RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Thomas S. Monson

1927 - 2018

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Thomas Spencer Monson (August 21, 1927 – January 2, 2018) was an American religious leader, author, and the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). As president, he was considered by adherents of the religion to be a prophet, seer, and revelator. Monson's early career was as a manager at the Deseret News, a Utah newspaper owned by the LDS Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas S. Monson has received more than 1,679,139 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 29 in 2019). Thomas S. Monson is the 2,528th most popular religious figure (down from 2,161st in 2019), the 6,102nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,293rd in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 55.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Thomas S. Monson ranks 2,528 out of 3,187. Before him are Marguerite Bays, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Aquilino Bocos Merino, Teemu Sippo, Odilo Scherer, and William Wakefield Baum. After him are Emma Tillman, Claude Dagens, Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Oswald of Worcester, Lorenzo Antonetti, and Pope Justus of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Thomas S. Monson ranks 288. Before him are Serge Lang, Arturo Armando Molina, Otto Stich, Oskar Pastior, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, and Håkon Brusveen. After him are Zdravko Rajkov, Jacques Dupin, Rodolfo Walsh, Frank Sedgman, Yury Grigorovich, and Carl Switzer. Among people deceased in 2018, Thomas S. Monson ranks 283. Before him are Sergio Pitol, Yurik Vardanyan, Hans Günter Winkler, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Tomasz Stańko, and Idrissa Ouédraogo. After him are Toshiko Fujita, Donald Moffat, Fadil Vokrri, George Maxwell Richards, Barys Kit, and Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas S. Monson ranks 6,102 out of 20,380. Before him are Matt Reeves (1966), Frederic Remington (1861), Chuck Connors (1921), William Wakefield Baum (1926), Randy Williams (1953), and Gina Raimondo (1971). After him are Scott Patterson (1958), Barry Newman (1938), George Eads (1967), Scott Fahlman (1948), Michael Paré (1958), and Jack Oakie (1903).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Thomas S. Monson ranks 50. Before him are John Patrick Foley (1935), Tammy Faye Messner (1942), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), Squanto (1585), Milman Parry (1902), and William Wakefield Baum (1926). After him are Emma Tillman (1892), Mother Angelica (1923), C. I. Scofield (1843), Adoniram Judson (1788), Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), and John F. MacArthur (1939).

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