1887 - 1951
Simon Kimbangu (September 12, 1887 – October 12, 1951) was a Congolese religious leader who founded the Christian new religious movement Kimbanguism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Kimbangu has received more than 200,758 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Simon Kimbangu is the 1,367th most popular religious figure (up from 1,452nd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Simon Kimbangu ranks 1,367 out of 2,238. Before him are Darío Castrillón Hoyos, John Smyth, Violet Brown, Ieronymos II of Athens, Junia, and Andrew Dũng-Lạc. After him are Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, Andrew Bobola, Anna Schäffer, Mamertus, Parshvanatha, and An Shigao.
1929 - 2018
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,361
1570 - 1612
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,362
1900 - 2017
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,363
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,364
50 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 1,365
1795 - 1839
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 1,366
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,367
1670 - 1735
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,368
1591 - 1657
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 1,369
1882 - 1925
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,370
401 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,371
872 BC - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 1,372
101 - 168
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 1,373
Among people born in 1887, Simon Kimbangu ranks 88. Before him are Wilhelm Kube, François Faber, Roscoe Arbuckle, Mario Roatta, Korechika Anami, and Antanas Merkys. After him are Louis Jouvet, Georg Heym, Friedrich Zander, Josef Lada, Samuil Marshak, and Hitoshi Ashida. Among people deceased in 1951, Simon Kimbangu ranks 59. Before him are Lincoln Ellsworth, Du Yuesheng, Mikhail Borodin, Adam Stefan Sapieha, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, and Wols. After him are Louis Jouvet, Ali Sami Yen, Tadeusz Borowski, Géza Maróczy, Robert Grant Aitken, and Liaquat Ali Khan.
1887 - 1943
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 82
1887 - 1915
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 83
1887 - 1933
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 84
1887 - 1968
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 85
1887 - 1945
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 86
1887 - 1955
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 87
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 88
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 89
1887 - 1912
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 90
1887 - 1933
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 91
1887 - 1957
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 92
1887 - 1964
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 93
1887 - 1959
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 94
1880 - 1951
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 53
1888 - 1951
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 54
1884 - 1951
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 55
1867 - 1951
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 56
1880 - 1951
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 57
1913 - 1951
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 58
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 59
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 60
1886 - 1951
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 61
1922 - 1951
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 62
1870 - 1951
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 63
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 64
1895 - 1951
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 65
Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Simon Kimbangu ranks 7 out of 84. Before him are Patrice Lumumba (1925), Mobutu Sese Seko (1930), Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939), Moïse Tshombe (1919), Denis Mukwege (1955), and Félix Tshisekedi (1963). After him are Antoine Gizenga (1925), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Ota Benga (1883), Claude Makélélé (1973), Joseph Kabila (1971), and Papa Wemba (1949).
1925 - 1961
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 1
1930 - 1997
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 2
1939 - 2001
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 3
1919 - 1969
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 4
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 5
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 6
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 7
1925 - 2019
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 8
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 9
1883 - 1916
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 10
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 11
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 12
1949 - 2016
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 13
Among religious figures born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Simon Kimbangu ranks 1. After him are Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (1939) and Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960).
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1
1939 - 2021
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 2
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 3