RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Raël

1946 - Today

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Raël (born Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon, 30 September 1946) is a French journalist who founded and leads the Raëlian Movement, an international UFO religion. Before becoming a religious leader, Raël, then known as Claude Vorilhon, worked as a sports-car journalist and test driver for his car-racing magazine, Autopop. Following a purported extraterrestrial encounter in December 1973, he formed the Raëlian Movement and changed his name to Raël. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raël has received more than 733,991 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Raël is the 1,120th most popular religious figure (up from 1,701st in 2019), the 1,792nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,925th in 2019) and the 88th most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 730k

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  • 64.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Raël ranks 1,120 out of 3,187. Before him are Ibn Asakir, Nicholas of Japan, Emma Morano, Franz Jägerstätter, Saint Marcella, and Julian the Hospitaller. After him are Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Agostino Casaroli, Abtai Sain Khan, and Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Raël ranks 135. Before him are Ruth Fuchs, Kabir Bedi, Rodrigo Lara, Lars Vilks, Peter Green, and Ahmed Faras. After him are George Young, Nicole Garcia, François Bozizé, Rebiya Kadeer, Paul Schrader, and Anthony Daniels.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raël ranks 1,792 out of 6,770. Before him are John I, Duke of Alençon (1385), Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), Charles Huntziger (1880), Jules Dupré (1811), Maurice Sarrail (1856), and John III, Duke of Bavaria (1374). After him are Felice Borel (1914), Marguerite Perey (1909), Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840), Heinz Harmel (1906), Michel Debré (1912), and Stanislas de Guaita (1861).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Raël ranks 88. Before him are Roger Etchegaray (1922), Valentin Haüy (1745), Abbo of Fleury (945), Jacques de Vitry (1170), Jeanne Guyon (1648), and Julian the Hospitaller (700). After him are Henri de Lubac (1896), Yves Congar (1904), Vincent of Lérins (400), Medardus (470), Amandus (600), and Charles de Bourbon (1523).

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