RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Laurean Rugambwa

1912 - 1997

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Laurean Rugambwa (12 July 1912 – 8 December 1997) was a Tanzanian prelate who was the first modern native African cardinal of the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurean Rugambwa has received more than 57,290 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Laurean Rugambwa is the 1,608th most popular religious figure (up from 2,251st in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Tanzania (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Tanzanian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 57k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Laurean Rugambwa ranks 1,608 out of 3,187. Before him are Gregory III Laham, Ushpia, Hans Tausen, Bernward of Hildesheim, Honoratus, and Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad. After him are Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich, Luigi Jacobini, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Michel Sabbah, Lawrence Justinian, and Alexander of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Laurean Rugambwa ranks 136. Before him are Martha Scott, Josef Blösche, Jure Francetić, Jean Françaix, Boris Kidrič, and Kristina Söderbaum. After him are Günther Lützow, Domingos da Guia, Marcel Camus, Svetozar Vukmanović, Vladimir Bakarić, and Michele Andreolo. Among people deceased in 1997, Laurean Rugambwa ranks 105. Before him are Félix Candela, Robert Serber, Shintaro Katsu, Hans Robert Jauss, Jean Françaix, and Jean-Dominique Bauby. After him are Edward Mulhare, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Lyman Spitzer, Peng Zhen, Walter Gotell, and Anatoli Boukreev.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Laurean Rugambwa ranks 8 out of 39. Before him are Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948), Julius Nyerere (1922), Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), and Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925). After him are Tippu Tip (1837), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), Mizengo Pinda (1948), and Edward Lowassa (1953).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Tanzania

Among religious figures born in Tanzania, Laurean Rugambwa ranks 1. After him are Polycarp Pengo (1944), and Protase Rugambwa (1960).

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