RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Madalyn Murray O'Hair

1919 - 1995

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Madalyn Murray O'Hair (née Mays; April 13, 1919 – September 29, 1995) was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state. In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon Garth Murray succeeded her. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madalyn Murray O'Hair has received more than 5,059,198 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Madalyn Murray O'Hair is the 2,363rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,694th in 2019), the 5,333rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,569th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Madalyn Murray O'Hair ranks 2,363 out of 3,187. Before her are Mario Zenari, Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, Marianne Cope, Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Palladius of Galatia, and Elsa Brändström. After her are Austromoine, Peter Doi, Dorothy Stang, Zacarias Kamwenho, Joseph Barsabbas, and Thomas I of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Madalyn Murray O'Hair ranks 204. Before her are Eileen Heckart, Polina Gelman, Pauline Kael, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, R. M. Hare, and Margot Hielscher. After her are Olle Anderberg, Maria Lassnig, Roman Vlad, Nilla Pizzi, Zuleykha Seyidmammadova, and Loki Schmidt. Among people deceased in 1995, Madalyn Murray O'Hair ranks 181. Before her are Eiji Okada, Gavriil Kachalin, Sterling Morrison, Olga Taussky-Todd, Agustín Gaínza, and Julián Berrendero. After her are Karel Píč, Carlo Ceresoli, Harry Guardino, René Wellek, Jack Clayton, and Francesco Camusso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Madalyn Murray O'Hair ranks 5,333 out of 20,380. Before her are Dakota Fanning (1994), Kieran Culkin (1982), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Daniel Silva (1960), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), and Billy Crudup (1968). After her are Mike Mangini (1963), Rodney Dangerfield (1921), Nancy Carroll (1903), Stephanie Seymour (1968), Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), and David Ellefson (1964).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Madalyn Murray O'Hair ranks 41. Before her are Dwight L. Moody (1837), James Michael Harvey (1949), Jeralean Talley (1899), Yusuf Estes (1944), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), and Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774). After her are Dorothy Stang (1931), Seraphim Rose (1934), John Patrick Foley (1935), Tammy Faye Messner (1942), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), and Squanto (1585).

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