RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Paul Egede

1708 - 1789

Paul Egede

Paul or Poul Hansen Egede (9 September 1708 – 6 June 1789) was a Dano-Norwegian theologian, missionary, and scholar who was principally concerned with the Lutheran mission among the Kalaallit people in Greenland that had been established by his father, Hans, in 1721. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Egede is the 2,577th most popular religious figure (up from 2,754th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Norway (up from 358th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paul Egede ranks 2,577 out of 3,187. Before him are Gamzat-bek, Pietro Palazzini, Alfred Des Cloizeaux, Jon Sobrino, Shuka, and Yisrael Meir Kagan. After him are John Onaiyekan, Severino Poletto, Gennadius of Constantinople, Sigmundur Brestisson, Soane Patita Paini Mafi, and Sedecion of Byzantium.

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HPI: 57.55
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HPI: 57.55
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HPI: 57.54
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HPI: 57.53
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HPI: 57.52
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Paul Egede
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HPI: 57.52
Rank: 2,577
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HPI: 57.51
Rank: 2,578
Severino Poletto
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HPI: 57.51
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HPI: 57.50
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HPI: 57.50
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HPI: 57.49
Rank: 2,582
Sedecion of Byzantium
100 - 114
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 2,583

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1708, Paul Egede ranks 14. Before him are Safdar Jang, Antiochus Kantemir, Egidio Duni, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Olof von Dalin, and Johann Adolf Scheibe. After him is Friedrich von Hagedorn. Among people deceased in 1789, Paul Egede ranks 20. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, Paolo Renier, Jafar Khan, John Cleland, Anders Dahl, and Jakob II Bernoulli. After him are Sayed Morad Khan, Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, and Jack Broughton.

Others Born in 1708

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Safdar Jang
POLITICIAN
1708 - 1754
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 8
Antiochus Kantemir
WRITER
1708 - 1744
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 9
Egidio Duni
COMPOSER
1708 - 1775
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 10
Georg Dionysius Ehret
BIOLOGIST
1708 - 1770
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 11
Olof von Dalin
WRITER
1708 - 1763
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 12
Johann Adolf Scheibe
COMPOSER
1708 - 1776
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 13
Paul Egede
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1708 - 1789
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 14
Friedrich von Hagedorn
WRITER
1708 - 1754
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 15

Others Deceased in 1789

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Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1715 - 1789
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 14
Paolo Renier
POLITICIAN
1710 - 1789
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 15
Jafar Khan
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1789
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 16
John Cleland
WRITER
1709 - 1789
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 17
Anders Dahl
BIOLOGIST
1751 - 1789
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 18
Jakob II Bernoulli
PHYSICIST
1759 - 1789
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 19
Paul Egede
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1708 - 1789
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 20
Sayed Morad Khan
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1789
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 21
Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
NOBLEMAN
1730 - 1789
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 22
Jack Broughton
ATHLETE
1703 - 1789
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 23