1801 - 1881
Marie Catherine Laveau (September 10, 1801 – June 15, 1881) was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, herbalist and midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II (1827 – c. 1862), also practiced rootwork, conjure, Native American and African spiritualism as well as Louisiana Voodoo and traditional Roman Catholicism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie Laveau has received more than 3,476,873 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Marie Laveau is the 1,190th most popular religious figure (down from 1,003rd in 2019), the 2,134th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,794th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Religious Figure.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among religious figures, Marie Laveau ranks 1,190 out of 2,238. Before her are Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Kashyapa, Didacus of Alcalá, John IV of Constantinople, Nimatullah Kassab, and Beatrice of Silva. After her are Antipope Victor IV, Geert Groote, Adam Rainer, Roberto Calvi, Angelus of Jerusalem, and Peter the Venerable.
1719 - 1803
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 1,184
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 1,185
1400 - 1463
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 1,186
600 - 595
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,187
1808 - 1858
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,188
1424 - 1492
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,189
1801 - 1881
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 1,190
1010 - 1139
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,191
1340 - 1384
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,192
1899 - 1950
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,193
1920 - 1982
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 1,194
1185 - 1225
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,195
1092 - 1156
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,196
Among people born in 1801, Marie Laveau ranks 24. Before her are George Biddell Airy, Thomas Cole, Albert Lortzing, Moritz von Jacobi, Immanuel Nobel, and Karl Baedeker. After her are Vladimir Dal, Maria Theresa of Austria, Henri Labrouste, Zénaïde Bonaparte, William H. Seward, and Julius Plücker. Among people deceased in 1881, Marie Laveau ranks 28. Before her are Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Ludwig von Benedek, Eduard Heine, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, and Hermann Lotze. After her are Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Sophia Perovskaya, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Princess Caroline of Denmark, and Ami Boué.
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 18
1801 - 1848
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 19
1801 - 1851
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 20
1801 - 1874
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 21
1801 - 1872
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 22
1801 - 1859
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 23
1801 - 1881
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 24
1801 - 1872
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 25
1801 - 1855
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 26
1801 - 1875
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 27
1801 - 1854
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 28
1801 - 1872
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 29
1801 - 1868
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 30
1797 - 1881
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 22
1804 - 1881
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 23
1821 - 1881
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 24
1804 - 1881
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 25
1815 - 1881
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 26
1817 - 1881
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 27
1801 - 1881
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 28
1837 - 1881
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 29
1818 - 1881
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 30
1853 - 1881
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 31
1806 - 1881
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 32
1793 - 1881
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 33
1794 - 1881
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 34
Among people born in United States, Marie Laveau ranks 2,134 out of 18,182. Before her are George Gallup (1901), Marc Anthony (1968), Larry David (1947), Rob Reiner (1947), Florence Owens Thompson (1903), and Ving Rhames (1959). After her are Christa McAuliffe (1948), Doc Holliday (1851), Frank Lucas (1930), Vincent Schiavelli (1948), Michael Jeter (1952), and Jessica Alba (1981).
1901 - 1984
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 2,128
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 2,129
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 2,130
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 2,131
1903 - 1983
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 2,132
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 2,133
1801 - 1881
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 2,134
1948 - 1986
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 2,135
1851 - 1887
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 2,136
1930 - 2019
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 2,137
1948 - 2005
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 2,138
1952 - 2003
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 2,139
1981 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 2,140
Among religious figures born in United States, Marie Laveau ranks 13. Before her are Rose Kennedy (1890), William Miller (1782), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Lillian Asplund (1906), Paul Marcinkus (1922), and Henry Molaison (1926). After her are William M. Branham (1909), Raymond Franz (1922), Angelo Dundee (1921), David Wilkerson (1931), William Levada (1936), and Raymond Leo Burke (1948).
1890 - 1995
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 7
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 8
1869 - 1942
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 9
1906 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 10
1922 - 2006
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 11
1926 - 2008
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 12
1801 - 1881
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 13
1909 - 1965
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 14
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 15
1921 - 2012
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 16
1931 - 2011
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 17
1936 - 2019
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 18
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 19