William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. (born November 7, 1918) is an American evangelical Christian evangelist

Evangelism

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. As of April 25, 2010, when he met with Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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, Graham has spent personal time with twelve United States Presidents

President of the United States

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 dating back to Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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, and is number seven on Gallup's

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 list of admired people

Gallup's most admired man and woman poll

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 for the 20th century. He is a Southern Baptist

Southern Baptist Convention

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. He rose to celebrity status as his sermon

Sermon

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s were broadcast on radio and television.

Graham has preached the Gospel in person to more people than any other person in history.