RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Karl Josef Becker

1928 - 2015

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Karl Josef Becker S.J. (18 April 1928 – 10 February 2015) was a German Catholic theologian and consultor for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 15 September 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Josef Becker has received more than 37,960 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Josef Becker is the 2,309th most popular religious figure (down from 2,131st in 2019), the 3,926th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,626th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular German Religious Figure.

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  • 38k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Karl Josef Becker ranks 2,309 out of 3,187. Before him are Julius Döpfner, Ivan II of Bulgaria, Dinkha IV, Alypius of Byzantium, Peter Shirayanagi, and Saint Amun. After him are Jean-Claude Hollerich, Adrian of Canterbury, Theudas, Marina Semyonova, Joachim III of Constantinople, and Pierre Viret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Karl Josef Becker ranks 321. Before him are Péter Bacsó, Leonid Bronevoy, Bella Davidovich, Eugenio Monti, Pierre Schoendoerffer, and Peter Shirayanagi. After him are Paul Arizin, Ann Blyth, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Mary Daly, Giuseppe Pinelli, and Angus Ogilvy. Among people deceased in 2015, Karl Josef Becker ranks 223. Before him are John Henry Holland, Revaz Chkheidze, Nicholas Liverpool, Michael Blake, Dinkha IV, and Theodore Bikel. After him are Charles Pasqua, Walter Burkert, Elizabeth Wilson, Tadahiko Ueda, Henri Coppens, and Miroslav Ondříček.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Josef Becker ranks 3,926 out of 7,253. Before him are Curt Bois (1901), Max Lange (1832), Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809), Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797), Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1506), and Ernst Baier (1905). After him are Christian Louis I (1623), Heinrich Zille (1858), Irmgard Seefried (1919), Halet Çambel (1916), Heinrich Burger (1881), and Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Karl Josef Becker ranks 103. Before him are Hans Talhoffer (1420), Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1428), Ludwig Kaas (1881), Caspar Olevian (1536), Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823), and Julius Döpfner (1913). After him are Marianne Cope (1838), Paul Josef Cordes (1934), Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1682), Johannes Brenz (1499), Franz Delitzsch (1813), and Gerhard von Rad (1901).

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