New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Brigham Young

1801 - 1877

Photo of Brigham Young

Icon of person Brigham Young

Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877. During his time as church president, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Salt Lake Valley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brigham Young has received more than 5,661,548 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Brigham Young is the 305th most popular religious figure (down from 264th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from United States (down from 222nd in 2019) and the most popular American Religious Figure.

Brigham Young is most famous for being the second prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He led the church from 1847 until his death in 1877.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Brigham Youngs by language


Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Brigham Young ranks 305 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope John X, Pope Julius I, Desmond Tutu, Pope Gregory X, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, and Pope Dionysius. After him are Judas Maccabeus, Pope Boniface I, Al-Tirmidhi, Pope Gregory II, Vitus, and Pope Agatho.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Brigham Young ranks 2. Before him is Vincenzo Bellini. After him are Gustav Fechner, Josip Jelačić, Frédéric Bastiat, John of Saxony, Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, John Henry Newman, Johannes Peter Müller, Joseph Plateau, and Mikhail Ostrogradsky. Among people deceased in 1877, Brigham Young ranks 2. Before him is Gustave Courbet. After him are Adolphe Thiers, Saigō Takamori, Urbain Le Verrier, Crazy Horse, Henry Fox Talbot, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, and Hermann Grassmann.

Others Born in 1801

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1877

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Brigham Young ranks 239 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert E. Lee (1807), Henry Miller (1891), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), Philip Kotler (1931), and Rita Hayworth (1918). After him are Ted Kaczynski (1942), John Ford (1894), Ronnie James Dio (1942), Burt Lancaster (1913), Tony Curtis (1925), and Desmond Doss (1919).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Brigham Young ranks 1. After him are Joseph Smith (1805), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Billy Graham (1918), Pat Garrett (1850), John Mott (1865), Rose Kennedy (1890), William Miller (1782), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Lillian Asplund (1906), Paul Marcinkus (1922), and Henry Molaison (1926).

American born Religious Figures

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL