RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Urbain Grandier

1590 - 1634

Photo of Urbain Grandier

Icon of person Urbain Grandier

Urbain Grandier (1590 – 18 August 1634) was a French Catholic priest who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft, following the events of the so-called "Loudun possessions". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Urbain Grandier has received more than 488,841 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Urbain Grandier is the 1,458th most popular religious figure (down from 1,241st in 2019), the 2,401st most popular biography from France (down from 2,015th in 2019) and the 119th most popular French Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Urbain Grandier ranks 1,458 out of 3,187. Before him are Junia, Alphonsus Rodriguez, Hōnen, Modestus of Jerusalem, Beniamino Stella, and Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem. After him are Swaminarayan, Qadi Iyad, Kaundinya, Germanus of Auxerre, Fructuosus, and Bernard of Menthon.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1590, Urbain Grandier ranks 10. Before him are Mahfiruz Hatun, Simon Vouet, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gioachino Greco, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, and Yamada Nagamasa. After him are Jacob van Eyck, Théophile de Viau, John Albert II, Daniel Seghers, María de Zayas, and William Bradford. Among people deceased in 1634, Urbain Grandier ranks 6. Before him are Albrecht von Wallenstein, Hendrick Avercamp, Ligdan Khan, Adriano Banchieri, and Maria Celeste. After him are John Albert Vasa, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Magdalene of Nagasaki, John Webster, António de Andrade, and Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst.

Others Born in 1590

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1634

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Urbain Grandier ranks 2,401 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Perrot (1810), Marcel Dalio (1899), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), Paul Féval, père (1816), Johann Hermann (1738), and Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate (1652). After him are Charles Munch (1891), Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754), Charles de Brosses (1709), René Pleven (1901), and Gilbert de la Porrée (1070).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Urbain Grandier ranks 119. Before him are Benedict Joseph Labre (1748), Germain of Paris (496), Pierre de Castelnau (1170), Saint Martial (300), Peter Bartholomew (1100), and Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926). After him are Germanus of Auxerre (378), Bernard of Menthon (923), Judoc (600), Bérenger Saunière (1852), Maurice de Sully (1110), and Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779).

French born Religious Figures

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous