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Álvaro del Portillo

1914 - 1994

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Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano (11 March 1914 – 23 March 1994) was a Spanish Catholic bishop and engineer who served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994. Church leaders Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Carlo Caffarra have praised Portillo as a faithful servant of God. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Álvaro del Portillo has received more than 96,831 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Álvaro del Portillo is the 119th most popular engineer (down from 115th in 2019), the 706th most popular biography from Spain (down from 679th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Engineer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Álvaro del Portillo ranks 119 out of 389. Before him are Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Joseph M. Juran, Sergei Khrushchev, Alexandre Darracq, Georgy Shpagin, and John A. Roebling. After him are Alexander Lippisch, Claude Dornier, Herman Potočnik, Eduard Totleben, Erik Dahlbergh, and Christian Otto Mohr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Álvaro del Portillo ranks 101. Before him are J. Lee Thompson, Eugene Nida, Bill Finger, Birabongse Bhanudej, Jens Otto Krag, and Edward Schillebeeckx. After him are Alberto Lattuada, Go Seigen, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Patrick O'Brian, Juan Carlos Onganía, and George Reeves. Among people deceased in 1994, Álvaro del Portillo ranks 102. Before him are Wilma Rudolph, Marcel Bich, Manos Hatzidakis, Roberto Burle Marx, Donald Judd, and Jérôme Lejeune. After him are Christian-Jaque, Elissa Aalto, Vazgen I, Jean Carmet, Aleksandar Petrović, and Kevin Carter.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Álvaro del Portillo ranks 706 out of 3,355. Before him are Estanislao Figueras (1819), Ramon Casas (1866), Juan de Valdés Leal (1622), Mariano José de Larra (1809), Infanta María Teresa of Spain (1882), and Lorenzo Fernández (1900). After him are Jacinto Quincoces (1905), Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva (1895), Josep Maria Bartomeu (1963), Joseph Albo (1380), Luis Fernández (1959), and David Silva (1986).

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Among ENGINEERS In Spain

Among engineers born in Spain, Álvaro del Portillo ranks 3. Before him are José Echegaray (1832), and Ildefons Cerdà (1815). After him are Agustín de Betancourt (1758).

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