1916 - 1941
Maurice Bavaud (15 January 1916 – 14 May 1941) was a Swiss theology student who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Bavaud has received more than 112,300 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Bavaud is the 1,511th most popular religious figure (down from 1,409th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 238th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Maurice Bavaud ranks 1,511 out of 2,238. Before him are Hōnen, Bernard Francis Law, Lipit-Ishtar, Marcellin Champagnat, Meletius IV of Constantinople, and Anthony of Kiev. After him are Sobekemsaf II, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Colette of Corbie, Modestus of Jerusalem, Dashrath Manjhi, and Dobri Dobrev.
1133 - 1212
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 1,505
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,506
1890 BC - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,507
1789 - 1840
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,508
1871 - 1935
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,509
983 - 1073
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,510
1916 - 1941
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 1,511
1600 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 1,512
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 1,513
1381 - 1447
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 1,514
537 - 634
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 1,515
1934 - 2007
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 1,516
1914 - 2018
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 1,517
Among people born in 1916, Maurice Bavaud ranks 105. Before him are Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Anthony Dawson, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Manea Mănescu, Benjamin Libet, and Pietro Rava. After him are Rossano Brazzi, Helmut Gröttrup, John Basilone, Unica Zürn, Archie Moore, and Edmundo Suárez. Among people deceased in 1941, Maurice Bavaud ranks 80. Before him are Arkady Gaidar, Maximilien Luce, Gutzon Borglum, Eugen Ritter von Schobert, Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal, and Viktor Dankl von Krasnik. After him are Hanns Kerrl, Mustafa Shokay, Alexandros Koryzis, Wil van Gogh, Simon Dubnow, and Walter Ruttmann.
1916 - 1994
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 99
1916 - 1992
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 100
1916 - 2006
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 101
1916 - 2009
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 102
1916 - 2007
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 103
1916 - 2006
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 104
1916 - 1941
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 105
1916 - 1994
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 106
1916 - 1981
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 107
1916 - 1945
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 108
1916 - 1970
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 109
1916 - 1998
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 110
1916 - 1978
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 111
1904 - 1941
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 74
1858 - 1941
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 75
1867 - 1941
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 76
1883 - 1941
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 77
1852 - 1941
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 78
1854 - 1941
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 79
1916 - 1941
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 80
1887 - 1941
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 81
1890 - 1941
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 82
1885 - 1941
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 83
1862 - 1941
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 84
1860 - 1941
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 85
1887 - 1941
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 86
Among people born in Switzerland, Maurice Bavaud ranks 232 out of 876. Before him are Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), Andy Hug (1964), Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825), Anton Graff (1736), and Matilda of Habsburg (1253). After him are Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (1945), Giovanni Giacometti (1868), Carl Nägeli (1817), DJ BoBo (1968), Jean Starobinski (1920), and Heinz Holliger (1939).
1810 - 1885
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 226
1760 - 1826
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 227
1964 - 2000
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 228
1825 - 1898
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 229
1736 - 1813
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 230
1253 - 1304
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 231
1916 - 1941
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 232
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 233
1868 - 1933
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 234
1817 - 1891
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 235
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 236
1920 - 2019
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 237
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 238
Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Maurice Bavaud ranks 12. Before him are Heinrich Bullinger (1504), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), and Emil Brunner (1889). After him are Henri Schwery (1932), Wiborada (900), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Georges Cottier (1922), Anders Arborelius (1949), and Kurt Koch (1950).
1504 - 1575
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 6
1435 - 1495
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 7
1644 - 1730
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 8
890 - 973
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 10
1889 - 1966
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 11
1916 - 1941
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 12
1932 - 2021
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 13
900 - 926
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 14
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 15
1922 - 2016
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 16
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 17
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 18