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Pope Leo XIV

1955 - Today

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Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States and North America, the first to hold American and Peruvian citizenships, the first born after World War II, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas after his predecessor Pope Francis. Prevost was born in Chicago and raised in the nearby suburb of Dolton, Illinois. He became a friar of the Order of Saint Augustine in 1977 and was ordained as a priest in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Leo XIV is the 14th most popular religious figure (up from 3,090th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from United States (up from 20,270th in 2019) and the most popular American Religious Figure.

Pope Leo XIV is famous for being the first American pope.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Leo XIV ranks 14 out of 3,187. Before him are Martin Luther, Pope John Paul II, Paul the Apostle, Saint Joseph, Abraham, and Pope John Paul I. After him are Solomon, Ali, Andrew the Apostle, Abu Bakr, John the Baptist, and Tutankhamun.

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Among people born in 1955, Pope Leo XIV ranks 1. After him are Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Bruce Willis, Nicolas Sarkozy, Alain Prost, Friedrich Merz, Michel Platini, Kevin Costner, Rowan Atkinson, Pietro Parolin, and Bill Paxton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pope Leo XIV ranks 10 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Luther King Jr. (1929), Thomas Edison (1847), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), Muhammad Ali (1942), Andrew Jackson (1767), and Edgar Allan Poe (1809). After him are William McKinley (1843), Al Pacino (1940), Sylvester Stallone (1946), Clint Eastwood (1930), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), and Martin Van Buren (1782).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Pope Leo XIV ranks 1. After him are Joseph Smith (1805), Brigham Young (1801), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Maria Branyas (1907), Billy Graham (1918), Henry Molaison (1926), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), John Mott (1865), Timothy M. Dolan (1950), and Raymond Leo Burke (1948).

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