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Pope John Paul II

1920 - 2005

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Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century, as well as the third-longest-serving pope in history, after Pius IX and St. Peter. In his youth, Wojtyła dabbled in stage acting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope John Paul II is the 9th most popular religious figure (up from 17th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Religious Figure.

Pope John Paul II was the pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and is the second-longest serving pope in history. Pope John Paul II is most famous for his leadership of the Catholic Church during the collapse of communism and for his role in the downfall of the Soviet Union.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope John Paul II ranks 9 out of 3,187. Before him are Mary, mother of Jesus, Saint Peter, Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI, Moses, and Martin Luther. After him are Paul the Apostle, Saint Joseph, Abraham, Pope John Paul I, Pope Leo XIV, and Solomon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Pope John Paul II ranks 1. After him are Federico Fellini, Isaac Asimov, Yul Brynner, Charles Bukowski, Rosalind Franklin, Toshiro Mifune, Farouk of Egypt, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Ray Bradbury, George Shultz, and Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. Among people deceased in 2005, Pope John Paul II ranks 1. After him are Edward Heath, Rosa Parks, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Claude Simon, Arthur Miller, George Best, Paul Ricœur, Peter Drucker, and Simon Wiesenthal.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Pope John Paul II ranks 3 out of 1,694. Before him are Marie Curie (1867), and Nicolaus Copernicus (1473). After him are Frédéric Chopin (1810), Arthur Schopenhauer (1788), Catherine the Great (1729), Rosa Luxemburg (1871), Albert A. Michelson (1852), Lech Wałęsa (1943), Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906), L. L. Zamenhof (1859), and Paul von Hindenburg (1847).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Pope John Paul II ranks 1. After him are Faustina Kowalska (1905), Maximilian Kolbe (1894), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Saint Casimir (1458), Angelus Silesius (1624), Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Stanislaus Kostka (1550), Itzhak Stern (1901), and Stanisław Ryłko (1945).

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