RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John Mott

1865 - 1955

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John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was an evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Protestant Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace. He shared the prize with Emily Balch. From 1895 until 1920 Mott was the General Secretary of the WSCF. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Mott has received more than 196,842 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). John Mott is the 897th most popular religious figure (down from 751st in 2019), the 1,355th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,012th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Religious Figure.

John Mott was a Presbyterian missionary who was instrumental in founding the World Student Christian Federation. He also helped found the World Council of Churches and was instrumental in the formation of the World Council of Churches.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

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  • 66.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Mott ranks 897 out of 3,187. Before him are Abiathar, Isma'il ibn Ja'far, Thaïs, Gotthard of Hildesheim, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, and Jane Frances de Chantal. After him are Anthony Mary Claret, Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, John of Rila, Charles Spurgeon, William Farel, and Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, John Mott ranks 33. Before him are Gérard Encausse, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Valentin Serov, Gabriel Narutowicz, Rashid Rida, and Mikao Usui. After him are L'Inconnue de la Seine, Charles G. Dawes, Duan Qirui, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Ernst Troeltsch, and Nikola Zhekov. Among people deceased in 1955, John Mott ranks 37. Before him are Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, Cordell Hull, and Alexander Wienerberger. After him are Alexandros Papagos, Yves Tanguy, Theda Bara, Henri Delaunay, Emmett Till, and Olga Khokhlova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Mott ranks 1,355 out of 20,380. Before him are Anne Rice (1941), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Ray Kurzweil (1948), Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Frank Borman (1928), and Mark Spitz (1950). After him are Donald J. Cram (1919), Don King (1931), Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Cybill Shepherd (1950), John Backus (1924), and Etta James (1938).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, John Mott ranks 5. Before him are Joseph Smith (1805), Brigham Young (1801), Charles Taze Russell (1852), and Billy Graham (1918). After him are William Miller (1782), Rose Kennedy (1890), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Pat Garrett (1850), Maria Branyas (1907), Henry Molaison (1926), and Lillian Asplund (1906).

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