PHILOSOPHER

Ram Dass

1931 - 2019

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Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931 – December 22, 2019), also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and writer. His best-selling 1971 book Be Here Now, which has been described by multiple reviewers as "seminal", helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga in the West. He authored or co-authored twelve more books on spirituality over the next four decades, including Grist for the Mill (1977), How Can I Help? (1985), and Polishing the Mirror (2013). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Ram Dass is the 999th most popular philosopher (down from 998th in 2024), the 5,292nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,695th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ram Dass ranks 999 out of 1,267. Before him are Fernando Savater, Wei Yuan, Anniceris, Evald Ilyenkov, Tariq Ramadan, and Jacques Cujas. After him are Jaime Balmes, Dominicus Gundissalinus, Robert Anton Wilson, Herbert Feigl, Ernst Tugendhat, and Thomas Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ram Dass ranks 269. Before him are Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Tab Hunter, Yoji Yamada, William Goldman, Rogelio Domínguez, and Georgy Grechko. After him are Ibrahim Biogradlić, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Alex Soler-Roig, Bridget Riley, Lowell Weicker, and Walter Burkert. Among people deceased in 2019, Ram Dass ranks 234. Before him are Diahann Carroll, David Hedison, Johnny Clegg, Sylvia Miles, Vladimir Etush, and Roland Matthes. After him are Oliver Mtukudzi, Sadako Ogata, Janet Asimov, Ivan Dimitrov, Jan Olszewski, and Gloria Vanderbilt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ram Dass ranks 5,292 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeezy (1977), Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Robert Montgomery (1904), Sable (1967), Lauren German (1978), and James Crafts (1839). After him are Betty Holberton (1917), Alexander Payne (1961), David Foster Wallace (1962), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Mary Surratt (1823), and Alice Coltrane (1937).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Ram Dass ranks 44. Before him are Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Helen Parkhurst (1886), Stanley Cavell (1926), Sandra Harding (1935), David Lewis (1941), and Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945). After him are Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lysander Spooner (1808), Lon L. Fuller (1902), Hubert Dreyfus (1929), Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), and Susan George (1934).

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