WRITER

Eckhart Tolle

1948 - Today

Photo of Eckhart Tolle

Icon of person Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle ( EK-art TOL-ə; German: [ˈɛkhaʁt ˈtɔlə]; born Ulrich Leonard Tölle, 16 February 1948) is a German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author. His books include The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (1997), A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (2005) and the picture book Guardians of Being (2009). While working toward his doctorate at the University of Cambridge in 1977, Tolle abandoned his studies after a claimed spiritual awakening and later began working as a spiritual teacher. He came to prominence as a self-help author beginning in the 2000s, aided through promotion by Oprah Winfrey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eckhart Tolle is the 288th most popular writer (down from 190th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Writer.

Eckhart Tolle is most famous for his book The Power of Now, which is about how to live in the present moment and let go of the past and future.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Eckhart Tolle by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eckhart Tolle ranks 288 out of 7,302. Before him are Germaine de Staël, Isabel Allende, Kenzaburō Ōe, Pierre Corneille, Ludovico Ariosto, and Marcus Terentius Varro. After him are Patrick Modiano, Claude Simon, Luigi Pirandello, Jacob Grimm, Bram Stoker, and Walt Whitman.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Eckhart Tolle ranks 13. Before him are Andrew Lloyd Webber, Svetlana Alexievich, Terry Pratchett, Cat Stevens, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ozzy Osbourne. After him are John R. Bolton, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Hassan Rouhani, Eddie Jordan, Maurizio Gucci, and Linda McMahon.

Others Born in 1948

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eckhart Tolle ranks 243 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Diels (1876), Alois Alzheimer (1864), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744). After him are Magda Goebbels (1901), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Klaus Barbie (1913), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Eckhart Tolle ranks 17. Before him are Heinrich Böll (1917), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Nelly Sachs (1891), Paul Heyse (1830), and Friedrich Schlegel (1772). After him are Jacob Grimm (1785), Ernst Jünger (1895), Michael Ende (1929), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Karl May (1842), and Wilhelm Grimm (1786).

German born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous