1901 - 2000
Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (simplified Chinese: 龚品梅; traditional Chinese: 龔品梅; pinyin: Gōng Pǐnméi; Wade–Giles: Kung P'in-mei; 2 August 1901 – 12 March 2000) was the Catholic Bishop of Shanghai, China, from 1950 until his death in 2000. He spent 30 years in Chinese prisons for defying attempts by China's Communist government to control Catholics in the country through the government-approved Catholic Patriotic Association. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei has received more than 89,612 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei is the 1,653rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,497th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from China (down from 604th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei ranks 1,653 out of 2,238. Before him are Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Eugène de Mazenod, Dymphna, Laurentius Petri, Zdislava Berka, and Peter of Sebaste. After him are Baldwin of Luxembourg, Theodor Innitzer, Saint Alban, Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Peter Bartholomew, and Anastasios of Albania.
1877 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 1,647
1782 - 1861
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 1,648
700 - 700
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 1,649
1499 - 1573
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 1,650
1215 - 1252
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 1,651
345 - 390
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 1,652
1901 - 2000
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 1,653
1285 - 1354
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 1,654
1875 - 1955
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 1,655
300 - 305
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 1,656
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 1,657
1100 - 1099
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 1,658
1929 - Present
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 1,659
Among people born in 1901, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei ranks 128. Before him are Vladimir Sofronitsky, Lee Hoi-chuen, Ismail al-Azhari, Zeppo Marx, Karl-August Fagerholm, and Prince Christoph of Hesse. After him are Salchak Toka, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, George Raft, Lanza del Vasto, Mikhail Romm, and August Schmidhuber. Among people deceased in 2000, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei ranks 102. Before him are Ursula Kuczynski, José Águas, FM-2030, Yevgeny Khrunov, Gisèle Freund, and Bernhard Wicki. After him are Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Bruno Zevi, Edward Gorey, Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Jean Peters, and Julie London.
1901 - 1961
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 122
1901 - 1965
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 123
1901 - 1969
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 124
1901 - 1979
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 125
1901 - 1984
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 126
1901 - 1943
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 127
1901 - 2000
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 128
1901 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 129
1901 - 1966
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 130
1901 - 1980
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 131
1901 - 1981
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 132
1901 - 1971
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 133
1901 - 1947
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 134
1907 - 2000
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 96
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 97
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 98
1933 - 2000
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 99
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 100
1919 - 2000
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 101
1901 - 2000
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 102
1918 - 2000
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 103
1918 - 2000
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 104
1925 - 2000
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 105
1878 - 2000
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 106
1926 - 2000
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 107
1926 - 2000
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 108
Among people born in China, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei ranks 646 out of 1,392. Before him are Leizu (null), Shannon Lucid (1943), Qin Jiushao (1201), Xu Beihong (1895), Ma Huan (1380), and Cai Yuanpei (1868). After him are Lau Kar-leung (1934), Salchak Toka (1901), Jimmy Lai (1948), Chen Boda (1904), Wang Fuzhi (1619), and Tang Xianzu (1550).
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 640
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 641
1201 - 1261
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 642
1895 - 1953
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 643
1380 - 1460
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 644
1868 - 1940
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 645
1901 - 2000
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 646
1934 - 2013
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 647
1901 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 648
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 649
1904 - 1989
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 650
1619 - 1692
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 651
1550 - 1616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 652
Among religious figures born in China, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei ranks 15. Before him are Rabban Bar Sauma (1220), Joseph Zen (1932), Jianzhen (688), Mang of Xia (null), Gan Ji (101), and Yijing (635). After him are Thomas Tien Ken-sin (1890), John Baptist Wu (1925), Paul Yü Pin (1901), Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (1924), He Pingping (1988), and Trinley Thaye Dorje (1983).
1220 - 1294
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 9
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 10
688 - 763
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 11
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 12
101 - 200
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 13
635 - 713
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 14
1901 - 2000
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 15
1890 - 1967
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 16
1925 - 2002
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 17
1901 - 1978
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 18
1924 - 2012
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 19
1988 - 2010
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 20
1983 - Present
HPI: 36.85
Rank: 21