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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 1,317,233 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). David Wilkerson is the 1,532nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,269th in 2019), the 3,082nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,608th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 22

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  • 2.72

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, David Wilkerson ranks 1,532 out of 2,238Before him are Stephen Langton, Gershom ben Judah, Jan Sarkander, Giovanni Lajolo, Ludwig Müller, and Gaudentius of Brescia. After him are Macarius of Alexandria, Anuruddha, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Charles Lavigerie, Neferneferuaten, and Philotheus I of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, David Wilkerson ranks 154Before him are Neil Postman, Umberto Lenzi, Bernard Francis Law, Joseph Joffo, Arawa Kimura, and Seyni Kountché. After him are Shadia, Shunsuke Kikuchi, Shintaro Katsu, Cristina Deutekom, George Vassiliou, and Atsuko Ikeda. Among people deceased in 2011, David Wilkerson ranks 115Before him are Diane Cilento, Charles Napier, Dennis Oppenheim, Peter Alexander, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, and Violetta Villas. After him are Josef Suk, Inese Jaunzeme, Jackie Cooper, Nikolai Andrianov, Kurt Sanderling, and Lazar Mojsov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Wilkerson ranks 3,082 out of 18,182Before him are Elizabeth Banks (1974), Barbara O'Neil (1910), Jacques Futrelle (1875), Daniel Baldwin (1960), Dick Scobee (1939), and Annie Sprinkle (1954). After him are Donald Davidson (1917), Joe Don Baker (1936), Marilyn Chambers (1952), Richard Jordan (1937), Archie Hahn (1880), and Bruce Boxleitner (1950).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, David Wilkerson ranks 17Before him are Paul Marcinkus (1922), Henry Molaison (1926), Marie Laveau (1801), William M. Branham (1909), Raymond Franz (1922), and Angelo Dundee (1921). After him are William Levada (1936), Raymond Leo Burke (1948), Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), Samuel Wilson (1766), Frederick William Franz (1893), and Kateri Tekakwitha (1656).