RELIGIOUS FIGURE
Maya
600 BC - 600 BC

Maya
Maya (; Devanagari: माया, IAST: māyā), also known as Mahāmāyā and Māyādevī, was Queen of Shakya and the mother of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha. She was the wife of Śuddhodana, the king of the Shakya kingdom. She died days after giving birth and the Buddha was raised by her sister, Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, who became the first Buddhist nun ordained by the Buddha. In the Buddhist Commentaries, Maya was on a traditional journey to her familial home in Devadaha where she would give birth, but her labor started as they were in Lumbini. Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maya is the 329th most popular religious figure (up from 472nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Nepal (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Nepalese Religious Figure.
Maya is most famous for being the Hindu goddess of illusion.
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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES
Among religious figures, Maya ranks 329 out of 3,187. Before her are Michael I Cerularius, Pope Felix III, Pope Alexander IV, Pope Gregory IV, Saint Boniface, and Saint Pantaleon. After her are Ephrem the Syrian, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Pope Benedict III, John Harvard, Pope Nicholas III, and Hugues de Payens.
Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsMichael I Cerularius
1005 - 1059
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 323
Pope Felix III
440 - 492
HPI: 77.20
Rank: 324
Pope Alexander IV
1200 - 1261
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 325
Pope Gregory IV
790 - 844
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 326
Saint Boniface
680 - 754
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 327
Saint Pantaleon
275 - 303
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 328
Maya
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 329
Ephrem the Syrian
306 - 373
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 330
Thích Nhất Hạnh
1926 - 2022
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 331
Pope Benedict III
810 - 858
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 332
John Harvard
1607 - 1638
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 333
Pope Nicholas III
1215 - 1280
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 334
Hugues de Payens
1074 - 1136
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 335
Contemporaries
Among people born in 600 BC, Maya ranks 10. Before her are Esther, Peisistratos, Lucretia, Servius Tullius, Ānanda, and Yaśodharā. After her are Belshazzar, Mardonius, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Cambyses I, Pheidippides, and Hippasus. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Maya ranks 4. Before her are Laozi, Draco, and Tomyris. After her are Belshazzar, Habakkuk, Astyages, Theano, Epimenides, Anacharsis, Phalaris, and Alcetas I of Macedon.
Others Born in 600 BC
Go to all RankingsEsther
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 4
Peisistratos
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 5
Lucretia
NOBLEMAN
600 BC - 509 BC
HPI: 79.96
Rank: 6
Servius Tullius
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 535 BC
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 7
Ānanda
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 8
Yaśodharā
POLITICIAN
600 BC - Present
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 9
Maya
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 10
Belshazzar
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 11
Mardonius
MILITARY PERSONNEL
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 12
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 13
Cambyses I
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 559 BC
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 14
Pheidippides
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 15
Hippasus
PHILOSOPHER
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 16
Others Deceased in 600 BC
Go to all RankingsLaozi
PHILOSOPHER
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 91.85
Rank: 1
Draco
PUBLIC WORKER
650 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 2
Tomyris
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 3
Maya
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 4
Belshazzar
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 5
Habakkuk
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
626 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 6
Astyages
POLITICIAN
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 7
Theano
PHILOSOPHER
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 8
Epimenides
PHILOSOPHER
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 9
Anacharsis
PHILOSOPHER
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 10
Phalaris
POLITICIAN
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 11
Alcetas I of Macedon
POLITICIAN
550 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 12
In Nepal
Among people born in Nepal, Maya ranks 3 out of 59. Before her are Gautama Buddha (-566), and Yaśodharā (-600). After her are Tenzing Norgay (1914), Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961), KP Sharma Oli (1952), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Rāhula (-534), Śuddhodana (-590), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), and Ram Chandra Poudel (1944).
Others born in Nepal
Go to all RankingsGautama Buddha
PHILOSOPHER
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 99.48
Rank: 1
Yaśodharā
POLITICIAN
600 BC - Present
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 2
Maya
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 3
Tenzing Norgay
MOUNTAINEER
1914 - 1986
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 4
Mahapajapati Gotami
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 5
Bidhya Devi Bhandari
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 6
KP Sharma Oli
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 7
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 8
Rāhula
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
534 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 9
Śuddhodana
POLITICIAN
590 BC - Present
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 10
Chandra Bahadur Dangi
CELEBRITY
1939 - 2015
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 11
Ram Chandra Poudel
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 12
Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Nepal
Among religious figures born in Nepal, Maya ranks 1. After her are Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Rāhula (-534), Anuruddha (-450), and Janaka (null).
Maya
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 1
Mahapajapati Gotami
600 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 2
Rāhula
534 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 3
Anuruddha
450 BC - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 4
Janaka
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 5