1936 - 2019
William Joseph Levada (June 15, 1936 – September 26, 2019) was an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. From May 2005 until June 2012, he served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under Pope Benedict XVI; he was the highest ranking American in the Roman Curia. He was previously the Archbishop of Portland in Oregon from 1986 to 1995, and then Archbishop of San Francisco from 1995 to 2005. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Levada has received more than 122,977 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). William Levada is the 1,293rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,274th in 2019), the 2,690th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,610th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, William Levada ranks 1,293 out of 2,272. Before him are Jacques de Vitry, Lanfranc, Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama, Bartholomeus Anglicus, Alexandre do Nascimento, and Yijing. After him are Nathan Homer Knorr, Jānis Pujats, Agostino Vallini, Daniele Comboni, Justo Gallego Martínez, and Ad-Darazi.
1170 - 1240
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 1,287
1005 - 1089
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 1,288
1110 - 1193
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 1,289
1203 - 1272
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 1,290
1925 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1,291
635 - 713
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1,292
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1,293
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1,294
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 1,295
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 1,296
1831 - 1881
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 1,297
1925 - Present
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 1,298
1000 - 1018
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 1,299
Among people born in 1936, William Levada ranks 151. Before him are Klaus Kinkel, Philippe Sollers, Walter Koenig, Siw Malmkvist, Amr Moussa, and André Kolingba. After him are Lee "Scratch" Perry, Arend Lijphart, Hugh Hudson, Masashi Watanabe, Philip Kaufman, and Walter Lewin. Among people deceased in 2019, William Levada ranks 129. Before him are Billy Drago, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Dick Dale, Syd Mead, Georgiy Daneliya, and Yukiya Amano. After him are Anatoly Lukyanov, Jessye Norman, Judith Kerr, Charles Jencks, Sue Lyon, and Lê Đức Anh.
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 145
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 146
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 147
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 148
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 149
1936 - 2010
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 150
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 151
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 152
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 153
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 154
1936 - 1995
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 155
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 156
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 157
1945 - 2019
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 123
1929 - 2019
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 124
1937 - 2019
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 125
1933 - 2019
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 126
1930 - 2019
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 127
1947 - 2019
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 128
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 129
1930 - 2019
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 130
1945 - 2019
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 131
1923 - 2019
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 132
1939 - 2019
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 133
1946 - 2019
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 134
1920 - 2019
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 135
Among people born in United States, William Levada ranks 2,690 out of 15,968. Before him are Wallace Shawn (1943), Steve Perry (1949), Eddie Adams (1933), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Marcia Gay Harden (1959), and Xander Berkeley (1955). After him are Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), Cissy Houston (1933), Dinah Washington (1924), Edward Herrmann (1943), Linda Kozlowski (1958), and Terry Crews (1968).
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,684
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,685
1933 - 2004
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,686
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,687
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,688
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,689
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,690
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,691
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,692
1924 - 1963
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,693
1943 - 2014
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,694
1958 - Present
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,695
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,696
Among religious figures born in United States, William Levada ranks 18. Before him are Marie Laveau (1801), Henry Molaison (1926), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), Angelo Dundee (1921), William M. Branham (1909), and David Wilkerson (1931). After him are Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), Frederick William Franz (1893), Ellen Church (1904), Raymond Leo Burke (1948), Samuel Wilson (1766), and Charles Fox Parham (1873).
1801 - 1881
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 12
1926 - 2008
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 13
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 14
1921 - 2012
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 15
1909 - 1965
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 16
1931 - 2011
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 17
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 18
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 19
1893 - 1992
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 20
1904 - 1965
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 21
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 22
1766 - 1854
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 23
1873 - 1929
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 24