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Tammy Faye Messner

1942 - 2007

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Tamara Faye Messner (née LaValley, formerly Bakker ; March 7, 1942 – July 20, 2007) was an American evangelist. She co-founded the televangelist program The PTL Club with her then-husband Jim Bakker in 1974. They had hosted their own puppet-show series for local programming in the early 1960s; Messner also had a career as a recording artist. In 1978, she and Bakker built Heritage USA, a Christian theme park. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Tammy Faye Messner is the 2,939th most popular religious figure (down from 2,440th in 2024), the 9,291st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,703rd in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Tammy Faye Messner ranks 2,939 out of 3,187. Before her are Michele Giordano, Johannes Weiss, Youssef Rzouga, Rose Philippine Duchesne, Rudolf Kittel, and Egidio Miragoli. After her are Ini, Jim Elliot, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Matthew Webb, C. I. Scofield, and José Cobo Cano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Tammy Faye Messner ranks 571. Before her are Kees Verkerk, Pavel Sadyrin, Jan Wienese, Claudine Longet, Patricia Bath, and Kenneth Lay. After her are Lopo do Nascimento, Klaus Glahn, Bob Einstein, Mario Chaldú, Bernard Bosquier, and Juan Carlos Sarnari. Among people deceased in 2007, Tammy Faye Messner ranks 343. Before her are Seymour Benzer, Grace Paley, Charles Grimes, Maria Kwaśniewska, Teoctist Arăpașu, and R. B. Kitaj. After her are Madeleine L'Engle, Josep Pintat Solans, Anne McLaren, David Halberstam, Fred Saberhagen, and Muhammad Osman Said.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tammy Faye Messner ranks 9,293 out of 20,380. Before her are Paul A. Rothchild (1935), Mike Miller (1980), Saundra Santiago (1957), Wade Dominguez (1966), Lucille La Verne (1872), and James Gammon (1940). After her are Bayard Rustin (1912), John David Washington (1984), David Goggins (1975), Diana Lynn (1926), Rob Bowman (1960), and Jonathan Larson (1960).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Tammy Faye Messner ranks 87. Before her are Bruce M. Metzger (1914), James Stafford (1932), Avery Dulles (1918), Sylvester Graham (1794), Salvatore Cordileone (1956), and Wovoka (1856). After her are Jim Elliot (1927), C. I. Scofield (1843), John Cody (1907), Franklin Graham (1952), Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), and Alvin Sargent (1927).

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