1909 - 1965
William Marrion Branham (April 6, 1909 – December 24, 1965) was an American Christian minister and faith healer who initiated the post–World War II healing revival. He left a lasting impact on televangelism and the modern Charismatic movement and is recognized as the "principal architect of restorationist thought" for Charismatics by some Christian historians. At the time they were held, his inter-denominational meetings were the largest religious meetings ever held in some American cities. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William M. Branham has received more than 1,118,636 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William M. Branham is the 1,256th most popular religious figure (down from 1,143rd in 2019), the 2,574th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,182nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, William M. Branham ranks 1,256 out of 2,272. Before him are Eunomius of Cyzicus, Michael von Faulhaber, Saint Kilian, Filaret, Ilon Wikland, and Rhodopis. After him are Nimatullah Kassab, Guillaume Dubois, Giovanni Lajolo, John of Patmos, Franjo Šeper, and Babylas of Antioch.
335 - 394
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 1,250
1869 - 1952
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 1,251
640 - 689
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 1,252
1929 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 1,253
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 1,254
550 BC - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 1,255
1909 - 1965
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 1,256
1808 - 1858
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 1,257
1656 - 1723
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 1,258
1935 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 1,259
50 - 100
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,260
1905 - 1981
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,261
238 - 251
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,262
Among people born in 1909, William M. Branham ranks 93. Before him are Ben Webster, Werner Naumann, Shigeo Shingo, Mikhail Mil, Nelson Algren, and David Riesman. After him are Homi J. Bhabha, Bernd Rosemeyer, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, André Abegglen, Gerhard Gentzen, and Lamberto Maggiorani. Among people deceased in 1965, William M. Branham ranks 58. Before him are William Heard Kilpatrick, Oskar R. Lange, Wilhelm Worringer, Henry A. Wallace, Sālote Tupou III, and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i. After him are Adolf Schärf, Ladislas Starevich, José Mendes Cabeçadas, Louis Harold Gray, Herberts Cukurs, and Kurt Goldstein.
1909 - 1973
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 87
1909 - 1982
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 88
1909 - 1990
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 89
1909 - 1970
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 90
1909 - 1981
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 91
1909 - 2002
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 92
1909 - 1965
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 93
1909 - 1966
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 94
1909 - 1938
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 95
1909 - 1977
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 96
1909 - 1944
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 97
1909 - 1945
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 98
1909 - 1983
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 99
1871 - 1965
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 52
1904 - 1965
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 53
1881 - 1965
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 54
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 55
1900 - 1965
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 56
1904 - 1965
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 57
1909 - 1965
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 58
1890 - 1965
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 59
1882 - 1965
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 60
1883 - 1965
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 61
1905 - 1965
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 62
1900 - 1965
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 63
1878 - 1965
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 64
Among people born in United States, William M. Branham ranks 2,574 out of 15,968. Before him are Claude Akins (1926), Chris Pine (1980), Macaulay Culkin (1980), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), Téa Leoni (1966), and Taylor Swift (1989). After him are Rensis Likert (1903), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Gerard Damiano (1928), Robert Monroe (1915), Jean Arthur (1900), and Jon Brower Minnoch (1941).
1926 - 1994
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 2,568
1980 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 2,569
1980 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 2,570
1928 - 2020
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 2,571
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 2,572
1989 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 2,573
1909 - 1965
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2,574
1903 - 1981
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2,575
1829 - 1862
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2,576
1928 - 2008
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2,577
1915 - 1995
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2,578
1900 - 1991
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 2,579
1941 - 1983
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 2,580
Among religious figures born in United States, William M. Branham ranks 16. Before him are Raymond Franz (1922), Paul Marcinkus (1922), Marie Laveau (1801), Henry Molaison (1926), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), and Angelo Dundee (1921). After him are David Wilkerson (1931), William Levada (1936), Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), Frederick William Franz (1893), Ellen Church (1904), and Raymond Leo Burke (1948).
1922 - 2010
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 10
1922 - 2006
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 11
1801 - 1881
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 12
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