1951 - Today
Catholicos Garegin II (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Karekin; born 21 August 1951) is the Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, since 1999. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karekin II has received more than 200,691 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Karekin II is the 1,342nd most popular religious figure (down from 642nd in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Armenia (down from 7th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Armenian Religious Figure.
Karekin II is most famous for being the first Armenian Catholicos-Patriarch of All Armenians.
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Among religious figures, Karekin II ranks 1,342 out of 2,238. Before him are Amandus, Raymonde de Laroche, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Beatus of Liébana, Asma bint Umais, and João I of Kongo. After him are Henri Estienne, Nikolaj Velimirović, Ankhesenpepi II, Adam Stefan Sapieha, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, and Medardus.
600 - 676
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 1,336
1882 - 1919
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 1,337
1856 - 1921
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 1,338
730 - 798
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 1,339
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 1,340
1470 - 1506
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 1,341
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 1,342
1528 - 1598
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 1,343
1880 - 1956
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 1,344
2400 BC - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 1,345
1867 - 1951
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 1,346
1935 - 1980
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 1,347
470 - 560
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 1,348
Among people born in 1951, Karekin II ranks 96. Before him are Karen Allen, Carl Wieman, Lynda Carter, John McTiernan, Julian Schnabel, and Behgjet Pacolli. After him are Beverly D'Angelo, Dee Dee Ramone, Tommy Bolin, Dražen Dalipagić, Angelique Rockas, and Pierre Lemaitre.
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 90
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 91
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 92
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 93
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 94
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 95
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 96
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 97
1951 - 2002
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 98
1951 - 1976
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 99
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 100
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 101
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 102
Among people born in Armenia, Karekin II ranks 22 out of 147. Before him are Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869), Servatius of Tongeren (400), Djivan Gasparyan (1928), Tigranes III (-100), Sebeos (700), and Olga Chekhova (1897). After him are Arno Babajanian (1921), Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (1935), Anania Shirakatsi (610), Nikol Pashinyan (1975), Alexander Arutiunian (1920), and Silva Kaputikyan (1919).
1869 - 1923
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 16
400 - 384
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 17
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 18
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 19
700 - 700
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 20
1897 - 1980
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 21
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 22
1921 - 1983
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 23
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 24
610 - 685
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 25
1975 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 26
1920 - 2012
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 27
1919 - 2006
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 28
Among religious figures born in Armenia, Karekin II ranks 4. Before him are Gregory the Illuminator (257), Servatius of Tongeren (400), and Sebeos (700).
257 - 331
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 1
400 - 384
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 2
700 - 700
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 4