RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Charles Lwanga

1860 - 1886

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Charles Lwanga (Luganda: Kaloli Lwanga; 1 January 1860 – 3 June 1886) was a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church who was martyred with a group of his peers and is revered as a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. A member of the Baganda tribe, Lwanga was born in the Kingdom of Buganda, the central and southern part of modern Uganda, and served as chief of the royal pages and later major-domo in the court of King Mwanga II of Buganda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Lwanga has received more than 334,128 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Charles Lwanga is the 1,998th most popular religious figure (down from 1,869th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Uganda and the most popular Ugandan Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Charles Lwanga ranks 1,998 out of 3,187. Before him are Gennadius of Constantinople, Antonio Bacci, Lullus, Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, Raphael Kalinowski, and Serafino Vannutelli. After him are Gregory III of Constantinople, Conrad of Wittelsbach, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, David Koresh, Federico Lombardi, and Jean-Pierre Kutwa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Charles Lwanga ranks 84. Before him are Douglas Hyde, Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Franz Nissl, Florence Harding, Henrietta Szold, and Joan Maragall. After him are John Scott Haldane, Edward MacDowell, Ellen Axson Wilson, Emil von Reznicek, Alberto Franchetti, and Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas. Among people deceased in 1886, Charles Lwanga ranks 31. Before him are Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, Jules Jamin, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Eugène Isabey, Adolf Lüderitz, and Theodor von Oppolzer. After him are Ivan Aksakov, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Winfield Scott Hancock, Paul Bert, Pyotr Tkachev, and Juan Esteban Pedernera.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Charles Lwanga ranks 6 out of 55. Before him are Idi Amin (1923), Yoweri Museveni (1944), Joseph Kony (1961), Milton Obote (1925), and Tito Okello (1914). After him are Mutesa II of Buganda (1924), John Akii-Bua (1949), Yusuf Lule (1912), Godfrey Binaisa (1920), Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929), and Emmanuel Wamala (1926).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Uganda

Among religious figures born in Uganda, Charles Lwanga ranks 1. After him are Emmanuel Wamala (1926), and John Sentamu (1949).

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