RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Athenagoras of Athens

133 - 190

Photo of Athenagoras of Athens

Icon of person Athenagoras of Athens

Athenagoras (; Ancient Greek: Ἀθηναγόρας ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; c. 133 – c. 190 AD) was a Father of the Church, an Ante-Nicene Christian apologist who lived during the second half of the 2nd century of whom little is known for certain, besides that he was Athenian (though possibly not originally from Athens), a philosopher, and a convert to Christianity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Athenagoras of Athens has received more than 167,388 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Athenagoras of Athens is the 790th most popular religious figure (down from 702nd in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Greece (down from 187th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Athenagoras of Athens is most famous for his Apology, a defense of Christianity written in the second century.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Athenagoras of Athens ranks 790 out of 3,187. Before him are Philip the Evangelist, Robert de Sorbon, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, William Tyndale, and Augustine of Canterbury. After him are Anastasius of Persia, Hippolytus of Rome, Nicholas of Flüe, Eutyches, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, and Pietro Parolin.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 133, Athenagoras of Athens ranks 2. Before him is Didius Julianus. After him is Cai Yong. Among people deceased in 190, Athenagoras of Athens ranks 2. Before him is Liu Bian.

Others Born in 133

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 190

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Athenagoras of Athens ranks 224 out of 1,024. Before him are Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), Antiphon (-480), Pausanias of Sparta (null), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), and Mnesikles (-500). After him are Plutarch of Athens (350), Idomeneus of Crete (null), Archidamus II (-450), Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), and Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141).

Others born in Greece

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Athenagoras of Athens ranks 13. Before him are Philomena (291), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Pope Hyginus (100), Pope Eleutherius (171), Saint Giles (640), and Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886). After him are Theodore Stratelates (281), Saturnin (300), Cyril Lucaris (1572), Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), Aristides of Athens (150), and Gregory V of Constantinople (1745).

Greek born Religious Figures

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous