RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mary Jane Kelly

1863 - 1888

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Mary Jane Kelly (c. 1863 – 9 November 1888), also known as Marie Jeanette Kelly, Fair Emma, Ginger, Dark Mary and Black Mary, is widely believed by scholars to have been the final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who murdered at least five women in the Whitechapel and Spitalfields districts of London from late August to early November 1888. At the time of her death, Kelly was approximately 25 years old, working as a prostitute and living in relative poverty. Unlike the other four canonical Ripper victims—each of whom had been murdered outdoors and whose mutilations could have been committed within minutes—Kelly was murdered within the sparsely furnished single room she rented at 13 Miller's Court, affording her murderer an extensive period of time to eviscerate and mutilate her body. Kelly's body was by far the most extensively mutilated of the canonical victims, with her mutilations taking her murderer approximately two hours to perform. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Jane Kelly is the 1,276th most popular religious figure (down from 966th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 55th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

Mary Jane Kelly is most famous for being the last of the five victims of Jack the Ripper.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary Jane Kelly ranks 1,276 out of 3,187. Before her are Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria, Stephen Harding, Anthimus I of Constantinople, Saint Silvia, Elisheba, and Fulgentius of Ruspe. After her are Nikolaj Velimirović, Saint Sabina, Agostino Vallini, Ilon Wikland, Meletius of Antioch, and Loris Francesco Capovilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Mary Jane Kelly ranks 49. Before her are Charles Spearman, Henry Royce, Albert Calmette, Ludwig Borchardt, Andrés Bonifacio, and Hermann Bahr. After her are S. Ansky, Manuel Gomes da Costa, Gabriel Pierné, Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, and W. I. Thomas. Among people deceased in 1888, Mary Jane Kelly ranks 24. Before her are Ascanio Sobrero, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Auguste Maquet, Ali Rıza Efendi, Jean-Marie Guyau, and Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay. After her are Ludvig Nobel, Edward Lear, Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Namık Kemal, and Princess Helena of Nassau.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Mary Jane Kelly ranks 81 out of 549. Before her are Malcolm II of Scotland (954), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Brenda Fricker (1945), Bob Geldof (1951), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), and Richard Cantillon (1680). After her are Thomas Moore (1779), Saint Fiacre (607), Seán Brady (1939), Patrick Ryan (1881), Caitriona Balfe (1979), and George Johnstone Stoney (1826).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Mary Jane Kelly ranks 5. Before her are Brigid of Kildare (451), Kevin Farrell (1947), Columbanus (540), and Columba (521). After her are Saint Fiacre (607), Seán Brady (1939), Dymphna (700), Saint Kilian (640), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), and Adomnán (624).

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