RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Brigham Young

1801 - 1877

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Brigham Young ( BRIG-əm; 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 5,915,934 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Brigham Young is the 280th most popular religious figure (up from 301st in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from United States (up from 239th in 2019) and the 2nd 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.

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  • 72.00

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  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Brigham Young ranks 280 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Pius I, Pope Paschal I, Pope Gelasius I, Pope Adrian III, Pope Benedict I, and Judas Maccabeus. After him are Philip Melanchthon, Saint Veronica, Vincent de Paul, Saint Patrick, Pope Cornelius, and Pope John XII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Brigham Young ranks 2. Before him is Vincenzo Bellini. After him are Gustav Fechner, Josip Jelačić, Frédéric Bastiat, Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, John of Saxony, Joseph Plateau, Johannes Peter Müller, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, and John Henry Newman. Among people deceased in 1877, Brigham Young ranks 3. Before him are Gustave Courbet, and Crazy Horse. After him are Saigō Takamori, Adolphe Thiers, Urbain Le Verrier, Henry Fox Talbot, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Sophie of Württemberg, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, and Amalie Auguste of Bavaria.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brigham Young ranks 196 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis Sullivan (1856), Mary Cassatt (1844), Leonard Bernstein (1918), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), Mel Gibson (1956), and George Lucas (1944). After him are Jon Voight (1938), Ben Affleck (1972), Samuel P. Huntington (1927), Whitney Houston (1963), Herman Melville (1819), and Buster Keaton (1895).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Brigham Young ranks 2. Before him are Joseph Smith (1805). After him are Charles Taze Russell (1852), Billy Graham (1918), John Mott (1865), William Miller (1782), Rose Kennedy (1890), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Pat Garrett (1850), Maria Branyas (1907), Henry Molaison (1926), and Lillian Asplund (1906).

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