1885 - 1963
Alois Karl Hudal (also known as Luigi Hudal; 31 May 1885 – 13 May 1963) was an Austrian bishop of the Catholic Church, based in Rome. For thirty years, he was the head of the Austrian-German congregation of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome and, until 1937, an influential representative of the Catholic Church in Austria. In his 1937 book, The Foundations of National Socialism, Hudal praised Adolf Hitler and his policies and indirectly attacked Vatican policies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alois Hudal has received more than 761,492 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Alois Hudal is the 936th most popular religious figure (up from 1,027th in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Austria (up from 357th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Austrian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Alois Hudal ranks 936 out of 2,238. Before him are Theodore of Mopsuestia, Ippolito de' Medici, Eutyches, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Jaʻfar ibn Yahya, and Margaret of Cortona. After him are Caesar Baronius, Sebastian Castellio, Veronica Giuliani, Angelo Scola, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, and Lars Levi Laestadius.
350 - 428
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 930
1511 - 1535
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 931
380 - 454
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 932
1744 - 1817
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 933
767 - 803
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 934
1247 - 1297
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 935
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 936
1538 - 1607
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 937
1515 - 1563
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 938
1660 - 1727
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 939
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 940
1517 - 1586
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 941
1800 - 1861
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 942
Among people born in 1885, Alois Hudal ranks 55. Before him are Christian Wirth, Franz Böhme, Otto Klemperer, Gunnar Asplund, André Lhote, and Per Albin Hansson. After him are Sacha Guitry, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Seishirō Itagaki, Jules Pascin, Bess Truman, and Theda Bara. Among people deceased in 1963, Alois Hudal ranks 40. Before him are Kurt Zeitzler, Oleg Penkovsky, Pedro Armendáriz, Karl Bühler, Piero Manzoni, and William Beveridge. After him are Princess Alexandra of Hanover, William Carlos Williams, W. E. B. Du Bois, Sivananda Saraswati, Eduard Spranger, and Karl von Terzaghi.
1885 - 1944
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 49
1885 - 1947
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 50
1885 - 1973
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 51
1885 - 1940
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 52
1885 - 1962
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 53
1885 - 1946
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 54
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 55
1885 - 1957
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 56
1885 - 1954
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 57
1885 - 1948
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 58
1885 - 1930
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 59
1885 - 1982
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 60
1885 - 1955
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 61
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 34
1919 - 1963
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 35
1912 - 1963
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 36
1879 - 1963
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 37
1933 - 1963
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 38
1879 - 1963
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 39
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 40
1882 - 1963
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 41
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 42
1868 - 1963
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 43
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 44
1882 - 1963
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 45
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 46
Among people born in Austria, Alois Hudal ranks 328 out of 1,237. Before him are Rudolf Hilferding (1877), Alois Riegl (1858), Michael Hainisch (1858), Senta Berger (1941), Franz Jonas (1899), and Ettore Sottsass (1917). After him are Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (1656), Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915), Archduchess Mathilda of Austria (1849), Horia Sima (1907), Archduchess Clementina of Austria (1798), and István Széchenyi (1791).
1877 - 1941
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 322
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 323
1858 - 1940
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 324
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 325
1899 - 1974
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 326
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 327
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 328
1656 - 1721
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 329
1915 - 1996
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 330
1849 - 1867
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 331
1907 - 1993
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 332
1798 - 1881
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 333
1791 - 1860
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 334
Among religious figures born in Austria, Alois Hudal ranks 5. Before him are Pope Gregory V (972), Geli Raubal (1908), Saint Florian (250), and Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (1073). After him are Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw (1590), Franz Jägerstätter (1907), Maria Schicklgruber (1795), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1649), Adam Rainer (1899), Josyf Slipyj (1892), and Hermann Gmeiner (1919).
972 - 999
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 1
1908 - 1931
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 2
250 - 304
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 3
1073 - 1136
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 4
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 5
1590 - 1624
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 6
1907 - 1943
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 7
1795 - 1847
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 8
1649 - 1664
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 9
1899 - 1950
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 10
1892 - 1984
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 11
1919 - 1986
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 12