RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Johann Eck

1486 - 1543

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Johann Maier von Eck (13 November 1486 – 13 February 1543), often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and a pioneer of the Counter-Reformation who was among Martin Luther's most important interlocutors and theological opponents. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Eck has received more than 221,964 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Johann Eck is the 1,039th most popular religious figure (down from 1,003rd in 2019), the 1,468th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,382nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Religious Figure.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Johann Eck ranks 1,039 out of 3,187. Before him are Joseph Franklin Rutherford, Antipope Victor IV, Caesarius of Arles, Sabellius, Antipope Victor IV, and Antipope John VIII. After him are Jacob Sprenger, Accursius, Nahshon, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Bao Xishun, and Martin of Braga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Johann Eck ranks 13. Before him are Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Francysk Skaryna, Martin Agricola, Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, and Domenico di Pace Beccafumi. After him are Andreas Karlstadt, Thomas of Villanova, Sigismund von Herberstein, Girolamo Priuli, William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, and Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1543, Johann Eck ranks 6. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus, Şehzade Mehmed, Mary Boleyn, Afonso I of Kongo, and Al-Mutawakkil III. After him are George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Maria Salviati, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Francesco Canova da Milano, and Polidoro da Caravaggio.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Eck ranks 1,468 out of 7,253. Before him are Siegfried Lenz (1926), Ernst-Günther Schenck (1904), Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857), Samuel Scheidt (1587), Matilda of Frisia (1024), and Werner Best (1903). After him are Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773), Anton von Werner (1843), Peter Minuit (1589), Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570), Melitta Bentz (1873), and Walter Warlimont (1894).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Johann Eck ranks 35. Before him are Otto of Bamberg (1060), Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), Henry of Latvia (1187), Günter Guillaume (1927), Walter Kasper (1933), and Saint Afra (300). After him are Mechtilde (1241), Rupert of Salzburg (650), Arnold Janssen (1837), Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577), Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679), and Berthold (1180).

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