Billy Graham

Born: 1918-11-07 Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Died: 2018-02-21

William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist, a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well-known internationally in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him 'among the most influential Christian leaders' of the 20th century. As a preacher, he held large indoor and outdoor rallies with sermons that were broadcast on radio and television; some were still being re-broadcast into the 21st century. In his six decades on television, Graham hosted annual 'Crusades', evangelistic campaigns that ran from 1947 until his retirement in 20 ...