876 - 946
Saint John of Rila, a.k.a. Ivan of Rila (Bulgarian: Свети преподобни Йоан Рилски Чудотворец, Svеti prеpodobni Yoan Rilski Chudotvorеts; English: Saint (monk) John of Rila the Wondermaker) (876 – c. 946) was the first Bulgarian hermit. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Rila has received more than 90,412 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. John of Rila is the 944th most popular religious figure (down from 853rd in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Religious Figure.
John of Rila is most famous for founding Bulgaria's first monastery on the site of a pagan temple.
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Among religious figures, John of Rila ranks 944 out of 2,238. Before him are Angelo Scola, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Lars Levi Laestadius, Arnaud Amalric, Scipione Borghese, and Khaemweset. After him are John of Matha, Clemens August Graf von Galen, Felicitas of Rome, 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba, and Melito of Sardis.
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 938
1517 - 1586
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 939
1800 - 1861
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 940
1160 - 1225
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 941
1577 - 1633
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 942
1281 BC - 1225 BC
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 943
876 - 946
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 944
1150 - 1213
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 945
1878 - 1946
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 946
101 - 165
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 947
616 - 684
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 948
581 - 633
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 949
140 - 180
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 950
Among people born in 876, John of Rila ranks 2. Before him is Henry the Fowler. After him is Toda of Pamplona. Among people deceased in 946, John of Rila ranks 4. Before him are Pope Marinus II, Edmund I, and Eadgyth. After him are Al-Qa'im, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, and Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli.
876 - 936
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 1
876 - 946
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 2
876 - 958
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 3
932 - 946
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 1
921 - 946
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 2
910 - 946
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 3
876 - 946
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 4
893 - 946
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 5
882 - 946
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 6
854 - 946
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 7
Among people born in Bulgaria, John of Rila ranks 46 out of 372. Before him are Chernorizets Hrabar (890), Kristalina Georgieva (1953), Georgi Markov (1929), Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929), Ivan Vazov (1850), and Irina Bokova (1952). After him are Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (1280), Hristo Botev (1848), Peter Deunov (1864), Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (1324), Zhelyu Zhelev (1935), and Jules Pascin (1885).
890 - 950
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 40
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 41
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 42
1929 - 2004
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 43
1850 - 1921
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 44
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 45
876 - 946
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 46
1280 - 1330
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 47
1848 - 1876
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 48
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 49
1324 - 1397
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 50
1935 - 2015
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 51
1885 - 1930
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 52
Among religious figures born in Bulgaria, John of Rila ranks 1. After him are Jeremias II of Constantinople (1536), Maxim of Bulgaria (1914), Neophyte of Bulgaria (1945), John XIV of Constantinople (1282), Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317), Cyril of Bulgaria (1901), and Sophronius of Vratsa (1739).
876 - 946
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 1
1536 - 1595
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 2
1914 - 2012
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 3
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 4
1282 - 1347
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 5
1317 - 1402
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 6
1901 - 1971
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 7
1739 - 1813
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 8