1882 - 1998
Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen (August 16, 1882 – April 25, 1998), known as Christian Mortensen, was a Danish supercentenarian who resided in California, United States. When he died, his age of 115 years and 252 days was the longest verified male lifespan at the time, until Jiroemon Kimura surpassed him in 2012. Mortensen was baptized in Fruering Church on December 26, 1882. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Mortensen has received more than 834,507 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Christian Mortensen is the 1,418th most popular religious figure (up from 1,445th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 261st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Christian Mortensen ranks 1,418 out of 2,238. Before him are Emerentiana, Phinehas, Madeleine Sophie Barat, Dorotheus of Gaza, Louis Massignon, and Johannes Magnus. After him are Guru Amar Das, Marko Krizin, Loris Francesco Capovilla, Roger Deakins, Marie of the Incarnation, and Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.
250 - 304
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 1,412
1300 BC - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 1,413
1779 - 1865
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 1,414
510 - 620
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 1,415
1883 - 1962
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 1,416
1488 - 1544
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 1,417
1882 - 1998
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 1,418
1479 - 1574
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 1,419
1589 - 1619
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 1,420
1915 - 2016
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 1,421
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 1,422
1566 - 1618
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 1,423
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 1,424
Among people born in 1882, Christian Mortensen ranks 98. Before him are Raymonde de Laroche, Bronisław Huberman, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Anna Schäffer, Infanta María Teresa of Spain, and Volin. After him are Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, August Kopff, Aurel Vlaicu, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Fiorello H. La Guardia, and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. Among people deceased in 1998, Christian Mortensen ranks 90. Before him are César Baldaccini, Momoko Kōchi, Georgy Sviridov, Bruno Munari, Frithjof Schuon, and Efim Geller. After him are Zbigniew Herbert, Birger Ruud, Shinichi Suzuki, Nguyễn Văn Linh, Lucio Battisti, and Vladimir Demikhov.
1882 - 1919
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 92
1882 - 1947
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 93
1882 - 1935
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 94
1882 - 1925
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 95
1882 - 1912
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 96
1882 - 1945
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 97
1882 - 1998
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 98
1882 - 1918
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 99
1882 - 1960
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 100
1882 - 1913
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 101
1882 - 1966
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 102
1882 - 1947
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 103
1882 - 1940
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 104
1921 - 1998
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 84
1932 - 1998
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 85
1915 - 1998
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 86
1907 - 1998
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 87
1907 - 1998
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 88
1925 - 1998
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 89
1882 - 1998
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 90
1924 - 1998
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 91
1911 - 1998
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 92
1898 - 1998
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 93
1915 - 1998
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 94
1943 - 1998
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 95
1916 - 1998
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 96
Among people born in Denmark, Christian Mortensen ranks 216 out of 893. Before him are Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester (1946), King Diamond (1956), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), Herman Bang (1857), Christian Bohr (1855), and Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (910). After him are Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (1820), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), Marie Krøyer (1867), Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), Annette Stroyberg (1936), and Mette Frederiksen (1977).
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 210
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 211
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 212
1857 - 1912
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 213
1855 - 1911
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 214
910 - 980
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 215
1882 - 1998
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 216
1820 - 1884
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 217
1798 - 1869
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 218
1867 - 1940
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 219
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 220
1936 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 221
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 222
Among religious figures born in Denmark, Christian Mortensen ranks 3. Before him are Tollund Man (-400) and Charles I, Count of Flanders (1083). After him are Hans Tausen (1494), Sigmundur Brestisson (961), Ingrid Vang Nyman (1916), Thomas Kingo (1634), and Oswald of Worcester (1000).
400 BC - Present
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 1
1083 - 1127
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 2
1882 - 1998
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 3
1494 - 1561
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 4
961 - 1005
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 5
1916 - 1959
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 6
1634 - 1703
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 7
1000 - 992
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 8