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John Smyth

1570 - 1612

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John Smyth (c. 1554 – 1612) was an English Puritan minister and theologian, former Church of England cleric, defender of the principle of religious liberty, being a influential figure for the development of the Baptist tradition, and later personally developing a Mennonite theology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Smyth is the 1,224th most popular religious figure (up from 1,680th in 2019), the 1,389th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,888th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Smyth ranks 1,224 out of 3,187. Before him are Josyf Slipyj, Felicitas of Rome, Dazu Huike, Praxedes, William Farel, and Senebkay. After him are Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Francesco Barberini, Alids, James Harrison, and Violet Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1570, John Smyth ranks 7. Before him are Guy Fawkes, Hans Lippershey, Henry Hudson, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Willem Janszoon, and Jan Janszoon. After him are Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Giorgi Saakadze, Péter Pázmány, Kara Davud Pasha, Alessandro Salvio, and Abraham Janssens. Among people deceased in 1612, John Smyth ranks 13. Before him are Federico Barocci, Karin Månsdotter, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Hans Leo Hassler, and Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Jodocus Hondius, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Ernest of Bavaria, Piotr Skarga, False Dmitry III, and Leonardo Donato.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Smyth ranks 1,389 out of 8,785. Before him are Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), Frank Lampard (1948), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), Flinders Petrie (1853), and Simon Phillips (1957). After him are Smithson Tennant (1761), Geraldine McEwan (1932), John Lindley (1799), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), and William Aiton (1731).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, John Smyth ranks 30. Before him are Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), William Tyndale (1494), John Fisher (1469), Henry (1100), George Fox (1624), and Ælfheah of Canterbury (954). After him are Rafael Merry del Val (1865), Saint David (512), William Booth (1829), Stephen Harding (1059), Gildas (500), and Edith Cavell (1865).

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