8
1863 - 1957
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 9
1863 - 1931
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 10
1863 - 1933
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 11
1863 - 1945
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 12
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 13
1863 - 1943
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 14
1863 - 1938
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 15
1863 - 1908
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 16
1863 - 1941
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 17
1863 - 1937
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 18
1863 - 1945
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 19
1840 - 1902
HPI: 86.69
Rank: 1
1853 - 1902
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 2
1829 - 1902
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 3
1821 - 1902
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 4
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 5
1890 - 1902
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 6
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 7
1836 - 1902
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 8
1836 - 1902
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 9
1840 - 1902
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 10
1822 - 1902
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 11
1845 - 1902
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 12
Among people born in India, Swami Vivekananda ranks 39 out of 1,227. Before him are Mahavira (-599), Aishwarya Rai (1973), Jahangir (1569), Amartya Sen (1933), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), and Aryabhata (476). After him are Bhāskara II (1114), Tulsidas (1532), Valmiki (-80), Julie Christie (1940), Sariputta (-568), and Vallabhbhai Patel (1875).
599 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 33
1973 - Present
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 34
1569 - 1627
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 35
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 36
1811 - 1863
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 37
476 - 550
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 38
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 39
1114 - 1185
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 40
1532 - 1623
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 41
80 BC - 2 BC
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 42
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 43
568 BC - 484 BC
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 44
1875 - 1950
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 45
Among philosophers born in India, Swami Vivekananda ranks 7. Before him are Ramakrishna (1836), Nagarjuna (150), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Adi Shankara (788), Bodhidharma (483), and Kabir (1440). After him are Sri Aurobindo (1872), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), and Vyasa (-390).
1836 - 1886
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 1
150 - 250
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 2
1895 - 1986
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 3
788 - 820
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 4
483 - 540
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 5
1440 - 1518
HPI: 77.05
Rank: 6
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 7
1872 - 1950
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 8
1879 - 1950
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 9
80 - 150
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 10
1772 - 1833
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 11
1893 - 1952
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 12
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 13