RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mary Ann Nichols

1845 - 1888

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Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly Nichols (née Walker; 26 August 1845 – 31 August 1888), was the first canonical victim of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, who is believed to have murdered and mutilated at least five women in and around the Whitechapel district of London from late August to early November 1888. The two previous murders linked to the Whitechapel murderer are unlikely to have been committed by Jack the Ripper. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Ann Nichols has received more than 1,694,499 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mary Ann Nichols is the 991st most popular religious figure (up from 996th in 2019), the 999th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,053rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Religious Figure.

Mary Ann Nichols was a prostitute who was murdered by Jack the Ripper in 1888.

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  • 1.7M

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  • 65.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 991 out of 3,187. Before her are Peter Faber, Nicholas Mystikos, Najm al-Din Kubra, Humbert of Silva Candida, Abdullah ibn Ja'far, and 11th Dalai Lama. After her are Raymond Nonnatus, Fulgentius of Ruspe, Heinrich Bullinger, Adhemar of Le Puy, Servatius of Tongeren, and Ibn Sa'd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 26. Before her are Gustaf de Laval, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Franz Ehrle, Jacint Verdaguer, Laura Marx, and José Maria de Eça de Queirós. After her are Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Isidor Straus, Leopold Auer, Princess Sophie of Saxony, Tristan Corbière, and Fernand Cormon. Among people deceased in 1888, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 21. Before her are Theodor Storm, Paul Langerhans, Johannes Zukertort, Mary Jane Kelly, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and Ali Rıza Efendi. After her are Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Asa Gray, Annie Chapman, Namık Kemal, and Ludvig Nobel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 999 out of 8,785. Before her are Mark Strong (1963), Damon Hill (1960), Naomi Campbell (1970), Richard Hamilton (1922), Ewan McGregor (1971), and Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670). After her are Lee Child (1954), Antony Flew (1923), Alexander III of Scotland (1241), Henry Briggs (1561), Ian Curtis (1956), and Jill Ireland (1936).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 19. Before her are Willibrord (658), John Henry Newman (1801), William Tyndale (1494), Charles Spurgeon (1834), John Harvard (1607), and Frederick Fleet (1887). After her are Henry (1100), Saint David (512), Reginald Pole (1500), Stephen Harding (1059), John Fisher (1469), and Edith Cavell (1865).

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