RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Georg Ratzinger

1924 - 2020

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Georg Ratzinger PA (15 January 1924 – 1 July 2020) was a German Catholic priest and musician, known for his work as the conductor of the Regensburger Domspatzen, the cathedral choir of Regensburg. He was the elder brother of Pope Benedict XVI. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Ratzinger has received more than 340,243 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Georg Ratzinger is the 1,436th most popular religious figure (down from 1,213th in 2019), the 2,247th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,829th in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Georg Ratzingers by language

Over the past year Georg Ratzinger has had the most page views in the with 40,664 views, followed by English (22,182), and Polish (9,686). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (101.23%), Latin (57.10%), and Simple English (7.30%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Georg Ratzinger ranks 1,436 out of 3,187. Before him are Al-Baghawi, Anna Vyrubova, Lubaba bint al-Harith, Leonard of Port Maurice, Antonio Quarracino, and Juan de Zumárraga. After him are Josyf Slipyj, Ippolito d'Este, Apollos, Severus of Antioch, Jean-Marie Lustiger, and Caesarius of Africa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Georg Ratzinger ranks 129. Before him are Yehuda Amichai, Roland Petit, Dawda Jawara, Rik Van Steenbergen, Bayezid Osman, and Neville Marriner. After him are József Zakariás, Lubomír Štrougal, Allan Edwall, E. P. Thompson, Machiko Kyō, and Chet Atkins. Among people deceased in 2020, Georg Ratzinger ranks 142. Before him are Margaret Burbidge, Sergei Khrushchev, Jean Kennedy Smith, Dana Zátopková, Amfilohije Radović, and Ben Cross. After him are Manolis Glezos, Mustafa Nadarević, Claude Bolling, Joaquín Peiró, Pierre Nkurunziza, and Jerry Rawlings.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Ratzinger ranks 2,247 out of 7,253. Before him are Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria (1439), Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (1796), Fritz Hofmann (1871), Karl Mauss (1898), Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden (1704), and Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792). After him are Maria Aurora von Königsmarck (1662), Gregor Gysi (1948), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Eduard Meyer (1855), Franz von Lenbach (1836), and Albert II, Duke of Saxony (1250).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Georg Ratzinger ranks 51. Before him are Frederick of Utrecht (780), Benno (1010), Augustin Bea (1881), George Müller (1805), Wolfgang of Regensburg (924), and Johannes Oecolampadius (1482). After him are Balthasar Hubmaier (1485), Walter Brandmüller (1929), Adalbert of Hamburg (1000), Herman I of Baden (1040), Georg Gänswein (1956), and Peter Schöffer (1420).

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