RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mary Ann Nichols

1845 - 1888

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Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly Nichols (née Walker; 26 August 1845 – 31 August 1888), was the first canonical victim of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, who is believed to have murdered and mutilated at least five women in and around the Whitechapel district of London from late August to early November 1888. The two previous murders linked to the Whitechapel murderer are unlikely to have been committed by Jack the Ripper. When the murder of Mary Ann Nichols was initially linked to this series, it increased both press and public interest into the criminal activity and general living conditions of the inhabitants of the East End of London. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Ann Nichols is the 1,354th most popular religious figure (down from 991st in 2019), the 1,567th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 999th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Religious Figure.

Mary Ann Nichols was a prostitute who was murdered by Jack the Ripper in 1888.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 1,354 out of 3,187. Before her are Bartholomeus Anglicus, Matthew III Csák, Lorenzo Baldisseri, Shirali Muslimov, Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, and Marian Jaworski. After her are Wim Hof, Justin Francis Rigali, Lucian Pulvermacher, Kilab ibn Murrah, Leonard of Port Maurice, and Angelus of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 32. Before her are Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Princess Sophie of Saxony, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Gustaf de Laval, and José Maria de Eça de Queirós. After her are Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Isidor Straus, Tristan Corbière, Jacint Verdaguer, Félix Tisserand, and Harriet Backer. Among people deceased in 1888, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 27. Before her are Ali Rıza Efendi, Jean-Marie Guyau, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Mary Jane Kelly, Ludvig Nobel, and Edward Lear. After her are Annie Chapman, Namık Kemal, Princess Helena of Nassau, Charles Cros, Elizabeth Stride, and Dora d'Istria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 1,567 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Cole (1801), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), William McDougall (1871), Alun Armstrong (1946), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), and Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838). After her are Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480), Malcolm McLaren (1946), Mary de Bohun (1369), Andy Fletcher (1961), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1990), and Clive Burr (1957).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Mary Ann Nichols ranks 37. Before her are Rafael Merry del Val (1865), Saint David (512), William Booth (1829), Stephen Harding (1059), Gildas (500), and Edith Cavell (1865). After her are Simon Stock (1164), Annie Chapman (1841), Reginald Pole (1500), Elizabeth Blount (1500), Hudson Taylor (1832), and Catherine Eddowes (1842).

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