RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jean Calas

1698 - 1762

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Jean Calas (1698 – 10 March 1762) was a merchant living in Toulouse, France, who was tried, judicially tortured, and executed for the murder of his son, despite his protestations of innocence. Calas was a Protestant in an officially Catholic society. Doubts about his guilt were raised by opponents of the Catholic Church and he was exonerated in 1764. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Calas has received more than 233,301 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jean Calas is the 1,289th most popular religious figure (down from 1,262nd in 2019), the 2,073rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,056th in 2019) and the 107th most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 56.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jean Calas ranks 1,289 out of 3,187. Before him are Frederick of Utrecht, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Juliana of Liège, Teobaldo Boccapecci, Robert Estienne, and Jean-Marie Villot. After him are Asma bint Umais, Billy Meier, Diego Laynez, Saint Fiacre, Joanna, wife of Chuza, and Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1698, Jean Calas ranks 11. Before him are Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Pierre Bouguer, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Riccardo Broschi, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, and Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena. After him are Erik Pontoppidan, Johann Jakob Bodmer, Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans, Pyotr Saltykov, François Francoeur, and Giacomo Ceruti. Among people deceased in 1762, Jean Calas ranks 13. Before him are James Bradley, Emperor Momozono, Francesco Geminiani, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi. After him are Tobias Mayer, Françoise-Louise de Warens, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Dorothea Erxleben, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, and Stanisław Poniatowski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Calas ranks 2,073 out of 6,770. Before him are Rodulfus Glaber (985), Jean-Marie Villot (1905), François Étienne de Kellermann (1770), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (1400), and Alan Stivell (1944). After him are Prosper of Aquitaine (390), Antoine Béchamp (1816), Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770), Elif Shafak (1971), Max Decugis (1882), and Victorine Meurent (1844).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jean Calas ranks 107. Before him are Louis of Toulouse (1274), Blandina (101), Henri Estienne (1528), Aldegonde (639), Robert Estienne (1503), and Jean-Marie Villot (1905). After him are Louis Massignon (1883), Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), Raymonde de Laroche (1882), Ivo of Chartres (1040), Peter Nolasco (1180), and Benedict Joseph Labre (1748).

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