RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John Knox

1514 - 1572

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John Knox (c. 1514 – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation. He was the founder of the Church of Scotland. Born in Giffordgate, a street in Haddington, East Lothian, Knox is believed to have been educated at the University of St Andrews and worked as a notary-priest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Knox has received more than 3,322,463 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). John Knox is the 634th most popular religious figure (down from 607th in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 461st in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Religious Figure.

John Knox is most famous for being a Scottish theologian and reformer. He is most well known for leading the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.

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  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Knox ranks 634 out of 3,187. Before him are Canaan, Pope Vigilius, Jean Meslier, Pope Felix IV, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and Charles Taze Russell. After him are Peter Waldo, Jael, Father Damien, Catherine Labouré, Obadiah, and Nicodemus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1514, John Knox ranks 3. Before him are Andreas Vesalius, and Tahmasp I. After him are Georg Joachim Rheticus, Philibert de l'Orme, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Claude Goudimel, Thomas Culpeper, Hai Rui, Baba Nobuharu, and Virgil Solis. Among people deceased in 1572, John Knox ranks 8. Before him are Sigismund II Augustus, Bronzino, Jeanne d'Albret, Túpac Amaru, Şah Sultan, and Gaspard II de Coligny. After him are Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Isaac Luria, Longqing Emperor, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Miguel López de Legazpi, and François Clouet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Knox ranks 454 out of 8,785. Before him are John Rhys-Davies (1944), Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862), Tim Curry (1946), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Samuel Johnson (1709), and Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941). After him are Thomas Gainsborough (1727), John Bonham (1948), John Edward Gray (1800), Thomas Harriot (1560), William Adams (1564), and Austen Chamberlain (1863).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, John Knox ranks 8. Before him are Saint Ursula (400), Alcuin (735), Thomas Becket (1119), William Laud (1573), Edward the Confessor (1003), and John Wesley (1703). After him are Saint Walpurga (710), Saint Boniface (680), Thomas Wolsey (1473), Pope Adrian IV (1100), Willibrord (658), and John Henry Newman (1801).

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