RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Wovoka

1856 - 1932

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Wovoka (c. 1856 – September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was the Paiute religious leader who founded a second episode of the Ghost Dance movement. Wovoka means "cutter" or "wood cutter" in the Northern Paiute language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wovoka is the 2,927th most popular religious figure (down from 2,891st in 2019), the 9,201st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,121st in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Wovoka ranks 2,927 out of 3,187. Before him are Catherine Booth, Deusdedit of Canterbury, Bruno Forte, Albert Decourtray, Basil Hume, and Salvatore Cordileone. After him are Palladius, Khentetka, Michele Giordano, Johannes Weiss, Youssef Rzouga, and Rose Philippine Duchesne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Wovoka ranks 121. Before him are Kenyon Cox, Vernon Lee, Orville Gibson, Karolina Widerström, Jinzō Matsumura, and Belisario Porras Barahona. After him are Walther von Dyck, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Jens Bratlie, Colin Campbell Cooper, Louis-Gustave Binger, and Granville Woods. Among people deceased in 1932, Wovoka ranks 138. Before him are Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Outram Bangs, Swarnakumari Devi, Carl Johnson, Malcolm Whitman, and Ernest Mangnall. After him are Adelaide Ames, Charles Le Goffic, Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, Leónidas Plaza, Virginie Hériot, and Frank Dixon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wovoka ranks 9,203 out of 20,380. Before him are Ron Wright (1953), Victor Argo (1934), Richard Evans Schultes (1915), Shari Headley (1964), Seymour Benzer (1921), and Julieta Venegas (1970). After him are Leo Burnett (1891), Grace Paley (1922), James J. Jeffries (1875), Charles Grimes (1935), Dell Hymes (1927), and Scott O'Dell (1898).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Wovoka ranks 85. Before him are Raymond E. Brown (1928), Bruce M. Metzger (1914), James Stafford (1932), Avery Dulles (1918), Sylvester Graham (1794), and Salvatore Cordileone (1956). After him are Tammy Faye Messner (1942), Jim Elliot (1927), C. I. Scofield (1843), John Cody (1907), Franklin Graham (1952), and Walter Rauschenbusch (1861).

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