1900 - 1970
John Thomas Scopes (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970) was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee schools. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John T. Scopes has received more than 573,718 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John T. Scopes is the 2,515th most popular religious figure (down from 2,119th in 2019), the 10,170th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,442nd in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, John T. Scopes ranks 2,515 out of 2,238. Before him are George Grove, William Morgan, John Ogilvie, Thomas Cooray, William Dunbar, and Pope Celadion of Alexandria. After him are Walter Rauschenbusch, Gaudencio Rosales, Anders Wejryd, Simon Pimenta, Tris Speaker, and Dan Osman.
1820 - 1900
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 2,509
1547 - 1604
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 2,510
1579 - 1579
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 2,511
1901 - 1988
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 2,512
1460 - 1520
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 2,513
100 - 167
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 2,514
1900 - 1970
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 2,515
1861 - 1918
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 2,516
1932 - Present
HPI: 41.05
Rank: 2,517
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.05
Rank: 2,518
1920 - 2013
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 2,519
1888 - 1958
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 2,520
1963 - 1998
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 2,521
Among people born in 1900, John T. Scopes ranks 280. Before him are Clarence Pinkston, John McEwen, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Malvina Reynolds, Giuseppe Crivelli, and Gladys Egan. After him are Charles Farrell, Arnold Orville Beckman, Roberto Grau, Andy Auld, Renata Viganò, and Mark Sandrich. Among people deceased in 1970, John T. Scopes ranks 228. Before him are William Hopper, Anita Louise, Richard Hofstadter, Okuro Oikawa, Marjorie Rambeau, and Booker Ervin. After him are Earl Hooker, William Daniels, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Maurice Stokes, Charles Olson, and Preston Foster.
1900 - 1961
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 274
1900 - 1980
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 275
1900 - 1978
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 276
1900 - 1978
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 277
1900 - 1950
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 278
1900 - 1985
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 279
1900 - 1970
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 280
1900 - 1990
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 281
1900 - 2004
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 282
1900 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 283
1900 - 1977
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 284
1900 - 1976
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 285
1900 - 1945
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 286
1915 - 1970
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 222
1915 - 1970
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 223
1916 - 1970
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 224
1896 - 1970
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 225
1889 - 1970
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 226
1930 - 1970
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 227
1900 - 1970
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 228
1930 - 1970
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 229
1901 - 1970
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 230
1906 - 1970
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 231
1933 - 1970
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 232
1910 - 1970
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 233
1900 - 1970
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 234
Among people born in United States, John T. Scopes ranks 10,170 out of 18,182. Before him are Alex Chilton (1950), Greg Graffin (1964), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), Jim Neidhart (1955), Eddie Lang (1902), and Donald Faison (1974). After him are Sydney Tamiia Poitier (1973), Didi Conn (1951), Earl Hooker (1930), Dan Fogelberg (1951), Rick Ross (1976), and Ryan Stiles (1959).
1950 - 2010
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 10,164
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 10,165
1908 - 1979
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 10,166
1955 - 2018
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 10,167
1902 - 1933
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 10,168
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 10,169
1900 - 1970
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 10,170
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 10,171
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 10,172
1930 - 1970
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 10,173
1951 - 2007
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 10,174
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 10,175
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 10,176
Among religious figures born in United States, John T. Scopes ranks 79. Before him are John Carroll (1735), Justin Francis Rigali (1935), James Gibbons (1834), John McCloskey (1810), Les Clark (1907), and Blanche Barton (1961). After him are Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), Tris Speaker (1888), Dan Osman (1963), Avery Dulles (1918), Edward Egan (1932), and William Cameron Townsend (1896).
1735 - 1815
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 73
1935 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 74
1834 - 1921
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 75
1810 - 1885
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 76
1907 - 1979
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 77
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 78
1900 - 1970
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 79
1861 - 1918
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 80
1888 - 1958
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 81
1963 - 1998
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 82
1918 - 2008
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 83
1932 - 2015
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 84
1896 - 1982
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 85