RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John Fisher

1469 - 1535

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John Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 – 22 June 1535) was an English Catholic bishop, theologian and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Fisher has received more than 955,767 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). John Fisher is the 1,132nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,037th in 2019), the 1,185th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,120th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Fisher ranks 1,132 out of 3,187. Before him are Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, Antipope Christopher, Babylas of Antioch, Daniel the Stylite, Joseph Zen, and Shoghi Effendi. After him are Kashyapa, Fermin, Filaret, Edith Cavell, Saleh Al-Fawzan, and Luis Ladaria Ferrer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1469, John Fisher ranks 6. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli, Manuel I of Portugal, Guru Nanak, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, and Thomas Cajetan. After him are Rodrigo de Triana, Ishak Pasha, Elia Levita, Francesco Granacci, and Laura Cereta. Among people deceased in 1535, John Fisher ranks 8. Before him are Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Francesco II Sforza, Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, and Lorenzo Costa. After him are Ippolito de' Medici, Gustav Trolle, and Bartolomeo Tromboncino.

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Others Deceased in 1535

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Fisher ranks 1,185 out of 8,785. Before him are Marc Bolan (1947), John Gay (1685), William Sturgeon (1783), Emily Blunt (1983), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), and Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864). After him are Max Mosley (1940), Thomas Browne (1605), Michael Moorcock (1939), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), and Edith Cavell (1865).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, John Fisher ranks 24. Before him are Frederick Fleet (1887), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Henry (1100), Saint David (512), Reginald Pole (1500), and Stephen Harding (1059). After him are Edith Cavell (1865), George Fox (1624), Annie Chapman (1841), Gildas (500), Keith O'Brien (1938), and Hudson Taylor (1832).

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