RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Frederick William Franz

1893 - 1992

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Frederick William Franz (September 12, 1893 – December 22, 1992) was appointed president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, a legal entity used to administer the work of Jehovah's Witnesses. He had previously served as vice-president of the same corporation from 1945 until 1977 when he replaced Nathan H. Knorr as president. His position as president was administrative, as the Governing Body assumed over-all control of all Jehovah's Witness corporations in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick William Franz has received more than 211,713 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick William Franz is the 1,657th most popular religious figure (up from 1,684th in 2019), the 3,188th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,544th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 210k

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  • 54.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Frederick William Franz ranks 1,657 out of 3,187. Before him are Jan Łaski, Kōdō Sawaki, Morteza Motahhari, Barbara West, Saint Aurelius, and Pietro Riario. After him are Santos Abril y Castelló, Romanus of Caesarea, Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani, Josip Bozanić, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, and Eudokia of Heliopolis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Frederick William Franz ranks 119. Before him are Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Paul van Zeeland, Meghnad Saha, George Ohsawa, Carlo Emilio Gadda, and Ernst Marischka. After him are José María Velasco Ibarra, Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, Olga Baclanova, Herbert Read, Otto Lasch, and Madeleine Astor. Among people deceased in 1992, Frederick William Franz ranks 100. Before him are Yang Kyoungjong, Suleiman Frangieh, Dana Andrews, Tevfik Esenç, John G. Kemeny, and Franco Cristaldi. After him are Lusine Zakaryan, Seichō Matsumoto, Néstor Almendros, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Hammer DeRoburt, and Michel Berger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick William Franz ranks 3,188 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Sarandon (1942), Anthony Fauci (1940), Josh Duhamel (1972), Thomas Curtis (1873), Donald E. Westlake (1933), and Zoe Saldana (1978). After him are Diane Ladd (1935), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), Will Sampson (1933), Norman Finkelstein (1953), James Turrell (1943), and Jelly Roll Morton (1890).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Frederick William Franz ranks 20. Before him are William M. Branham (1909), Marie Laveau (1801), Raymond Leo Burke (1948), Angelo Dundee (1921), Ellen Church (1904), and William Levada (1936). After him are Samuel Wilson (1766), Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), Raymond Franz (1922), Don Alden Adams (1925), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), and Kateri Tekakwitha (1656).

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