1494 - 1561
Hans Tausen (Tavsen) (1494 – 11 November 1561) nicknamed the “Danish Luther” was the leading Lutheran theologian of the Danish Reformation in Denmark. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Tausen has received more than 63,716 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hans Tausen is the 1,668th most popular religious figure (down from 1,425th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Hans Tausen ranks 1,668 out of 2,238. Before him are Saint Publius, Saint Pothinus, Gilberto Agustoni, Johannes Willebrands, Abbé Faria, and Walter Brandmüller. After him are Fouad Twal, Moriteru Ueshiba, Franciszek Macharski, Melchior Grodziecki, Kevin of Glendalough, and Athanasius I of Constantinople.
100 - 112
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 1,662
87 - 177
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 1,663
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 1,664
1909 - 2006
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 1,665
1756 - 1819
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 1,666
1929 - Present
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 1,667
1494 - 1561
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 1,668
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 1,669
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 1,670
1927 - 2016
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 1,671
1584 - 1619
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 1,672
498 - 618
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 1,673
1230 - 1310
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 1,674
Among people born in 1494, Hans Tausen ranks 22. Before him are Antoinette de Bourbon, Oronce Finé, Johannes Agricola, Ambrosius Holbein, Domingo de Soto, and Christina Gyllenstierna. After him are Pierre Attaingnant, Francesco Maurolico, Qiu Ying, and David Beaton. Among people deceased in 1561, Hans Tausen ranks 17. Before him are Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Yamamoto Kansuke, Jan Tarnowski, Luis de Milán, Alonso Berruguete, and Mother Shipton. After him are Caspar Schwenckfeld, Simon Bening, and Jorge de Montemor.
1494 - 1583
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 16
1494 - 1555
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 17
1494 - 1566
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 18
1494 - 1519
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 19
1494 - 1560
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 20
1494 - 1559
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 21
1494 - 1561
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 22
1494 - 1552
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 23
1494 - 1575
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 24
1494 - 1552
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 25
1494 - 1546
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 26
1483 - 1561
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 11
1493 - 1561
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 12
1488 - 1561
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 13
1500 - 1561
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 14
1488 - 1561
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 15
1488 - 1561
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 16
1494 - 1561
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 17
1490 - 1561
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 18
1483 - 1561
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 19
1520 - 1561
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 20
Among people born in Denmark, Hans Tausen ranks 265 out of 893. Before him are Wilhelm Marstrand (1810), Erik Axelsson Tott (1419), Jørgen Ingmann (1925), Svein Knutsson (1016), Ernst Reuter (1889), and Christian Eriksen (1992). After him are Jon Dahl Tomasson (1976), Richeza of Denmark (1174), Ulrich Thomsen (1963), Harald Nielsen (1941), Louise Rasmussen (1815), and Peter C. Gøtzsche (1949).
1810 - 1873
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 259
1419 - 1481
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 260
1925 - 2015
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 261
1016 - 1035
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 262
1889 - 1953
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 263
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 264
1494 - 1561
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 265
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 266
1174 - 1220
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 267
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 268
1941 - 2015
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 269
1815 - 1874
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 270
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 271
Among religious figures born in Denmark, Hans Tausen ranks 4. Before him are Tollund Man (-400), Charles I, Count of Flanders (1083), and Christian Mortensen (1882). After him are Sigmundur Brestisson (961), Ingrid Vang Nyman (1916), Thomas Kingo (1634), and Oswald of Worcester (1000).
400 BC - Present
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 1
1083 - 1127
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 2
1882 - 1998
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 3
1494 - 1561
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 4
961 - 1005
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 5
1916 - 1959
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 6
1634 - 1703
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 7
1000 - 992
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 8