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Jakob Ammann

1644 - 1730

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Jakob Ammann (also Jacob Amman, Amann; 12 February 1644 – between 1712 and 1730) was a Swiss Anabaptist leader and the namesake of the Amish religious movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob Ammann is the 1,166th most popular religious figure (down from 1,100th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 151st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jakob Ammann ranks 1,166 out of 3,187. Before him are Nicholas of Tolentino, Theophylact of Constantinople, Giovanni Lajolo, Julian Cesarini, Yves Congar, and Arsenius the Great. After him are Sai Baba of Shirdi, Jeanne Guyon, Shemon Bar Sabbae, Abo of Tiflis, 11th Dalai Lama, and Rose of Viterbo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1644, Jakob Ammann ranks 9. Before him are Ole Rømer, Henrietta of England, Louise de La Vallière, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, and Galdan Boshugtu Khan. After him are Louis-François de Boufflers, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Abraham a Sancta Clara, and Jean Jouvenet. Among people deceased in 1730, Jakob Ammann ranks 7. Before him are Pope Benedict XIII, Peter II of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark, Leonardo Vinci, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, and Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Árni Magnússon, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Hans Hermann von Katte, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, and François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jakob Ammann ranks 153 out of 1,015. Before him are Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), Ernest Ansermet (1883), Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980), Kurt Koch (1950), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), and Germain Henri Hess (1802). After him are Ami Argand (1750), Max Bill (1908), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), Jean-André Deluc (1727), and Marcel Bezençon (1907).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Jakob Ammann ranks 9. Before him are Nicholas of Flüe (1417), Anna Göldi (1734), Brother Roger (1915), Anders Arborelius (1949), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), and Kurt Koch (1950). After him are Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Emil Brunner (1889), Henri Schwery (1932), and Wiborada (900).

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