RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Richard Cushing

1895 - 1970

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Richard James Cushing (August 24, 1895 – November 2, 1970) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was as fundraiser and builder of new churches, schools, and institutions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Cushing has received more than 225,298 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Cushing is the 3,035th most popular religious figure (down from 2,665th in 2019), the 12,297th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,191st in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 230k

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  • 40.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Richard Cushing ranks 3,035 out of 3,187. Before him are Petar Rajič, Aleksandr Kurlovich, Franklin Graham, John Shelby Spong, Stefanie Sun, and John Wright. After him are En-men-dur-ana, Saint Piran, Theodoros Kontidis, Antonio Napolioni, William Goh, and Geoffrey Keating.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Richard Cushing ranks 307. Before him are William Boyd, Yellapragada Subbarow, Sylvia Lance Harper, Wanda Hawley, William Gilmore, and Malik Ghulam Muhammad. After him are Beattie Ramsay, William Grant Still, Rex Ingram, Dorothy Davenport, Lawrence Shields, and John Boles. Among people deceased in 1970, Richard Cushing ranks 255. Before him are Chester Morris, Marjorie Rambeau, Charlie Ruggles, Preston Foster, Earl Hooker, and Richard Hofstadter. After him are Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Booker Ervin, William Daniels, William Beaudine, Patricia Ellis, and Louis Fischer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Cushing ranks 12,297 out of 20,380. Before him are Nan Martin (1927), Arabian Prince (1965), Noel Neill (1920), Road Warrior Hawk (1957), Norman Podhoretz (1930), and Ernest Moniz (1944). After him are Diplo (1978), Scott Wolf (1968), Norman Taber (1891), Joseph Lamb (1887), Cain Velasquez (1982), and Del Harris (1937).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Richard Cushing ranks 106. Before him are Steven M. Greer (1955), Joseph W. Tobin (1952), Scott Hahn (1957), Franklin Graham (1952), John Shelby Spong (1931), and John Wright (1909). After him are James Aloysius Hickey (1920), Katharine Drexel (1858), Hamza Yusuf (1958), James Gibbons (1834), Katharine Jefferts Schori (1954), and Robert W. McElroy (1954).

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