RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hans Küng

1928 - 2021

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Hans Küng (German: [ˈhans ˈkʏŋ]; 19 March 1928 – 6 April 2021) was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. From 1995 he was president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). Küng was ordained a priest in 1954, joined the faculty of the University of Tübingen in 1960, and served as a theological adviser during the Second Vatican Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Küng has received more than 504,270 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Hans Küng is the 651st most popular religious figure (down from 639th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 60th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

Hans Küng is a German theologian and Catholic priest. He was a professor of theology at the University of Tübingen, Germany and is now emeritus. He is most famous for his disagreement with the Catholic Church's teachings on papal infallibility.

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  • 65.04

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hans Küng ranks 651 out of 3,187. Before him are Eleazar, Pope Theodore I, Maudgalyayana, Angelus Silesius, Billy Graham, and Saint Walpurga. After him are Saint Boniface, Basilios Bessarion, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Pope Constantine, Pope Benedict IV, and Evagrius Ponticus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hans Küng ranks 37. Before him are Martin Cooper, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Martin Landau, Alberto Korda, Domenico Modugno, and Peyo. After him are George Peppard, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Manfred Gerlach, Vera Rubin, Federico Bahamontes, and Herbert Kroemer. Among people deceased in 2021, Hans Küng ranks 26. Before him are Paul J. Crutzen, Abolhassan Banisadr, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Nathalie Delon, Sonny Chiba, and Jacques Rogge. After him are Martinus J. G. Veltman, Colin Powell, Richard R. Ernst, Donald Rumsfeld, Steven Weinberg, and Jorge Sampaio.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Hans Küng ranks 64 out of 1,015. Before him are Aga Khan IV (1936), Paul Hermann Müller (1899), H. R. Giger (1940), Daniel Bovet (1907), Emil Jannings (1884), and Walter Rudolf Hess (1881). After him are Siegfried Wagner (1869), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Richard R. Ernst (1933), Alexandre Yersin (1863), Clay Regazzoni (1939), and Lys Assia (1924).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Hans Küng ranks 2. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli (1484). After him are Brother Roger (1915), Anna Göldi (1734), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), and Wiborada (900).

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