RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pierre Pigneau de Behaine

1741 - 1799

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Pierre Joseph Georges Pigneau (2 November 1741 – 9 October 1799), commonly known as Pigneau de Béhaine (French: [piɲo də be.ɛn]), also Pierre Pigneaux, Bá Đa Lộc ("Pedro" 百多祿), Bách Đa Lộc (伯多祿) and Bi Nhu ("Pigneau" 悲柔), was a French Roman Catholic bishop best known for his role in assisting Nguyễn Ánh (later Emperor Gia Long) to establish the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam after the Tây Sơn rebellion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Pigneau de Behaine has received more than 63,372 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Pierre Pigneau de Behaine is the 1,750th most popular religious figure (down from 1,697th in 2019), the 2,927th most popular biography from France (down from 2,918th in 2019) and the 148th most popular French Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 63k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 1,750 out of 3,187. Before him are Zdislava Berka, Rahotep, Francis Hong Yong-ho, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Bertha of Kent, and Phoebe. After him are Marcello Semeraro, Hilarion Capucci, Melchior Grodziecki, Piero Marini, Aristarchus of Thessalonica, and Ishaq ibn Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 20. Before him are Nicolas Chamfort, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Augustin Barruel, Aagje Deken, and Arthur Young. After him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Ivan Gudovich, José Cadalso, Franciszek Karpiński, William Withering, and Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain. Among people deceased in 1799, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 23. Before him are Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Jean-François Marmontel, Johann Hedwig, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, and Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz. After him are Claude Balbastre, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Patrick Henry, Giuseppe Parini, and Pierre Charles Le Monnier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 2,927 out of 6,770. Before him are Rainulf Drengot (1000), Philip I of Namur (1174), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Jacques Brugnon (1895), Bertha of Kent (550), and Jean-François de La Harpe (1739). After him are Olivier Assayas (1955), Daniel Gélin (1921), Denise Perrier (1935), Nicolas Froment (1430), Violette Leduc (1907), and Hildebert (1056).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 148. Before him are Marie of the Incarnation (1566), Alberic of Cîteaux (1001), Colette of Corbie (1381), Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698), Peter Fourier (1565), and Bertha of Kent (550). After him are Albert Vanhoye (1923), André Vingt-Trois (1942), Audomar (600), Émilie de Villeneuve (1811), Lupus of Troyes (395), and Jacques Hamel (1930).

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