1503 - 1554
John Frederick I (30 June 1503 in Torgau – 3 March 1554 in Weimar), called the Magnanimous, was the Elector of Saxony (1532–1547) and head of the Schmalkaldic League. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony has received more than 270,157 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony is the 1,807th most popular politician (up from 1,811th in 2019), the 511th most popular biography from Germany (up from 513th in 2019) and the 139th most popular German Politician.
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, was born in 1443 and died in 1532. He was the son of Ernest, Duke of Saxony, and Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg. John Frederick I was most famous for his support of Martin Luther and his Protestant Reformation.
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Among politicians, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 1,807 out of 15,577. Before him are Agesilaus II, Marozia, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Hong Xiuquan. After him are Songtsen Gampo, François Grimaldi, Karl Hermann Frank, James IV of Scotland, Ernest, Duke of Austria, and Benazir Bhutto.
444 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 1,801
890 - 937
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 1,802
656 - 710
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 1,803
662 - 716
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 1,804
1767 - 1820
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 1,805
1814 - 1864
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 1,806
1503 - 1554
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 1,807
604 - 650
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 1,808
1201 - 1309
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 1,809
1898 - 1946
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 1,810
1473 - 1513
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 1,811
1377 - 1424
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 1,812
1953 - 2007
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 1,813
Among people born in 1503, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 9. Before him are Isabella of Portugal, Bronzino, Parmigianino, Christian III of Denmark, Henry II of Navarre, and Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. After him are Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Robert Estienne, Thomas Wyatt, Gerolama Orsini, Bartolomé Carranza, and Giovanni della Casa. Among people deceased in 1554, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 3. Before him are Piri Reis and Lady Jane Grey. After him are Leo Africanus, Sebastiano Serlio, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Hieronymus Bock, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Sibylle of Cleves, Pedro Cieza de León, and Gaspara Stampa.
1503 - 1539
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 3
1503 - 1572
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 4
1503 - 1540
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 5
1503 - 1559
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 6
1503 - 1555
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 7
1503 - 1547
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 8
1503 - 1554
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 9
1503 - 1547
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 10
1503 - 1559
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 11
1503 - 1542
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 12
1503 - 1569
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 13
1503 - 1576
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 14
1503 - 1556
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 15
1470 - 1554
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 1
1537 - 1554
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 2
1503 - 1554
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Rank: 3
1494 - 1554
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1475 - 1554
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1537 - 1554
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Rank: 6
1510 - 1554
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Rank: 7
1498 - 1554
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 8
1473 - 1554
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 9
1512 - 1554
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 10
1520 - 1554
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 11
1523 - 1554
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 511 out of 6,142. Before him are Aby Warburg (1866), Kurt Student (1890), Erich Kästner (1899), Otto Carius (1922), Hans Adolf Krebs (1900), and Otto Diels (1876). After him are Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Franz Brentano (1838), Franz Bopp (1791), Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), and Heinrich Mann (1871).
1866 - 1929
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 505
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 506
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 507
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 508
1900 - 1981
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 509
1876 - 1954
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 510
1503 - 1554
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 511
1804 - 1881
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 512
1856 - 1921
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 513
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 514
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 515
1490 - 1568
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 516
1871 - 1950
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 517
Among politicians born in Germany, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 139. Before him are Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), Louis the Child (893), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Pyotr Stolypin (1862), Werner von Fritsch (1880), and Julia Drusilla (16). After him are Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Thomas Bach (1953), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075), and Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655).
1867 - 1929
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 133
893 - 911
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 134
1908 - 1972
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 135
1862 - 1911
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 136
1880 - 1939
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 137
16 - 38
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 138
1503 - 1554
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 139
1856 - 1921
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 140
1892 - 1945
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 141
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 142
1841 - 1925
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 143
1075 - 1137
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 144
1655 - 1720
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 145