Religious Figure

Pope Francis

1936 - 2025

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His biography is available in 175 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 160 in 2024). Pope Francis is the 2nd most popular religious figure (up from 9th in 2024), the most popular biography from Argentina (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Religious Figure.

Pope Francis is most famous for being the first non-European pope in over 1,200 years. He is also famous for his simple lifestyle and his focus on social justice and environmentalism.

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Among Religious Figures

Among religious figures, Pope Francis ranks 2 out of 3,187. Before him are Muhammad. After him are Mary, mother of Jesus, Saint Peter, Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI, Moses, Martin Luther, Pope John Paul II, Paul the Apostle, Saint Joseph, and Abraham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Pope Francis ranks 1. After him are Silvio Berlusconi, Václav Havel, Sepp Blatter, Mario Vargas Llosa, Yves Saint Laurent, Robert Redford, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Barry Barish, Amancio Ortega, Mikhail Tal, and Ismail Kadare. Among people deceased in 2025, Pope Francis ranks 1. After him are Brigitte Bardot, James Watson, David Lynch, José Mujica, Gene Hackman, Claudia Cardinale, Mario Vargas Llosa, Marianne Faithfull, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Boris Spassky, and Robert Redford.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Pope Francis ranks 1 out of NaN. After him are Che Guevara (1928), Jorge Luis Borges (1899), Diego Maradona (1960), Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926), Eva Perón (1919), Juan Perón (1895), Juan Manuel Fangio (1911), Astor Piazzolla (1921), Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), and José de San Martín (1778).

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Among Religious Figures In Argentina

Among religious figures born in Argentina, Pope Francis ranks 1. After him are Leonardo Sandri (1943), Mario Aurelio Poli (1947), Estanislao Esteban Karlic (1926), Juan Carlos Aramburu (1912), Antonio Caggiano (1889), Víctor Manuel Fernández (1962), Luis Héctor Villalba (1934), Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1920), Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1919), Jorge María Mejía (1923), and Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics (null).

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