1905 - 1977
Nathan Homer Knorr (April 23, 1905 – June 8, 1977) was the third president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, becoming so on January 13, 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 135,937 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Nathan Homer Knorr is the 1,294th most popular religious figure (down from 1,216th in 2019), the 2,691st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,423rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Nathan Homer Knorr ranks 1,294 out of 2,272. Before him are Lanfranc, Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama, Bartholomeus Anglicus, Alexandre do Nascimento, Yijing, and William Levada. After him are Jānis Pujats, Agostino Vallini, Daniele Comboni, Justo Gallego Martínez, Ad-Darazi, and Severus of Antioch.
1005 - 1089
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 1,288
1110 - 1193
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 1,289
1203 - 1272
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 1,290
1925 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1,291
635 - 713
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1,292
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1,293
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1,294
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 1,295
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 1,296
1831 - 1881
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 1,297
1925 - Present
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 1,298
1000 - 1018
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 1,299
456 - 538
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 1,300
Among people born in 1905, Nathan Homer Knorr ranks 103. Before him are Maria von Trapp, Karl Rappan, Franjo Šeper, Franz König, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. After him are Louis Harold Gray, Gareth Jones, Edgar Snow, Dhyan Chand, Hiroshi Inagaki, and Joseph Bonanno. Among people deceased in 1977, Nathan Homer Knorr ranks 80. Before him are James M. Cain, Hamida Djandoubi, Samael Aun Weor, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Oskar Klein, and Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani. After him are Pierre Clastres, Džemal Bijedić, Zózimo, Edmund Veesenmayer, Miloš Crnjanski, and Delmer Daves.
1905 - 1987
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 97
1905 - 1996
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 98
1905 - 1981
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 99
1905 - 2004
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 100
1905 - 1963
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 101
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 102
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 103
1905 - 1965
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 104
1905 - 1935
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 105
1905 - 1972
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 106
1905 - 1979
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 107
1905 - 1980
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 108
1905 - 2002
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 109
1892 - 1977
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 74
1949 - 1977
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 75
1917 - 1977
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 76
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 77
1894 - 1977
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 78
1909 - 1977
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 79
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 80
1934 - 1977
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 81
1917 - 1977
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 82
1932 - 1977
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 83
1904 - 1977
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 84
1893 - 1977
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 85
1904 - 1977
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 86
Among people born in United States, Nathan Homer Knorr ranks 2,691 out of 15,968. Before him are Steve Perry (1949), Eddie Adams (1933), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Marcia Gay Harden (1959), Xander Berkeley (1955), and William Levada (1936). After him are Cissy Houston (1933), Dinah Washington (1924), Edward Herrmann (1943), Linda Kozlowski (1958), Terry Crews (1968), and James E. Webb (1906).
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,685
1933 - 2004
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,686
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,687
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,688
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,689
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,690
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,691
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,692
1924 - 1963
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,693
1943 - 2014
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,694
1958 - Present
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,695
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,696
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,697
Among religious figures born in United States, Nathan Homer Knorr ranks 19. Before him are Henry Molaison (1926), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), Angelo Dundee (1921), William M. Branham (1909), David Wilkerson (1931), and William Levada (1936). After him are Frederick William Franz (1893), Ellen Church (1904), Raymond Leo Burke (1948), Samuel Wilson (1766), Charles Fox Parham (1873), and Don Alden Adams (1925).
1926 - 2008
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 13
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 14
1921 - 2012
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 15
1909 - 1965
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 16
1931 - 2011
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 17
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 18
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 19
1893 - 1992
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 20
1904 - 1965
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 21
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 22
1766 - 1854
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 23
1873 - 1929
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 24
1925 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 25