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Russell M. Nelson

1924 - 2025

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Russell Marion Nelson Sr. (September 9, 1924 – September 27, 2025) was an American religious leader and surgeon who was the seventeenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2018 until his death in 2025. Before becoming church president, Nelson was a member of its Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for nearly thirty-four years and was the quorum president from 2015 to 2018. As church president, Nelson was recognized by the church as the prophet, seer, and revelator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Russell M. Nelson is the 2,434th most popular religious figure (up from 2,583rd in 2019), the 5,554th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,425th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Russell M. Nelson ranks 2,434 out of 3,187. Before him are Georg von Kopp, Léon-Adolphe Amette, Pope Kedron of Alexandria, Lorenzo Cybo de Mari, Lullus, and Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch. After him are Simão Rodrigues, Nafiʽ al-Madani, Konrad Krajewski, Joseph Barsabbas, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, and Jean-Baptiste Janssens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Russell M. Nelson ranks 272. Before him are Basil Bernstein, A. B. Bardhan, Marcel Domingo, František Vláčil, Navvab Safavi, and Leslie Phillips. After him are Azucena Villaflor, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Max van der Stoel, Friederike Mayröcker, Kenneth Noland, and Dodo Abashidze. Among people deceased in 2025, Russell M. Nelson ranks 227. Before him are Sulochana Gadgil, Calistrat Cuțov, Mike Castle, Paul Day, Joan Harrison, and Udo Voigt. After him are Clem Burke, Nina Grebeshkova, Athol Fugard, Valerie Mahaffey, Joe Bugner, and Bill Byrge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Russell M. Nelson ranks 5,554 out of 20,380. Before him are Lauryn Hill (1975), Yogi Berra (1925), W. Averell Harriman (1891), Peter Jacobson (1965), Marsha P. Johnson (1945), and Tom Brady (1977). After him are T.J. Miller (1981), Meriwether Lewis (1774), Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951), Robert Ryman (1930), Delia Owens (1949), and Ray Walston (1914).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Russell M. Nelson ranks 57. Before him are Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), Samuel Wilson (1766), David Koresh (1959), Michael Curry (1953), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), and Don Alden Adams (1925). After him are John Wright (1909), Thomas S. Monson (1927), Seraphim Rose (1934), Edmund Szoka (1927), Dorothy Stang (1931), and Francis George (1937).

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