1926 - 2020
James Innell Packer (22 July 1926 – 17 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian evangelical theologian, cleric and writer in the low-church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. He was considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North America, known for his best-selling book Knowing God, written in 1973, as well as his work as an editor for the English Standard Version of the Bible. He was one of the high-profile signers on the 1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, a member on the advisory board of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and also was involved in the ecumenical book Evangelicals and Catholics Together in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. I. Packer has received more than 574,442 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. J. I. Packer is the 2,624th most popular religious figure (down from 2,102nd in 2019), the 4,720th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,030th in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, J. I. Packer ranks 2,624 out of 2,238. Before him are Basil Hume, Vissarion, Youssef Absi, Saud Al-Shuraim, Carlos María de la Torre, and Blanche Barton. After him are He Pingping, Charles Scicluna, Žydrūnas Savickas, Chris Gueffroy, Wahiduddin Khan, and Alkmund of Derby.
1923 - 1999
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 2,618
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 2,619
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 2,620
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 2,621
1873 - 1968
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 2,622
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 2,623
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 2,624
1988 - 2010
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 2,625
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 2,626
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 2,627
1968 - 1989
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 2,628
1925 - 2021
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 2,629
800 - 800
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 2,630
Among people born in 1926, J. I. Packer ranks 421. Before him are Milo O'Shea, Nikolai Tishchenko, Jimmy Heath, Diana Lynn, Gottfried Diener, and Jesús Loroño. After him are Larissa Volpert, Audrey Williamson, Raymond Gosling, Clive Donner, Bob Richards, and André Testut. Among people deceased in 2020, J. I. Packer ranks 596. Before him are Bryan Sykes, Johnny Mandel, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Diana Serra Cary, Kumiko Okae, and Jimmy Heath. After him are Zindzi Mandela, Ahmad NikTalab, Rudi Hoffmann, Arturo Chaires, Hossein Sheikholeslam, and Kinuko Tanida.
1926 - 2013
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 415
1926 - 1981
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 416
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 417
1926 - 1971
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 418
1926 - 2015
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 419
1926 - 1998
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 420
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 421
1926 - 2017
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 422
1926 - 2010
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 423
1926 - 2015
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 424
1926 - 2010
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 425
1926 - 2023
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 426
1926 - 2005
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 427
1947 - 2020
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 590
1925 - 2020
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 591
1934 - 2020
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 592
1918 - 2020
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 593
1956 - 2020
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 594
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 595
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 596
1960 - 2020
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 597
1934 - 2020
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 598
1935 - 2020
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 599
1937 - 2020
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 600
1952 - 2020
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 601
1939 - 2020
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 602
Among people born in United Kingdom, J. I. Packer ranks 4,720 out of 7,765. Before him are Ronald Drever (1931), Lancelot Hogben (1895), John Pendry (1943), Allan McNish (1969), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), and Hattie Jacques (1922). After him are Audrey Williamson (1926), Gem Archer (1966), Geoffrey Crossley (1921), Peter Glenville (1913), Raymond Gosling (1926), and Iain Pears (1955).
1931 - 2017
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 4,714
1895 - 1975
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 4,715
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 4,716
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 4,717
1868 - 1933
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 4,718
1922 - 1980
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 4,719
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 4,720
1926 - 2010
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 4,721
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 4,722
1921 - 2002
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 4,723
1913 - 1996
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 4,724
1926 - 2015
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 4,725
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 4,726
Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, J. I. Packer ranks 104. Before him are Dolly Pentreath (1692), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), David Beaton (1494), Anna of East Anglia (null), Catherine Booth (1829), and Basil Hume (1923). After him are Alkmund of Derby (800), William Morgan (1547), John Ogilvie (1579), William Dunbar (1460), Stigand (null), and Saint Piran (null).
1692 - 1777
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 98
800 - 794
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 99
1494 - 1546
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 100
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 101
1829 - 1890
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 102
1923 - 1999
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 103
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 104
800 - 800
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 105
1547 - 1604
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 106
1579 - 1579
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 107
1460 - 1520
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 108
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 109
HPI: 38.02
Rank: 110