RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Lucile Randon

1904 - 2023

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Lucile Randon (French: [ly.sil ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃]; 11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023), also known as Sister André (French: Sœur André), was a French supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 118 years, 340 days, was the world's oldest verified living person following the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022. She is the fourth-oldest verified person ever, as well as the oldest confirmed survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic, having tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 a month before her 117th birthday. As a young adult, Randon converted to Roman Catholicism and worked as a governess, teacher, nun, and missionary before retiring at the age of 75 in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucile Randon has received more than 2,046,751 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Lucile Randon is the 713th most popular religious figure (up from 776th in 2019), the 889th most popular biography from France (up from 1,068th in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Religious Figure.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Lucile Randon ranks 713 out of 3,187. Before her are Johann Tetzel, Gertrude of Nivelles, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, John of God, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, and Hillel the Elder. After her are Atiśa, Angelo Sodano, Ananias of Damascus, Pope Severinus, Mahapajapati Gotami, and Silas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Lucile Randon ranks 39. Before her are Gregory Bateson, Ernst Mayr, Hans Morgenthau, Wendell Meredith Stanley, George F. Kennan, and Alejo Carpentier. After her are Willem de Kooning, Odilo Globočnik, Joseph Campbell, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Clifford D. Simak, and Otto Robert Frisch. Among people deceased in 2023, Lucile Randon ranks 56. Before her are Federico Bahamontes, Tom Wilkinson, Otar Iosseliani, David McCallum, Miroslav Blažević, and Mircea Snegur. After her are Dick Fosbury, Jan Jongbloed, Ahmed Qurei, Mark Margolis, Astrud Gilberto, and Dubravka Ugrešić.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lucile Randon ranks 889 out of 6,770. Before her are Henriette of France (1727), Louis Vuitton (1821), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), Georges Dumézil (1898), Renée of France (1510), and Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803). After her are Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), Pierre Boulle (1912), Jules Ferry (1832), and Edmond de Goncourt (1822).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Lucile Randon ranks 48. Before her are Clotilde (475), Louis de Montfort (1673), Saint Remigius (437), Victor of Aveyron (1793), Robert of Molesme (1024), and Célestin Freinet (1896). After her are Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Saint Eligius (588), Martin Bucer (1491), Leonard of Noblac (496), Jean Mabillon (1632), and Robert de Sorbon (1201).

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