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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. Calls to declare him a saint started soon after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Hamel has received more than 225,928 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jacques Hamel is the 1,489th most popular religious figure (up from 1,550th in 2019), the 2,511th most popular biography from France (up from 2,883rd in 2019) and the 130th most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 23

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  • 4.24

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  • 2.44

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacques Hamel ranks 1,489 out of 2,238Before him are Macarius of Jerusalem, Kirill of Turov, Jānis Pujats, José Saraiva Martins, Honoratus, and Leodegar. After him are Bezalel, Mahinda, Balthasar Hubmaier, Julie Billiart, Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, and Soga no Umako.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jacques Hamel ranks 173Before him are Luis de Pablo, Israel Kirzner, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Jānis Pujats, Walter Mischel, and Stephen Smale. After him are Babushka Lady, Jean Ferrat, Ernst Fuchs, Chus Lampreave, Guy Ligier, and Arnaldo Ochoa. Among people deceased in 2016, Jacques Hamel ranks 146Before him are Curtis Hanson, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Peter Vaughan, Anker Jørgensen, Rick Parfitt, and Victor Stănculescu. After him are Paul Elvstrøm, Silvana Pampanini, Piet de Jong, Chus Lampreave, Trifon Ivanov, and Péter Esterházy.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Hamel ranks 2,511 out of 6,011Before him are Jean Metzinger (1883), Ariane Mnouchkine (1939), Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765), Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany (1391), Leodegar (616), and Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670). After him are Jean-Luc Marion (1946), Charles Percier (1764), William of Conches (1080), René Pottier (1879), Claude Autant-Lara (1901), and Tarrare (1772).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jacques Hamel ranks 130Before him are Marie of the Incarnation (1566), Judoc (600), Albert Vanhoye (1923), Jacques de Vitry (1170), François de la Chaise (1624), and Leodegar (616). After him are Julie Billiart (1751), Marcellin Champagnat (1789), Colette of Corbie (1381), Gershom ben Judah (960), Charles Lavigerie (1825), and Guillaume Dubois (1656).