RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Huldrych Zwingli

1484 - 1531

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Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a Swiss Christian theologian, musician, and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly center of Renaissance humanism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Huldrych Zwingli has received more than 1,717,820 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Huldrych Zwingli is the 109th most popular religious figure (up from 150th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

Huldrych Zwingli was a Swiss pastor, theologian, and politician. He was most famous for his role in the Swiss Reformation and his debates with Martin Luther.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Huldrych Zwingli ranks 109 out of 3,187. Before him are Catherine of Aragon, Albertus Magnus, Bernard of Clairvaux, Aminah, Elizabeth, and Simon the Zealot. After him are Pope Urban VIII, Arius, Methuselah, Ahmed Yassin, Agatha of Sicily, and Pope Pius II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Huldrych Zwingli ranks 1. After him are Bartolomé de las Casas, Hans Baldung, Anne of Foix-Candale, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Sebastian Cabot, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Pedro Mascarenhas. Among people deceased in 1531, Huldrych Zwingli ranks 1. After him are Louise of Savoy, Tilman Riemenschneider, Hans Burgkmair, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Johannes Oecolampadius, Vincenzo Catena, Vallabha, Pedro Arias Dávila, and George I, Duke of Pomerania.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Huldrych Zwingli ranks 11 out of 1,015. Before him are Henry Dunant (1828), Carl Jung (1875), Jean Piaget (1896), Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746), and Sepp Blatter (1936). After him are Jean-Paul Marat (1743), Paul Klee (1879), Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945), Charles Albert Gobat (1843), Johanna Spyri (1827), and Francesco Borromini (1599).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Huldrych Zwingli ranks 1. After him are Hans Küng (1928), Brother Roger (1915), Anna Göldi (1734), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), and Wiborada (900).

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