1928 - 1998
Raymond Edward Brown (May 22, 1928 – August 8, 1998) was an American Sulpician priest and prominent biblical scholar. He was a specialist on the hypothetical Johannine community, which he speculated contributed to the authorship of the Gospel of John, and he also wrote studies on the birth and death of Jesus. Brown was professor emeritus at Union Theological Seminary (UTS) in New York City, where he taught for 29 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond E. Brown has received more than 282,677 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond E. Brown is the 2,412th most popular religious figure, the 6,930th most popular biography from United States and the 54th most popular American Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Raymond E. Brown ranks 2,412 out of 2,238. Before him are Carlos Aguiar Retes, Chiara Badano, Lajos Haynald, Jānis Endzelīns, Francisco Robles Ortega, and Phạm Minh Mẫn. After him are Jean Marcel Honoré, Evagrius of Constantinople, Djedkhonsuefankh, Bernard Fellay, Rainer Woelki, and Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda.
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 2,406
1971 - 1990
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 2,407
1816 - 1891
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 2,408
1873 - 1961
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 2,409
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 2,410
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 2,411
1928 - 1998
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 2,412
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 2,413
350 - 380
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 2,414
1100 BC - 1045 BC
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 2,415
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 2,416
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 2,417
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 2,418
Among people born in 1928, Raymond E. Brown ranks 379. Before him are Nunzio Gallo, Ján Zachara, Dolph Schayes, Azlan Shah of Perak, Tadeusz Baird, and Dick Van Patten. After him are Santiago Vernazza, Gino Bramieri, Valentin Muratov, Åke Johansson, Türkân Akyol, and Germà Colón. Among people deceased in 1998, Raymond E. Brown ranks 207. Before him are Ricardo Tormo, Ed Ablowich, Stokely Carmichael, Marion Donovan, Wanda Jakubowska, and Kvitka Cisyk. After him are Junior Wells, Betty Carter, Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Alice Faye, Stu Ungar, and Fred Alderman.
1928 - 2008
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 373
1928 - Present
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 374
1928 - 2015
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 375
1928 - 2014
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 376
1928 - 1981
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 377
1928 - 2015
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 378
1928 - 1998
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 379
1928 - 2017
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 380
1928 - 1996
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 381
1928 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 382
1928 - 2014
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 383
1928 - 2017
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 384
1928 - 2020
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 385
1952 - 1998
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 201
1913 - 1998
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 202
1941 - 1998
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 203
1917 - 1998
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 204
1907 - 1998
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 205
1953 - 1998
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 206
1928 - 1998
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 207
1934 - 1998
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 208
1929 - 1998
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 209
1905 - 1998
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 210
1915 - 1998
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 211
1953 - 1998
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 212
1905 - 1998
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 213
Among people born in United States, Raymond E. Brown ranks 6,930 out of 18,182. Before him are Albert Gutterson (1887), Robert Trivers (1943), Wilbur Ross (1937), Lloyd Kaufman (1945), Bill Frisell (1951), and Eleanor Powell (1912). After him are Harold Budd (1936), William Haines (1900), Warren Farrell (1943), Mike Farrell (1939), Junior Wells (1934), and Chuck Grassley (1933).
1887 - 1965
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 6,924
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 6,925
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 6,926
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 6,927
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 6,928
1912 - 1982
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 6,929
1928 - 1998
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 6,930
1936 - 2020
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 6,931
1900 - 1973
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,932
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,933
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,934
1934 - 1998
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,935
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,936
Among religious figures born in United States, Raymond E. Brown ranks 54. Before him are Alvin Sargent (1927), John Shelby Spong (1931), Emma Tillman (1892), James Michael Harvey (1949), Mother Angelica (1923), and Edmund Szoka (1927). After him are Lillian Disney (1899), Donald Wuerl (1940), William Wakefield Baum (1926), John F. MacArthur (1939), Wovoka (1856), and John Patrick Foley (1935).
1927 - 2019
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 48
1931 - 2021
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 49
1892 - 2007
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 50
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 51
1923 - 2016
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 52
1927 - 2014
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 53
1928 - 1998
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 54
1899 - 1997
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 55
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 56
1926 - 2015
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 57
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 58
1856 - 1932
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 59
1935 - 2011
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 60