1560 - 1613
Anton Praetorius (1560 – 6 December 1613) was a German Calvinist pastor who spoke out against the persecution of witches (witchhunts, witchcraft trials) and against torture. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anton Praetorius has received more than 36,304 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Praetorius is the 1,556th most popular writer (down from 1,153rd in 2019), the 1,647th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,095th in 2019) and the 105th most popular German Writer.
Anton Praetorius is most famous for his work in the field of optics. He was a German scientist and mathematician who contributed to the understanding of the ways in which light travels.
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Among writers, Anton Praetorius ranks 1,556 out of 5,755. Before him are Madame d'Aulnoy, Symeon the New Theologian, Charles Paul de Kock, Ko Un, Fran Krsto Frankopan, and Sabino Arana. After him are Marcel Aymé, Yaşar Kemal, Lewis Mumford, Nicolas-Edme Rétif, Liu Zongyuan, and Elizabeth Bishop.
1651 - 1705
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 1,550
949 - 1022
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 1,551
1793 - 1871
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 1,552
1933 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 1,553
1643 - 1671
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,554
1865 - 1903
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,555
1560 - 1613
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,556
1902 - 1967
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,557
1923 - 2015
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,558
1895 - 1990
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,559
1734 - 1806
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,560
773 - 819
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,561
1911 - 1979
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,562
Among people born in 1560, Anton Praetorius ranks 10. Before him are Jacobus Arminius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Gaspard Bauhin, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, and Thomas Cavendish. After him are Juan Sánchez Cotán, Domenico Tintoretto, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Marco Antonio de Dominis, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and Lodovico Grossi da Viadana. Among people deceased in 1613, Anton Praetorius ranks 3. Before him are Carlo Gesualdo and Sigismund Báthory. After him are Mateo Alemán, Gabriel Báthory, Ivan Susanin, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Johann Bauhin, Cigoli, Giovanni Artusi, Hypatius Pociej, and Mathurin Régnier.
1560 - 1609
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 4
1560 - 1621
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 5
1560 - 1624
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 6
1560 - 1591
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 7
1560 - 1641
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 8
1560 - 1592
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 9
1560 - 1613
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 10
1560 - 1627
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 11
1560 - 1635
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 12
1560 - 1600
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 13
1560 - 1624
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 14
1560 - 1620
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 15
1560 - 1627
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 16
1566 - 1613
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 1
1572 - 1613
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 2
1560 - 1613
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 3
1547 - 1613
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 4
1589 - 1613
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 5
1501 - 1613
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 6
1564 - 1613
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 7
1541 - 1613
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 8
1559 - 1613
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 9
1540 - 1613
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 10
1541 - 1613
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 11
1573 - 1613
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Anton Praetorius ranks 1,647 out of 6,142. Before him are Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland (1733), Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich (1858), Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667), Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), and Christiane F. (1962). After him are William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Hartmut Michel (1948), Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723), Walter Simons (1861), Udo Dirkschneider (1952), and August Kundt (1839).
1733 - 1796
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 1,641
1858 - 1940
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,642
1667 - 1721
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 1,643
1811 - 1854
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 1,644
1671 - 1721
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 1,645
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,646
1560 - 1613
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,647
1487 - 1559
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,648
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,649
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,650
1861 - 1937
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,651
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,652
1839 - 1894
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,653
Among writers born in Germany, Anton Praetorius ranks 105. Before him are Christian Morgenstern (1871), Salvian (405), Wilhelm Weitling (1808), Gottfried August Bürger (1747), Gustav Landauer (1870), and Eduard Mörike (1804). After him are Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), Marianne Weber (1870), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), and Jordan of Saxony (1190).
1871 - 1914
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 99
405 - 451
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 100
1808 - 1871
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 101
1747 - 1794
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 102
1870 - 1919
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 103
1804 - 1875
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 104
1560 - 1613
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 105
1869 - 1945
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 106
1870 - 1954
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 107
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 108
1752 - 1796
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 109
1921 - 1947
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 110
1190 - 1237
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 111