RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Raël

1946 - Today

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Raël (born Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon, 30 September 1946), sometimes referred to as Maitreya Raël or simply Rael, is a French journalist who founded and leads the Raëlian Movement, an international UFO religion. Before becoming a religious leader, Raël, then known as Claude Vorilhon, worked as a sports-car journalist and test driver for his car-racing magazine, Autopop. He reported an extraterrestrial encounter in December 1973 and subsequently formed the Raëlian Movement and changed his name to Raël. He later published several books, which detail the encounter with a being called Yahweh in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raël is the 2,268th most popular religious figure (down from 1,120th in 2019), the 3,503rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,792nd in 2019) and the 184th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Raël ranks 2,268 out of 3,187. Before him are Sava II, Gualtiero Bassetti, Karl-Josef Rauber, Patrick D'Rozario, Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, and Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar. After him are Nicolas Trigault, Stephen Chow, Hypatius of Gangra, Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Clemente Micara, and Mkrtich Khrimian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Raël ranks 360. Before him are Mart Siimann, Joel Camargo, Kirsti Sparboe, Ian McDonald, Emilio de Villota, and Franz Roth. After him are Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Daniel Bensaïd, Lana Wood, Carol Dweck, Salif Keïta, and Robert Mercer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raël ranks 3,503 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Miller (1942), François Hennebique (1842), Jean-François Revel (1924), Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (1817), Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans (1646), and Hugues Aufray (1929). After him are François-Auguste Biard (1799), Nicolas Trigault (1577), Daniel Bensaïd (1946), Pierre Jean Jouve (1887), Hélène Berr (1921), and Tristan Bernard (1866).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Raël ranks 184. Before him are Hilary of Arles (401), Jacques Marquette (1637), François de Tournon (1489), Jacques Hamel (1930), Bernard Panafieu (1931), and Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (1817). After him are Nicolas Trigault (1577), Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), Louis Bourdaloue (1632), Louis-Marie Billé (1938), Maurice Feltin (1883), and Peire Cardenal (1180).

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