PHILOSOPHER

Vazgen I

1908 - 1994

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Vazgen I also Vazken I of Bucharest (Armenian: Վազգէն Ա Բուխարեստցի), born Levon Garabed Baljian (Լևոն Կարապետ Աբրահամի Պալճյան; September 20, 1908 – August 18, 1994) was the Catholicos of All Armenians between 1955 and 1994, for a total of 39 years, the 4th longest reign in the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church. A native of Romania, he began his career as a philosopher, before becoming a Doctor of Theology and a member of the local Armenian clergy. The leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church hierarchy in Romania, he became Catholicos in 1955, moving to Soviet Armenia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vazgen I has received more than 89,645 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Vazgen I is the 728th most popular philosopher (up from 762nd in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Romania (up from 160th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Romanian Philosopher.

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  • 22

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  • 2.10

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Vazgen I ranks 728 out of 1,267. Before him are Anton Wilhelm Amo, Émile Boutroux, Richard of Saint Victor, Thomas Hill Green, Robert Filmer, and Byung-Chul Han. After him are Alexius Meinong, Hermarchus, Syrianus, Arnold Geulincx, Symon Budny, and Denis de Rougemont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Vazgen I ranks 109. Before him are Bruno Lüdke, Edgar Faure, Van Heflin, Lew Ayres, Sergei Sobolev, and Arturo Frondizi. After him are Harold Holt, Sarit Thanarat, Jean Delannoy, Nicholas Kaldor, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, and Alejandro Scopelli. Among people deceased in 1994, Vazgen I ranks 105. Before him are Roberto Burle Marx, Donald Judd, Jérôme Lejeune, Álvaro del Portillo, Christian-Jaque, and Elissa Aalto. After him are Jean Carmet, Aleksandar Petrović, Kevin Carter, Vitas Gerulaitis, Walter Lantz, and Antoine Pinay.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Vazgen I ranks 142 out of 844. Before him are Bálint Bakfark (1507), Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784), Dora d'Istria (1828), Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Marthe Bibesco (1886), and Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930). After him are Francis I Rákóczi (1645), István Bethlen (1874), Edward Luttwak (1942), János Arany (1817), Traian Vuia (1872), and Stefan Hell (1962).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Romania

Among philosophers born in Romania, Vazgen I ranks 4. Before him are Emil Cioran (1911), Lucien Goldmann (1913), and Georges Politzer (1903). After him are Péter Pázmány (1570), Ferenc Dávid (1510), and Lucian Blaga (1895).

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