1741 - 1799
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 58,620 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Pigneau de Behaine is the 1,711th most popular religious figure (down from 1,586th in 2019), the 2,927th most popular biography from France (up from 2,938th in 2019) and the 149th most popular French Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 1,711 out of 2,238. Before him are Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Kassapa Buddha, Gregory III of Constantinople, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, and Diogenes of Byzantium. After him are Huldah, Blind man of Bethsaida, Teresa of the Andes, Raël, Horus Sa, and Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli.
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 1,705
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 1,706
1450 - 1459
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 1,707
1919 - 1995
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 1,708
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 1,709
100 - 129
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 1,710
1741 - 1799
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 1,711
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 1,712
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 1,713
1900 - 1920
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 1,714
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 1,715
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 1,716
854 - 946
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 1,717
Among people born in 1741, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 19. Before him are Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Augustin Barruel, and Arthur Young. After him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Ivan Gudovich, José Cadalso, William Withering, Franciszek Karpiński, and Aagje Deken. Among people deceased in 1799, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 22. Before him are Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Jean-François Marmontel, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Patrick Henry. After him are Claude Balbastre, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, William Curtis, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, and Johann Hedwig.
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 13
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 14
1741 - 1816
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 15
1741 - 1783
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 16
1741 - 1820
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 17
1741 - 1820
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 18
1741 - 1799
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 19
1741 - 1801
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 20
1741 - 1820
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 21
1741 - 1782
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 22
1741 - 1799
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 23
1741 - 1825
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 24
1741 - 1804
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 25
1730 - 1799
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 16
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 17
1769 - 1799
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 18
1723 - 1799
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 19
1745 - 1799
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 20
1736 - 1799
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 21
1741 - 1799
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 22
1724 - 1799
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 23
1723 - 1799
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 24
1715 - 1799
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 25
1746 - 1799
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 26
1722 - 1799
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 27
1730 - 1799
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 28
Among people born in France, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 2,927 out of 6,011. Before him are Pierre Benoit (1886), Henri Maspero (1883), Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval (1808), Eustace III, Count of Boulogne (1060), Jean Pierre Flourens (1794), and Léon Gaumont (1864). After him are Jacques Babinet (1794), Michael Baius (1513), Pierre Attaingnant (1494), Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861), Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770), and Louise Farrenc (1804).
1886 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,921
1883 - 1945
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,922
1808 - 1885
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,923
1060 - 1125
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,924
1794 - 1867
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,925
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,926
1741 - 1799
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 2,927
1794 - 1872
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 2,928
1513 - 1589
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 2,929
1494 - 1552
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,930
1861 - 1931
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,931
1770 - 1846
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,932
1804 - 1875
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,933
Among religious figures born in France, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 149. Before him are Saint Faith (290), Itta of Metz (592), Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Peter Bartholomew (1100), Lupus of Troyes (395), and Eucherius of Lyon (380). After him are Raël (1946), Richard Simon (1638), John Francis Regis (1597), Bertha of Kent (550), Peter Chanel (1803), and Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505).
290 - 303
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 143
592 - 652
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 144
1782 - 1861
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 145
1100 - 1099
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 146
395 - 479
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 147
380 - 449
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 148
1741 - 1799
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 149
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 150
1638 - 1712
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 151
1597 - 1640
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 152
550 - 601
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 153
1803 - 1841
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 154
1505 - 1538
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 155