1782 - 1849
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.
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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.
200 - 226
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 922
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 923
1930 - 2020
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 924
1000 - 1001
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 925
1000 - 1061
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 926
1596 - 1647
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 927
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 928
1483 - 1552
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 929
1509 - 1536
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 930
1581 - 1654
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 931
1500 - 1558
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 932
1539 - 1606
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 933
410 - 482
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 934
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.
1782 - 1837
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 8
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 9
1782 - 1859
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 10
1782 - 1854
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 11
1782 - 1824
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12
1782 - 1831
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 13
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 14
1782 - 1863
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 15
1782 - 1856
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 16
1782 - 1863
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 17
1782 - 1850
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 18
1782 - 1867
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 19
1782 - 1854
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 20
1800 - 1849
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 13
1776 - 1849
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 14
1777 - 1849
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 15
1810 - 1849
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 16
1792 - 1849
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 17
1774 - 1849
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 18
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 19
1798 - 1849
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 20
1807 - 1849
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 21
1821 - 1849
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 22
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 23
1809 - 1849
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 24
1779 - 1849
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 25
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).
1939 - 2014
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1,458
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1,459
1732 - 1808
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1,460
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1,461
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1,462
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 1,463
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 1,464
1943 - 1971
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 1,465
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 1,466
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 1,467
1819 - 1867
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 1,468
1917 - 1987
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 1,469
1922 - 2017
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 1,470
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).
1805 - 1844
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 2
1852 - 1916
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 3
1918 - 2018
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 4
1850 - 1908
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 5
1865 - 1955
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 6
1890 - 1995
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 7
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 8
1869 - 1942
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 9
1906 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 10
1922 - 2006
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 11
1926 - 2008
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 12
1801 - 1881
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 13
1909 - 1965
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 14