1936 - 2021
David Yonggi Cho (Korean: 조용기; 14 February 1936 – 14 September 2021 as Paul Yungi Cho) was a South Korean Christian minister. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Yonggi Cho has received more than 908,838 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). David Yonggi Cho is the 1,001st most popular religious figure (up from 1,435th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 117th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, David Yonggi Cho ranks 1,001 out of 2,238. Before him are Amun-her-khepeshef, Julia Pastrana, Janaka, Vincent Pallotti, 11th Dalai Lama, and Antipope Paschal. After him are Lillian Asplund, Fulgentius of Ruspe, Mary Ann Nichols, Marcabru, Gianna Beretta Molla, and Mark of Ephesus.
1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 995
1834 - 1860
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 996
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 997
1795 - 1850
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 998
1838 - 1856
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 999
700 - 692
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 1,000
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 1,001
1906 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 1,002
468 - 533
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 1,003
1845 - 1888
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 1,004
1200 - 1150
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 1,005
1922 - 1962
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,006
1392 - 1444
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 1,007
Among people born in 1936, David Yonggi Cho ranks 86. Before him are Leonid Kuravlyov, Valerie Solanas, Ljubiša Samardžić, Paul L. Smith, Don DeLillo, and Frank Stella. After him are Kenneth G. Wilson, Joe D'Amato, Alan Alda, Raymond Poulidor, Nino Castelnuovo, and Wilfried Martens. Among people deceased in 2021, David Yonggi Cho ranks 105. Before him are Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Helen McCrory, Walter Mondale, Nino Vaccarella, Tamara Press, and Kjell Askildsen. After him are Igor Oistrakh, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Westergaard, Toshihide Maskawa, and Nino Castelnuovo.
1936 - 2022
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 80
1936 - 1988
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 81
1936 - 2017
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 82
1936 - 2012
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 83
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 84
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 85
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 86
1936 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 87
1936 - 1999
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 88
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 89
1936 - 2019
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 90
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 91
1936 - 2013
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 92
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 99
1968 - 2021
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 100
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 101
1933 - 2021
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 102
1937 - 2021
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 103
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 104
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 105
1931 - 2021
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 106
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 107
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 108
1935 - 2021
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 109
1940 - 2021
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 110
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 111
Among people born in South Korea, David Yonggi Cho ranks 70 out of 944. Before him are Kim Tu-bong (1889), Yi Hwang (1501), Charles J. Pedersen (1904), Munmu of Silla (626), Jeong Mong-ju (1337), and Psy (1977). After him are Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236), Lee Byung-hun (1970), Sung Jae-gi (1967), Ri Chun-hee (1943), Soh Jaipil (1864), and Cha Bum-kun (1953).
1889 - 1958
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 64
1501 - 1570
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 65
1904 - 1989
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 66
626 - 681
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 67
1337 - 1392
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 68
1977 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 69
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 70
1236 - 1308
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 71
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 72
1967 - 2013
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 73
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 74
1864 - 1951
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 75
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 76
Among religious figures born in South Korea, David Yonggi Cho ranks 2. Before him are Andrew Kim Taegon (1821). After him are Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (1931), Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (1943), and Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1922).
1821 - 1846
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 2
1931 - 2021
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 3
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 4
1922 - 2009
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 5