1869 - 1952
Michael Ritter von Faulhaber (5 March 1869 – 12 June 1952) was a German Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Munich for 35 years, from 1917 to his death in 1952. Created Cardinal in 1921, von Faulhaber remained an outspoken monarchist and denounced the Weimar Republic as rooted in "perjury and treason" against the German Empire during a speech at the 62nd German Catholics' Day of 1922. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael von Faulhaber has received more than 231,898 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Michael von Faulhaber is the 1,500th most popular religious figure (down from 1,249th in 2019), the 2,385th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,081st in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Michael von Faulhaber ranks 1,500 out of 2,238. Before him are Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, Soga no Umako, Eutychius of Constantinople, Jianzhen, Clare of Montefalco, and Pope Avilius of Alexandria. After him are Catherine of Ricci, Angilbert, Dionigi Tettamanzi, Anatolius of Constantinople, Hōnen, and Bernard Francis Law.
1934 - 2021
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 1,494
551 - 626
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 1,495
512 - 582
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 1,496
688 - 763
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 1,497
1268 - 1308
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 1,498
100 - 98
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 1,499
1869 - 1952
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 1,500
1522 - 1590
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 1,501
740 - 814
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,502
1934 - 2017
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 1,503
301 - 458
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 1,504
1133 - 1212
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 1,505
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,506
Among people born in 1869, Michael von Faulhaber ranks 72. Before him are Stanisław Wojciechowski, Otto Nordenskjöld, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Harvey Cushing, Richard Abegg, and Prince Baudouin of Belgium. After him are Nicolae Paulescu, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Arthur Rostron, Paul Émile Chabas, Konstantin Somov, and Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau. Among people deceased in 1952, Michael von Faulhaber ranks 61. Before him are Kenwa Mabuni, Henri Winkelman, Solomiya Krushelnytska, Eli Heckscher, Władysław Strzemiński, and Pierre Renoir. After him are Thomas Hicks, Waldemar Bonsels, Georgy Shpagin, Vladimír Clementis, René Grousset, and Vasili Eroshenko.
1869 - 1953
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 66
1869 - 1928
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 67
1869 - 1948
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 68
1869 - 1939
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 69
1869 - 1910
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 70
1869 - 1891
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 71
1869 - 1952
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 72
1869 - 1931
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 73
1869 - 1932
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 74
1869 - 1940
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 75
1869 - 1937
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 76
1869 - 1939
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 77
1869 - 1928
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 78
1889 - 1952
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 55
1876 - 1952
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 56
1872 - 1952
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 57
1879 - 1952
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 58
1893 - 1952
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 59
1885 - 1952
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 60
1869 - 1952
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 61
1876 - 1952
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 62
1880 - 1952
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 63
1897 - 1952
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 64
1902 - 1952
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 65
1885 - 1952
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 66
1890 - 1952
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 67
Among people born in Germany, Michael von Faulhaber ranks 2,385 out of 6,142. Before him are Friedrich Pollock (1894), Johann Conrad Dippel (1673), Bodo Illgner (1967), Yehuda Amichai (1924), Rudolf Kempe (1910), and Ferdinand von Bredow (1884). After him are Wolfgang Iser (1926), Peter Schreier (1935), Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal (1852), Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1489), Theodor Lessing (1872), and Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (1898).
1894 - 1970
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 2,379
1673 - 1734
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 2,380
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 2,381
1924 - 2000
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 2,382
1910 - 1976
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 2,383
1884 - 1934
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,384
1869 - 1952
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,385
1926 - 2007
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 2,386
1935 - 2019
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 2,387
1852 - 1941
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 2,388
1489 - 1568
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 2,389
1872 - 1933
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 2,390
1898 - 1983
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 2,391
Among religious figures born in Germany, Michael von Faulhaber ranks 56. Before him are George Müller (1805), Wolfgang of Regensburg (924), Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621), Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664), Honoratus (365), and Balthasar Hubmaier (1485). After him are Angilbert (740), Arp Schnitger (1648), Ludwig Müller (1883), Adalbert of Hamburg (1000), Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich (960), and Walter Brandmüller (1929).
1805 - 1898
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 50
924 - 994
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 51
1621 - 1688
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 52
1664 - 1732
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 53
365 - 430
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 54
1485 - 1528
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 55
1869 - 1952
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 56
740 - 814
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 57
1648 - 1719
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 58
1883 - 1945
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 59
1000 - 1072
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 60
960 - 1015
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 61
1929 - Present
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 62