RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John Ogilvie

1579 - 1579

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John Ogilvie, SJ (1580 – 10 March 1615) was a Scottish Jesuit priest. For his work in service to a persecuted Catholic community in 17th century Scotland, and in being hanged for his faith, he became the only post-Reformation Scottish saint. Ogilvie was brought up a Calvinist and sent to continental Europe to further his education. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ogilvie has received more than 7,110 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Ogilvie is the 2,942nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,616th in 2019), the 4,934th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,832nd in 2019) and the 111th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Ogilvie ranks 2,942 out of 3,187Before him are Jean-Marc Aveline, Basil Hume, Maturino Blanchet, John T. Scopes, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, and Bruno Forte. After him are Ini, Paul Cremona, Dan Osman, José Manuel Imbamba, Charles Coughlin, and Daniel DiNardo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, John Ogilvie ranks 15Before him are John Fletcher, Juan Pablo Bonet, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Johannes Meursius, Luis Vélez de Guevara, and Chimalpahin.  Among people deceased in 1579, John Ogilvie ranks 13Before him are Thomas Gresham, Ferenc Dávid, Vicente Juan Masip, Stanislaus Hosius, Simão Rodrigues, and Juan Fernández Navarrete.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Ogilvie ranks 4,934 out of 8,785Before him are Gavin Rossdale (1965), W. G. Grace (1848), Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536), and Billy Liddell (1922). After him are Will Champion (1978), Henry Roscoe (1833), Ann Lee (1967), R. J. Mitchell (1895), Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792), and Gary McAllister (1964).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, John Ogilvie ranks 111Before him are Deusdedit of Canterbury (600), Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864), Paul Gallagher (1954), Catherine Booth (1829), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), and Basil Hume (1923). After him are Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), Stigand (null), William Morgan (1547), J. I. Packer (1926), William Allen (1532), and Anna of East Anglia (null).