1795 - 1887
Peter Jan Beckx, SJ (also Pieter Jan Beckx, in French Pierre Jean Beckx; 8 February 1795 – 4 March 1887) was a Belgian Jesuit priest, elected the twenty-second Superior-General of the Society of Jesus in 1853. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Jan Beckx has received more than 26,846 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Jan Beckx is the 2,131st most popular religious figure, the 477th most popular biography from Belgium and the 20th most popular Belgian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 2,131 out of 2,238. Before him are Prahlad Jani, Benito Arias Montano, Marie of the Incarnation, Marina Semyonova, Luis Héctor Villalba, and Hilary of Arles. After him are Zacharias Ursinus, Júlio Duarte Langa, Pope Theonas of Alexandria, Dinkha IV, László Paskai, and Konrad von Preysing.
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,125
1528 - 1598
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 2,126
1599 - 1672
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 2,127
1908 - 2010
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 2,128
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 2,129
401 - 449
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 2,130
1795 - 1887
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 2,131
1534 - 1583
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 2,132
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 2,133
300 - 300
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 2,134
1935 - 2015
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 2,135
1927 - 2015
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 2,136
1880 - 1950
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 2,137
Among people born in 1795, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 43. Before him are Karl Eichwald, Carl Anton von Meyer, James Braid, Kondraty Ryleyev, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, and Karl Ludwig Sand. After him are Adolf Bernhard Marx, Rowland Hill, Benjamin Morrell, Nikolaos Mantzaros, George Peabody, and Joseph Böhm. Among people deceased in 1887, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 38. Before him are Otto Lesser, August von Werder, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, and Alvan Clark. After him are Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Julius von Haast, Mikhail Katkov, Fran Levstik, E. Marlitt, and Peder Balke.
1795 - 1876
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 37
1795 - 1855
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 38
1795 - 1860
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 39
1795 - 1826
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 40
1795 - 1877
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 41
1795 - 1820
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 42
1795 - 1887
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 43
1795 - 1866
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 44
1795 - 1879
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 45
1795 - 1839
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 46
1795 - 1872
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 47
1795 - 1869
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 48
1795 - 1876
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 49
1830 - 1887
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 32
1808 - 1887
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 33
1810 - 1887
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 34
1826 - 1887
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 35
1807 - 1887
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 36
1804 - 1887
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 37
1795 - 1887
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 38
1805 - 1887
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 39
1822 - 1887
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 40
1818 - 1887
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 41
1831 - 1887
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 42
1825 - 1887
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 43
1804 - 1887
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 44
Among people born in Belgium, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 477 out of 1,019. Before him are Arnold Badjou (1909), Marcel Kint (1914), Georges Berger (1918), Jean Duvieusart (1900), Romain Maes (1912), and Christl Cranz (1914). After him are Jean Stas (1813), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), Julien Ries (1920), Jijé (1914), Louis Paul Boon (1912), and Philippe Van Parijs (1951).
1909 - 1994
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 471
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 472
1918 - 1967
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 473
1900 - 1977
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 474
1912 - 1983
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 475
1914 - 2004
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 476
1795 - 1887
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 477
1813 - 1891
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 478
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 479
1920 - 2013
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 480
1914 - 1980
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 481
1912 - 1979
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 482
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 483
Among religious figures born in Belgium, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 20. Before him are John Berchmans (1599), Joseph Cardijn (1882), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Chrodegang (715), Jozef De Kesel (1947), and Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889). After him are Abdelhamid Abaaoud (1987).
1599 - 1621
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 14
1882 - 1967
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 15
1030 - 1112
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 16
715 - 766
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 17
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 18
1889 - 1964
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 19
1795 - 1887
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 20
1987 - 2015
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 21