1805 - 1844
Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of thousands of followers by the time of his death fourteen years later. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Smith has received more than 9,685,205 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Smith is the 450th most popular religious figure (down from 306th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from United States (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Religious Figure.
Joseph Smith is most famous for founding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Among religious figures, Joseph Smith ranks 450 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Agapetus II, Báb, Pope-elect Stephen, Pope John V, Pope Boniface VI, and Saint Titus. After him are Pope Hilarius, Devadatta, Musa al-Kadhim, Pope Innocent I, Philomena, and Pope Sabinian.
900 - 955
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 444
1819 - 1850
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 445
700 - 752
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 446
635 - 686
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 447
800 - 896
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 448
13 - 107
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 449
1805 - 1844
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 450
415 - 468
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 451
1000 BC - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 452
745 - 799
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 453
378 - 417
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 454
291 - 304
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 455
530 - 606
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 456
Among people born in 1805, Joseph Smith ranks 8. Before him are Alexis de Tocqueville, Giuseppe Mazzini, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Ferdinand de Lesseps, and William Rowan Hamilton. After him are Fanny Mendelssohn, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, and Marie d'Agoult. Among people deceased in 1844, Joseph Smith ranks 7. Before him are John Dalton, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Joseph Bonaparte, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, and Bertel Thorvaldsen. After him are Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ivan Krylov, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Ching Shih, Charles Nodier, and Flora Tristan.
1805 - 1859
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 2
1805 - 1872
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 3
1805 - 1859
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 4
1805 - 1872
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 5
1805 - 1894
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 6
1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 7
1805 - 1844
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 8
1805 - 1847
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 9
1805 - 1881
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
1805 - 1877
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 11
1805 - 1873
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 12
1805 - 1871
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 13
1805 - 1876
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 14
1766 - 1844
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 1
1763 - 1844
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 2
1768 - 1844
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 3
1775 - 1844
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 4
1791 - 1844
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 5
1770 - 1844
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 6
1805 - 1844
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 7
1784 - 1844
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 8
1769 - 1844
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 9
1772 - 1844
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 10
1775 - 1844
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 11
1780 - 1844
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 12
1803 - 1844
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 13
Among people born in United States, Joseph Smith ranks 406 out of 18,182. Before him are Sydney Pollack (1934), Franklin Pierce (1804), Sylvia Plath (1932), Howard Gardner (1943), J. Paul Getty (1892), and Stevie Wonder (1950). After him are Paul Walker (1973), Eminem (1972), Paul Auster (1947), Julia Roberts (1967), William McKinley (1843), and Joseph Henry (1797).
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 400
1804 - 1869
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 401
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 402
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 403
1892 - 1976
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 404
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 405
1805 - 1844
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 406
1973 - 2013
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 407
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 408
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 409
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 410
1843 - 1901
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 411
1797 - 1878
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 412
Among religious figures born in United States, Joseph Smith ranks 2. Before him are Brigham Young (1801). After him are Charles Taze Russell (1852), Billy Graham (1918), Pat Garrett (1850), John Mott (1865), Rose Kennedy (1890), William Miller (1782), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Lillian Asplund (1906), Paul Marcinkus (1922), and Henry Molaison (1926).
1801 - 1877
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 1
1805 - 1844
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 2
1852 - 1916
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 3
1918 - 2018
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 4
1850 - 1908
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 5
1865 - 1955
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 6
1890 - 1995
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 7
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 8
1869 - 1942
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 9
1906 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 10
1922 - 2006
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 11
1926 - 2008
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 12