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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 183,368 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). John Mott is the 756th most popular religious figure (down from 26th in 2019), the 1,012th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,414th in 2019) and the 6th 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.

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  • 49

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  • 2.83

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Mott ranks 756 out of 2,238. Before him are Therese Neumann, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, John the Merciful, Umm Kulthum bint Ali, Onesimus, and Nectarios of Aegina. After him are Papias of Hierapolis, Emma Morano, Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Andrea Amati, Karmapa, and Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, John Mott ranks 27. Before him are Félix Vallotton, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Arthur Harden, Amélie of Orléans, Benjamin Guggenheim, and Jacques Hadamard. After him are L'Inconnue de la Seine, Mikao Usui, Wilfrid Voynich, Valentin Serov, Rashid Rida, and Gabriel Narutowicz. Among people deceased in 1955, John Mott ranks 27. Before him are Oswald Avery, Carmen Miranda, James B. Sumner, Hermann Weyl, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, and Pak Hon-yong. After him are Cordell Hull, Leonid Govorov, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Alexander Wienerberger, and Michael Chekhov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Mott ranks 1,012 out of 18,182. Before him are Wyatt Earp (1848), Gillian Anderson (1968), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Steve Buscemi (1957), Rosalynn Carter (1927), and Alfred Stieglitz (1864). After him are Keith Jarrett (1945), Percival Lowell (1855), Jean Webster (1876), Anne Hathaway (1982), Robert W. Holley (1922), and Chester Bennington (1976).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, John Mott ranks 6. Before him are Brigham Young (1801), Joseph Smith (1805), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Billy Graham (1918), and Pat Garrett (1850). After him are Rose Kennedy (1890), William Miller (1782), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Lillian Asplund (1906), Paul Marcinkus (1922), and Henry Molaison (1926).

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