RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Thomas Cooray

1901 - 1988

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Thomas Benjamin Cooray (Sinhala language: තෝමස් බෙන්ජමින් කුරේ), O.M.I. (28 December 1901 – 29 October 1988) was a Sri Lankan cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Colombo from 1947 to 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Cooray has received more than 37,918 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Thomas Cooray is the 2,914th most popular religious figure (down from 2,617th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 31st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sri Lankan Religious Figure.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Thomas Cooray ranks 2,914 out of 3,187. Before him are Wenceslao Padilla, Giuseppe Merisi, Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Carlos María de la Torre, Jean Margéot, and Jose Tomas Sanchez. After him are Alvin Sargent, Albert Decourtray, Luigi Ferrando, Isabella Stewart Gardner, John Carroll, and Catherine Booth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Thomas Cooray ranks 315. Before him are Brian Donlevy, Leon Shamroy, Georgy Ushakov, Eusebio Díaz, Clementina de Jesus, and Carlo Biotti. After him are Mary Eaton, Modesto Denis, Muhammad Fareed Didi, Pauline Starke, Francis Chichester, and Francisco Gamborena. Among people deceased in 1988, Thomas Cooray ranks 241. Before him are Henry Johansen, Carlos Manuel Piedra, Freddie Wolff, John M. Allegro, Lois Wilson, and Irene Manton. After him are Nora Astorga, Toni Frissell, Oleg Zhakov, Melvin Frank, José Magriñá, and Bent Peder Rasch.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Thomas Cooray ranks 32 out of 51. Before him are Malcolm Ranjith (1947), Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), Dudley Senanayake (1911), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), and Frederick G. Donnan (1870). After him are Duncan White (1918), Joyce Cooper (1909), John Kotelawala (1897), Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), Bob Tisdall (1907), and Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Sri Lanka

Among religious figures born in Sri Lanka, Thomas Cooray ranks 2. Before him are Malcolm Ranjith (1947).

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