RELIGIOUS FIGURE

David Wilkerson

1931 - 2011

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David Ray Wilkerson (May 19, 1931 – April 27, 2011) was an American Christian evangelist, best known for his book The Cross and the Switchblade. He was the founder of the addiction recovery program Teen Challenge, and founding pastor of the interdenominational Times Square Church in New York City. Wilkerson emphasized such Christian beliefs as God's holiness and righteousness, God's love toward humans and especially Christian views of Jesus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Wilkerson has received more than 1,395,671 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. David Wilkerson is the 1,971st most popular religious figure (down from 1,520th in 2019), the 3,963rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,075th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, David Wilkerson ranks 1,971 out of 3,187. Before him are John of Biclaro, Louis Antoine de Noailles, Hâfiz Osman, Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Pami, and Dorothea of Montau. After him are Giovanni Colombo, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, Gedaliah, Gorazd, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, and Nephon II of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, David Wilkerson ranks 226. Before him are Bridget Riley, Ladislav Novák, Yulian Semyonov, Nick Bollettieri, Yoji Yamada, and Robert Enrico. After him are Jan Johansson, León Febres Cordero, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Janosch, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, and Tab Hunter. Among people deceased in 2011, David Wilkerson ranks 163. Before him are Thor Vilhjálmsson, Sena Jurinac, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Randy Savage, Mohamed Bouazizi, and Ladislav Novák. After him are María Mercader, Josefa Iloilo, Frederick Chiluba, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., James Hillman, and Jiří Dienstbier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Wilkerson ranks 3,963 out of 20,380. Before him are Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), Nikos Galis (1957), Jean Peters (1926), Mack Swain (1876), Marianne Williamson (1952), and Frank Marshall (1946). After him are Lepke Buchalter (1897), Larry Hankin (1940), Laurens Hammond (1895), Grover Washington Jr. (1943), Kelly Johnson (1910), and Virginia Cherrill (1908).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, David Wilkerson ranks 31. Before him are Fulton J. Sheen (1895), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Bill W. (1895), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Charles Fox Parham (1873), and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757). After him are David Koresh (1959), William J. Seymour (1870), Lucian Pulvermacher (1918), Dwight L. Moody (1837), James Michael Harvey (1949), and Jeralean Talley (1899).

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