RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Andrew Kim Taegon

1821 - 1846

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Andrew Kim Taegeon (21 August 1821 – 16 September 1846), also referred to as Andrew Kim in English, was the first Korean Catholic priest and is the patron saint of Korean clergy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Kim Taegon has received more than 339,996 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Andrew Kim Taegon is the 843rd most popular religious figure (up from 848th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 61st in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Andrew Kim Taegon ranks 843 out of 3,187. Before him are Theodore Stratelates, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Priscillian, Saint Susanna, Germanus I of Constantinople, and Blessed Gerard. After him are Zeno of Verona, Flavian of Constantinople, Charalambos, Jacob Frank, Arnulf of Metz, and Methodios I of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Andrew Kim Taegon ranks 17. Before him are Louis Vuitton, Richard Francis Burton, Pauline Viardot, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Arthur Cayley, and Henri-Frédéric Amiel. After him are Anita Garibaldi, Nikolay Nekrasov, Wilhelm Tempel, Heinrich Barth, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Sebastian Kneipp. Among people deceased in 1846, Andrew Kim Taegon ranks 6. Before him are Pope Gregory XVI, Louis Bonaparte, Friedrich Bessel, Emperor Ninkō, and Friedrich List. After him are Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Giuseppe Acerbi, Rodolphe Töpffer, Otto von Kotzebue, and Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Andrew Kim Taegon ranks 64 out of 1,128. Before him are Choe Yeong (1316), Munmu of Silla (626), Jeong Dojeon (1342), Song Hye-rim (1937), Heungseon Daewongun (1820), and Kim Tu-bong (1889). After him are Cha Bum-kun (1953), Kim Jae-gyu (1926), Queen Cheorin (1837), Queen Munjeong (1501), Ri Chun-hee (1943), and Toyo Ito (1941).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In South Korea

Among religious figures born in South Korea, Andrew Kim Taegon ranks 1. After him are David Yonggi Cho (1936), Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (1943), Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (1931), Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1922), Lazarus You Heung-sik (1951), and Park Kun-woo (1990).

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