SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jan Hus

1369 - 1415

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Jan Hus (; Czech: [ˈjan ˈɦus] ; c. 1370 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism, and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation. Hus is considered to be the first Church reformer, even though some designate the theorist John Wycliffe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Hus has received more than 2,985,442 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Jan Hus is the 6th most popular social activist (down from 5th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Czech Social Activist.

Jan Hus was a Czech priest and university professor who preached reform of the Catholic Church. He was burned at the stake for heresy in 1415.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jan Hus ranks 6 out of 840. Before him are Che Guevara, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Malcolm X, and Eleanor Roosevelt. After him are Rosa Luxemburg, Henry Dunant, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, and Martin Luther King Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1369, Jan Hus ranks 1. After him are Pope Martin V, Imadaddin Nasimi, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Pippo Spano, Mary de Bohun, Barsbay, John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg, and Constantine I of Georgia. Among people deceased in 1415, Jan Hus ranks 1. After him are Philippa of Lancaster, Anthony, Duke of Brabant, Manuel Chrysoloras, John I, Duke of Alençon, Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, Philip II, Count of Nevers, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, Owain Glyndŵr, Edward III, Duke of Bar, Charles I of Albret, and Louis, Duke of Guyenne.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Hus ranks 6 out of 1,200. Before him are Sigmund Freud (1856), Franz Kafka (1883), Gregor Mendel (1822), Antonín Dvořák (1841), and Gustav Mahler (1860). After him are John Amos Comenius (1592), Milan Kundera (1929), Václav Havel (1936), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Oskar Schindler (1908), and Bedřich Smetana (1824).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Czechia

Among social activists born in Czechia, Jan Hus ranks 1. After him are Bertha von Suttner (1843), Jan Palach (1948), Emilie Schindler (1907), Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732), and Miroslav Tyrš (1832).

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