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Baba Vanga

1911 - 1996

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Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova (née Surcheva; Bulgarian: Вангелия Пандева Гущерова, née Сурчева, [vɐnˈɡɛlijɐ ˈpɑndevɐ ɡuˈʃtɛrovɐ (ˈsurt͡ʃevɐ)]; 3 October 1911 – 11 August 1996), commonly known as Baba Vanga (Bulgarian: Баба Ванга, lit. 'Grandmother Vanga'), was a Bulgarian attributed mystic and healer who claimed to have foreseen the future. Blind since her teenhood, she spent most of her life in the Rupite area of the Belasica mountains in Bulgaria. During the Cold War, she became widely known in parts of Eastern Europe for her alleged abilities of clairvoyance and precognition. After the fall of communism, including after her death in 1996, her persona has remained popular. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baba Vanga is the 4th most popular occultist, the 3rd most popular biography from North Macedonia and the most popular Macedonian Occultist.

Baba Vanga is most famous for predicting the September 11 attacks. She also predicted that the 44th President of the United States would be African-American.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Baba Vanga ranks 4 out of 41. Before her are Nostradamus, Grigori Rasputin, and Aleister Crowley. After her are John Dee, Anton LaVey, Helena Blavatsky, Count of St. Germain, Éliphas Lévi, Alessandro Cagliostro, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, and Allan Kardec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Baba Vanga ranks 3. Before her are Ronald Reagan, and Josef Mengele. After her are Konstantin Chernenko, Naguib Mahfouz, Georges Pompidou, Emil Cioran, Juan Manuel Fangio, Władysław Szpilman, Luis Walter Alvarez, Todor Zhivkov, and Czesław Miłosz. Among people deceased in 1996, Baba Vanga ranks 1. After her are François Mitterrand, Marcello Mastroianni, Nevill Francis Mott, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Tupac Shakur, Tadeusz Reichstein, Thomas Kuhn, Carl Sagan, Gladwyn Jebb, Mohammad Najibullah, and Krzysztof Kieślowski.

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In North Macedonia

Among people born in North Macedonia, Baba Vanga ranks 3 out of 156. Before her are Mother Teresa (1910), and Justinian I (482). After her are Justin I (450), Theodahad (480), Kiro Gligorov (1917), Esma Redžepova (1943), Nexhmije Hoxha (1921), Sigeric (370), Stobaeus (401), Agron (null), and Dragoslav Šekularac (1937).

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Among OCCULTISTS In North Macedonia

Among occultists born in North Macedonia, Baba Vanga ranks 1. 

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