RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John T. Scopes

1900 - 1970

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John Thomas Scopes (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970) was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes trial, and was found guilty and fined $100 (equivalent to $1,793 in 2024). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John T. Scopes is the 2,994th most popular religious figure (down from 2,940th in 2019), the 10,696th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,005th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John T. Scopes ranks 2,994 out of 3,187. Before him are Simon Pimenta, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Charles Coughlin, Paolo Magnani, Conall mac Comgaill, and Katharine Drexel. After him are John McCloskey, Joseph F. Smith, Sin-Iddinam, Blanche Barton, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Desmond Connell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, John T. Scopes ranks 311. Before him are Samuel King Allison, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Martita Hunt, André Dhôtel, Horatio Fitch, and Nikolay Okhlopkov. After him are Ricardo Cortez, Roberto Grau, Alice Terry, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Antoni Zygmund, and Sverre Sørsdal. Among people deceased in 1970, John T. Scopes ranks 246. Before him are Earl Eby, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Georgi Naydenov, Georg de Laval, Anita Louise, and Jaipal Singh Munda. After him are Teofilo Spasojević, Laura Knight, Keen Johnson, Don Finlay, Richard Hofstadter, and Maurice Stokes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John T. Scopes ranks 10,698 out of 20,380. Before him are Patrice Wymore (1926), David Garrison (1952), Elaine de Kooning (1918), Ben Cardin (1943), Maud Barger-Wallach (1870), and Michael Wong (1965). After him are Sara Foster (1981), Dan Gilroy (1959), John Thune (1961), Gauge (1980), Kerr Smith (1972), and William Dickey (1874).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, John T. Scopes ranks 95. Before him are John Cody (1907), Franklin Graham (1952), Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), Alvin Sargent (1927), James J. Martin (1960), and Katharine Drexel (1858). After him are John McCloskey (1810), Joseph F. Smith (1838), Blanche Barton (1961), Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), Dan Osman (1963), and Edward Egan (1932).

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