1777 - 1853
Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin (Russian: Никита Яковлевич Бичурин; 29 August 1777 – 11 May 1853), better known under his archimandrite monastic name Hyacinth, sometimes Joacinth or Iakinf, was one of the founding fathers of Russian Sinology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hyacinth has received more than 622,176 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Hyacinth is the 1,754th most popular religious figure (down from 1,699th in 2019), the 1,016th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,084th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Russian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Hyacinth ranks 1,754 out of 2,238. Before him are Burchard of Worms, Ingrid Vang Nyman, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Georges Cottier, Joseph the Hymnographer, and Pierre Robert Olivétan. After him are Nicola Canali, Josip Bozanić, Engelbert II of Berg, Anthim the Iberian, Zara Yaqob, and Pacian.
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
1650 - 1716
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 1,758
1399 - 1468
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 1,759
310 - 390
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 1,760
Among people born in 1777, Hyacinth ranks 29. Before him are Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Lorenzo Bartolini, Christian Daniel Rauch, William Brown, Heinrich Marx, and Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom. After him are Aleksander Orłowski, Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, Casimir Pierre Périer, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Marie Jules César Savigny, and Carlos Anaya. Among people deceased in 1853, Hyacinth ranks 32. Before him are Lionel Kieseritzky, Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Louis Visconti, Mathieu Orfila, and Princess Amalia of Sweden. After him are Branko Radičević, Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, William R. King, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, and Maria Quitéria.
1777 - 1850
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 23
1777 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 24
1777 - 1857
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 25
1777 - 1857
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 26
1777 - 1838
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 27
1777 - 1848
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 28
1777 - 1853
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 29
1777 - 1832
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 30
1777 - 1823
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 31
1777 - 1832
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 32
1777 - 1861
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 33
1777 - 1851
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 34
1777 - 1862
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 35
1806 - 1853
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 26
1785 - 1853
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 27
1796 - 1853
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 28
1791 - 1853
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 29
1787 - 1853
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 30
1805 - 1853
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 31
1777 - 1853
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 32
1824 - 1853
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 33
1790 - 1853
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 34
1786 - 1853
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 35
1784 - 1853
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 36
1797 - 1853
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 37
1792 - 1853
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 38
Among people born in Russia, Hyacinth ranks 1,016 out of 3,262. Before him are Yuli Daniel (1925), Eteri Tutberidze (1974), Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov (1906), Kurt Hensel (1861), Alexander Alyabyev (1787), and Olena Teliha (1906). After him are Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926), Sergey Sobyanin (1958), Andrei Amalrik (1938), Yuri Artyukhin (1930), Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), and Yuri Levitan (1914).
1925 - 1988
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 1,010
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 1,011
1906 - 1993
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 1,012
1861 - 1941
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 1,013
1787 - 1851
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 1,014
1906 - 1942
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 1,015
1777 - 1853
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 1,016
1926 - 2012
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 1,017
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 1,018
1938 - 1980
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 1,019
1930 - 1998
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 1,020
1942 - 2014
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 1,021
1914 - 1983
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 1,022
Among religious figures born in Russia, Hyacinth ranks 23. Before him are Alexander Schmorell (1917), Aleksandr Akimov (1953), Abdurreshid Ibrahim (1857), Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow (1910), Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow (1877), and Matrona Nikonova (1881). After him are Stephen of Perm (1340), Patriarch Job of Moscow (1525), Innocent of Alaska (1797), Nilus of Sora (1433), Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), and Gamzat-bek (1789).
1917 - 1943
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 17
1953 - 1986
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 18
1857 - 1944
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 19
1910 - 1990
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 20
1877 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 21
1881 - 1952
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 22
1777 - 1853
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 23
1340 - 1396
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 24
1525 - 1607
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 25
1797 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 26
1433 - 1508
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 27
1530 - 1612
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 28
1789 - 1834
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 29