RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Maurice Bavaud

1916 - 1941

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Maurice Bavaud (15 January 1916 – 14 May 1941) was a Swiss theology student who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Bavaud is the 2,078th most popular religious figure (down from 1,984th in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 321st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maurice Bavaud ranks 2,078 out of 3,187Before him are Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Désiré Tsarahazana, Sára Salkaházi, Justo Gallego Martínez, Stéphanos II Ghattas, and Bernard Francis Law. After him are Paolo Romeo, Giovanni de' Medici, Pacian, Eudoxius of Antioch, Aram I, and Bertha of Kent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Maurice Bavaud ranks 126Before him are Moondog, Hidetoki Takahashi, Vladimir Demikhov, Erik Nilsson, Iosif Shklovsky, and Jackie Gleason. After him are Dom Mintoff, Hilary Koprowski, Dorothy McGuire, Rossano Brazzi, Nilufer Hanımsultan, and Zail Singh. Among people deceased in 1941, Maurice Bavaud ranks 104Before him are Peder Mørk Mønsted, Fritz-Julius Lemp, May Ziade, Issai Schur, James Stephenson, and Grigory Shtern. After him are Karl Neukirch, Giuseppe Amisani, Otto Strandman, Alexander Svanidze, Vilmos Aba-Novák, and Olga Kameneva.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Maurice Bavaud ranks 318 out of 1,015Before him are Adrian Frutiger (1928), Henry, Duke of Parma (1873), Lisa Della Casa (1919), Gottfried von Einem (1918), Liselotte Pulver (1929), and Pierre Tirard (1827). After him are Arthur Cravan (1887), Marc Surer (1951), Andreas Vollenweider (1953), Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Johann Bauhin (1541), and Alain Berset (1972).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Maurice Bavaud ranks 18Before him are Jacob Sprenger (1435), Emil Brunner (1889), Henri Schwery (1932), Wiborada (900), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), and Georges Cottier (1922). After him are Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848), Charles Journet (1891), Saint Othmar (689), Conrad Grebel (1498), Pierre Viret (1511), and Marguerite Bays (1815).