Religious Figure

Pope Adrian VI

16th-century Catholic pope

1459 - 1523

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His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2024). Pope Adrian VI is the 68th most popular religious figure (up from 178th in 2024), the 9th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Religious Figure.

Pope Adrian VI was most famous for being the last pope to be born in the Netherlands. He was also the first pope to be born outside of Italy.

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#9 / 2,139

Pope Adrian VI ranks #9 among 2,139 people in Pantheon born in Netherlands, inside the top 1% of that group.

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Pope Adrian VI climbed 937 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #1,486 to #549.

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Pope Adrian VI's biography appears in 76 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 95% of all Religious Figures.

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Among Religious Figures

Among religious figures, Pope Adrian VI ranks 68 out of 3,189. Before him are Saint Stephen, Elizabeth, Samson, Saint Lucy, Pope Pius VIII, and Muhammad al-Bukhari. After him are Ignatius of Loyola, Anthony the Great, Pope Urban VIII, Mary Magdalene, Husayn ibn Ali, and Pope Pius VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1459, Pope Adrian VI ranks 1. After him are Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Muhammad XII of Granada, Martin Behaim, Sultan Cem, Jakob Fugger, Lorenzo di Credi, John I Albert, Charles, Count of Angoulême, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Cima da Conegliano, and Conrad Celtes. Among people deceased in 1523, Pope Adrian VI ranks 1. After him are Pietro Perugino, Luca Signorelli, Ulrich von Hutten, Gerard David, Mehmed I Giray, Antonio Grimani, Franz von Sickingen, Prospero Colonna, Bartolomeo Montagna, Bernardino López de Carvajal, and Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pope Adrian VI ranks 9 out of 2,139. Before him are Rembrandt (1606), Erasmus (1466), William III of England (1650), Johannes Vermeer (1632), Piet Mondrian (1872), and Johan Cruyff (1947). After him are Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Mata Hari (1876), Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Christiaan Huygens (1629), and Hendrik Lorentz (1853).

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Among Religious Figures In Netherlands

Among religious figures born in Netherlands, Pope Adrian VI ranks 1. After him are Menno Simons (1496), Norbert of Xanten (1080), John of Leiden (1509), Lambert of Maastricht (635), Lidwina (1380), Geert Groote (1340), Wim Hof (1959), Ludger (742), Johannes Willebrands (1909), Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857), and Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931).

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