RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bilal Philips

1947 - Today

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Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips (born Dennis Bradley Philips; July 17, 1947) is a Jamaican-born Canadian Islamic teacher, speaker, author, founder and chancellor of the International Open University, who lives in Qatar. He has written, translated and commented on over 50 Islamic books and has appeared or presented on numerous national and satellite television channels, including Saudi TV, Sharjah TV, Ajman TV, Islam Channel, Huda TV, and Peace TV. Throughout his career, Philips has become the subject of many controversies, resulting in him being banned from entering the United Kingdom, Australia, Denmark and Kenya, banned from re-entering Germany, ordered to leave Bangladesh, and deported from the Philippines. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bilal Philips has received more than 742,071 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Bilal Philips is the 2,755th most popular religious figure (down from 2,509th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Jamaica and the 3rd most popular Jamaican Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bilal Philips ranks 2,755 out of 3,187. Before him are Eugênio Sales, Sekhemrekhutawy Khabaw, Jean Hardouin, Antipope Theodoric, Savio Hon, and Paul Egede. After him are Joseph Coutts, Luis Aponte Martínez, Arrigo Miglio, David Beaton, José Lai, and Daniel Sturla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Bilal Philips ranks 575. Before him are Sara Paretsky, André Heller, Bill Smitrovich, Richard J. Evans, Nikolai Volkoff, and Ntare V of Burundi. After him are Warren Zevon, John Lipsky, Randy Edelman, Jerónimo de Sousa, Cindy Williams, and Frank Shorter.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Bilal Philips ranks 43 out of 189. Before him are Don Quarrie (1951), Carl Douglas (1942), King Tubby (1941), Errol Brown (1948), Ziggy Marley (1968), and Gregory Isaacs (1951). After him are Yellowman (1956), Leonard Howell (1898), Horace Andy (1951), Michael Manley (1924), Jacob Miller (1952), and George Kerr (1937).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Jamaica

Among religious figures born in Jamaica, Bilal Philips ranks 3. Before him are Violet Brown (1900), and Patrick Allen (1951).

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