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. His apocalyptic Biblical teachings, including interpretations of the Book of Revelation and the Seven Seals, attracted various followers.Coming from a dysfunctional background, Koresh was a member and later a leader of the Branch Davidians, a movement originally led by Benjamin Roden, based at the Mount Carmel Center outside Waco, Texas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Koresh has received more than 14,684,114 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). David Koresh is the 2,000th most popular religious figure (down from 1,923rd in 2019), the 4,064th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,314th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Koreshes by language

Over the past year David Koresh has had the most page views in the with 1,113,725 views, followed by Spanish (65,732), and French (52,417). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (257.61%), Simple English (127.07%), and Bulgarian (49.36%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, David Koresh ranks 2,000 out of 3,187. Before him are Raphael Kalinowski, Serafino Vannutelli, Charles Lwanga, Gregory III of Constantinople, Conrad of Wittelsbach, and Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna. After him are Federico Lombardi, Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Moriteru Ueshiba, Jacopo Sadoleto, Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, and George Pell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, David Koresh ranks 142. Before him are Brian Thompson, Mark Williams, Vincent Lindon, Sigmar Gabriel, Roberto Moreno, and Ildefonso Falcones. After him are Ezzaki Badou, Éric Serra, Mauricio Funes, Nir Barkat, Akhmed Zakayev, and Michel Onfray. Among people deceased in 1993, David Koresh ranks 122. Before him are Deke Slayton, Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Freya Stark, Buddhadasa, Blaže Koneski, and Wang Zhen. After him are Melchior Ndadaye, Stanley Myers, Cyril Cusack, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Moses Gunn, and Edward Bernard Raczyński.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Koresh ranks 4,064 out of 20,380. Before him are James Hillman (1926), Anne Tyler (1941), Jane Badler (1953), Margaux Hemingway (1954), Larry Clark (1943), and Burl Ives (1909). After him are George Crumb (1929), Joe E. Tata (1936), Hedda Hopper (1885), Michael Kahn (1935), Sean Astin (1971), and Matthew Lillard (1970).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, David Koresh ranks 32. Before him are Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Bill W. (1895), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Charles Fox Parham (1873), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), and David Wilkerson (1931). After him are William J. Seymour (1870), Lucian Pulvermacher (1918), Dwight L. Moody (1837), James Michael Harvey (1949), Jeralean Talley (1899), and Yusuf Estes (1944).

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