RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Charles Taze Russell

1852 - 1916

Photo of Charles Taze Russell

Icon of person Charles Taze Russell

Charles Taze Russell (February 16, 1852 – October 31, 1916), or Pastor Russell, was an American Adventist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founder of the Bible Student movement. He was an early Christian Zionist. In July 1879, Russell began publishing a monthly religious magazine, Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence. In 1881, he co-founded Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society with William Henry Conley as president. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Taze Russell is the 361st most popular religious figure (up from 633rd in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from United States (up from 637th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Religious Figure.

Charles Taze Russell is most famous for being the founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Charles Taze Russell by language

Loading...

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Charles Taze Russell ranks 361 out of 3,187. Before him are Theodora, Pope Clement III, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Pope Marinus I, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, and Pope Sisinnius. After him are Pope Pelagius I, Charles Borromeo, Pope Benedict II, Philip Neri, Pope John I, and Pope Dionysius.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Charles Taze Russell ranks 9. Before him are Henri Becquerel, Emperor Meiji, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, William Ramsay, and Henri Moissan. After him are Gojong of Korea, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Francisco Tárrega, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, and Joseph Joffre. Among people deceased in 1916, Charles Taze Russell ranks 10. Before him are Henryk Sienkiewicz, William Ramsay, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Ernst Mach, Élie Metchnikoff, and Yuan Shikai. After him are Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Odilon Redon, Franz Marc, James Connolly, Richard Dedekind, and Otto of Bavaria.

Others Born in 1852

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1916

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Taze Russell ranks 264 out of 20,380. Before him are John Holmes (1944), Ben Affleck (1972), Robert Andrews Millikan (1868), Lee de Forest (1873), Johnny Depp (1963), and John Quincy Adams (1767). After him are Dale Carnegie (1888), O. J. Simpson (1947), Kanye West (1977), Diane Keaton (1946), Robert K. Merton (1910), and Margaret Sanger (1879).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Charles Taze Russell ranks 4. Before him are Pope Leo XIV (1955), Joseph Smith (1805), and Brigham Young (1801). After him are 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).

American born Religious Figures

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous