1920 - 2008
Marcial Maciel Degollado (March 10, 1920 – January 30, 2008) was a Mexican Catholic priest who founded the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christi movement. He was general director of the Legion from 1941 to 2005. Throughout most of his career, he was respected within the church as "the greatest fundraiser of the modern Roman Catholic church" and as a prolific recruiter of new seminarians. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcial Maciel has received more than 692,826 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcial Maciel is the 1,116th most popular religious figure (down from 1,030th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 66th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Marcial Maciel ranks 1,116 out of 2,238. Before him are Jakob Ammann, Hugh of Cluny, John Eudes, Shoghi Effendi, Caesarius of Arles, and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. After him are Günter Guillaume, George Syncellus, Raymond Nonnatus, John of Montecorvino, Tode Mongke, and Dom Justo Takayama.
1644 - 1730
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,110
1024 - 1109
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,111
1601 - 1680
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,112
1897 - 1957
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,113
470 - 542
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,114
1896 - 1977
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,115
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,116
1927 - 1995
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,117
800 - 810
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,118
1204 - 1240
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,119
1246 - 1328
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,120
1282 - 1287
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,121
1552 - 1615
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,122
Among people born in 1920, Marcial Maciel ranks 92. Before him are Henry Heimlich, Karl Albrecht, Vilém Flusser, Chiara Lubich, Edmond H. Fischer, and Mehdi Ben Barka. After him are Gottfried Böhm, P. D. James, Meliton Kantaria, Väinö Linna, Jaan Kross, and Hans Blumenberg. Among people deceased in 2008, Marcial Maciel ranks 63. Before him are Isaac Hayes, Mauricio Kagel, Eartha Kitt, Paul Scofield, Chiara Lubich, and Hugo Claus. After him are Jean-Marie Balestre, Muslim Magomayev, Bo Diddley, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Bettie Page, and Henry Molaison.
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 86
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 87
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 88
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 89
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 90
1920 - 1965
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 91
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 92
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 93
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 94
1920 - 1993
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 95
1920 - 1992
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 96
1920 - 2007
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 97
1920 - 1996
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 98
1942 - 2008
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 57
1931 - 2008
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 58
1927 - 2008
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 59
1922 - 2008
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 60
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 61
1929 - 2008
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 62
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 63
1921 - 2008
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 64
1942 - 2008
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 65
1928 - 2008
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 66
1926 - 2008
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 67
1923 - 2008
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 68
1926 - 2008
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 69
Among people born in Mexico, Marcial Maciel ranks 68 out of 585. Before him are Axayacatl (1449), Chespirito (1929), Alfonso García Robles (1911), Acamapichtli (1325), Carmen Salinas (1939), and Pedro Infante (1917). After him are Tizoc (1436), Pedro Rodríguez (1940), Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Itzcoatl (1380), Antonio Carbajal (1929), and Pedro Lascuráin (1856).
1449 - 1481
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 62
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 63
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 64
1325 - 1395
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 65
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 66
1917 - 1957
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 67
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 68
1436 - 1486
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 69
1940 - 1971
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 70
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 71
1380 - 1440
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 72
1929 - 2023
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 73
1856 - 1952
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 74
Among religious figures born in Mexico, Marcial Maciel ranks 3. Before him are Juan Diego (1474) and Julia Pastrana (1834). After him are José Sánchez del Río (1913), Bernard Francis Law (1931), Tlacaelel (1397), Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1926), Norberto Rivera Carrera (1942), Miguel Pro (1891), Javier Lozano Barragán (1933), Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (1933), and Adolfo Suárez Rivera (1927).
1474 - 1548
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 1
1834 - 1860
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 2
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 3
1913 - 1928
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 4
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 5
1397 - 1487
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 6
1926 - 1993
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 8
1891 - 1927
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 9
1933 - 2022
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 10
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 11
1927 - 2008
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 12