1573 - 1645
William Laud (LAWD; 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms; he was arrested by Parliament in 1640 and executed towards the end of the First English Civil War in January 1645. Laud believed in episcopalianism, or rule by bishops. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Laud has received more than 619,649 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. William Laud is the 620th most popular religious figure (down from 497th in 2019), the 469th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 392nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Religious Figure.
Laud was a 17th century archbishop of Canterbury, and is most famous for his role in the English Civil War.
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Among religious figures, William Laud ranks 620 out of 2,238. Before him are Macarius of Egypt, Angelus Silesius, Jacobus da Varagine, Pope Stephen VI, Pope Severinus, and Pope Leo VI. After him are Nichiren, Pope Romanus, Pope Theodore I, Theophanes the Confessor, Tarcisius, and Ananias of Damascus.
300 - 391
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 614
1624 - 1677
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 615
1228 - 1298
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 616
850 - 897
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 617
600 - 640
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 618
914 - 929
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 619
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 620
1222 - 1282
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 621
850 - 897
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 622
600 - 649
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 623
758 - 818
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 624
263 - 275
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 625
100 - 100
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 626
Among people born in 1573, William Laud ranks 3. Before him are Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria and Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland. After him are Simon Marius, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Inigo Jones, Ambrosius Bosschaert, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Ukita Hideie, and Robert Catesby. Among people deceased in 1645, William Laud ranks 6. Before him are Miyamoto Musashi, Hugo Grotius, Michael of Russia, Francisco de Quevedo, and Li Zicheng. After him are Nur Jahan, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Marie de Gournay, Anthony van Diemen, Feng Menglong, and Eudoxia Streshneva.
1573 - 1651
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1
1573 - 1598
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 2
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 3
1573 - 1625
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 4
1573 - 1599
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 5
1573 - 1625
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 6
1573 - 1652
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 7
1573 - 1621
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 8
1573 - 1632
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 9
1573 - 1647
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 10
1573 - 1655
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 11
1573 - 1605
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 12
1584 - 1645
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 1
1583 - 1645
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 2
1596 - 1645
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 3
1584 - 1645
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 4
1606 - 1645
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 6
1577 - 1645
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 7
1587 - 1645
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 8
1565 - 1645
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 9
1593 - 1645
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 10
1574 - 1645
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 11
1608 - 1645
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Laud ranks 469 out of 7,765. Before him are Joshua Reynolds (1723), Richard Francis Burton (1821), Donald Pleasence (1919), John Hicks (1904), Samuel Butler (1835), and Samuel Johnson (1709). After him are William Adams (1564), Gregory Bateson (1904), Gustav Holst (1874), John Donne (1572), William Godwin (1756), and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473).
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 463
1821 - 1890
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 464
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 465
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 466
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 467
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 468
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 469
1564 - 1620
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 470
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 471
1874 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 472
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 473
1756 - 1836
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 474
1473 - 1483
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 475
Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, William Laud ranks 10. Before him are Thomas Becket (1119), Edward the Confessor (1003), Saint Boniface (680), John Wesley (1703), Saint Walpurga (710), and John Knox (1514). After him are Thomas Wolsey (1473), William Tyndale (1494), John Harvard (1607), Pope Adrian IV (1100), John Henry Newman (1801), and Willibrord (658).
1119 - 1170
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 4
1003 - 1066
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 5
680 - 754
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 6
1703 - 1791
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 7
710 - 779
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 8
1514 - 1572
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 9
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 10
1473 - 1530
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 11
1494 - 1536
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 12
1607 - 1638
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 13
1100 - 1159
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 14
1801 - 1890
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 15
658 - 739
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 16