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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dobri Dobrev

1914 - 2018

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Dobri Dimitrov Dobrev (Bulgarian: Добри Димитров Добрев, pronounced [ˈdɔbri dimiˈtrɔf ˈdɔbrɛf]; 20 July 1914 – 13 February 2018), better known as Grandpa Dobri, Elder Dobri (Bulgarian: Дядо Добри, romanized: Dyado Dobri) or The Saint of Bailovo, was a Bulgarian ascetic who walked over 20 kilometres (12 mi) each day to sit or stand in front of the Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky in Sofia to collect money for charitable causes. Dobrev donated all the money he collected to charities, orphanages, churches, and monasteries. He turned 100 in July 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dobri Dobrev has received more than 323,555 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dobri Dobrev is the 1,517th most popular religious figure (up from 8,573rd in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 93rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bulgarian Religious Figure.

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  • 320k

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  • 53.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dobri Dobrev ranks 1,517 out of 2,238Before him are Maurice Bavaud, Sobekemsaf II, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Colette of Corbie, Modestus of Jerusalem, and Dashrath Manjhi. After him are Kōdō Sawaki, Kaundinya, Arp Schnitger, Bashar ibn Burd, Rahotep, and Mang of Xia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Dobri Dobrev ranks 119Before him are Alberto Lattuada, Richard Basehart, J. Lee Thompson, Luis Mariano, Jerry Siegel, and Juan Carlos Onganía. After him are Hans Hellmut Kirst, Paul Tortelier, Maxim of Bulgaria, Joe Shuster, Baba Amte, and Howard Fast. Among people deceased in 2018, Dobri Dobrev ranks 126Before him are Avicii, Paul Andreu, Walter Mischel, Eduard Uspensky, Joseph Joffo, and Nicolas Roeg. After him are Yoshinobu Ishii, Luis García Meza, Rachid Taha, Irena Szewińska, Đỗ Mười, and Per Kirkeby.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Dobri Dobrev ranks 90 out of 372Before him are Telerig of Bulgaria (706), Lili Ivanova (1939), Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (1807), Dorothea of Bulgaria (1355), Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria (1270), and Anna Tomowa-Sintow (1941). After him are George II of Bulgaria (1300), Stefan Stambolov (1854), Trifon Ivanov (1965), Bonifacius (350), Telets of Bulgaria (731), and Maxim of Bulgaria (1914).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Bulgaria

Among religious figures born in Bulgaria, Dobri Dobrev ranks 3Before him are John of Rila (876) and Jeremias II of Constantinople (1536). After him are Maxim of Bulgaria (1914), Neophyte of Bulgaria (1945), John XIV of Constantinople (1282), Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317), Cyril of Bulgaria (1901), Ivan II of Bulgaria (1300), and Sophronius of Vratsa (1739).