RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Heinrich Bullinger

1504 - 1575

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Heinrich Bullinger (18 July 1504 – 17 September 1575) was a Swiss Reformer and theologian, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Church of Zürich and a pastor at the Grossmünster. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Bullinger has received more than 272,615 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Heinrich Bullinger is the 994th most popular religious figure (down from 928th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 118th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

Heinrich Bullinger was a Swiss reformer, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Zurich church and co-author with John Calvin of the Second Helvetic Confession.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Heinrich Bullinger ranks 994 out of 3,187Before him are Humbert of Silva Candida, Abdullah ibn Ja'far, 11th Dalai Lama, Mary Ann Nichols, Raymond Nonnatus, and Fulgentius of Ruspe. After him are Adhemar of Le Puy, Servatius of Tongeren, Ibn Sa'd, Sufyan al-Thawri, Henry, and Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1504, Heinrich Bullinger ranks 6Before him are Pope Pius V, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, Francesco Primaticcio, Sin Saimdang, and Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy. After him are George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, Guru Angad, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Scipione Rebiba, Louis of Granada, and Charles Estienne. Among people deceased in 1575, Heinrich Bullinger ranks 5Before him are Pieter Aertsen, Joseph Karo, Jan Matsys, and Matthias Flacius. After him are Claude of France, Antonis Mor, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Francesco Maurolico, Federico Commandino, and Annibale Padovano.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Heinrich Bullinger ranks 131 out of 1,015Before him are Matthäus Merian (1593), Margareta of Romania (1949), Judith of Habsburg (1271), Alfonsina Storni (1892), Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445), and Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779). After him are Mario Adorf (1930), Emil Abderhalden (1877), Frank Martin (1890), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), Marthe Keller (1945), and Rodolphe Töpffer (1799).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Heinrich Bullinger ranks 7Before him are Huldrych Zwingli (1484), Hans Küng (1928), Brother Roger (1915), Anna Göldi (1734), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), and Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445). After him are Jacob Sprenger (1435), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), Wiborada (900), and Emil Brunner (1889).