RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gianfranco Ravasi

1942 - Today

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Gianfranco Ravasi (born 18 October 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a biblical scholar. A cardinal since 2010, he was President of the Pontifical Council for Culture from 2007 to 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gianfranco Ravasi has received more than 148,831 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gianfranco Ravasi is the 2,013th most popular religious figure (down from 1,844th in 2019), the 2,826th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,664th in 2019) and the 435th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 150k

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  • 52.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gianfranco Ravasi ranks 2,013 out of 3,187Before him are George Pell, Yeshe Tsogyal, Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Alojs Andritzki, Willigis, and José Policarpo. After him are John Francis Regis, Sophronius IV of Alexandria, Agag, William J. Seymour, Coloman of Stockerau, and Kevin of Glendalough.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Gianfranco Ravasi ranks 280Before him are Margarita Terekhova, Hannes Löhr, Federico Lombardi, Guy Edwards, Sjoukje Dijkstra, and Susana Vieira. After him are Yevhen Rudakov, Hans-Rudolf Merz, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, Dee Dee Warwick, Meredith Monk, and Jeetendra.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gianfranco Ravasi ranks 2,826 out of 5,161Before him are Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485), Carlo Rambaldi (1925), Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (-100), Maria Caterina Brignole (1737), Carlo Rossi (1775), and Renato Castellani (1913). After him are Porcius Festus (null), Nino Vaccarella (1933), Giorgio Biandrata (1515), Asia Argento (1975), Gian Piero Ventura (1948), and Valerio Adami (1935).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Gianfranco Ravasi ranks 435Before him are Joseph the Hymnographer (816), Luigi Sturzo (1871), Maurizio Malvestiti (1953), Antonio Bacci (1885), Federico Lombardi (1942), and Jacopo Sadoleto (1477). After him are Clemente Micara (1879), Carlo Caffarra (1938), Teodolfo Mertel (1806), Laurence of Canterbury (550), Carlo Furno (1921), and Bruno Platter (1944).