1573 - 1605
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, Robert Catesby ranks 261 out of 538. Before 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.
1889 - 1908
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 255
1909 - 1942
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 256
1886 - 1943
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 257
1811 - 1883
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 258
1909 - 1982
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 259
1842 - 1901
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 260
1573 - 1605
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 261
1879 - 1915
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 262
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 263
1832 - 1897
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 264
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 265
1821 - 1912
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 266
1959 - 2016
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 267
Among people born in 1573, Robert Catesby ranks 12. Before 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 15. Before 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.
1573 - 1625
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 6
1573 - 1652
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 7
1573 - 1621
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 8
1573 - 1632
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 9
1573 - 1647
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 10
1573 - 1655
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 11
1573 - 1605
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 12
1573 - 1627
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 13
1573 - 1616
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 14
1573 - 1626
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 15
1573 - 1638
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 16
1573 - 1647
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 17
1573 - 1625
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 18
1522 - 1605
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 9
1519 - 1605
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 10
1570 - 1605
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 11
1555 - 1605
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 12
1542 - 1605
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 13
1550 - 1605
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 14
1573 - 1605
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 15
1523 - 1605
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 16
1532 - 1605
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 17
Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Catesby ranks 1,826 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1949 - 1986
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 1,820
1795 - 1860
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 1,821
1364 - 1403
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 1,822
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 1,823
1928 - 2010
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 1,824
1861 - 1904
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 1,825
1573 - 1605
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 1,826
1879 - 1961
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 1,827
1793 - 1848
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 1,828
1912 - 1953
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 1,829
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 1,830
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 1,831
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 1,832
Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Robert Catesby ranks 15. Before 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).
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 9
1940 - 2021
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 10
1914 - 1948
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 11
1872 - 1913
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 12
1341 - 1381
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 13
1848 - 1934
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 14
1573 - 1605
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 15
1832 - 1897
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 16
1876 - 1928
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 17
1828 - 1906
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 18
1829 - 1912
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 19
1847 - 1929
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 20
1882 - 1960
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 21