1591 - 1657
Andrew Bobola, SJ (Polish: Andrzej Bobola; 1591 – 16 May 1657) was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the Apostle of Lithuania and the "hunter of souls". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Bobola has received more than 136,505 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Andrew Bobola is the 1,369th most popular religious figure (down from 1,238th in 2019), the 435th most popular biography from Poland (down from 428th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Andrew Bobola ranks 1,369 out of 2,238. Before him are Violet Brown, Ieronymos II of Athens, Junia, Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Simon Kimbangu, and Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje. After him are Anna Schäffer, Mamertus, Parshvanatha, An Shigao, Rafael Merry del Val, and Theodosius of Kiev.
1900 - 2017
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,363
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,364
50 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 1,365
1795 - 1839
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 1,366
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,367
1670 - 1735
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,368
1591 - 1657
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 1,369
1882 - 1925
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,370
401 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,371
872 BC - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 1,372
101 - 168
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 1,373
1865 - 1930
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 1,374
1029 - 1074
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 1,375
Among people born in 1591, Andrew Bobola ranks 11. Before him are Louise de Marillac, Alexandre de Rhodes, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Isabella of Savoy, and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine. After him are Stanisław Koniecpolski, Friedrich Spee, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Olimpia Maidalchini, Dirck Hals, and Johann von Werth. Among people deceased in 1657, Andrew Bobola ranks 12. Before him are Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Kâtip Çelebi, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Laura Mancini, Balthasar van der Ast, and Jacob van Campen. After him are Robert Blake, Menasseh Ben Israel, Hayashi Razan, Olimpia Maidalchini, Jacob van Eyck, and John Lilburne.
1591 - 1660
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 5
1591 - 1660
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 6
1591 - 1644
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 7
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 8
1591 - 1626
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 9
1591 - 1632
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 10
1591 - 1657
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 11
1591 - 1646
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 12
1591 - 1635
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 13
1591 - 1634
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 14
1591 - 1657
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 15
1591 - 1656
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 16
1591 - 1652
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 17
1592 - 1657
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 6
1609 - 1657
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 7
1608 - 1657
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 8
1636 - 1657
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 9
1593 - 1657
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 10
1596 - 1657
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 11
1591 - 1657
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 12
1599 - 1657
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 13
1604 - 1657
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 14
1583 - 1657
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 15
1591 - 1657
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 16
1590 - 1657
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 17
1614 - 1657
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 18
Among people born in Poland, Andrew Bobola ranks 435 out of 1,454. Before him are Mieszko I Tanglefoot (1132), Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920), Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff (1905), Israel Joshua Singer (1893), Zawisza Czarny (1379), and Karol Świerczewski (1897). After him are Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874), Maria Cunitz (1610), Julian Tuwim (1894), Gavriil Ilizarov (1921), Fritz von Below (1853), and Izabela Czartoryska (1746).
1132 - 1211
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 429
1920 - 2013
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 430
1905 - 1980
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 431
1893 - 1944
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 432
1379 - 1428
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 433
1897 - 1947
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 434
1591 - 1657
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 435
1874 - 1927
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 436
1610 - 1664
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 437
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 438
1921 - 1992
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 439
1853 - 1918
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 440
1746 - 1835
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 441
Among religious figures born in Poland, Andrew Bobola ranks 19. Before him are Lubomyr Husar (1933), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), Wolf Messing (1899), Emil Krebs (1867), Moses Isserles (1520), and Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867). After him are Jan Sarkander (1576), Joachim Meisner (1933), John Albert Vasa (1612), Franciszek Macharski (1927), Melchior Grodziecki (1584), and Stanisław Ryłko (1945).
1933 - 2017
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 13
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 14
1899 - 1974
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 15
1867 - 1930
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 16
1520 - 1572
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 17
1867 - 1951
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 18
1591 - 1657
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 19
1576 - 1620
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 20
1933 - 2017
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 21
1612 - 1634
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 22
1927 - 2016
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 23
1584 - 1619
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 24
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 25