1908 - 1994
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, Vazgen I ranks 762 out of 1,081. Before 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.
1872 - 1933
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 756
1671 - 1742
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 757
1929 - 2003
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 758
1889 - 1977
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 759
1922 - 2009
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 760
400 BC - 276 BC
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 761
1908 - 1994
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 762
1824 - 1907
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 763
1620 - 1688
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 764
1898 - 1983
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 765
1509 - 1560
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 766
1822 - 1893
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 767
10 - 80
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 768
Among people born in 1908, Vazgen I ranks 123. Before 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 118. Before 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.
1908 - 1972
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 117
1908 - 1966
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 118
1908 - 2001
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 119
1908 - 1975
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 120
1908 - 1988
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 121
1908 - 1989
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 122
1908 - 1994
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 123
1908 - 1992
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 124
1908 - 1987
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 125
1908 - 2005
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 126
1908 - 1960
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 127
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 128
1908 - 2007
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 129
1923 - 1994
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 112
1904 - 1994
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 113
1916 - 1994
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 114
1926 - 1994
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 115
1903 - 1994
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 116
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 117
1908 - 1994
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 118
1924 - 1994
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 119
1909 - 1994
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 120
1922 - 1994
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 121
1929 - 1994
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 122
1923 - 1994
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 123
1953 - 1994
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 124
Among people born in Romania, Vazgen I ranks 160 out of 665. Before 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).
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 154
1921 - 2006
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 155
1916 - 2009
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 156
1874 - 1969
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 157
1869 - 1931
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 158
300 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 159
1908 - 1994
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 160
1857 - 1935
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 161
1880 - 1961
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 162
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 163
1857 - 1893
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 164
1742 - 1791
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 165
1886 - 1957
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 166
Among philosophers born in Romania, Vazgen I ranks 5. Before 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).
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 1
1903 - 1942
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 2
1913 - 1970
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 3
1895 - 1961
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 4
1908 - 1994
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 5
1570 - 1637
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 6
1510 - 1579
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 7