1952 - 1976
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. She was diagnosed with epileptic psychosis (temporal lobe epilepsy) and had a history of psychiatric treatment, which was overall not effective.When Michel was 16, she experienced a seizure and was diagnosed with psychosis caused by temporal lobe epilepsy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anneliese Michel has received more than 4,356,035 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Anneliese Michel is the 65th most popular social activist (down from 63rd in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from Germany (down from 561st in 2019) and the 7th 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, Anneliese Michel ranks 65 out of 544. Before her are Bhagat Singh, Fra Dolcino, Nicholas Winton, Axel Munthe, Widukind, and Mukhtar al-Thaqafi. After her are Errico Malatesta, Mustafa Barzani, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Dominique Pire, Dragutin Dimitrijević, and Gabrielle d'Estrées.
1907 - 1931
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 59
1250 - 1307
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 60
1909 - 2015
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 61
1857 - 1949
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 62
755 - 810
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 63
622 - 687
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 64
1952 - 1976
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 65
1853 - 1932
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 66
1903 - 1979
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 67
1753 - 1811
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 68
1910 - 1969
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 69
1876 - 1917
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 70
1573 - 1599
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 71
Among people born in 1952, Anneliese Michel ranks 20. Before her are Sylvia Kristel, Gary Moore, Nelson Piquet, Francis Fukuyama, John Goodman, and Roger Milla. After her are Sammo Hung, Jeff Goldblum, Oleg Blokhin, Douglas Adams, Arkan, and Isabella Rossellini. Among people deceased in 1976, Anneliese Michel ranks 30. Before her are Raymond Queneau, Rudolf Bultmann, Benjamin Graham, Zhu De, Leopold Ružička, and Choe Yong-gon. After her are Juscelino Kubitschek, Gustav Heinemann, Émile Benveniste, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Josef Albers, and René Cassin.
1952 - 2012
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 14
1952 - 2011
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 15
1952 - Present
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 16
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 17
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 18
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 19
1952 - 1976
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 20
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 21
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 22
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 23
1952 - 2001
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 24
1952 - 2000
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 25
1952 - Present
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 26
1903 - 1976
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 24
1884 - 1976
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 25
1894 - 1976
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 26
1886 - 1976
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 27
1887 - 1976
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 28
1900 - 1976
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 29
1952 - 1976
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 30
1902 - 1976
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 31
1899 - 1976
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 32
1902 - 1976
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 33
1900 - 1976
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 34
1888 - 1976
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 35
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 36
Among people born in Germany, Anneliese Michel ranks 598 out of 5,289. Before her are Klaus Meine (1948), Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Paul Breitner (1951), Hedwig of Silesia (1174), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), and Oliver Kahn (1969). After her are Roman Herzog (1934), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), Willi Stoph (1914), Rudolf Mössbauer (1929), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), and Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907).
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 592
1629 - 1698
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 593
1951 - Present
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 594
1174 - 1243
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 595
1750 - 1806
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 596
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 597
1952 - 1976
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 598
1934 - 2017
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 599
1843 - 1916
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 600
1914 - 1999
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 601
1929 - 2011
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 602
1841 - 1925
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 603
1907 - 1994
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 604
Among social activists born in Germany, Anneliese Michel ranks 7. Before her are Claus von Stauffenberg (1907), Thomas Müntzer (1489), Martin Niemöller (1892), Sophie Scholl (1921), Carl von Ossietzky (1889), and Horst Wessel (1907). After her are Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Hans Scholl (1918), Paul Schäfer (1921), Alfred Naujocks (1911), Gerda Christian (1913), and Klaus Störtebeker (1360).
1907 - 1944
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 1
1489 - 1525
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 2
1892 - 1984
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 3
1921 - 1943
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 4
1889 - 1938
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 5
1907 - 1930
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 6
1952 - 1976
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 7
1814 - 1881
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 8
1918 - 1943
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 9
1921 - 2010
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 10
1911 - 1966
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 11
1913 - 1997
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 12
1360 - 1401
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 13