Religious Figure

Pope Paul VI

Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978

1897 - 1978

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His biography is available in 108 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 107 in 2024). Pope Paul VI is the 26th most popular religious figure (up from 84th in 2024), the 23rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 95th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Paul VI was most famous for his encyclical Humanae Vitae, which dealt with the issue of birth control.

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Pope Paul VI is the most memorable of the 330 notable people born in Milan, Italy, ahead of Caravaggio, Pope Pius XI, and Silvio Berlusconi.

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Pope Paul VI climbed 597 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #794 to #197.

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Pope Paul VI's biography appears in 108 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 99% of all Religious Figures.

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Among Religious Figures

Among religious figures, Pope Paul VI ranks 26 out of 3,189. Before him are Tutankhamun, Pope Leo XIII, Aaron, Jacob, Matthew the Apostle, and Saint Nicholas. After him are Pope John XXIII, Saint Anne, Francis of Assisi, Pope Pius XII, Saint George, and Pope Pius IX.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Pope Paul VI ranks 2. Before him is Joseph Goebbels. After him are Irène Joliot-Curie, William Faulkner, Patrick Blackett, Amelia Earhart, Zakir Husain, Tadeusz Reichstein, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ivan Konev, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Thích Quảng Đức. Among people deceased in 1978, Pope Paul VI ranks 2. Before him is Pope John Paul I. After him are Golda Meir, Kurt Gödel, Aram Khachaturian, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Manne Siegbahn, Aldo Moro, Jacques Brel, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Giorgio de Chirico, and Robert Shaw.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Paul VI ranks 23 out of 5,905. Before him are Thomas Aquinas (1225), Giordano Bruno (1548), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Benito Mussolini (1883), Cicero (-106), and Virgil (-70). After him are Pope John XXIII (1881), Francis of Assisi (1182), Pope Pius XII (1876), Pompey (-106), Caravaggio (1571), and Pope Pius IX (1792).

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Among Religious Figures In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Paul VI ranks 3. Before him are Pope John Paul I (1912), and Pope Leo XIII (1810). After him are Pope John XXIII (1881), Francis of Assisi (1182), Pope Pius XII (1876), Pope Pius IX (1792), Pope Pius XI (1857), Pope Pius X (1835), Pope Clement I (40), Pope Benedict XV (1854), and Pope Urban VII (1521).

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