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Thomas Müntzer

1489 - 1525

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Thomas Müntzer (c. 1489 – 27 May 1525) was a German preacher and theologian of the early Reformation whose opposition to both Martin Luther and the Catholic Church led to his open defiance of late-feudal authority in central Germany. Müntzer was foremost amongst those reformers who took issue with Luther's compromises with feudal authority. He was a leader of the German peasant and plebeian uprising of 1525 commonly known as the German Peasants' War. In 1514, Müntzer became a Catholic priest in Braunschweig, where he began to question the teachings and practices of the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Müntzer is the 47th most popular social activist (down from 23rd in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from Germany (down from 164th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Social Activist.

Thomas Müntzer is most famous for being a leader of the German peasants' revolt in 1525.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Thomas Müntzer ranks 47 out of 840. Before him are Sadako Sasaki, Lady Godiva, Simon bar Kokhba, Olympe de Gouges, Bhagat Singh, and Alfred Hermann Fried. After him are Sophie Scholl, Emma Goldman, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sakamoto Ryōma, Pheidippides, and Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, Thomas Müntzer ranks 2. Before him is Antonio da Correggio. After him are Margaret Tudor, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Thomas Cranmer, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, William Farel, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Gerónimo de Aguilar, and Fernando d'Ávalos. Among people deceased in 1525, Thomas Müntzer ranks 1. After him are Cuauhtémoc, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, Jakob Fugger, Huayna Capac, Pietro Pomponazzi, Florian Geyer, Andrea della Robbia, Eleanor of Viseu, Michael Sittow, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, and Fernando d'Ávalos.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Müntzer ranks 369 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868), Ludwig Beck (1880), Rudolf Mössbauer (1929), August von Mackensen (1849), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), and Martin Waldseemüller (1470). After him are Hermann Müller (1876), Adolf Dassler (1900), Sophie Scholl (1921), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Emil Kraepelin (1856), and Peter Simon Pallas (1741).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Thomas Müntzer ranks 3. Before him are Claus von Stauffenberg (1907), and Sophia of Prussia (1870). After him are Sophie Scholl (1921), Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Horst Wessel (1907), Anneliese Michel (1952), Martin Niemöller (1892), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Widukind (755), Hans Scholl (1918), and Marianne Bachmeier (1950).

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