1605 - 1681
Nikon (Russian: Ни́кон, Old Russian: Нїконъ), born Nikita Minin (Никита Минин; 7 May 1605 – 17 August 1681) was the seventh Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' of the Russian Orthodox Church, serving officially from 1652 to 1666. He was renowned for his eloquence, energy, piety and close ties to Tsar Alexis of Russia. Nikon introduced many reforms, including liturgical reforms that were unpopular among conservatives. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow has received more than 188,390 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Patriarch Nikon of Moscow is the 751st most popular religious figure (up from 841st in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 379th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Religious Figure.
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow was most famous for his reforms that attempted to bring the Russian Orthodox Church in line with the practices of the Greek Orthodox Church.
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Among religious figures, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ranks 751 out of 2,238. Before him are La Voisin, Melania the Younger, Antipope Nicholas V, Josephine Bakhita, Romuald, and Therese Neumann. After him are John the Merciful, Umm Kulthum bint Ali, Onesimus, Nectarios of Aegina, John Mott, and Papias of Hierapolis.
1640 - 1680
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 745
383 - 439
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 746
1260 - 1333
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 747
1868 - 1947
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 748
951 - 1027
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 749
1898 - 1962
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 750
1605 - 1681
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 751
550 - 619
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 752
630 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 753
1 - 90
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 754
1846 - 1920
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 755
1865 - 1955
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 756
70 - 100
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 757
Among people born in 1605, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ranks 6. Before him are Philip IV of Spain, Tianqi Emperor, Fatma Sultan, Gevherhan Sultan, and Şehzade Mehmed. After him are Giacomo Carissimi, Adriaen Brouwer, Ayşe Sultan, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Semyon Dezhnev, and George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1681, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ranks 3. Before him are Pedro Calderón de la Barca and Gerard ter Borch. After him are Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Zheng Jing, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Jahanara Begum, Justus Sustermans, Agafya Grushetskaya, and Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz.
1605 - 1665
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 1
1605 - 1627
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 2
1605 - 1667
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 3
1605 - 1660
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 4
1605 - 1621
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 5
1605 - 1681
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 6
1605 - 1674
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 7
1605 - 1638
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 8
1605 - 1660
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 9
1605 - 1627
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 10
1605 - 1673
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 11
1605 - 1661
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 12
1600 - 1681
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 1
1617 - 1681
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 2
1605 - 1681
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 3
1661 - 1681
HPI: 59.95
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1642 - 1681
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Rank: 5
1615 - 1681
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Rank: 6
1648 - 1681
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Rank: 7
1635 - 1681
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 8
1614 - 1681
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 9
1597 - 1681
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 10
1663 - 1681
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 11
1619 - 1681
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ranks 303 out of 3,262. Before him are Viktor Vasnetsov (1848), Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797), Viktor Shklovsky (1893), Mykola Azarov (1947), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831), and Vitaly Ginzburg (1916). After him are Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), Lydia Litvyak (1921), Vasily Arkhipov (1926), Varlam Shalamov (1907), Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843), and Sofia Gubaidulina (1931).
1848 - 1926
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 297
1797 - 1870
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 298
1893 - 1984
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 299
1947 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 300
1831 - 1891
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 301
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 302
1605 - 1681
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 303
1737 - 1808
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 304
1921 - 1943
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 305
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 306
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 307
1843 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 308
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 309
Among religious figures born in Russia, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ranks 4. Before him are Vladimir the Great (958), Seraphim of Sarov (1754), and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (1946). After him are Ilia II of Georgia (1933), Eugen Sandow (1867), Sergius of Radonezh (1314), Avvakum (1620), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Tode Mongke (1282), and Nicholas of Japan (1836).
958 - 1015
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 1
1754 - 1833
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 3
1605 - 1681
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 4
1933 - Present
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 5
1867 - 1925
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 6
1314 - 1392
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 7
1620 - 1682
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 8
1468 - 1552
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 9
1865 - 1925
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 10
1282 - 1287
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 11
1836 - 1912
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 12