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Bill Bright

1921 - 2003

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William R. Bright (October 19, 1921 – July 19, 2003) was an American evangelist. In 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles, he founded Campus Crusade for Christ as a ministry for university students. In 1952 he wrote The Four Spiritual Laws. In 1979 he produced the film Jesus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Bill Bright is the 5,944th most popular writer (up from 6,314th in 2024), the 10,052nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,318th in 2019) and the 732nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Bill Bright ranks 5,944 out of 7,302. Before him are Marc Connelly, Giorgio Faletti, Theodore Roethke, Jacques de Lacretelle, Raúl Rivero, and Pavao Pavličić. After him are Tanith Lee, Antoine Blondin, Douglas Coupland, Liam O'Flaherty, Naomi Wolf, and Judy Blume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Bill Bright ranks 406. Before him are Verghese Kurien, Geoffrey Crossley, Susan Peters, Usmar Ismail, Big Walter Horton, and Jacques Friedel. After him are Mohammad Mohammadullah, Kurt Marti, Cliff Barker, Mamie Till, John Pritchard, and Farley Mowat. Among people deceased in 2003, Bill Bright ranks 316. Before him are Lawrence H. Aller, Vasile Deheleanu, Bhisham Sahni, Juha Tiainen, Jeannette Campbell, and Grigory Mkrtychan. After him are Pierre Blondiaux, Suzy Parker, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Maurice Kouandété, Vladimir Bogomolov, and Gene Anthony Ray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Bright ranks 10,054 out of 20,380. Before him are Tyson Gay (1982), Ralph Abernathy (1926), Garry Winogrand (1928), Barbara Askins (1939), Sharon Stouder (1948), and James MacArthur (1937). After him are Lisa Blount (1957), Michelle Forbes (1965), John Edwards (1953), Alexi Lalas (1970), Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835), and Jeff Stryker (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bill Bright ranks 732. Before him are Whittaker Chambers (1901), David S. Goyer (1965), Conrad Aiken (1889), Archibald MacLeish (1892), Marc Connelly (1890), and Theodore Roethke (1908). After him are Naomi Wolf (1962), Judy Blume (1938), Phil Donahue (1935), Iris Chang (1968), Anna J. Cooper (1858), and W. S. Merwin (1927).

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