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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 cult 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 636,297 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Raël is the 1,715th most popular religious figure (down from 1,582nd in 2019), the 2,934th most popular biography from France (down from 2,927th in 2019) and the 150th most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 640k

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  • 52.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Raël ranks 1,715 out of 2,238. Before him are Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Diogenes of Byzantium, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Huldah, Blind man of Bethsaida, and Teresa of the Andes. After him are Horus Sa, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli, Cláudio Hummes, Sava Petrović, Stanisław Ryłko, and Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Raël ranks 237. Before him are Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Ewa Kłobukowska, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Jan Akkerman, Bruce Buck, and Marián Čalfa. After him are Renzo Zorzi, Henryk Kasperczak, Willy van der Kuijlen, Yusuke Omi, Rita Marley, and Ron Silver.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raël ranks 2,934 out of 6,011. Before him are Jacques Babinet (1794), Michael Baius (1513), Pierre Attaingnant (1494), Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861), Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770), and Louise Farrenc (1804). After him are Edmond Audran (1840), François de Créquy (1625), Denise Perrier (1935), Maurice Rouvier (1842), Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), and Thomas of Britain (1200).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Raël ranks 150. Before him are Itta of Metz (592), Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Peter Bartholomew (1100), Lupus of Troyes (395), Eucherius of Lyon (380), and Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741). After him are Richard Simon (1638), John Francis Regis (1597), Bertha of Kent (550), Peter Chanel (1803), Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), and Bernard de Montfaucon (1655).

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