1893 - 1992
Frederick William Franz (September 12, 1893 – December 22, 1992) was an American religious leader who served as president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, the 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick William Franz has received more than 197,721 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Frederick William Franz is the 1,698th most popular religious figure (down from 1,344th in 2019), the 3,554th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,881st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Frederick William Franz ranks 1,698 out of 2,238. Before him are Gorazd, Aëtius of Antioch, Adolf Bertram, Samuel Wilson, Gjon Buzuku, and Benjamin I of Constantinople. After him are Theodore Romzha, Kateri Tekakwitha, Sebastiano Baggio, Isidore of Kiev, Jacopo Sadoleto, and Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz.
1879 - 1942
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 1,692
100 - 367
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 1,693
1859 - 1945
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 1,694
1766 - 1854
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 1,695
1499 - 1577
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 1,696
1871 - 1946
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 1,697
1893 - 1992
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 1,698
1911 - 1947
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 1,699
1656 - 1680
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 1,700
1913 - 1993
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 1,701
1385 - 1463
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 1,702
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 1,703
1310 - 1367
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 1,704
Among people born in 1893, Frederick William Franz ranks 124. Before him are Stanisław Szukalski, Olga Baclanova, Bekir Çoban-zade, Herbert Read, Charlotte Bühler, and Beatrice Wood. After him are Archduke Leo Karl of Austria, Vera Kholodnaya, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Paul van Zeeland, Ba Maw, and Freya Stark. Among people deceased in 1992, Frederick William Franz ranks 112. Before him are Ernst Schäfer, Seichō Matsumoto, Chris McCandless, Dana Andrews, Abbas al-Musawi, and Walter Andreas Schwarz. After him are Angela Carter, John Ireland, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Machiko Hasegawa, František Tomášek, and László Benedek.
1893 - 1987
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 118
1893 - 1974
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 119
1893 - 1937
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 120
1893 - 1968
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 121
1893 - 1974
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 122
1893 - 1998
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 123
1893 - 1992
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 124
1893 - 1939
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 125
1893 - 1919
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 126
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 127
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 128
1893 - 1977
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 129
1893 - 1993
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 130
1910 - 1992
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 106
1909 - 1992
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 107
1968 - 1992
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 108
1909 - 1992
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 109
1952 - 1992
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 110
1913 - 1992
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 111
1893 - 1992
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 112
1940 - 1992
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 113
1914 - 1992
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 114
1905 - 1992
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 115
1920 - 1992
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 116
1899 - 1992
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 117
1905 - 1992
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 118
Among people born in United States, Frederick William Franz ranks 3,554 out of 18,182. Before him are Edwin Catmull (1945), Paul Gleason (1939), Brian Herbert (1947), Grote Reber (1911), Bernie Mac (1957), and Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977). After him are Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Jean Peters (1926), William Baumol (1922), Ahmad Jamal (1930), Christopher Meloni (1961), and Marsha Hunt (1917).
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 3,548
1939 - 2006
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 3,549
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 3,550
1911 - 2002
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 3,551
1957 - 2008
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 3,552
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 3,553
1893 - 1992
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 3,554
1656 - 1680
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,555
1926 - 2000
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,556
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,557
1930 - 2023
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,558
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,559
1917 - 2022
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,560
Among religious figures born in United States, Frederick William Franz ranks 22. Before him are Angelo Dundee (1921), David Wilkerson (1931), William Levada (1936), Raymond Leo Burke (1948), Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), and Samuel Wilson (1766). After him are Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), Don Alden Adams (1925), and Squanto (1585).
1921 - 2012
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 16
1931 - 2011
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 17
1936 - 2019
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 18
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 19
1905 - 1977
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 20
1766 - 1854
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 21
1893 - 1992
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 22
1656 - 1680
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 23
1919 - 1995
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 24
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 25
1895 - 1979
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 26
1925 - 2019
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 27
1585 - 1622
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 28