RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacques Hamel

1930 - 2016

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Jacques Hamel (French pronunciation: [ʒak amɛl]; 30 November 1930 – 26 July 2016) was a French Catholic priest who served in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. On 26 July 2016, Hamel was murdered during the 2016 Normandy church attack by two Muslim men pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while Hamel celebrated Mass in his church. The circumstances of his death have led him to be called a martyr by Christians, including Pope Francis, non-Christians, and the press. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Hamel has received more than 240,955 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jacques Hamel is the 1,862nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,477th in 2019), the 3,090th most popular biography from France (down from 2,503rd in 2019) and the 154th most popular French Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacques Hamel ranks 1,862 out of 3,187. Before him are John X of Constantinople, Eleutherius of Byzantium, Abu al-Misk Kafur, Metrophanes of Byzantium, Anastasios of Albania, and Josef Beran. After him are Turibius of Mogrovejo, Andronicus of Pannonia, Joktan, Acacius of Constantinople, Sebastiano Baggio, and Giovanni Morone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jacques Hamel ranks 228. Before him are José Ramón Machado Ventura, Naomi Shemer, Svatopluk Pluskal, Goro Shimura, The Big Bopper, and Bora Kostić. After him are Ross Perot, Liliana Segre, Norio Ohga, Ken Naganuma, Frederick Wiseman, and Adile Naşit. Among people deceased in 2016, Jacques Hamel ranks 187. Before him are Sixto Durán Ballén, Mahasweta Devi, Christina Grimmie, Fazil Iskander, Yūko Tsushima, and Klim Churyumov. After him are Pierre Étaix, Halil İnalcık, Madeleine Lebeau, Željko Čajkovski, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, and Guido Westerwelle.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Hamel ranks 3,090 out of 6,770. Before him are Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (945), Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1498), Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), Armand Salacrou (1899), Jean-François Revel (1924), and Pierre Bézier (1910). After him are Francis Garnier (1839), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1932), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740), Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1836), Serge Dassault (1925), and Pascal Bruckner (1948).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jacques Hamel ranks 154. Before him are Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), Albert Vanhoye (1923), André Vingt-Trois (1942), Audomar (600), Émilie de Villeneuve (1811), and Lupus of Troyes (395). After him are Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Peter Chanel (1803), Itta of Metz (592), Jean du Bellay (1492), Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), and François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715).

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