1550 - 1568
Stanisław Kostka S.J. (28 October 1550 – 15 August 1568) was a Polish novice of the Society of Jesus. He is venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Stanislaus Kostka (as distinct from his namesake, the 11th-century Bishop of Kraków Stanislaus the Martyr). He was born at Rostkowo, Przasnysz County, Poland, on 28 October 1550, and died in Rome during the night of 14–15 August 1568. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanislaus Kostka has received more than 279,965 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Stanislaus Kostka is the 903rd most popular religious figure (down from 832nd in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Poland (down from 229th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Religious Figure.
Stanislaus Kostka was a Polish Jesuit who is most famous for founding the Society of Jesus.
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Among religious figures, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 903 out of 2,238. Before him are Eulalia of Barcelona, Anthony de Mello, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Wasil ibn Ata, Pierre Cauchon, and Antipope John VIII. After him are Rose Kennedy, Cyril Lucaris, Priscillian, Saint Sabina, Blessed Gerard, and Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado.
290 - 303
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 897
1931 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 898
1812 - 1836
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 899
700 - 748
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 900
1371 - 1442
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 901
818 - 874
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 902
1550 - 1568
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 903
1890 - 1995
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 904
1572 - 1638
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 905
340 - 385
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 906
100 - 126
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 907
1047 - 1120
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 908
1643 - 1731
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 909
Among people born in 1550, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 12. Before him are Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Jang-geum, John Davis, and Karin Månsdotter. After him are Jacobus Gallus, Do-Aklin, Giorgio Basta, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, and Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia. Among people deceased in 1568, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 7. Before him are Elisabeth of Valois, Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Jean Parisot de Valette, Albert, Duke of Prussia, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, and Jacques Arcadelt. After him are Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, and Nicolaus Olahus.
1550 - 1588
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 6
1550 - 1614
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 7
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 8
1550 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 9
1550 - 1605
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 10
1550 - 1612
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 11
1550 - 1568
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 12
1550 - 1591
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 13
1550 - 1700
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 14
1550 - 1607
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 15
1550 - 1602
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 16
1550 - 1601
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 17
1550 - 1615
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 18
1545 - 1568
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 1
1545 - 1568
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 2
1494 - 1568
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 3
1490 - 1568
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 4
1522 - 1568
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 5
1507 - 1568
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 6
1550 - 1568
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 7
1498 - 1568
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 8
1498 - 1568
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 9
1524 - 1568
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 10
1489 - 1568
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 11
1515 - 1568
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 12
1493 - 1568
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 13
Among people born in Poland, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 236 out of 1,454. Before him are Władysław II the Exile (1105), Alexander Bogdanov (1873), Gunderic (379), Otto Klemperer (1885), Eberhard von Mackensen (1889), and Georg Forster (1754). After him are Przemysł II (1257), Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865), Władysław I Herman (1043), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), Dieter Wisliceny (1911), and Akiba Rubinstein (1880).
1105 - 1159
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 230
1873 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 231
379 - 428
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 232
1885 - 1973
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 233
1889 - 1969
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 234
1754 - 1794
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 235
1550 - 1568
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 236
1257 - 1296
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 237
1865 - 1946
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 238
1043 - 1102
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 239
1848 - 1931
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 240
1911 - 1948
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 241
1880 - 1961
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 242
Among religious figures born in Poland, Stanislaus Kostka ranks 9. Before him are Faustina Kowalska (1905), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Saint Casimir (1458), Angelus Silesius (1624), Itzhak Stern (1901), and Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030). After him are Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947), Hyacinth of Poland (1185), Lubomyr Husar (1933), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), and Wolf Messing (1899).
1905 - 1938
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 3
1906 - 1945
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 4
1458 - 1484
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 5
1624 - 1677
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 6
1901 - 1969
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 7
1030 - 1079
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 8
1550 - 1568
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 9
1901 - 1981
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 10
1947 - 1984
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 11
1185 - 1257
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 12
1933 - 2017
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 13
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 14
1899 - 1974
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 15