1837 - 1899
Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 22, 1899), also known as D. L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher connected with Keswickianism, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now Northfield Mount Hermon School), Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. One of his most famous quotes was “Faith makes all things possible... Love makes all things easy.“ Moody gave up his lucrative boot and shoe business to devote his life to revivalism, working first in the Civil War with Union troops through YMCA in the United States Christian Commission. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dwight L. Moody has received more than 689,201 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Dwight L. Moody is the 1,549th most popular religious figure (down from 1,407th in 2019), the 3,691st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,075th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Dwight L. Moody ranks 1,549 out of 2,272. Before him are John X of Antioch, Virgilio Noè, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Phoebe, Alessandro Albani, and Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange. After him are Junia, Ambrose Traversari, Jacques Hamel, Flodoard, Alfred Delp, and Hilarion Capucci.
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 1,543
1922 - 2011
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 1,544
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 1,545
50 - 100
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 1,546
1692 - 1779
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 1,547
1877 - 1964
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 1,548
1837 - 1899
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 1,549
50 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 1,550
1386 - 1439
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 1,551
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 1,552
894 - 966
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 1,553
1907 - 1945
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 1,554
1922 - 2017
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 1,555
Among people born in 1837, Dwight L. Moody ranks 60. Before him are Itagaki Taisuke, Zhang Zhidong, Theodore Gill, Hans von Marées, Sanjō Sanetomi, and Henry Becque. After him are Nicolás Avellaneda, Jorge Isaacs, Tigran Chukhajian, Kabayama Sukenori, Ernst Ziller, and Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar. Among people deceased in 1899, Dwight L. Moody ranks 31. Before him are Carl Millöcker, Guido Gezelle, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Matsumura Sōkon, Vincas Kudirka, and Henry Becque. After him are Garret Hobart, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, George Averoff, Gaston Tissandier, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Heymann Steinthal.
1837 - 1919
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 54
1837 - 1909
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 55
1837 - 1914
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 56
1837 - 1887
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 57
1837 - 1891
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 58
1837 - 1899
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 59
1837 - 1899
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 60
1837 - 1885
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 61
1837 - 1895
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 62
1837 - 1898
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 63
1837 - 1922
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 64
1837 - 1923
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 65
1837 - 1888
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 66
1842 - 1899
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 25
1830 - 1899
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 26
1854 - 1899
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 27
1809 - 1899
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 28
1858 - 1899
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 29
1837 - 1899
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 30
1837 - 1899
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 31
1844 - 1899
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 32
1829 - 1899
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 33
1815 - 1899
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 34
1843 - 1899
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 35
1821 - 1899
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 36
1823 - 1899
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 37
Among people born in United States, Dwight L. Moody ranks 3,691 out of 15,968. Before him are Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), Johnny Hayes (1886), Nancy Meyers (1949), Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934), Grote Reber (1911), and Thomas Haden Church (1960). After him are Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Jack Conway (1887), Queen Latifah (1970), John C. McGinley (1959), David Petraeus (1952), and Vince Neil (1961).
1774 - 1825
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 3,685
1886 - 1965
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,686
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,687
1934 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,688
1911 - 2002
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,689
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,690
1837 - 1899
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,691
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,692
1887 - 1952
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,693
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 3,694
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 3,695
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 3,696
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 3,697
Among religious figures born in United States, Dwight L. Moody ranks 28. Before him are Raymond Leo Burke (1948), Samuel Wilson (1766), Charles Fox Parham (1873), Don Alden Adams (1925), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), and Robert Cornelius (1809). After him are Bill W. (1895), Jeralean Talley (1899), Dorothy Stang (1931), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), and Squanto (1585).
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 22
1766 - 1854
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 23
1873 - 1929
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 24
1925 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 25
1656 - 1680
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 26
1809 - 1893
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 27
1837 - 1899
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 28
1895 - 1971
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 29
1899 - 2015
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 30
1931 - 2005
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 31
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 32
1895 - 1979
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 33
1585 - 1622
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 34