1922 - 2016
Georges Marie Martin Cottier O.P., (25 April 1922 – 31 March 2016) was a Swiss prelate and theologian of the Catholic Church who served from 1990 to 2005 as theologian to Pope John Paul II as Theologian of the Pontifical Household after a career as a theologian and teacher. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Cottier has received more than 62,849 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Cottier is the 1,751st most popular religious figure (down from 1,312th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 213th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Georges Cottier ranks 1,751 out of 2,238. Before him are Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Pami, Michael Czerny, Burchard of Worms, Ingrid Vang Nyman, and Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo. After him are Joseph the Hymnographer, Pierre Robert Olivétan, Hyacinth, Nicola Canali, Josip Bozanić, and Engelbert II of Berg.
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 1,745
900 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 1,746
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 1,747
950 - 1025
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 1,748
1916 - 1959
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 1,749
1786 - 1842
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 1,750
1922 - 2016
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 1,751
816 - 886
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 1,752
1505 - 1538
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 1,753
1777 - 1853
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 1,754
1874 - 1961
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 1,755
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 1,756
1185 - 1225
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 1,757
Among people born in 1922, Georges Cottier ranks 183. Before him are Otl Aicher, Egon Bahr, William Baumol, Hal Clement, Joan Copeland, and Michael Ansara. After him are Lennart Nilsson, Władysław Bartoszewski, Maila Nurmi, Carlo Lizzani, Charles Gérard, and Tetsurō Tamba. Among people deceased in 2016, Georges Cottier ranks 186. Before him are Louis Pilot, Halil İnalcık, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Frank Sinatra Jr., Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, and David Huddleston. After him are Qahhor Mahkamov, William H. McNeill, Alan Thicke, Željko Čajkovski, Vilmos Zsigmond, and Yang Jiang.
1922 - 1991
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 177
1922 - 2015
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 178
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 179
1922 - 2003
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 180
1922 - 2022
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 181
1922 - 2013
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 182
1922 - 2016
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 183
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 184
1922 - 2015
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 185
1922 - 2008
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 186
1922 - 2013
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 187
1922 - 2019
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 188
1922 - 2006
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 189
1940 - 2016
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 180
1916 - 2016
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 181
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 182
1944 - 2016
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 183
1923 - 2016
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 184
1930 - 2016
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 185
1922 - 2016
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 186
1932 - 2016
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 187
1917 - 2016
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 188
1947 - 2016
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 189
1925 - 2016
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 190
1930 - 2016
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 191
1911 - 2016
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 192
Among people born in Switzerland, Georges Cottier ranks 279 out of 876. Before him are Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952), Josef Hügi (1930), Didier Burkhalter (1960), Christoph Blocher (1940), and Robert Maillart (1872). After him are Lisa Della Casa (1919), Edmond Privat (1889), Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), Marcel Bezençon (1907), and Aloïse Corbaz (1886).
1828 - 1905
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 273
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 274
1930 - 1995
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 275
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 276
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 277
1872 - 1940
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 278
1922 - 2016
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 279
1919 - 2012
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 280
1889 - 1962
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 281
1818 - 1889
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 282
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 283
1907 - 1981
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 284
1886 - 1964
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 285
Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Georges Cottier ranks 16. Before him are Billy Meier (1937), Emil Brunner (1889), Maurice Bavaud (1916), Henri Schwery (1932), Wiborada (900), and Gilberto Agustoni (1922). After him are Anders Arborelius (1949), Kurt Koch (1950), Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848), Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445), Charles Journet (1891), and Conrad Grebel (1498).
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 10
1889 - 1966
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 11
1916 - 1941
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 12
1932 - 2021
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 13
900 - 926
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 14
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 15
1922 - 2016
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 16
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 17
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 18
1848 - 1924
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 19
1445 - 1510
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 20
1891 - 1975
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 21
1498 - 1526
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 22