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Bill Bright

1921 - 2003

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William R. Bright (October 19, 1921 – July 19, 2003) was an American evangelist. In 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles, he founded Campus Crusade for Christ as a ministry for university students. In 1952 he wrote The Four Spiritual Laws. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Bright has received more than 315,295 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Bright is the 6,314th most popular writer (down from 5,654th in 2019), the 11,316th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,168th in 2019) and the 833rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bill Bright ranks 6,314 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean Stafford, Humphrey Carpenter, Brian Moore, Alastair Reynolds, Dick King-Smith, and Sandra Cisneros. After him are Kari Hotakainen, Roddy Doyle, Sándor Csoóri, Christina Hoff Sommers, Victor Shenderovich, and Thomas Warton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Bill Bright ranks 440. Before him are Marilyn Maxwell, Sheb Wooley, Bobby Wanzer, Alan Hale Jr., Wayne C. Booth, and Brian Moore. After him are Muriel Pavlow, Richard Wilbur, Horace Gould, Andrew M. Gleason, Dinny Pails, and Vivian Blaine. Among people deceased in 2003, Bill Bright ranks 343. Before him are Sheb Wooley, Edward F. Moore, Eddie Thomson, Fritz Spengler, Steve O'Rourke, and C. Douglas Dillon. After him are Lou Harrison, Kathleen Raine, Hank Ballard, Franklin Farrell, David Kelly, and Robert Detweiler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Bright ranks 11,316 out of 20,380. Before him are Jacqueline Barton (1952), Zoe Kazan (1983), Karyn Parsons (1966), James Dunbar (1930), Alice Lake (1895), and Sandra Cisneros (1954). After him are Scott Cooper (1970), Barrett Strong (1941), Damian Lillard (1990), Samuel Ramey (1942), Gordon Bell (1934), and Herman Cain (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bill Bright ranks 833. Before him are Wayne C. Booth (1921), Frances Harper (1825), John Toll (1952), William H. Gass (1924), Jean Stafford (1915), and Sandra Cisneros (1954). After him are Christina Hoff Sommers (1950), Alyson Noël (1965), Naomi Wolf (1962), Richard Wilbur (1921), Terry Southern (1924), and Veronica Roth (1988).

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