RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Melchior Hoffman

1495 - 1543

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Melchior Hoffman (or Hofmann c. 1495 – c. 1543) was a German Anabaptist, radical lay preacher and reformer in northern Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melchior Hoffman has received more than 102,142 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Melchior Hoffman is the 2,023rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,773rd in 2019), the 3,375th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,986th in 2019) and the 86th most popular German Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Melchior Hoffmen by language

Over the past year Melchior Hoffman has had the most page views in the with 11,725 views, followed by German (3,819), and Spanish (1,586). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (65.13%), Estonian (34.27%), and Egyptian Arabic (32.32%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Melchior Hoffman ranks 2,023 out of 3,187. Before him are Coloman of Stockerau, Kevin of Glendalough, Sadegh Khalkhali, Balthasar Bekker, Eugenios Voulgaris, and Kelvin Felix. After him are Amalberga of Maubeuge, Stanislaus Hosius, Wolfgang Capito, Maximus V of Constantinople, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, and Dominic of Silos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Melchior Hoffman ranks 13. Before him are Jan van Scorel, Barbara Zápolya, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Giampietrino, Nicolas Gombert, and Luigi Alamanni. After him are Marcin Bielski, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg, and Pascual de Andagoya. Among people deceased in 1543, Melchior Hoffman ranks 16. Before him are Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Francesco Canova da Milano, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Susanna of Bavaria, Sebastian Franck, and Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. After him are Francesco Granacci, and Quli Qutb Shah.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Melchior Hoffman ranks 3,375 out of 7,253. Before him are Siegfried Bing (1838), Henriette Sontag (1806), Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766), Franz Grashof (1826), Kevin-Prince Boateng (1987), and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544). After him are Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1848), Heinrich Bach (1615), Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (1843), Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1594), Paul Wallot (1841), and Erwin Rösener (1902).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Melchior Hoffman ranks 86. Before him are Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644), Ludwig Müller (1883), Alfred Delp (1907), Conrad of Wittelsbach (1125), Alojs Andritzki (1914), and Willigis (940). After him are Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1407), Johannes Cocceius (1603), Conrad of Urach (1170), Antje Jackelén (1955), Josef Frings (1887), and Reinhard Marx (1953).

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