William Franklin Billy Graham Jr. is popularly known as Billy Graham. He was born on 7th November, 1918 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Graham made his "commitment to Christ" at age 16 through the ministry of a travelling evangelist, Mordecai Ham. He holds the top seventh position in the list of 20th century world's most admired people. The American Christian evangelist is best known for his worldwide evangelistic crusades preaching the message of Christianity to more people than anyone in history. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association reports, "nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries" have been reached through his ministry. Graham consulted and prayed with every U. S. president from Harry Truman to Barack Obama.