1095 - 1164
Victor IV (born Octavian or Octavianus: Ottaviano dei Crescenzi Ottaviani di Monticelli) (1095 – 20 April 1164) was elected as a Ghibelline antipope in 1159, following the death of Pope Adrian IV and the election of Alexander III. His election was supported by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antipope Victor IV has received more than 15,577 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Antipope Victor IV is the 937th most popular religious figure (down from 856th in 2019).
Victor IV was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Rome who was elected pope in 1087. He is most famous for his excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
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Among religious figures, Antipope Victor IV ranks 937 out of 2,238. Before him are Peter Claver, Reginald Pole, Alessandro Valignano, Severinus of Noricum, José Freire Falcão, and Heinrich Bullinger. After him are Jacob Frank, Bavo of Ghent, Gotthard of Hildesheim, Alessandro Farnese, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam.
1581 - 1654
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 931
1500 - 1558
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 932
1539 - 1606
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 933
410 - 482
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 934
1925 - 2021
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 935
1504 - 1575
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 936
1095 - 1164
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 937
1726 - 1791
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 938
589 - 654
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 939
960 - 1038
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 940
1520 - 1589
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 941
1869 - 1942
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 942
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 943
Among people born in 1095, Antipope Victor IV ranks 5. Before him are Roger II of Sicily, Stephen, King of England, Yuri Dolgorukiy, and Mesud I. After him are Suryavarman II, Usama ibn Munqidh, Amadeus III, Count of Savoy, William II, Duke of Apulia, and Conan III, Duke of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1164, Antipope Victor IV ranks 2. Before him is Héloïse. After him are Emperor Sutoku, Elisabeth of Schönau, Hodierna of Jerusalem, and Ottokar III of Styria.
1095 - 1154
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 1
1095 - 1154
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 2
1095 - 1157
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 3
1095 - 1156
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 4
1095 - 1164
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 5
1095 - 1150
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 6
1095 - 1188
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 7
1095 - 1148
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 8
1095 - 1127
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 9
1095 - 1148
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 10
1101 - 1164
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 1
1095 - 1164
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 2
1119 - 1164
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 3
1129 - 1164
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 4
1110 - 1164
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 5
1129 - 1164
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 6