RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Aimee Semple McPherson

1890 - 1944

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Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson (née Kennedy; October 9, 1890 – September 27, 1944), also known as Sister Aimee or Sister, was a Canadian-born American Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s, famous for founding the Foursquare Church. McPherson pioneered the use of broadcast mass media for wider dissemination of both religious services and appeals for donations, using radio to draw both audience and revenue with the growing appeal of popular entertainment and incorporating stage techniques into her weekly sermons at Angelus Temple, an early megachurch. In her time, she was the most publicized Protestant evangelist, surpassing Billy Sunday and other predecessors. She conducted public faith healing demonstrations involving tens of thousands of participants. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aimee Semple McPherson is the 2,972nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,734th in 2019), the 582nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 405th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Aimee Semple McPherson ranks 2,972 out of 3,187. Before her are Nicholas II of Constantinople, Bilal Philips, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Alvin Sargent, José Humberto Quintero Parra, and Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano. After her are Thirteen Assyrian Fathers, Sajida al-Rishawi, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Wenceslao Padilla, Demophilus of Constantinople, and Paolo Pezzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Aimee Semple McPherson ranks 236. Before her are Jennie Fletcher, Myra Hess, Fred M. Vinson, John Rupert Firth, Edgar Kennedy, and Marc Connelly. After her are Hatı Çırpan, Willie Applegarth, Caesar ten Cate, Elmer Clifton, August Alle, and Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez. Among people deceased in 1944, Aimee Semple McPherson ranks 299. Before her are David Prain, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Eugen Burg, Eoin O'Duffy, Franz Berghammer, and Octav Băncilă. After her are George Herriman, Merna Kennedy, Katri Vala, Ernest Townsend, Alfred Schmalzer, and Juliette Atkinson.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Aimee Semple McPherson ranks 582 out of 1,622. Before her are Arturo Gatti (1972), Toller Cranston (1949), Patrick J. Adams (1981), Christopher Heyerdahl (1963), Norm Macdonald (1959), and Gordon Tootoosis (1941). After her are Eva Dawes (1912), Ivan Koloff (1942), Dorothy Stratten (1960), Marie Yovanovitch (1958), Rachelle Lefevre (1979), and Jack Layton (1950).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Canada

Among religious figures born in Canada, Aimee Semple McPherson ranks 9. Before her are André Bessette (1845), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), Gérald Lacroix (1957), Gaëtan Dugas (1952), Paul Grégoire (1911), and Charles Scicluna (1959). After her are Petar Rajič (1959), Charles Coughlin (1891), Hilarion Kapral (1948), Gerald Emmett Carter (1912), and Ellen White (null).

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