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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jakob Ammann

1644 - 1730

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Jakob Ammann (also Jacob Amman, Amann; 12 February 1644 – between 1712 and 1730) was a Swiss Anabaptist leader and the namesake of the Amish religious movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jakob Ammann has received more than 655,856 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jakob Ammann is the 1,110th most popular religious figure (up from 1,180th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 178th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jakob Ammann ranks 1,110 out of 2,238Before him are Kuchum, Pandita Ramabai, Jacques Paul Migne, Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Saint Marcella, and Fermin. After him are Hugh of Cluny, John Eudes, Shoghi Effendi, Caesarius of Arles, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and Marcial Maciel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1644, Jakob Ammann ranks 9Before him are Ole Rømer, Henrietta of England, Louise de La Vallière, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, and Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours. After him are François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Louis-François de Boufflers, Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Maria d'Este, and Jean Jouvenet. Among people deceased in 1730, Jakob Ammann ranks 8Before him are Pope Benedict XIII, Frederick IV of Denmark, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Leonardo Vinci, Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Adrienne Lecouvreur. After him are Hans Hermann von Katte, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Árni Magnússon, Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate, and Ashraf Hotak.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jakob Ammann ranks 150 out of 876Before him are Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), Ernest Ansermet (1883), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919), Édouard Claparède (1873), Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (1274), and Théophile Steinlen (1859). After him are Jo Siffert (1936), Charles Dutoit (1936), Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Ueli Maurer (1950), and Köbi Kuhn (1943).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Jakob Ammann ranks 8Before him are Hans Küng (1928), Brother Roger (1915), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), Anna Göldi (1734), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), and Jacob Sprenger (1435). After him are Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), Emil Brunner (1889), Maurice Bavaud (1916), Henri Schwery (1932), and Wiborada (900).