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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ajahn Brahm

1951 - Today

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Phra Visuddhisamvarathera AM (Thai: พระวิสุทธิสังวรเถร), known as Ajahn Brahmavaṃso, or simply Ajahn Brahm (born Peter Betts on 7 August 1951), is a British-born Theravada Buddhist monk. Currently, Ajahn Brahm is the abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, Western Australia; Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of Victoria; Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of South Australia; Spiritual Patron of the Buddhist Fellowship in Singapore; Patron of the Brahm Centre in Singapore; Spiritual Adviser to the Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project in the UK; and Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia (BSWA). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ajahn Brahm has received more than 490,803 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ajahn Brahm is the 2,242nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,954th in 2019), the 3,094th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,186th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ajahn Brahm ranks 2,242 out of 2,238. Before him are Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Herman of Alaska, Finnian of Clonard, Richard de Bury, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, and Tadevuš Kandrusievič. After him are Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Zecharias Frankel, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Kudur-Enlil, Zoltan Sarosy, and James Stafford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Ajahn Brahm ranks 263. Before him are Tom Hamilton, Barbara Morgan, Claudio Baglioni, Guy Lafleur, Tatyana Kazankina, and V. S. Ramachandran. After him are Tom Wopat, John Gray, Dave Benton, Shigefumi Mori, Leonid Tibilov, and Marijan Beneš.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ajahn Brahm ranks 3,094 out of 7,765. Before him are John Michael Wright (1617), Steven Wilson (1967), Maud Watson (1864), George Raynor (1907), Gerald Moore (1899), and Kate Greenaway (1846). After him are Edward Turner Bennett (1797), Ken Stott (1954), Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), Annabelle Wallis (1984), and Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Ajahn Brahm ranks 72. Before him are Wulfhere of Mercia (650), Richard Hooker (1554), Richard of Chichester (1197), Hugh Latimer (1485), Aldhelm (639), and Richard de Bury (1287). After him are Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), Swithun (800), John Colet (1467), Hilda of Whitby (614), Matthew Webb (1848), and Deusdedit of Canterbury (600).

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