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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

David Koresh

1959 - 1993

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David Koresh (; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect and offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists, Koresh claimed to be its final prophet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Koresh has received more than 14,773,440 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). David Koresh is the 1,938th most popular religious figure (up from 2,033rd in 2019), the 4,326th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,770th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, David Koresh ranks 1,938 out of 2,238. Before him are Euthymius of Tarnovo, Jarir ibn Atiyah, Clemente Micara, Carlo Caffarra, Antony I of Constantinople, and Porphyry of Gaza. After him are Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Alfons Maria Stickler, Domenico Bartolucci, Elia Dalla Costa, Coloman of Stockerau, and Paul Augustin Mayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, David Koresh ranks 139. Before him are Steven Knight, Hassan Diab, Massimo Bonini, Majid Majidi, Majed Abdullah, and Erhard Loretan. After him are Tobias Moretti, Éric Serra, Pete Burns, Nick Cassavetes, Mauricio Funes, and Michel Onfray. Among people deceased in 1993, David Koresh ranks 119. Before him are Erich Leinsdorf, Stanley Myers, Cyril Cusack, Leo Löwenthal, Valentina Grizodubova, and Reuben Fine. After him are Edward Bernard Raczyński, Eleanor Hibbert, Buddhadasa, Yuri Bezmenov, Guido Masetti, and Mick Ronson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Koresh ranks 4,326 out of 18,182. Before him are John Cocke (1925), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Chuck Daly (1930), William Steig (1907), David Butler (1894), and Jim Beaver (1950). After him are Lysander Spooner (1808), Julianna Margulies (1966), Joseph Hooker (1814), George Duke (1946), Sylvester (1947), and Sienna Miller (1981).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, David Koresh ranks 33. Before him are Don Alden Adams (1925), Squanto (1585), Bill W. (1895), Dwight L. Moody (1837), Ellen Church (1904), and Seraphim Rose (1934). After him are Charles Fox Parham (1873), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Jeralean Talley (1899), Dorothy Stang (1931), and Yusuf Estes (1944).

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