735 - 789
Willehad or Willihad (Latin: Willehadus/Willihadus); c. 745 AD – 8 November 789) was a Christian missionary and possibly the Bishop of Bremen from 787 AD. Willehad was born in Northumbria and probably received his education at York under Ecgbert. He was ordained after his education, and about the year 766, he went to Frisia, preaching at Dokkum and in Overijssel, to continue the missionary work of Boniface who had been martyred by the Frisians in 754. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willehad has received more than 26,528 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Willehad is the 1,615th most popular religious figure (up from 1,653rd in 2019), the 1,958th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,319th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Willehad ranks 1,615 out of 2,238. Before him are Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Atri, Ad-Darazi, Francisco de Borja, Baba Sali, and Scipione Rebiba. After him are Audrys Bačkis, Saint Faith, Aga Khan II, Morteza Motahhari, Lucian Mureșan, and Antipope Callixtus III.
1910 - 1990
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 1,609
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 1,610
1000 - 1018
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 1,611
1441 - 1511
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 1,612
1889 - 1984
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 1,613
1504 - 1577
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 1,614
735 - 789
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 1,615
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 1,616
290 - 303
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 1,617
1830 - 1885
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 1,618
1919 - 1979
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 1,619
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 1,620
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 1,621
Among people born in 735, Willehad ranks 3. Before him are Alcuin and Kardam of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 789, Willehad ranks 1. After him is Al-Khayzuran.
735 - 804
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 1
735 - 803
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 2
735 - 789
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 3
Among people born in United Kingdom, Willehad ranks 1,958 out of 7,765. Before him are William Ernest Henley (1849), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Michael Byrne (1943), Andrew Irvine (1902), Ken Tyrrell (1924), and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404). After him are Hugh Bonneville (1963), David Tennant (1971), John Byron (1723), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Bill Bruford (1949), and Henry Allingham (1896).
1849 - 1903
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 1,952
1641 - 1712
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 1,953
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 1,954
1902 - 1924
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 1,955
1924 - 2001
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 1,956
1404 - 1445
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 1,957
735 - 789
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 1,958
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 1,959
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 1,960
1723 - 1786
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 1,961
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 1,962
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 1,963
1896 - 2009
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 1,964
Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Willehad ranks 51. Before him are Stephen Langton (1150), Joseph Butler (1692), Sigfrid of Sweden (1000), Mary Ward (1585), Willibald (700), and Cuthbert (635). After him are Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), Saint Alban (300), Barbara West (1911), Charles Wesley (1707), George Cruikshank (1792), and Richard Williamson (1940).
1150 - 1228
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 45
1692 - 1752
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 46
1000 - 1045
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 47
1585 - 1645
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 48
700 - 787
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 49
635 - 687
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 50
735 - 789
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 51
1516 - 1571
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 52
300 - 305
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 53
1911 - 2007
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 54
1707 - 1788
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 55
1792 - 1878
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 56
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 57