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John Calvin

1509 - 1564

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John Calvin (; Middle French: Jehan Cauvin; French: Jean Calvin [ʒɑ̃ kalvɛ̃]; 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, including its doctrines of predestination and of God's absolute sovereignty in the salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. Calvinist doctrines were influenced by and elaborated upon the Augustinian and other Christian traditions. Various Reformed Church like Continental Reformed, Congregationalism, Presbyterianism, Waldensians, Baptist Reformed, Calvinist Methodism, and Reformed Anglican Churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Calvin is the 46th most popular religious figure (down from 23rd in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from France (down from 20th in 2019) and the most popular French Religious Figure.

John Calvin is most famous for the doctrine of predestination.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Calvin ranks 46 out of 3,187. Before him are Guru Nanak, Pope Alexander VI, Jeremiah, Zoroaster, Joseph Smith, and Mark the Evangelist. After him are Pope Urban VII, Pope Clement VII, Jonah, Queen of Sheba, Pope Gregory XVI, and Pope Julius II.

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Among people born in 1509, John Calvin ranks 1. After him are Michael Servetus, Şah Sultan, Daniele da Volterra, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Jan Matsys, John of Leiden, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Bernardino Telesio, Luis de Morales, Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal, and Leone Leoni. Among people deceased in 1564, John Calvin ranks 2. Before him is Michelangelo. After him are Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Andreas Vesalius, Pierre Belon, Matrakçı Nasuh, Rani Durgavati, Sabina of Bavaria, Charles Estienne, Giovanni da Udine, Éléonore de Roye, and Theodore Bibliander.

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In France

Among people born in France, John Calvin ranks 35 out of 6,770. Before him are Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Alain Delon (1935), Auguste Comte (1798), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780), Paul Cézanne (1839), and Coco Chanel (1883). After him are Louis XIII of France (1601), Paul Gauguin (1848), Émile Durkheim (1858), Napoleon III (1808), Louis XVIII of France (1755), and Claudius (-10).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, John Calvin ranks 1. After him are Pope Urban II (1042), Pope Clement V (1264), Pope Urban V (1310), Pope Clement VI (1291), Pope John XXII (1244), Pope Innocent VI (1282), Pope Gregory XI (1370), Pope Benedict XII (1280), Pope Clement IV (1190), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), and Pope Callixtus II (1065).

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