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Shakuntala Devi

1929 - 2013

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Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving her world record on 18 June 1980 at Imperial College, London. Devi was a precocious child, and she demonstrated her arithmetic abilities at the University of Mysore without any formal education. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Shakuntala Devi is the 2,784th most popular writer (down from 2,217th in 2024), the 379th most popular biography from India (down from 283rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shakuntala Devi ranks 2,784 out of 7,302. Before her are Kekaumenos, Thomas Otway, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Salama Moussa, and Countess of Ségur. After her are Lars Norén, Taliesin, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Vince Gilligan, Nemesianus, and Ada Negri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Shakuntala Devi ranks 208. Before her are Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Josef Suk, Gerhard Hanappi, Peter Yates, and Roger Byrne. After her are René Laloux, Julinho, Adrienne Rich, Edison Denisov, Andrew Bertie, and François Cheng. Among people deceased in 2013, Shakuntala Devi ranks 163. Before her are Jetty Paerl, William P. Clark Jr., Carlo Lizzani, Jean Vincent, Anatoly Onoprienko, and Harry F. Byrd Jr.. After her are Pietro Mennea, Yury Yakovlev, S. N. Goenka, Manolo Escobar, Lothar Bisky, and Julien Ries.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shakuntala Devi ranks 379 out of 1,861. Before her are Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Swaminarayan (1781), Feroze Gandhi (1912), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), Khudiram Bose (1889), and Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864). After her are Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918), Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), Guru Hargobind (1595), Ibn Warraq (1946), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), and Idries Shah (1924).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Shakuntala Devi ranks 42. Before her are Andal (800), Sankardev (1449), Kuvempu (1904), Dnyaneshwar (1275), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), and Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907). After her are Ibn Warraq (1946), Idries Shah (1924), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), T. H. White (1906), Subramania Bharati (1882), and Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642).

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