RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hermann Gmeiner

1919 - 1986

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Hermann Gmeiner (23 June 1919 – 26 April 1986) was an Austrian philanthropist and the founder of SOS Children's Villages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Gmeiner has received more than 143,080 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Hermann Gmeiner is the 1,347th most popular religious figure (up from 1,364th in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from Austria (up from 461st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Religious Figure.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hermann Gmeiner ranks 1,347 out of 3,187Before him are Anandi Gopal Joshi, Pope Anianus of Alexandria, Julian of Antioch, Pope Avilius of Alexandria, Aleksandr Akimov, and Virginia Centurione Bracelli. After him are Umamah bint Zainab, Ivo of Chartres, Ludger, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Sobekemsaf II, and Marie Laveau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Hermann Gmeiner ranks 86Before him are Peter Abrahams, Frederik Pohl, Mario Bunge, Janko Bobetko, Ernst Barkmann, and Marina Ginestà. After him are Margaret Burbidge, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Ginette Neveu, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Teruo Nakamura. Among people deceased in 1986, Hermann Gmeiner ranks 78Before him are Cheikh Anta Diop, Alexandre Tansman, Emilio Fernández, J. Allen Hynek, André Leroi-Gourhan, and Aleksandr Akimov. After him are John Bagot Glubb, Elsa Lanchester, Thierry Sabine, Ellison Onizuka, Christopher Isherwood, and Yaroslav Stetsko.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hermann Gmeiner ranks 454 out of 1,424Before him are Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1822), Gitta Sereny (1921), Eduard Roschmann (1908), Sylvester Stadler (1910), Alexander Korda (1893), and Brian Laudrup (1969). After him are Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1649), Tobias Moretti (1959), Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907), Maria Altmann (1916), and Hans Krása (1899).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Austria

Among religious figures born in Austria, Hermann Gmeiner ranks 8Before him are Saint Florian (250), Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (1073), Alois Hudal (1885), Adam Rainer (1899), Franz Jägerstätter (1907), and Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw (1590). After him are Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1649), Maria Schicklgruber (1795), Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732), Franz König (1905), Theodore Romzha (1911), and Theodor Innitzer (1875).