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Thomas Müntzer

1489 - 1525

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Thomas Müntzer (c. 1489 – 27 May 1525) was a German preacher and theologian of the early Reformation whose opposition to both Martin Luther and the Catholic Church led to his open defiance of late-feudal authority in central Germany. Müntzer was foremost amongst those reformers who took issue with Luther's compromises with feudal authority. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Müntzer has received more than 697,744 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Müntzer is the 23rd most popular social activist (up from 26th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Germany (up from 226th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Social Activist.

Thomas Müntzer is most famous for being a leader of the German peasants' revolt in 1525.

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  • 72.45

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  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Thomas Müntzer ranks 23 out of 840. Before him are Nicholas Winton, Rosa Parks, Gustav I of Sweden, Peter Kropotkin, Robert Owen, and Bertha von Suttner. After him are Olympe de Gouges, Charlotte Corday, Guy Fawkes, Irena Sendler, Simon bar Kokhba, and Omar Mukhtar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, Thomas Müntzer ranks 1. After him are Antonio da Correggio, Margaret Tudor, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Thomas Cranmer, William Farel, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Fernando d'Ávalos, and Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1525, Thomas Müntzer ranks 1. After him are Cuauhtémoc, Jakob Fugger, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, Huayna Capac, Andrea della Robbia, Pietro Pomponazzi, Florian Geyer, Eleanor of Viseu, Michael Sittow, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, and Fernando d'Ávalos.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Müntzer ranks 164 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), George II of Great Britain (1683), Pope Damasus II (1000), and Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805). After him are Johann Christian Bach (1735), Leopold Mozart (1719), Alois Alzheimer (1864), Friedrich Wöhler (1800), Georg Simmel (1858), and Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Thomas Müntzer ranks 2. Before him are Claus von Stauffenberg (1907). After him are Sophie Scholl (1921), Martin Niemöller (1892), Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Horst Wessel (1907), Widukind (755), Anneliese Michel (1952), Hans Scholl (1918), Sophia of Prussia (1870), and Alfred Naujocks (1911).

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