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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. His family were prominent recusant Catholics, and presumably to avoid swearing the Oath of Supremacy he left college before taking his degree. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Catesby has received more than 2,678,059 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robert Catesby is the 357th most popular social activist (down from 261st in 2019), the 2,366th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,821st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Social Activist.

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  • 52.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Robert Catesby ranks 357 out of 840. Before him are Ninomiya Sontoku, Klara Zamenhof, Wei Jingsheng, Cindy Kiro, Peter Arshinov, and Flora Brovina. After him are Kazimierz Świątek, Felix Manz, Zinaida Portnova, Black Elk, Hector Hodler, and Karl Ludwig Sand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1573, Robert Catesby ranks 18. Before him are Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Giovanni Battista Crespi, Odoardo Farnese, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Jagat Gosain, Pietro Carrera, and Elias Holl. Among people deceased in 1605, Robert Catesby ranks 18. Before him are Jan Zamoyski, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, Stradanus, Orazio Vecchi, and Marino Grimani. After him is Heinrich Khunrath.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Catesby ranks 2,366 out of 8,785. Before him are Trevor Francis (1954), Abraham Darby I (1678), Kevin Ayers (1944), Tony Cragg (1949), John Brunner (1934), and George Dawe (1781). After him are Kelly Brook (1979), June Almeida (1930), Sarah Siddons (1755), Jock Stein (1922), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), and Patrick Troughton (1920).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Robert Catesby ranks 22. Before him are Wat Tyler (1341), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Unity Mitford (1914), and Charles Boycott (1832). After him are James Guillaume (1844), Venetia Burney (1918), Mary Dyer (1611), Josephine Butler (1828), Donald Watson (1910), and Mary Toft (1703).

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