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Uta Ranke-Heinemann

1927 - 2021

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Uta Ranke-Heinemann (2 October 1927 – 25 March 2021) was a German theologian, academic, and author. In 1969, she was the first woman in the world to be habilitated in Catholic theology. She held a chair of ancient Church history and the New Testament at the University of Duisburg-Essen. When her license to teach was revoked by the bishop because of her critical position in matters of faith, the university created a nondenominational chair of History of Religion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Uta Ranke-Heinemann is the 2,789th most popular religious figure (down from 2,679th in 2019), the 4,702nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,710th in 2019) and the 119th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Uta Ranke-Heinemann ranks 2,789 out of 3,187. Before her are Gregorio María Aguirre y García, Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, Anthony Peter Khoraish, Paul Peter Meouchi, Raúl Silva Henríquez, and Chad of Mercia. After her are Oliver of Paderborn, Hilda of Whitby, Mullah Krekar, Georg Sterzinsky, Tadevuš Kandrusievič, and Jānis Endzelīns.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Uta Ranke-Heinemann ranks 335. Before her are Elliot See, Maurice Lafont, Roberto Suazo Córdova, Joachim Fuchsberger, Fathima Beevi, and Brock Peters. After her are Maati Bouabid, Oskar Pastior, Zdravko Rajkov, Michael Constantine, Kenojuak Ashevak, and Marie Kovářová. Among people deceased in 2021, Uta Ranke-Heinemann ranks 423. Before her are Issake Dabore, Tamara Rylova, Indira Nath, Barry Harris, Dietmar Lorenz, and Margitta Gummel. After her are Revaz Gabriadze, Orlando Martínez, Antoninho, Darlene Hard, Vladimir Korenev, and Giovanni Zucchi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Uta Ranke-Heinemann ranks 4,705 out of 7,253. Before her are Walter Sedlmayr (1926), Willi Fuggerer (1941), Ludwig Abeille (1761), Adolf Brand (1874), Margitta Gummel (1941), and Jacob Volhard (1834). After her are Georg Gehring (1903), Paula Mollenhauer (1908), Andreas Kunz (1946), Oliver of Paderborn (1170), Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel (1768), and Saul Rubinek (1948).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Uta Ranke-Heinemann ranks 119. Before her are Nicolaus von Amsdorf (1483), Marianne Cope (1838), Maria Katharina Kasper (1820), Franziskus von Bettinger (1850), Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter (1787), and Vladimir Lossky (1903). After her are Oliver of Paderborn (1170), Hermann Volk (1903), Melchior von Diepenbrock (1798), Gerhard von Rad (1901), Brother Alois (1954), and Johannes Weiss (1863).

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