RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Turkson

1948 - Today

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Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (born 11 October 1948) is a Ghanaian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church who has served as chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences since 2022. He was president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 2009 to 2017 and the inaugural prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development from 2017 to 2021. Turkson was Archbishop of Cape Coast from 1992 to 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Turkson has received more than 315,336 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Peter Turkson is the 1,834th most popular religious figure (down from 1,616th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Ghanaian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Turkson ranks 1,834 out of 3,187. Before him are Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Lupus of Troyes, Innocent of Alaska, Pinedjem II, and Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi. After him are Alexander of Bergamo, Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Joseph Cafasso, Adolf Bertram, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, and Kurt Koch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Peter Turkson ranks 236. Before him are Sam Hui, Barbara Hendricks, Franca Viola, Kate Jackson, James Rebhorn, and Josip Katalinski. After him are Ronnie Van Zant, Dee Wallace, Peter Hammill, Jean-Pierre Adams, Peggy March, and David Gemmell.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Peter Turkson ranks 11 out of 162. Before him are Abedi Pele (1964), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), Jerry Rawlings (1947), Michael Essien (1982), and John Atta Mills (1944). After him are Peter Mensah (1959), John Kufuor (1938), William Boyd (1952), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Samuel Kuffour (1976), and Efua Dorkenoo (1949).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ghana

Among religious figures born in Ghana, Peter Turkson ranks 1. After him are Peter Poreku Dery (1918), Richard Baawobr (1959), and Theodosia Okoh (1922).

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