1560 - 1609
Jacobus Arminius (; Dutch: Jakob Hermanszoon ; 10 October 1560 – 19 October 1609) was a Dutch Reformed minister and theologian during the Protestant Reformation period whose views became the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacobus Arminius has received more than 416,068 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Jacobus Arminius is the 307th most popular philosopher (down from 284th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Philosopher.
Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch theologian and minister who was born in 1560. He was a student of Theodore Beza, and he became a professor of theology at the University of Leiden. Arminius is most famous for being the father of the Remonstrant movement.
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Among philosophers, Jacobus Arminius ranks 307 out of 1,081. Before him are Abraham ibn Ezra, Anne Sullivan, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Asanga, Hilary Putnam, and Speusippus. After him are Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Ammonius Saccas, Justus Lipsius, Sebastian Brant, Isaac Abarbanel, and Giovanni Gentile.
1089 - 1167
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Rank: 301
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.73
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1155 - 1191
HPI: 63.69
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300 - 301
HPI: 63.65
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1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
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407 BC - 339 BC
HPI: 63.60
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1560 - 1609
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 307
1857 - 1939
HPI: 63.55
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175 - 242
HPI: 63.55
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1547 - 1606
HPI: 63.51
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1458 - 1521
HPI: 63.46
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1437 - 1508
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 312
1875 - 1944
HPI: 63.43
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Among people born in 1560, Jacobus Arminius ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth Báthory, Annibale Carracci, and Thomas Harriot. After him are Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Gaspard Bauhin, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Thomas Cavendish, Anton Praetorius, Juan Sánchez Cotán, and Domenico Tintoretto. Among people deceased in 1609, Jacobus Arminius ranks 4. Before him are Annibale Carracci, Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Judah Loew ben Bezalel. After him are Joseph Justus Scaliger, Carolus Clusius, Federico Zuccari, Gasparo da Salò, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, and Yi San-hae.
1560 - 1614
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1560 - 1609
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1560 - 1621
HPI: 65.37
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1560 - 1609
HPI: 63.58
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1560 - 1621
HPI: 61.72
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1560 - 1624
HPI: 60.35
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1560 - 1591
HPI: 59.26
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1560 - 1641
HPI: 59.13
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1560 - 1592
HPI: 59.12
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1560 - 1613
HPI: 57.24
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1560 - 1627
HPI: 56.08
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1560 - 1635
HPI: 54.23
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1560 - 1609
HPI: 70.02
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1549 - 1609
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1512 - 1609
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1560 - 1609
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1540 - 1609
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1525 - 1609
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1539 - 1609
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1540 - 1609
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1562 - 1609
HPI: 54.35
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1555 - 1609
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1539 - 1609
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Among people born in Netherlands, Jacobus Arminius ranks 95 out of 1,427. Before him are Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931), Willem de Kooning (1904), Kees van Dongen (1877), Paul J. Crutzen (1933), Jan van Goyen (1596), and Hendrick Avercamp (1585). After him are Herman Boerhaave (1668), Gerard ter Borch (1617), Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692), Leo Beenhakker (1942), Rob Rensenbrink (1947), and Multatuli (1820).
1931 - 2021
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1904 - 1997
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1877 - 1968
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1933 - 2021
HPI: 63.73
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1596 - 1656
HPI: 63.70
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1585 - 1634
HPI: 63.61
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1560 - 1609
HPI: 63.58
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1668 - 1738
HPI: 63.47
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1617 - 1681
HPI: 63.38
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1692 - 1761
HPI: 63.25
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1942 - Present
HPI: 63.16
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1947 - 2020
HPI: 63.14
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1820 - 1887
HPI: 63.01
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Among philosophers born in Netherlands, Jacobus Arminius ranks 3. Before him are Erasmus (1466) and Baruch Spinoza (1632). After him are Rodolphus Agricola (1443), Jacob Moleschott (1822), Dirck Coornhert (1522), Thomas van Erpe (1584), and Bas van Fraassen (1941).
1466 - 1536
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1632 - 1677
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1560 - 1609
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1443 - 1485
HPI: 59.27
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1822 - 1893
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 5
1522 - 1590
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 6
1584 - 1624
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 7
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 8