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Brigham Young

1801 - 1877

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Brigham Young ( BRIG-əm; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877. He also served as the first governor of the Utah Territory from 1851 until his resignation in 1858. Young was born in 1801 in Vermont and raised in Upstate New York. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brigham Young is the 135th most popular religious figure (up from 280th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from United States (up from 196th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Religious Figure.

Brigham Young is most famous for being the second prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He led the church from 1847 until his death in 1877.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Brigham Young ranks 135 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Marcellus II, Catherine of Aragon, Pope Formosus, Pope Paul IV, Pope Callixtus III, and Mahavira. After him are Jude the Apostle, Pope Gregory XIV, Ezekiel, Catherine of Alexandria, Pope Urban V, and Francis Xavier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Brigham Young ranks 1. After him are Vincenzo Bellini, Gustav Fechner, Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Josip Jelačić, John of Saxony, Johannes Peter Müller, Frédéric Bastiat, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Maria Theresa of Austria, and John Henry Newman. Among people deceased in 1877, Brigham Young ranks 2. Before him is Gustave Courbet. After him are Urbain Le Verrier, Adolphe Thiers, Saigō Takamori, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Henry Fox Talbot, Crazy Horse, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Sophie of Württemberg, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brigham Young ranks 86 out of 20,380. Before him are Louisa May Alcott (1832), Patrick Swayze (1952), Charles Lindbergh (1902), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Helen Keller (1880), and B.B. King (1925). After him are Jack London (1876), Stanley Kubrick (1928), Robin Williams (1951), John Glenn (1921), Al Capone (1899), and Stephen King (1947).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Brigham Young ranks 3. Before him are Pope Leo XIV (1955), and Joseph Smith (1805). After him are Charles Taze Russell (1852), Maria Branyas (1907), Billy Graham (1918), Henry Molaison (1926), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), John Mott (1865), Timothy M. Dolan (1950), and Raymond Leo Burke (1948).

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