Pope John Paul II was the 264th Roman Catholic Pope. He was the first Polish Pope in history, and the first non-Italian Pope in over 400 years.

Full or original name at birth: Karol Jozef Wojtyla

Date, time and place of birth: May 18, 1920, at 5:30 p.m., at 7 Koscielna (Church) Street, Wadowice, Poland *

Date, time, place and cause of death: April 2, 2005, at 9:37 p.m., Vatican Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, Rome, Italy (Heart failure/Septic shock)

* An early biography gave the incorrect date of birth of "May 17" for the Pope, but thankfully the error hasn’t been repeated by many sources.