RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Willibrord

658 - 739

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Willibrord (Latin: Villibrordus; c. 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willibrord has received more than 232,751 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Willibrord is the 743rd most popular religious figure (up from 766th in 2019), the 630th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 720th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Religious Figure.

Willibrord was a missionary and saint who was sent by the Pope to convert the pagan Frisians in the 8th century. He was successful in converting them and established a monastery in Utrecht.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Willibrords by language

Over the past year Willibrord has had the most page views in the with 34,567 views, followed by English (33,396), and German (15,939). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (510.42%), Egyptian Arabic (83.44%), and Slovenian (62.53%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Willibrord ranks 743 out of 3,187. Before him are Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Haran, Fatimah bint Asad, Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, Ibrahim ibn Adham, and Nahor, son of Serug. After him are Apollinaris of Ravenna, Cornelius the Centurion, Eusebius of Nicomedia, Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, Raymond of Penyafort, and Juliana of Nicomedia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 658, Willibrord ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 739, Willibrord ranks 1. After him are Favila of Asturias, and Yollıg Khagan.

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    Willibrord

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    658 - 739

    HPI: 63.12

    Rank: 1

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Willibrord ranks 630 out of 8,785. Before him are Chris Norman (1950), Thomas Savery (1650), John Newlands (1837), Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864), Alfonso de Portago (1928), and Charles Laughton (1899). After him are William Shockley (1910), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850), Alice Liddell (1852), John Bunyan (1628), Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), and Julian Barnes (1946).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Willibrord ranks 13. Before him are John Wesley (1703), John Knox (1514), Saint Walpurga (710), Saint Boniface (680), Thomas Wolsey (1473), and Pope Adrian IV (1100). After him are John Henry Newman (1801), William Tyndale (1494), Charles Spurgeon (1834), John Harvard (1607), Frederick Fleet (1887), and Mary Ann Nichols (1845).

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