1912 - 1997
Laurean Rugambwa (July 12, 1912 – December 8, 1997) 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 27,541 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Laurean Rugambwa is the 1,837th most popular religious figure (down from 1,751st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Tanzania and the most popular Tanzanian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Laurean Rugambwa ranks 1,837 out of 2,272. Before him are Aram I, Domenico Mezzadri, Benedict Biscop, Dinkha IV, Christian Tumi, and Rudolf Kittel. After him are Antony I of Constantinople, Benito Arias Montano, Pingali Venkayya, Honorius of Canterbury, Marina Semyonova, and Ricardo Ezzati Andrello.
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 1,831
1867 - 1936
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 1,832
628 - 690
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,833
1935 - 2015
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,834
1930 - Present
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,835
1853 - 1929
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,836
1912 - 1997
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1,837
750 - 837
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1,838
1528 - 1598
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,839
1876 - 1963
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,840
550 - 653
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 1,841
1908 - 2010
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 1,842
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,843
Among people born in 1912, Laurean Rugambwa ranks 197. Before him are Peter Walker, Kulyash Baiseitova, Northrop Frye, Nihat Erim, Manuel Rosas, and Yusuf Lule. After him are Viviane Romance, Khalid Bakdash, Ellen Preis, Ioannis Alevras, José Iraragorri, and Otto Siffling. Among people deceased in 1997, Laurean Rugambwa ranks 161. Before him are William Hickey, Shinichi Hoshi, Cahit Arf, Erich Eliskases, Georgy Shonin, and Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh. After him are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, James Krüss, Bozorg Alavi, Denver Pyle, Fritz Schär, and Corneliu Baba.
1912 - 1984
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 191
1912 - 1957
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 192
1912 - 1991
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 193
1912 - 1980
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 194
1912 - 1989
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 195
1912 - 1985
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 196
1912 - 1997
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 197
1912 - 1991
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 198
1912 - 1995
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 199
1912 - 2007
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 200
1912 - 1995
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 201
1912 - 1983
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 202
1912 - 1939
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 203
1927 - 1997
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 155
1926 - 1997
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 156
1910 - 1997
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 157
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 158
1935 - 1997
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 159
1892 - 1997
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 160
1912 - 1997
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 161
1948 - 1997
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 162
1926 - 1997
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 163
1904 - 1997
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 164
1920 - 1997
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 165
1926 - 1997
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 166
1906 - 1997
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 167
Among people born in Tanzania, Laurean Rugambwa ranks 12 out of 23. Before him are John Magufuli (1959), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), and Mizengo Pinda (1948). After him are Polycarp Pengo (1944), Marin Hinkle (1966), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Filbert Bayi (1953), Anna Tibaijuka (1950), and Edward Lowassa (1953).
1959 - Present
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 6
1874 - 1927
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 7
1951 - Present
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 8
1929 - Present
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 9
1834 - 1870
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 10
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 11
1912 - 1997
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 13
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 14
1956 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 15
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 16
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 17
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 18
Among religious figures born in Tanzania, Laurean Rugambwa ranks 1. After him are Polycarp Pengo (1944).