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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Julia Pastrana

1834 - 1860

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Julia Pastrana (August 1834 – 25 March 1860) was a performer and singer during the 19th century who had hypertrichosis. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born in 1834, somewhere in the state of Sinaloa. She was born with a genetic condition, hypertrichosis terminalis (or generalized hypertrichosis lanuginosa); her face and body were covered with straight black hair. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julia Pastrana has received more than 841,646 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Julia Pastrana is the 996th most popular religious figure (down from 778th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 35th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Religious Figure.

Julia Pastrana is most famous for being the first known person with a condition called hypertrichosis, which is an overgrowth of hair on the face and body. She was born in Mexico in 1834 and died in 1860.

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  • 58.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Julia Pastrana ranks 996 out of 2,238. Before her are Edith Cavell, Robert Sarah, Germanus I of Constantinople, Mechtilde, Ibn Sa'd, and Amun-her-khepeshef. After her are Janaka, Vincent Pallotti, 11th Dalai Lama, Antipope Paschal, David Yonggi Cho, and Lillian Asplund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Julia Pastrana ranks 19. Before her are Charles Spurgeon, Vasily Perov, Kawakami Gensai, Norodom of Cambodia, Jan Neruda, and Johann Philipp Reis. After her are Aleksis Kivi, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Carl Bloch, Gaston Planté, John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, and Viktor Hartmann. Among people deceased in 1860, Julia Pastrana ranks 13. Before her are János Bolyai, Miloš Obrenović, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, William Walker, and István Széchenyi. After her are Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Thomas Addison, Carl Ritter von Ghega, and Ernst Moritz Arndt.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Julia Pastrana ranks 60 out of 585. Before her are Dolores del Río (1905), Juan Rulfo (1917), José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920), Guadalupe Victoria (1786), Nezahualcoyotl (1402), and José María Morelos (1765). After her are María Félix (1914), Axayacatl (1449), Chespirito (1929), Alfonso García Robles (1911), Acamapichtli (1325), and Carmen Salinas (1939).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Mexico

Among religious figures born in Mexico, Julia Pastrana ranks 2. Before her are Juan Diego (1474). After her are Marcial Maciel (1920), José Sánchez del Río (1913), Bernard Francis Law (1931), Tlacaelel (1397), Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1926), Norberto Rivera Carrera (1942), Miguel Pro (1891), Javier Lozano Barragán (1933), Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (1933), and Adolfo Suárez Rivera (1927).

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