RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Jan Beckx

1795 - 1887

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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 29,495 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Jan Beckx is the 2,140th most popular religious figure (down from 2,114th in 2019), the 486th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 476th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29k

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  • 58.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 2,140 out of 3,187. Before him are Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, Flavio Chigi, Constantine Leichoudes, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Víctor Manuel Fernández, and Subhūti. After him are John Leonardi, Francesco Monterisi, Michael IV of Constantinople, Elio Sgreccia, Yisrael Meir Kagan, and Karl Leisner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 41. Before him are Charles Barry, Kondraty Ryleyev, Carl Anton von Meyer, Karl Ludwig Sand, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, and Arthur Morin. After him are Thomas Arnold, Adolf Bernhard Marx, Heinrich Rose, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Joseph Böhm, and Rowland Hill. Among people deceased in 1887, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 36. Before him are Louis Gallait, Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Otto Lesser, Lysander Spooner, August von Werder, and Moritz Wagner. After him are Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Emma Lazarus, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Alvan Clark, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, and August Friedrich Pott.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 486 out of 1,190. Before him are Benoît Poelvoorde (1964), Jacob de Gheyn II (1565), Johan Leysen (1950), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), Yolande Moreau (1953), and Adam van Noort (1562). After him are Louis Van Hege (1889), Henri Anspach (1882), Jean Van Hamme (1939), Marie Popelin (1846), Peter Benoit (1834), and Sophie Wilmès (1975).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 21. Before him are Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Leo Joseph Suenens (1904), Chrodegang (715), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Joseph Cardijn (1882), and Jozef De Kesel (1947). After him are Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889), Jan Pieter Schotte (1928), Abdelhamid Abaaoud (1987), and Fanny Lecluyse (1992).

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