RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacob Frank

1726 - 1791

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Jacob Joseph Frank (Hebrew: יעקב פרנק; Polish: Jakub Józef Frank; born Jakub Lejbowicz; 1726 – 10 December 1790) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676) and also of the biblical patriarch Jacob. The Jewish authorities in Poland excommunicated Frank and his followers due to his heretical doctrines that included deification of himself as a part of a trinity and other controversial concepts such as neo-Carpocratian "purification through transgression". Frank arguably created a religious movement, now referred to as Frankism, which incorporated aspects of Christianity and Judaism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Frank has received more than 642,314 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jacob Frank is the 847th most popular religious figure (up from 930th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 156th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Religious Figure.

Jacob Frank was a Jewish apostate who converted to Catholicism and became a Jesuit priest. He is most famous for founding the Order of the Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society.

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  • 2.17

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacob Frank ranks 847 out of 3,187. Before him are Germanus I of Constantinople, Blessed Gerard, Andrew Kim Taegon, Zeno of Verona, Flavian of Constantinople, and Charalambos. After him are Arnulf of Metz, Methodios I of Constantinople, Ravi Shankar, Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, Agabus, and Al-Juwayni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Jacob Frank ranks 5. Before him are François-André Danican Philidor, Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, and James Hutton. After him are Gerard Majella, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Henry of Prussia, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Princess Louise of Denmark, Alexander Ypsilantis, and Daniel Chodowiecki. Among people deceased in 1791, Jacob Frank ranks 6. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Grigory Potemkin, John Wesley, and Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy. After him are Étienne Maurice Falconet, Ignaz von Born, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Joseph Gaertner, João de Loureiro, and Besiki.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Jacob Frank ranks 136 out of 1,365. Before him are Georgy Gapon (1870), Semion Mogilevich (1946), Roald Hoffmann (1937), Anastasia of Kiev (1023), Mikhail Kirponos (1892), and Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027). After him are Dimitri Tiomkin (1894), Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547), Vladimir Ivashko (1932), Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Nikolay Nekrasov (1821), and Shvarn (1230).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ukraine

Among religious figures born in Ukraine, Jacob Frank ranks 5. Before him are Baal Shem Tov (1700), Nachman of Breslov (1772), Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), and Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902). After him are Filaret (1929), Andrey Sheptytsky (1865), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), Josyf Slipyj (1892), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), Anthony of Kiev (983), and Hilarion of Kiev (990).

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