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Peter Hans Kolvenbach

1928 - 2016

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Peter Hans Kolvenbach (30 November 1928 – 26 November 2016) was a Dutch Jesuit priest and professor who was the 29th superior general of the Society of Jesus, the largest male Catholic religious order. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Hans Kolvenbach has received more than 168,982 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Peter Hans Kolvenbach is the 1,827th most popular religious figure (down from 1,695th in 2019), the 464th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 429th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Hans Kolvenbach ranks 1,827 out of 3,187Before him are Sharif Ali, Felix of Byzantium, Alessandro Albani, Dorotheus of Tyre, Henri Langlois, and Juvenal of Jerusalem. After him are Nirmala Srivastava, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Lupus of Troyes, Innocent of Alaska, and Pinedjem II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Peter Hans Kolvenbach ranks 229Before him are Anatoly Filipchenko, Jörg Demus, Pernell Roberts, Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Rosemary Clooney, and Eric Dolphy. After him are Ara Güler, Vitaliy Masol, Maurice Sendak, Frederick Stafford, Robert Indiana, and Ethel Kennedy. Among people deceased in 2016, Peter Hans Kolvenbach ranks 177Before him are Rick Parfitt, Zubaida Tharwat, Ramón Castro Ruz, Frank Finlay, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, and Hassan Al-Turabi. After him are Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Lola Novaković, Sixto Durán Ballén, Mahasweta Devi, and Christina Grimmie.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Peter Hans Kolvenbach ranks 464 out of 1,646Before him are Gijs van Lennep (1942), James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649), Frans Post (1612), Wim Rijsbergen (1952), Macropedius (1487), and Jaap Eden (1873). After him are Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), Rudi Carrell (1934), Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885), Anthon van Rappard (1858), Dirk Stikker (1897), and Louis Couperus (1863).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Netherlands

Among religious figures born in Netherlands, Peter Hans Kolvenbach ranks 12Before him are Geert Groote (1340), Wim Hof (1959), Lidwina (1380), Ludger (742), Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857), and Johannes Willebrands (1909). After him are Balthasar Bekker (1634), Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931), Gisbertus Voetius (1589), Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Charles of Mount Argus (1821), and Johannes de Jong (1885).