RELIGIOUS FIGURE

William Farel

1489 - 1565

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William Farel (1489 – 13 September 1565), Guilhem Farel or Guillaume Farel (French: [gijom faʁɛl]), was a French evangelist, Protestant reformer and a founder of the Calvinist Church in the Principality of Neuchâtel, in the Republic of Geneva, and in Switzerland in the Canton of Bern and the (then occupied by Bern) Canton of Vaud. He is most often remembered for having persuaded John Calvin to remain in Geneva in 1536, and for persuading him to return there in 1541, after their expulsion in 1538. They influenced the government of Geneva to the point that it became the "Protestant Rome", where Protestants took refuge and dissidents such as Catholics and unitarians were driven out; some of the Catholics and Unitarians were even killed for their beliefs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Farel has received more than 210,587 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William Farel is the 902nd most popular religious figure (up from 949th in 2019), the 1,329th most popular biography from France (up from 1,439th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular French Religious Figure.

Farell is most famous for his book The End of History and the Last Man, in which he argues that the end of the Cold War signaled the end of history and the final victory of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.

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  • 210k

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  • 60.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, William Farel ranks 902 out of 3,187. Before him are Jane Frances de Chantal, John Mott, Anthony Mary Claret, Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, John of Rila, and Charles Spurgeon. After him are Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, Franz Ehrle, Thomas Williams, Itzhak Stern, Ascanio Sforza, and John Eudes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, William Farel ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Müntzer, Antonio da Correggio, Margaret Tudor, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, and Thomas Cranmer. After him are 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 1565, William Farel ranks 6. Before him are Pope Pius IV, Conrad Gessner, Dragut, Lodovico Ferrari, and Queen Munjeong. After him are Cipriano de Rore, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Diego Laynez, Semiz Ali Pasha, and Lucia Anguissola.

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In France

Among people born in France, William Farel ranks 1,329 out of 6,770. Before him are Carausius (300), Constance of Arles (974), Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376), Kylian Mbappé (1998), Joachim du Bellay (1522), and Yves Tanguy (1900). After him are Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), Robert IV of Sablé (1150), Ansegisel (602), John III of Navarre (1477), Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187), and Jaufre Rudel (1125).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, William Farel ranks 62. Before him are Antipope Gregory VIII (1100), Arnulf of Metz (582), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), Louise de Marillac (1591), Philipp Spener (1635), and Jane Frances de Chantal (1572). After him are John Eudes (1601), Adalbert of Magdeburg (910), Sebastian Castellio (1515), Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517), Pierre Cauchon (1371), and Odilo of Cluny (961).

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