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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

William Miller

1782 - 1849

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William Miller (February 15, 1782 – December 20, 1849) was an American clergyman who is credited with beginning the mid-19th-century North American religious movement known as Millerism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Miller has received more than 60,194 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. William Miller is the 928th most popular religious figure (down from 732nd in 2019), the 1,464th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,030th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Religious Figure.

William Miller was most famous for his prediction that the world would end in 1843.

Memorability Metrics

  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, William Miller ranks 928 out of 2,238. Before him are Tatiana of Rome, Bao Xishun, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Antipope John XVI, Humbert of Silva Candida, and Peter Mogila. After him are Paolo Giovio, John of Leiden, Peter Claver, Reginald Pole, Alessandro Valignano, and Severinus of Noricum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, William Miller ranks 14. Before him are John Field, Ivan Paskevich, Archduke John of Austria, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, and Vicente Guerrero. After him are Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony, John C. Calhoun, Faustin Soulouque, and Marcellin Marbot. Among people deceased in 1849, William Miller ranks 19. Before him are France Prešeren, Şehzade Abdullah, Juliette Récamier, Otto Nicolai, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, and Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti. After him are Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Lajos Batthyány, Anita Garibaldi, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Juliusz Słowacki, and Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Miller ranks 1,464 out of 18,182. Before him are Dale T. Mortensen (1939), Eugene Fama (1939), John Dickinson (1732), Gus Van Sant (1952), Gene Sharp (1928), and Carl Reiner (1922). After him are Edie Sedgwick (1943), David Caruso (1956), Dan Simmons (1948), Elias Howe (1819), Henry Ford II (1917), and Jake LaMotta (1922).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, William Miller ranks 8. Before him are Joseph Smith (1805), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Billy Graham (1918), Pat Garrett (1850), John Mott (1865), and Rose Kennedy (1890). After him are Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Lillian Asplund (1906), Paul Marcinkus (1922), Henry Molaison (1926), Marie Laveau (1801), and William M. Branham (1909).

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