1940 - Today
Bechara Boutros Al-Ra'i (or Raï; Arabic: بِشَارَة بُطرُس الرَّاعِيّ, romanized: Mor Bişâre Butrus er-Râî; Syriac: ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܒܫܐܪܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܐܠܪܐܥܝ; Latin: Béchara Petrus Raï) (born on 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, a position he has held since March 15, 2011, succeeding Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bechara Boutros al-Rahi has received more than 305,660 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Bechara Boutros al-Rahi is the 1,142nd most popular religious figure (down from 956th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 26th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Lebanese Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi ranks 1,142 out of 2,238. Before him are Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Teobaldo Boccapecci, Arnold Janssen, Saint Afra, Umm Ayman, and Catherine Eddowes. After him are Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Eugène Tisserant, Nicholas Mystikos, Simon of Trent, Abu Darda, and Fatimah bint Musa.
757 - 810
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 1,136
1100 - 1126
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 1,137
1837 - 1909
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,138
300 - 304
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,139
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,140
1842 - 1888
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,141
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,142
864 - 941
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,143
1884 - 1972
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,144
852 - 925
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,145
1472 - 1475
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,146
580 - 653
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 1,147
790 - 816
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,148
Among people born in 1940, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi ranks 121. Before him are Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Thomas A. Steitz, Pedro Rodríguez, Mike Hailwood, Wayne Dyer, and Phil Ochs. After him are Lei Feng, Linda Gray, Jack Nicklaus, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Dietmar Hopp, and Peter Benchley.
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 115
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 116
1940 - 1971
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 117
1940 - 1981
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 118
1940 - 2015
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 119
1940 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 120
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 121
1940 - 1962
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 122
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 123
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 124
1940 - 2014
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 125
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 126
1940 - 2006
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 127
Among people born in Lebanon, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi ranks 33 out of 138. Before him are Marinus of Tyre (100), Zeno of Sidon (-150), Najib Mikati (1955), Pamphilus of Caesarea (240), Bertrand, Count of Toulouse (1065), and Michel Suleiman (1948). After him are Fouad Siniora (1943), Delphine Seyrig (1932), Raymond II, Count of Tripoli (1115), Alfonso Jordan (1103), Nimatullah Kassab (1808), and Pierre Gemayel (1905).
100 - 130
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 27
150 BC - 75 BC
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 28
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 29
240 - 309
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 30
1065 - 1112
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 31
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 32
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 33
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 34
1932 - 1990
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 35
1115 - 1152
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 36
1103 - 1148
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 37
1808 - 1858
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 38
1905 - 1984
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 39
Among religious figures born in Lebanon, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi ranks 11. Before him are Christina of Bolsena (210), Eusebius of Nicomedia (280), Rashid Rida (1865), Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (1073), Frumentius (400), and Pamphilus of Caesarea (240). After him are Nimatullah Kassab (1808), Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i (707), Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920), Giuseppe Simone Assemani (1686), Aram I (1947), and Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (1946).
210 - 304
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 5
280 - 341
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 6
1865 - 1935
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 7
1073 - 1162
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 8
400 - 383
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 9
240 - 309
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 10
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 11
1808 - 1858
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 12
707 - 774
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 13
1920 - 2019
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 14
1686 - 1768
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 15
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 16
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 17