RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jim Elliot

1927 - 1956

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Philip James Elliot (October 8, 1927 – January 8, 1956) was an American Christian missionary and one of five people killed during Operation Auca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaorani people of Ecuador. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Elliot has received more than 1,231,187 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Elliot is the 2,858th most popular religious figure, the 8,634th most popular biography from United States and the 69th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 3.05

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jim Elliot ranks 2,858 out of 3,187Before him are Hallvard Vebjørnsson, José Tolentino de Mendonça, Juan Guevara, Władysław Rubin, Giacomo Capuzzi, and Kolos Ferenc Vaszary. After him are Solomon Schechter, Ibas of Edessa, Sebastian Francis, Æthelwold of Winchester, John Morton, and Anthony Soter Fernandez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Jim Elliot ranks 380Before him are Lars Hall, Leslie Orgel, Igor Dmitriev, Viola Myers, John Buscema, and James Broderick. After him are Pat Carroll, Harvey Korman, Vladimir Motyl, Jacques Bergerac, John Kander, and Tamara Nosova. Among people deceased in 1956, Jim Elliot ranks 190Before him are Khadr El-Touni, Leonard Peterson, María Teresa Ferrari, Alex Raymond, Wollmar Boström, and Edward Arnold. After him are René Bougnol, Georg Brustad, Frithiof Mårtensson, Walter de la Mare, Gerrit Smith Miller, and Werner Haas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Elliot ranks 8,634 out of 20,380Before him are RZA (1969), Pinto Colvig (1892), Boyd Holbrook (1981), Stephanie McMahon (1976), Satchel Paige (1906), and John Madden (1936). After him are Michael Steele (1955), Forrest Tucker (1919), Jerry O'Connell (1974), Arto Lindsay (1953), Milton H. Greene (1922), and Thomas Say (1787).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Jim Elliot ranks 69Before him are Adam Maida (1930), James Stafford (1932), Emma Smith (1804), Joseph Strickland (1958), Tim Keller (1950), and William Ellery Channing (1780). After him are Roger Mahony (1936), Lillian Disney (1899), Justin Francis Rigali (1935), Sylvester Graham (1794), Wovoka (1856), and William H. Keeler (1931).