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Anneliese Michel

1952 - 1976

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Anna Elisabeth "Anneliese" Michel (21 September 1952 – 1 July 1976) was a German woman who underwent 67 Catholic exorcism rites during the year before her death. She died of malnutrition, for which her parents and priest were convicted of negligent homicide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anneliese Michel has received more than 7,313,330 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Anneliese Michel is the 97th most popular social activist (down from 60th in 2019), the 723rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 522nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Social Activist.

Anneliese Michel was a German woman who was believed to be possessed by demons. She underwent exorcism rites for over 10 years.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Anneliese Michel ranks 97 out of 840. Before her are Thomas Cranmer, Jimmy Hoffa, Vasil Levski, Kim Hyong-jik, Liu Xiaobo, and Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad. After her are Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Zhang Jue, Annie Besant, Louise Michel, and Leila Khaled.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Anneliese Michel ranks 40. Before her are Tomislav Nikolić, Lee Hsien Loong, John Goodman, Isabella Rossellini, Allan Simonsen, and Shigeru Miyamoto. After her are Idriss Déby, Jimmy Connors, Christian Clavier, Dan Aykroyd, Fuad II of Egypt, and İbrahim Tatlıses. Among people deceased in 1976, Anneliese Michel ranks 36. Before her are Rudolf Bultmann, Juscelino Kubitschek, Dalton Trumbo, Benjamin Graham, Lars Onsager, and Émile Benveniste. After her are Tove Ditlevsen, Andrei Grechko, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, René Cassin, Josef Albers, and Paul Lazarsfeld.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anneliese Michel ranks 723 out of 7,253. Before her are Clemens Brentano (1778), Max Liebermann (1847), Ulrich von Hutten (1488), Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Gabriele Münter (1877), and John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585). After her are Albert Göring (1895), Hans von Bülow (1830), Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria (1843), Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865), Walther Wenck (1900), and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Anneliese Michel ranks 9. Before her are Sophie Scholl (1921), Martin Niemöller (1892), Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Horst Wessel (1907), and Widukind (755). After her are Hans Scholl (1918), Sophia of Prussia (1870), Alfred Naujocks (1911), Marianne Bachmeier (1950), Paul Schäfer (1921), and Klaus Störtebeker (1360).

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