500 - 570
Gildas (English pronunciation: , Breton: Gweltaz; c. 450/500 – c. 570) — also known as Gildas Badonicus, Gildas fab Caw (in Middle Welsh texts and antiquarian works) and Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise) — was a 6th-century British monk best known for his scathing religious polemic De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which recounts the history of the Britons before and during the coming of the Saxons. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during the sub-Roman period, and was renowned for his Biblical knowledge and literary style. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gildas has received more than 529,936 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Gildas is the 1,201st most popular religious figure (down from 1,176th in 2019), the 1,332nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,417th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Gildas ranks 1,201 out of 2,238. Before him are Angelus of Jerusalem, Peter the Venerable, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Shaohao, José Sánchez del Río, and Lucifer of Cagliari. After him are Jubal, George Hamartolos, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Jair, Isaac of Armenia, and Eisai.
1185 - 1225
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,195
1092 - 1156
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,196
1837 - 1881
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,197
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,198
1913 - 1928
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 1,199
201 - 371
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,200
500 - 570
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,201
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,202
900 - 867
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,203
1134 - 1194
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,204
1000 BC - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,205
338 - 439
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,206
1141 - 1215
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 1,207
Among people born in 500, Gildas ranks 25. Before him are Ernak, Hormizd III, Godomar II, Rechiar, Theudigisel, and Euphemia. After him are Gerasimus of the Jordan, Hesychius of Alexandria, Wacho, Sigobert the Lame, Rhadamistus, and Ælle of Sussex. Among people deceased in 570, Gildas ranks 3. Before him are Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and John Philoponus. After him are Olympiodorus the Younger, Aregund, and Waldrada.
500 - 469
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 19
500 - 459
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 20
500 - 534
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 21
500 - 456
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 22
500 - 549
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 23
500 - 523
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 24
500 - 570
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 25
500 - 475
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 26
500 - 500
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 27
500 - 540
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 28
500 - 509
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 29
500 - 58
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 30
500 - 514
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 31
548 - 570
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 1
490 - 570
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 2
500 - 570
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 3
495 - 570
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 4
515 - 570
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 5
530 - 570
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 6
Among people born in United Kingdom, Gildas ranks 1,332 out of 7,765. Before him are Mary Quant (1930), Julian Glover (1935), Seamus Heaney (1939), Walafrid Strabo (808), Peter Burke (1937), and Fletcher Christian (1764). After him are John Boorman (1933), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Rhys Ifans (1967), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), Dominic Purcell (1970), and Evelyn De Morgan (1855).
1930 - 2023
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 1,326
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 1,327
1939 - 2013
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 1,328
808 - 849
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 1,329
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,330
1764 - 1793
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,331
500 - 570
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,332
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,333
1774 - 1850
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,334
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 1,335
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,336
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,337
1855 - 1919
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,338
Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Gildas ranks 34. Before him are George Fox (1624), Annie Chapman (1841), Elizabeth Blount (1500), Hudson Taylor (1832), Catherine Eddowes (1842), and Keith O'Brien (1938). After him are Simon Stock (1164), John Ball (1338), Reginald Lee (1870), Oswald of Northumbria (604), John Smyth (1570), and Rafael Merry del Val (1865).
1624 - 1691
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 28
1841 - 1888
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 29
1500 - 1539
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 30
1832 - 1905
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 31
1842 - 1888
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 32
1938 - 2018
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 33
500 - 570
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 34
1164 - 1265
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 35
1338 - 1381
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 36
1870 - 1913
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 37
604 - 642
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 38
1570 - 1612
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 39
1865 - 1930
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 40