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Also Known As Jan van Brugge
Born 1501 or 1502 • Brugge • Ghent • Belgium
Died August 25, 1556 • Basel • Switzerland
Role In Reformation
Menno Simons, engraving by Christopher van Sichem, 1605–08.
Menno Simons
Dutch priest
Melchior Hofmann
German mystic
Konrad Grebel
Swiss religious leader
Balthasar Hubmaier
German Anabaptist leader
Hans Denck
German religious leader
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses
Hebrew prophet
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII
king of England
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
John Knox, engraving from Icones, by T. Beza, 1580.
John Knox
Scottish religious leader
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English theologian
Geertgen tot Sint Jans: John the Baptist in the Wilderness
St. John the Baptist
Jewish prophet and Christian saint
Nichiren
Nichiren
Japanese Buddhist monk
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith
American religious leader [1805–1844]