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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bill W.

1895 - 1971

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William Griffith Wilson (November 26, 1895 – January 24, 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). AA is an international mutual aid fellowship with about two million members worldwide belonging to AA groups, associations, organizations, cooperatives, and fellowships of alcoholics helping other alcoholics achieve and maintain sobriety. Following AA's Twelfth Tradition of anonymity, Wilson is commonly known as "Bill W." or "Bill". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill W. has received more than 1,910,582 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill W. is the 1,822nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,629th in 2019), the 3,931st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,985th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 1.9M

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  • 51.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bill W. ranks 1,822 out of 2,238. Before her are Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Giacomo Antonelli, Anatolius of Laodicea, Prosper Guéranger, Virgilio Noè, and Brynjólfur Sveinsson. After her are John XIV of Constantinople, Saint Aurelius, Jorge María Mejía, Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, Wolfgang Capito, and George Cruikshank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Bill W. ranks 142. Before her are Susanne Langer, Jankel Adler, Gustav Klutsis, Gustav von Wangenheim, Nigel Bruce, and Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev. After her are Agop Dilâçar, Maksym Rylsky, Leonid Utyosov, Stefan Rowecki, Paul Gorguloff, and Feng Youlan. Among people deceased in 1971, Bill W. ranks 99. Before her are Fritz von Opel, Gertrud von Le Fort, William Tubman, Thomas E. Dewey, Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, and Broncho Billy Anderson. After her are Viliam Široký, Henri Tomasi, Antonio Bacci, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Paul Bader, and Gaito Gazdanov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill W. ranks 3,931 out of 18,182. Before her are Linda Harrison (1945), Peggy March (1948), Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), Rob Lowe (1964), Harry Hopkins (1890), and Richard F. Outcault (1863). After her are Stuart Roosa (1933), Robert McKee (1941), Susan Kohner (1936), Jimmy Smits (1955), James Rosenquist (1933), and Jim Croce (1943).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Bill W. ranks 29. Before her are Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), Don Alden Adams (1925), and Squanto (1585). After her are Dwight L. Moody (1837), Ellen Church (1904), Seraphim Rose (1934), David Koresh (1959), Charles Fox Parham (1873), and Elizabeth Bolden (1890).

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