WRITER

S. N. Goenka

1924 - 2013

S. N. Goenka

Satya Narayana Goenka (ISO 15919: Satyanārāyaṇa Gōyaṅkā; Burmese: ဦးဂိုအင်ကာ; MLCTS: u: gui ang ka; 30 January 1924 – 29 September 2013) was an Indian teacher of vipassanā meditation. Born in Burma to an Indian business family, he moved to India in 1969 and started teaching meditation. His teaching emphasized that the Buddha's path to liberation was non-sectarian, universal, and scientific in character. He became an influential teacher and played an important role in establishing non-commercial Vipassana meditation centers globally. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. S. N. Goenka is the 2,806th most popular writer (down from 2,393rd in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Burmese Writer.

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Among writers, S. N. Goenka ranks 2,806 out of 7,302. Before him are Oscar Cullmann, Vladimir Sorokin, José Donoso, Tony Robbins, Bekir Çoban-zade, and Na Hye-sok. After him are Mary Mapes Dodge, Doria Shafik, Vilhelm Moberg, Mastoureh Ardalan, Dritëro Agolli, and Bernardo Atxaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, S. N. Goenka ranks 183. Before him are Robert Frank, Ruth Teitelbaum, Renia Spiegel, Claude Lefort, Ján Chryzostom Korec, and José Donoso. After him are Alice Babs, Gene Deitch, Alexander Matrosov, Guillermo Rodríguez, Aloísio Lorscheider, and Ken Tyrrell. Among people deceased in 2013, S. N. Goenka ranks 166. Before him are Jean Vincent, Anatoly Onoprienko, Harry F. Byrd Jr., Shakuntala Devi, Pietro Mennea, and Yury Yakovlev. After him are Manolo Escobar, Lothar Bisky, Julien Ries, Georges Lautner, Bill Foulkes, and Ricardo María Carles Gordó.

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Robert Frank
FILM DIRECTOR
1924 - 2019
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 177
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1924 - 1986
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 178
Renia Spiegel
WRITER
1924 - 1942
HPI: 61.01
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Claude Lefort
PHILOSOPHER
1924 - 2010
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 180
Ján Chryzostom Korec
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1924 - 2015
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 181
José Donoso
WRITER
1924 - 1996
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 182
S. N. Goenka
WRITER
1924 - 2013
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 183
Alice Babs
SINGER
1924 - 2014
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 184
Gene Deitch
FILM DIRECTOR
1924 - 2020
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 185
Alexander Matrosov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1924 - 1943
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 186
Guillermo Rodríguez
POLITICIAN
1924 - Present
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 187
Aloísio Lorscheider
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1924 - 2007
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Rank: 188
Ken Tyrrell
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2001
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 189

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Jean Vincent
SOCCER PLAYER
1930 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
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1914 - 2013
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ATHLETE
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1928 - 2013
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1931 - 2013
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Julien Ries
HISTORIAN
1920 - 2013
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Georges Lautner
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1926 - 2013
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Rank: 170
Bill Foulkes
SOCCER PLAYER
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Rank: 171
Ricardo María Carles Gordó
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
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HPI: 60.51
Rank: 172