RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Charles Taze Russell

1852 - 1916

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Charles Taze Russell (February 16, 1852 – October 31, 1916), or Pastor Russell, was an American Adventist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founder of the Bible Student movement. He was an early Christian Zionist. In July 1879, Russell began publishing a monthly religious magazine, Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Taze Russell has received more than 2,277,791 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Charles Taze Russell is the 633rd most popular religious figure (up from 654th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from United States (up from 706th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Religious Figure.

Charles Taze Russell is most famous for being the founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

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  • 65.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Charles Taze Russell ranks 633 out of 3,187. Before him are Theophanes the Confessor, Canaan, Pope Vigilius, Jean Meslier, Pope Felix IV, and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. After him are John Knox, Peter Waldo, Jael, Father Damien, Catherine Labouré, and Obadiah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Charles Taze Russell ranks 13. Before him are Emil Fischer, Albert A. Michelson, Henri Moissan, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Joseph Joffre, and Francisco Tárrega. After him are William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Constantin Fehrenbach, Ferdinand von Lindemann, and Alice Liddell. Among people deceased in 1916, Charles Taze Russell ranks 25. Before him are Natsume Sōseki, José Echegaray, Karl Schwarzschild, Elisabeth of Wied, Enrique Granados, and Émile Verhaeren. After him are Ivan Franko, Max Reger, Eduard Strauss, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, and Gaston Maspero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Taze Russell ranks 637 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Krugman (1953), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Carl Lewis (1961), Alfred Kinsey (1894), George Cukor (1899), and Sidney Lumet (1924). After him are Ariana Grande (1993), Richard Kiel (1939), Richard Chamberlain (1934), Gene Wilder (1933), Monica Lewinsky (1973), and Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Charles Taze Russell ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Smith (1805), and Brigham Young (1801). After him are 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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