RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Thomas à Kempis

1380 - 1471

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Thomas à Kempis, CRV (c. 1380 – 25 July 1471; German: Thomas von Kempen; Dutch: Thomas van Kempen) was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, published anonymously in Latin in the Netherlands c. 1418–1427, one of the most popular and best known Christian devotional books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas à Kempis has received more than 770,822 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Thomas à Kempis is the 458th most popular religious figure (down from 426th in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 334th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Religious Figure.

Thomas à Kempis is most famous for his book The Imitation of Christ, which is a Christian devotional text.

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  • 72.90

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Thomas à Kempis ranks 458 out of 3,187. Before him are Abdullah ibn Umar, Pope Stephen III, Manco Cápac, Pope Sabinian, Longinus, and Bahira. After him are Pope-elect Stephen, Pope Anterus, Pope John III, Hor-Aha, Pope John XIV, and Genevieve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1380, Thomas à Kempis ranks 1. After him are Pachacuti, Ferdinand I of Aragon, Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Poggio Bracciolini, Prokop the Great, Bernardino of Siena, Itzcoatl, İsa Çelebi, Jalal al-Din Khan ibn Tokhtamysh, Yawar Waqaq, and Nanni di Banco. Among people deceased in 1471, Thomas à Kempis ranks 3. Before him are Henry VI of England, and Pope Paul II. After him are George of Poděbrady, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Thomas Malory, João Gonçalves Zarco, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Emperor Go-Hanazono, and Otto V, Duke of Brunswick.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas à Kempis ranks 353 out of 7,253. Before him are Richard Dedekind (1831), Martin Niemöller (1892), Katherine Oppenheimer (1910), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Ulrike Meinhof (1934), and Emil Kraepelin (1856). After him are Theodor Schwann (1810), Otto Dix (1891), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Christian V of Denmark (1646), Paul Hindemith (1895), and Alexander Grothendieck (1928).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Thomas à Kempis ranks 10. Before him are Ambrose (340), Albertus Magnus (1206), Pope Joan (null), Pope Damasus II (1000), Philip Melanchthon (1497), and Pope Clement II (1005). After him are Bruno of Cologne (1030), Pope Victor II (1018), Rabanus Maurus (780), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Gertrude the Great (1256), and Johann Tetzel (1460).

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