RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rowan Williams

1950 - Today

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Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (born 14 June 1950) is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet, who served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012. Previously the Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales, Williams was the first Archbishop of Canterbury in modern times not to be appointed from within the Church of England. Williams's primacy was marked by speculation that the Anglican Communion (in which the Archbishop of Canterbury is the leading figure) was on the verge of fragmentation over disagreements on contemporary issues such as homosexuality and the ordination of women. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rowan Williams has received more than 1,666,729 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Rowan Williams is the 2,650th most popular religious figure (down from 2,377th in 2019), the 3,626th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,567th in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rowan Williams ranks 2,650 out of 3,187. Before him are Kazimierz Nycz, Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Constantine V of Constantinople, Thirteen Assyrian Fathers, Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, and Zecharias Frankel. After him are William de Longchamp, Oswald Gracias, Pope Eumenes of Alexandria, Bernard Fellay, Vincentas Sladkevičius, and Alberto Suárez Inda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Rowan Williams ranks 387. Before him are René Fasel, Nikica Valentić, Carlos Aguiar Retes, Kazimierz Nycz, Shota Chochishvili, and Keiko Takemiya. After him are Slava Polunin, Arthur Roche, Ferenc Mészáros, Samantha Fox, Javier Mariscal, and Gary Locke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rowan Williams ranks 3,626 out of 8,785. Before him are Kirsty MacColl (1959), Hugh Dancy (1975), Virginia Wade (1945), Thomas Dekker (1572), Emily Ratajkowski (1991), and Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932). After him are Kelly Macdonald (1976), Dudley Pound (1877), W. D. Ross (1877), Frank Hadow (1855), Richard Hughes (1900), and Ron Geesin (1943).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Rowan Williams ranks 86. Before him are Carlo Acutis (1991), Æthelthryth (636), Samson of Dol (490), Hilda of Whitby (614), Aldhelm (639), and Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932). After him are Arthur Roche (1950), Swithun (800), Patrick Abercrombie (1879), Richard of Chichester (1197), Matthew Parker (1504), and Ninian (360).

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