RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hugues de Payens

1074 - 1136

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Hugo de Paganis, better known by the French translation Hugues de Payens or Payns (c. 1070 – 24 May 1136), was the co-founder and first Grand Master of the Knights Templar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugues de Payens has received more than 782,181 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugues de Payens is the 580th most popular religious figure (down from 454th in 2019), the 639th most popular biography from France (down from 475th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Religious Figure.

Hugues de Payens is most famous for being the first Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

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  • 71.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hugues de Payens ranks 580 out of 3,187. Before him are Sabbas the Sanctified, Saint Giles, Pope John VII, Rabanus Maurus, Dōgen, and Yasuke. After him are Francis of Paola, Muadh ibn Jabal, Camillus de Lellis, Anna the Prophetess, Edward the Confessor, and Umm Kulthum bint Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1074, Hugues de Payens ranks 1. After him are Joannes Zonaras, Conrad II of Italy, Hugh, Count of Champagne, Al-Hafiz, Edgar, King of Scotland, Constantine Doukas, Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn, and Maud, Countess of Huntingdon. Among people deceased in 1136, Hugues de Payens ranks 1. After him are Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, Harald Gille, and Conrad II, Count of Luxembourg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hugues de Payens ranks 639 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Gaston Leroux (1868), Paul Doumer (1857), Albert Fert (1938), Chlodomer (495), and Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741). After him are Guillaume de l'Hôpital (1661), Emma of Normandy (985), W. Somerset Maugham (1874), Ariovistus (-101), François Guizot (1787), and Louis Blériot (1872).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Hugues de Payens ranks 34. Before him are Charles de Foucauld (1858), Rashi (1040), Suger (1080), Peter the Hermit (1050), Luigi Lucheni (1873), and Antipope Clement VII (1342). After him are Ansgar (801), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Jean Meslier (1664), Peter Waldo (1140), and Catherine Labouré (1806).

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