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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Karekin II

1951 - Today

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Karekin II ranks 1,342 out of 2,238Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Karekin II ranks 96Before 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.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Karekin II ranks 22 out of 147Before 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).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Armenia

Among religious figures born in Armenia, Karekin II ranks 4Before him are Gregory the Illuminator (257), Servatius of Tongeren (400), and Sebeos (700).