710 - 779
Walpurga or Walburga (Old English: Wealdburg, Latin: Valpurga, Walpurga, Walpurgis, Swedish: Valborg; c. 710 – 25 February 777 or 779) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was canonized on 1 May c. 870 by Pope Adrian II. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Walpurga has received more than 383,031 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Saint Walpurga is the 583rd most popular religious figure (down from 368th in 2019), the 433rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 267th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Religious Figure.
Saint Walpurga is most famous for being the patron saint of those who suffer from epilepsy.
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Among religious figures, Saint Walpurga ranks 583 out of 2,238. Before her are Rabanus Maurus, Pope Marcellinus, Clotilde, John of Capistrano, Justin Martyr, and Pope Victor II. After her are Pope Boniface II, Marcel Lefebvre, Al-Suyuti, Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, Louis de Montfort, and Junayd of Baghdad.
780 - 856
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 577
250 - 304
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 578
475 - 545
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 579
1386 - 1456
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 580
100 - 165
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 581
1018 - 1057
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 582
710 - 779
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 583
470 - 532
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 584
1905 - 1991
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 585
1445 - 1505
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 586
1327 - 1390
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 587
1673 - 1716
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 588
830 - 910
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 589
Among people born in 710, Saint Walpurga ranks 4. Before her are Rabia of Basra, Carloman, and Desiderius. After her are Krum, Antipope Constantine II, Sevar of Bulgaria, and Aureolus of Aragon. Among people deceased in 779, Saint Walpurga ranks 1. After her is Emperor Daizong of Tang.
710 - 801
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 1
710 - 754
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 2
710 - 786
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 3
710 - 779
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 4
710 - 814
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 5
710 - 800
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 6
710 - 753
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 7
710 - 809
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 8
Among people born in United Kingdom, Saint Walpurga ranks 433 out of 7,765. Before her are Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882), David Beckham (1975), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), Tony Blair (1953), Eadweard Muybridge (1830), and Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861). After her are Robert Edwards (1925), George Mallory (1886), Eadred (923), Hugh Grant (1960), Gary Moore (1952), and Alec Douglas-Home (1903).
1882 - 1920
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 427
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 428
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 429
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 430
1830 - 1904
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 431
1861 - 1947
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 432
710 - 779
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 433
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 434
1886 - 1924
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 435
923 - 955
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 436
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 437
1952 - 2011
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 438
1903 - 1995
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 439
Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Saint Walpurga ranks 8. Before her are Saint Ursula (400), Alcuin (735), Thomas Becket (1119), Edward the Confessor (1003), Saint Boniface (680), and John Wesley (1703). After her are John Knox (1514), William Laud (1573), Thomas Wolsey (1473), William Tyndale (1494), John Harvard (1607), and Pope Adrian IV (1100).
400 - 383
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 2
735 - 804
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 3
1119 - 1170
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 4
1003 - 1066
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 5
680 - 754
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 6
1703 - 1791
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 7
710 - 779
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 8
1514 - 1572
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 9
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 10
1473 - 1530
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 11
1494 - 1536
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 12
1607 - 1638
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 13
1100 - 1159
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 14