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Robert Catesby

1573 - 1605

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Robert Catesby (c. 1572 – 8 November 1605) was the leader of a group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Born in Warwickshire, Catesby was educated at Oxford University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Catesby has received more than 2,397,142 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Robert Catesby is the 261st most popular social activist (down from 181st in 2019), the 1,826th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,234th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Robert Catesby ranks 261 out of 538Before him are Khudiram Bose, Harro Schulze-Boysen, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Édouard René de Laboulaye, David Frankfurter, and Mahadev Govind Ranade. After him are Joe Hill, Jesse Jackson, Charles Boycott, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Clara Barton, and Nimr al-Nimr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1573, Robert Catesby ranks 12Before him are Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Inigo Jones, Ambrosius Bosschaert, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Sebastiaen Vrancx, and Ukita Hideie. After him are Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Odoardo Farnese, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Pietro Carrera, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1605, Robert Catesby ranks 15Before him are Ulisse Aldrovandi, Theodore Beza, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Naresuan, Jan Zamoyski, and Orazio Vecchi. After him are Stradanus and Marino Grimani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Catesby ranks 1,826 out of 7,765Before him are Phil Lynott (1949), Charles Barry (1795), Henry Percy (1364), Ian Callaghan (1942), Alan Sillitoe (1928), and William Renshaw (1861). After him are Vanessa Bell (1879), James Dunlop (1793), Kathleen Ferrier (1912), Alan Wilder (1959), Michael Sheen (1969), and Limahl (1958).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Robert Catesby ranks 15Before him are Mairead Maguire (1944), Max Mosley (1940), Unity Mitford (1914), Emily Davison (1872), Wat Tyler (1341), and Kate Sheppard (1848). After him are Charles Boycott (1832), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), Josephine Butler (1828), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), Millicent Fawcett (1847), and Sylvia Pankhurst (1882).