1489 - 1556
Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build the case for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which was one of the causes of the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See. Along with Thomas Cromwell, he supported the principle of royal supremacy, in which the king was considered sovereign over the Church within his realm. During Cranmer's tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, he was responsible for establishing the first doctrinal and liturgical structures of the reformed Church of England. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Cranmer has received more than 2,327,833 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Cranmer is the 79th most popular social activist (up from 80th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 621st in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Social Activist.
Thomas Cranmer was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Henry VIII. He was a leading reformer in the Anglican Church and is most famous for writing the Book of Common Prayer, which was published in 1549.
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Among social activists, Thomas Cranmer ranks 79 out of 538. Before him are Fanny Kaplan, Abimael Guzmán, Buenaventura Durruti, Betty Williams, Aleksandr Ulyanov, and Annie Besant. After him are Axel Munthe, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Liu Xiaobo, Edmond James de Rothschild, Bugsy Siegel, and Sakamoto Ryōma.
1890 - 1918
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 73
1934 - 2021
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 74
1896 - 1936
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 75
1943 - 2020
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 76
1866 - 1887
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 77
1847 - 1933
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 78
1489 - 1556
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 79
1857 - 1949
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 80
1753 - 1811
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 81
1955 - 2017
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 82
1845 - 1934
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 83
1906 - 1947
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 84
1836 - 1867
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 85
Among people born in 1489, Thomas Cranmer ranks 5. Before him are Thomas Müntzer, Antonio da Correggio, Margaret Tudor, and Charles, Duke of Vendôme. After him are William Farel, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Fernando d'Ávalos, and Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1556, Thomas Cranmer ranks 6. Before him are Ignatius of Loyola, Fuzûlî, Pietro Aretino, Humayun, and Lorenzo Lotto. After him are Frederick II, Elector Palatine, Martin Agricola, Maximus the Greek, Saitō Dōsan, Francesco Venier, and Richard Chancellor.
1489 - 1525
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 1
1489 - 1534
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 2
1489 - 1541
HPI: 70.12
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1489 - 1537
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 4
1489 - 1556
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 5
1489 - 1565
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 6
1489 - 1544
HPI: 58.89
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1489 - 1512
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 8
1489 - 1525
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 9
1489 - 1531
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 10
1489 - 1525
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 11
1489 - 1568
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 12
1491 - 1556
HPI: 80.32
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1494 - 1556
HPI: 69.87
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1492 - 1556
HPI: 68.03
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1508 - 1556
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1480 - 1556
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1489 - 1556
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1482 - 1556
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1486 - 1556
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1475 - 1556
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1494 - 1556
HPI: 56.22
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1489 - 1556
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 11
1521 - 1556
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Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Cranmer ranks 510 out of 7,765. Before him are Frank Williams (1942), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), Annie Besant (1847), Erasmus Darwin (1731), and William McMaster Murdoch (1873). After him are John Dowland (1563), Sid Vicious (1957), David Hockney (1937), Henry Hudson (1570), Nigel Mansell (1953), and A. S. Neill (1883).
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 504
1859 - 1925
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1592 - 1628
HPI: 64.39
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1847 - 1933
HPI: 64.38
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1731 - 1802
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 508
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 509
1489 - 1556
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 510
1563 - 1626
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 511
1957 - 1979
HPI: 64.36
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1937 - Present
HPI: 64.35
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1570 - 1611
HPI: 64.35
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1953 - Present
HPI: 64.34
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1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
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Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Cranmer ranks 8. Before him are Robert Owen (1771), Lady Godiva (990), Nicholas Winton (1909), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), Betty Williams (1943), and Annie Besant (1847). After him are Mairead Maguire (1944), Max Mosley (1940), Unity Mitford (1914), Emily Davison (1872), Wat Tyler (1341), and Kate Sheppard (1848).
1771 - 1858
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
990 - 1067
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 3
1909 - 2015
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 4
1858 - 1928
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 5
1943 - 2020
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 6
1847 - 1933
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 7
1489 - 1556
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 8
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