RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacques Marquette

1637 - 1675

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Jacques Marquette, S.J. (French pronunciation: [ʒak maʁkɛt]; June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Marquette has received more than 650,698 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jacques Marquette is the 1,937th most popular religious figure (up from 1,949th in 2019), the 3,193rd most popular biography from France (up from 3,296th in 2019) and the 164th most popular French Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacques Marquette ranks 1,937 out of 3,187. Before him are António de Andrade, Narcissus of Jerusalem, J. F. Oberlin, Charles Wesley, Mangsong Mangtsen, and Peter Julian Eymard. After him are Abraham a Sancta Clara, William of the White Hands, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Horus Sa, Marguerite Bourgeoys, and Athenodorus of Byzantium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1637, Jacques Marquette ranks 11. Before him are Nicolas Catinat, Bernardo Pasquini, Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Jan van der Heyden, Anne Marie Martinozzi, and Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau. After him is Edmund Andros. Among people deceased in 1675, Jacques Marquette ranks 18. Before him are Leopoldo de' Medici, Gaspard Dughet, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Allaert van Everdingen, Feodosia Morozova, and Brynjólfur Sveinsson. After him are August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Michael van Langren, Domenico II Contarini, Cort Adeler, and Andreas Hammerschmidt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Marquette ranks 3,193 out of 6,770. Before him are J. F. Oberlin (1740), Frédéric Cuvier (1773), Samir Nasri (1987), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (1767), and Charles Blanc (1813). After him are Suzanne Flon (1918), Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel (1727), Alain Bombard (1924), Marie I, Countess of Boulogne (1136), and Gaspard Ulliel (1984).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jacques Marquette ranks 164. Before him are Jean du Bellay (1492), Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), Bénézet (1165), J. F. Oberlin (1740), and Peter Julian Eymard (1811). After him are Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620), Prosper Guéranger (1805), Flodoard (894), Richard Simon (1638), Érard de la Marck (1472), and Louis Antoine de Noailles (1651).

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