RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Karl Leisner

1915 - 1945

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Karl Leisner (28 February 1915 in Rees – 12 August 1945 in Planegg, Germany) was a Roman Catholic priest interned in the Dachau concentration camp. He died of tuberculosis shortly after being liberated by the Allied forces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Leisner has received more than 70,790 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Leisner is the 2,146th most popular religious figure (down from 1,889th in 2019), the 3,604th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,201st in 2019) and the 95th most popular German Religious Figure.

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  • 71k

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  • 51.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Karl Leisner ranks 2,146 out of 3,187. Before him are Peter Jan Beckx, John Leonardi, Francesco Monterisi, Michael IV of Constantinople, Elio Sgreccia, and Yisrael Meir Kagan. After him are Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev, Benjamin I of Constantinople, Robby Müller, Luigi Poggi, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow, and Angelo Felici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Karl Leisner ranks 136. Before him are Wilhelm Gliese, Zulfiya, Taheyya Kariokka, Norman Wisdom, Kurt Aland, and Amedeo Biavati. After him are Henner Henkel, Vladimir Zeldin, Saifuddin Azizi, Franz Bartl, James Tiptree Jr., and Ferenc Sas. Among people deceased in 1945, Karl Leisner ranks 234. Before him are Arthur Wynne, Dmitry Karbyshev, Alexander Khatisian, Óscar R. Benavides, Ángel Melogno, and Emmanuel Bove. After him are Rupert Mayer, Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Lucien Simon, Joachim von Kortzfleisch, Carl Gustaf Ekman, and Vilhelms Purvītis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Leisner ranks 3,604 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans-Jürgen Kreische (1947), Gottlob Ernst Schulze (1761), Mechthild of the Palatinate (1419), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), Michel Auclair (1922), and Roy Black (1943). After him are Sybille Schmitz (1909), Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg (1575), Hans Multscher (1400), Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (1852), Brigitte Mohnhaupt (1949), and Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (1772).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Karl Leisner ranks 95. Before him are Johannes Cocceius (1603), Conrad of Urach (1170), Antje Jackelén (1955), Josef Frings (1887), Reinhard Marx (1953), and Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811). After him are Rupert Mayer (1876), Hans Talhoffer (1420), Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1428), Ludwig Kaas (1881), Caspar Olevian (1536), and Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823).

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