RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nathan Homer Knorr

1905 - 1977

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Nathan Homer Knorr (April 23, 1905 – June 8, 1977) was the third president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (called Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania since 1955). He was appointed president in January 1942, replacing Joseph Franklin Rutherford, who had served in the position since 1917. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nathan Homer Knorr has received more than 194,081 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Nathan Homer Knorr is the 1,684th most popular religious figure (down from 1,591st in 2019), the 3,252nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,294th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 190k

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  • 54.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nathan Homer Knorr ranks 1,684 out of 3,187. Before him are Porphyry of Gaza, John Smyth, Paolo Magnani, Stanisław Ryłko, Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, and Diogenes of Byzantium. After him are Shushanik, Hieronymus von Colloredo, Bhrigu, Bartholomeus Anglicus, Peter of Sebaste, and Neferneferuaten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Nathan Homer Knorr ranks 127. Before him are Maximilian Grabner, Louis Harold Gray, Henry Koster, Hans Freudenthal, Pierre Brasseur, and Ivan Eklind. After him are Eduard Tubin, Albert W. Tucker, Franz König, Frits Philips, Luigi Zampa, and László Benedek. Among people deceased in 1977, Nathan Homer Knorr ranks 100. Before him are Erroll Garner, Samael Aun Weor, Pan Yuliang, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Ba Maw, and Son Ngoc Thanh. After him are Sergei Kruglov, Jim Thompson, Alexander Tcherepnin, Wilhelm Boger, Otto Deßloch, and Carl Gustaf von Rosen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathan Homer Knorr ranks 3,252 out of 20,380. Before him are Gall (1840), Charles Grodin (1935), Clarence Brown (1890), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Rebbie Jackson (1950), and Benjamin Spock (1903). After him are David Ausubel (1918), Dan Hedaya (1940), Emmylou Harris (1947), Warner Baxter (1889), Alan Guth (1947), and Paul Winfield (1939).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Nathan Homer Knorr ranks 22. Before him are Raymond Leo Burke (1948), Angelo Dundee (1921), Ellen Church (1904), William Levada (1936), Frederick William Franz (1893), and Samuel Wilson (1766). After him are Raymond Franz (1922), Don Alden Adams (1925), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Bill W. (1895), and Elizabeth Bolden (1890).

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