801 - 865
Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ansgar has received more than 272,685 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ansgar is the 489th most popular religious figure (down from 486th in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from France (up from 567th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Religious Figure.
Ansgar is most famous for being the first Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen. He was an advisor to Charlemagne and a missionary to Denmark.
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Among religious figures, Ansgar ranks 489 out of 2,238. Before him are Rashi, Dorothea of Caesarea, Pope Soter, Jehoshaphat, Saint Spyridon, and Antipope Clement VII. After him are Pope Silverius, Ahmed Yassin, Korah, Peter the Hermit, Pope Stephen I, and Pope Miltiades.
1040 - 1105
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 483
279 - 311
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 484
120 - 174
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 485
908 BC - 849 BC
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 486
270 - 348
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 487
1342 - 1394
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 488
801 - 865
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 489
490 - 538
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 490
1937 - 2004
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 491
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 492
1050 - 1115
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 493
200 - 257
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 494
250 - 314
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 495
Among people born in 801, Ansgar ranks 2. Before him is Al-Kindi. After him are Ya'qubi, Huang Chao, Malcolm I of Scotland, Constantine II of Scotland, Zoe Zaoutzaina, Enravota, Leo Phokas the Elder, Grímur Kamban, Theodora, and Eudokia Dekapolitissa. Among people deceased in 865, Ansgar ranks 1. After him are Æthelberht, King of Wessex, Kassia, and Paschasius Radbertus.
801 - 866
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 1
801 - 865
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 2
801 - 898
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 3
801 - 884
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 4
801 - 954
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 5
801 - 952
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 6
801 - 899
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 7
801 - 833
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 8
801 - 901
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 9
801 - 899
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 10
801 - 922
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 11
801 - 801
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 12
801 - 865
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 1
836 - 865
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 2
810 - 865
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 3
792 - 865
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 4
Among people born in France, Ansgar ranks 560 out of 6,011. Before him are Theuderic I (485), René Guénon (1886), Luc Besson (1959), Childebert I (497), Antipope Clement VII (1342), and Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728). After him are Jacques Hébert (1757), Marie Tussaud (1761), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Paul Sabatier (1854), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), and Boris Vian (1920).
485 - 534
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 554
1886 - 1951
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 555
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 556
497 - 558
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 557
1342 - 1394
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 558
1728 - 1777
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 559
801 - 865
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 560
1757 - 1794
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 561
1761 - 1850
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 562
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 563
1854 - 1941
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 564
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 565
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 566
Among religious figures born in France, Ansgar ranks 31. Before him are Hugues de Payens (1074), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), Luigi Lucheni (1873), John Vianney (1786), Rashi (1040), and Antipope Clement VII (1342). After him are Peter the Hermit (1050), Charles de Foucauld (1858), Pope Nicholas II (990), Peter Waldo (1140), Clotilde (475), and Marcel Lefebvre (1905).
1074 - 1136
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 25
1647 - 1690
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 26
1873 - 1910
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 27
1786 - 1859
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 28
1040 - 1105
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 29
1342 - 1394
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 30
801 - 865
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 31
1050 - 1115
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 32
1858 - 1916
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 33
990 - 1061
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 34
1140 - 1205
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 35
475 - 545
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 36
1905 - 1991
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 37