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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 1,591,138 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas S. Monson is the 2,178th most popular religious figure (down from 1,745th in 2019), the 5,305th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,509th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 48.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Thomas S. Monson ranks 2,178 out of 2,238. Before him are Gualtiero Bassetti, Giovanni Cagliero, Ísleifur Gissurarson, Stéphanos II Ghattas, Hotepibre, and Simão Rodrigues. After him are Francesco Alidosi, Wilfrid, Julijans Vaivods, Nicholas Wiseman, Germanus V of Constantinople, and Wulfhere of Mercia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Thomas S. Monson ranks 243. Before him are Greta Andersen, Janet Moreau, Shirley Fry, Luis Rijo, Éva Székely, and Robert Mills. After him are John Warner, Charles de Tornaco, Anne McLaren, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Svyatoslav Fyodorov, and Ramsey Clark. Among people deceased in 2018, Thomas S. Monson ranks 244. Before him are María Dolores Pradera, Fernando del Paso, Robert Spaemann, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Lucian Pintilie, and Claribel Alegría. After him are Claudio Scimone, Inge Borkh, Donald Moffat, Sinan Sakić, Robert Kerman, and George Maxwell Richards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas S. Monson ranks 5,305 out of 18,182. Before him are Margo Martindale (1951), Ray Bolger (1904), Sam Childers (1963), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Shel Silverstein (1930), and Robert Mills (1927). After him are Bridget Moynahan (1971), Linden Ashby (1960), Louis J. Mordell (1888), Catherine Bach (1954), Gregory Itzin (1948), and Helen Wills (1905).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Thomas S. Monson ranks 40. Before him are Charles Fox Parham (1873), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Jeralean Talley (1899), Dorothy Stang (1931), and Yusuf Estes (1944). After him are Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774), Milman Parry (1902), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), James Stafford (1932), Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), and Francis Spellman (1889).

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