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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 81,928 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Vazgen I is the 762nd most popular philosopher (up from 780th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Romania (down from 159th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Romanian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Vazgen I ranks 762 out of 1,081Before him are Theodor Lessing, Luigi Guido Grandi, Bernard Williams, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Stephen Toulmin, and Crantor. After him are Kuno Fischer, François Bernier, Eric Hoffer, Melchor Cano, Jacob Moleschott, and Lucius Annaeus Cornutus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Vazgen I ranks 123Before him are Ivan Yefremov, Robert Rossen, Michel Marcel Navratil, Sam Giancana, Edgar Faure, and Mel Blanc. After him are Paul Henreid, Alejandro Scopelli, John Mills, Richard Wright, Jack Williamson, and Bo Yibo. Among people deceased in 1994, Vazgen I ranks 118Before him are Mario Brega, Christian-Jaque, Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Claude Akins, Russell Bufalino, and Rossano Brazzi. After him are Motoo Kimura, Dean Rusk, Elissa Aalto, Aleksandar Petrović, Lindsay Anderson, and Massimo Troisi.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Vazgen I ranks 160 out of 665Before him are Marthe Bibesco (1886), Angelica Rozeanu (1921), Manea Mănescu (1916), Constantin Ion Parhon (1874), Nicolae Paulescu (1869), and Ulpia Severina (300). After him are Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Dan Petrescu (1967), Julius Popper (1857), Ignaz von Born (1742), and Gheorghe Tătărescu (1886).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Romania

Among philosophers born in Romania, Vazgen I ranks 5Before him are Emil Cioran (1911), Georges Politzer (1903), Lucien Goldmann (1913), and Lucian Blaga (1895). After him are Péter Pázmány (1570) and Ferenc Dávid (1510).