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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 289,020 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

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

God
Attributes, God (Christianity)
1999
A man without equal
Person and offices
1991
The secret
Spiritual life, Christianity, Christian life
1989
Journey Home
Campus crusade for christ, Death, religious aspects, Evangelists
2004
Witnessing without fear
Witness bearing (Christianity), Witness bearing (christianity)
1987
Come help change our world
Students, Religious life, Campus Crusade for Christ
1979

Page views of Bill Brights by language

Over the past year Bill Bright has had the most page views in the with 40,718 views, followed by Spanish (3,340), and Portuguese (1,973). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (50.68%), Vietnamese (24.95%), and Korean (19.14%)

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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