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Widukind

755 - 810

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Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785. Charlemagne ultimately prevailed, organized Saxony as a Frankish province, massacred thousands of Saxon nobles, and ordered conversions of the pagan Saxons to Christianity. In later times, Widukind became a symbol of Saxon independence and a figure of legend. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Widukind has received more than 544,295 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Widukind is the 75th most popular social activist (down from 61st in 2019), the 586th most popular biography from Germany and the 8th most popular German Social Activist.

Widukind is most famous for his account of the Saxon Wars, which is one of the earliest written accounts of the wars.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Widukind ranks 75 out of 840. Before him are Jenny von Westphalen, Buenaventura Durruti, Dominique Pire, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Horst Wessel, and Sakamoto Ryōma. After him are Gerald Durrell, Axel Munthe, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, and Emilia Plater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 755, Widukind ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 810, Widukind ranks 1. After him are Pepin of Italy, Gudfred, George Syncellus, Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Rotrude, Zhou Fang, and Eardwulf of Northumbria.

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    Widukind

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    755 - 810

    HPI: 65.36

    Rank: 1

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Widukind ranks 586 out of 7,253. Before him are Dietrich Eckart (1868), Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811), Bert Hellinger (1925), Walter Scheel (1919), Roman Herzog (1934), and Robert the Strong (900). After him are Andreas Brehme (1960), Karl Ziegler (1898), Nina Hagen (1955), August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), and Ludwig Tieck (1773).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Widukind ranks 8. Before him are Thomas Müntzer (1489), Sophie Scholl (1921), Martin Niemöller (1892), Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), and Horst Wessel (1907). After him are Anneliese Michel (1952), Hans Scholl (1918), Sophia of Prussia (1870), Alfred Naujocks (1911), Marianne Bachmeier (1950), and Paul Schäfer (1921).

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