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Jacob Frank

1726 - 1791

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Jakob Joseph Frank, Herb Dobrucki (hebräisch יַעֲקֹב יוֹסֵף בן יְהוּדָה לייב Ja’akow Josef ben Jehuda Lejb, polnisch Jakób Józef Frank, geboren 1726 in Korolówka, Podolien, Polen-Litauen; gestorben am 10. Dezember 1791 in Offenbach am Main), auch der wahre Jakob, war ein aschkenasischer Jude, der sich als Sabbatianer, Rabbiner, Kabbalist, Prophet, Astrologe und Alchemist auch als Reinkarnation des biblischen Jakobs und des vermeintlichen Messias Schabbtai Zvi verstand und Zvis Bewegung, den Sabbatianismus, ab 1755 zum Frankismus weiterentwickelte. Diese nach ihm benannte messianische Bewegung entfaltete noch bis Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts in ganz Europa politische Wirkung. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Jacob Frank is the 1,071st most popular religiöse persönlichkeit (down from 847th in 2024), the 174th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 136th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Religiöse Persönlichkeit.

Jacob Frank was a Jewish apostate who converted to Catholicism and became a Jesuit priest. He is most famous for founding the Order of the Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society.

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Among Religiöse Persönlichkeits

Among religiöse persönlichkeits, Jacob Frank ranks 1,071 out of 3,187. Before him are Adam Stefan Sapieha, Peter III of Alexandria, Seán Patrick O'Malley, George Syncellus, Yolanda of Poland, and Joseph Zen. After him are Nimatullah Kassab, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Sinchi Roca, Sebeos, and Gerasimus of the Jordan.

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Among people born in 1726, Jacob Frank ranks 6. Before him are Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, François-André Danican Philidor, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, James Hutton, and Louise Henriette de Bourbon. After him are Gerard Majella, Prince Henry of Prussia, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Daniel Chodowiecki, and Alexander Ypsilantis. Among people deceased in 1791, Jacob Frank ranks 6. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Grigory Potemkin, John Wesley, and Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy. After him are Étienne Maurice Falconet, Ignaz von Born, Joseph Gaertner, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Johan Andreas Murray, and João de Loureiro.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Jacob Frank ranks 174 out of 1,365. Before him are Alexander Pechersky (1909), Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027), Georgy Pyatakov (1890), Moshé Feldenkrais (1904), Maria Prymachenko (1908), and Pavel Popovich (1930). After him are Yuri Kondratyuk (1897), Ivan Kozhedub (1920), Anatoly Fomenko (1945), Richard von Mises (1883), Otto Preminger (1905), and David Bronstein (1924).

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Among Religiöse Persönlichkeits In Ukraine

Among religiöse persönlichkeits born in Ukraine, Jacob Frank ranks 5. Before him are Baal Shem Tov (1700), Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902), Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), and Nachman of Breslov (1772). After him are Josyf Slipyj (1892), Marian Jaworski (1926), Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (1842), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), Filaret (1929), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), and Tekla Juniewicz (1906).

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