RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jeralean Talley

1899 - 2015

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Jeralean Talley (née Kurtz; May 23, 1899 – June 17, 2015) was an American supercentenarian who was, aged 116 years, 25 days, the world's verified oldest living person. She was previously thought to be the oldest living American, from the death of Elsie Thompson on March 21, 2013, until Gertrude Weaver was verified to be older in July 2014. Upon Weaver's death on April 6, 2015, Talley was recognised as the oldest living person in the world. Talley received letters from U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeralean Talley has received more than 290,355 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeralean Talley is the 2,127th most popular religious figure (down from 2,055th in 2019), the 4,407th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,823rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 290k

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  • 51.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jeralean Talley ranks 2,127 out of 3,187. Before her are Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Cosmas of Maiuma, Nicholas of Lyra, Luigi Maglione, Reinhard Marx, and Euthymius of Tarnovo. After her are Maxim of Bulgaria, Paulo Evaristo Arns, Ali Hujwiri, Parmenas, Antonio María Javierre Ortas, and Pasquier Quesnel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jeralean Talley ranks 161. Before her are Harold Abrahams, Robert Casadesus, Udham Singh, Gerhard von Schwerin, Josep Tarradellas, and Carlo Rosselli. After her are Aleksander Klumberg, Rudolf Svensson, Silvestre Revueltas, Bernhard Rogge, Aleksandr Deyneka, and Helge Ingstad. Among people deceased in 2015, Jeralean Talley ranks 187. Before her are Movita Castaneda, Søren Kam, Evelyn Furtsch, Hans Erni, Clark Terry, and Michael Graves. After her are Jacques Sernas, Jon Vickers, Gerald Götting, Ahmed Chalabi, Patachou, and Wan Li.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeralean Talley ranks 4,407 out of 20,380. Before her are Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), Walter Tewksbury (1876), Michael Graves (1934), Lenny Montana (1926), Carol Lynley (1942), and Franklin Clarence Mars (1883). After her are Teddy Wilson (1912), Patrick O'Neal (1927), Kent Nagano (1951), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Jason Alexander (1959), and Moses Finley (1912).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Jeralean Talley ranks 37. Before her are David Wilkerson (1931), David Koresh (1959), William J. Seymour (1870), Lucian Pulvermacher (1918), Dwight L. Moody (1837), and James Michael Harvey (1949). After her are Yusuf Estes (1944), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), Dorothy Stang (1931), and Seraphim Rose (1934).

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