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Kent Hovind

1953 - Today

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Kent Edward Hovind (born January 15, 1953) is an American Christian fundamentalist apologist and tax protestor. His young Earth creationist ministry focuses on denial of accepted scientific knowledge in the fields of biology (evolution and abiogenesis), geophysics, and cosmology in favor of a literalist interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative found in the Bible. Hovind's views, which combine elements of creation science and conspiracy theory, are dismissed by the scientific community as fringe theory and pseudo-scholarship. Answers in Genesis, a fundamentalist organization advocating young Earth creationism, openly criticized him for continued use of discredited arguments abandoned by others in the movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kent Hovind is the 3,106th most popular religious figure (down from 3,060th in 2024), the 15,590th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,935th in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Kent Hovind ranks 3,106 out of 3,187. Before him are Nechtan nepos Uerb, Krzysztof Charamsa, Cahal Daly, Dodë Gjergji, Anthony Bevilacqua, and Erik Varden. After him are Tomás Ó Fiaich, Stephan Burger, John Allen Chau, Xuecheng, Corrado Sanguineti, and John Sentamu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Kent Hovind ranks 678. Before him are Carl Hiaasen, Pete Hoekstra, Russ Feingold, Charlie Wilson, Hilary Benn, and Brian Duffy. After him are Walter Jon Williams, Sebastian Faulks, Reggie Lucas, Marillyn Hewson, Claire McCaskill, and William Malone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kent Hovind ranks 15,597 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim DeMint (1951), Denis McDonough (1969), Dominic A. Antonelli (1967), Rick Snyder (1958), John Naber (1956), and Jay Thomas (1948). After him are Eric Linden (1909), Eddie Alvarez (1984), Lewis Tewanima (1888), Josh Barnett (1977), Lonnie Mack (1941), and Rebecca Pidgeon (1965).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Kent Hovind ranks 121. Before him are Scott Hahn (1957), Joseph Bernardin (1928), Alphonse Lacroix (1897), Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867), Joseph Strickland (1958), and Anthony Bevilacqua (1923). After him are John Allen Chau (1991), Ted Haggard (1956), and Hamza Yusuf (1958).

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