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Raël
Sign in to saveRaël (born Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon, 30 September 1946) is a French journalist and religious leader who founded and leads the Raëlian Movement, an international UFO religion.
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Vichy, Allier, France
Raël (born Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon, 30 September 1946) is a French journalist who founded and currently leads the Raëlian Movement, an international UFO religion. Prior to becoming a religious leader, Raël, then known as Claude Vorilhon, worked as sports-car journalist and test driver for his own car-racing magazine, Autopop. Following a purported extraterrestrial encounter in December…
Known for
- Raël: The Alien Prophet — Self2024
- Raël QC — Self2023
- Les femmes de Raël — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
- The Prophet and the Space Aliens — Self2020
- Midi Première — Self1975
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
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Key facts
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Vichy, France
- Religious biography.religion
- Raëlism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claude
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Vichy
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Raelism
- Instrument
- voice
- Sport
- auto racing
- Official website
- www.rael.org
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- date of birth
- 1946-09-30
- birth name
- Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon
- pseudonym
- Claude Celler
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Early life
- The Raëlian messages
- Marriages
- Racing career
- Promoted technologies
- Criticism and controversies
- Plagiarism
- Appearances in the media
- Appearances in court
- Government action against Raël
- Discography
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- External links
Raël (born Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon, 30 September 1946) is a French journalist and religious leader 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. He traveled the world to promote his books for over 30 years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raël” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.