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Also Known As Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich
Born c.1525
Died 1583
Role In Reformation
John Knox, engraving from Icones, by T. Beza, 1580.
John Knox
Scottish religious leader
John Napier
John Napier
Scottish mathematician
Alexander Henderson
Alexander Henderson
Scottish minister
Andrew Melville, engraving
Andrew Melville
Scottish clergyman and scholar
John Erskine
Scottish religious leader [1509–1591]
George Wishart
George Wishart
Scottish religious reformer
James Melville
Scottish clergyman
Ethel Rosenberg
American spy
Julius Rosenberg
American engineer and spy
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII
king of England
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
Sir Francis Walsingham, detail of a panel painting attributed to John de Critz the Elder, last quarter of the 16th century; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir Francis Walsingham
English statesman
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer
German religious reformer