Dwight L. Moody was a prominent American evangelist born in 1837 in Northfield, Massachusetts. Starting his career as a shoe salesman, he later devoted his life to Christian ministry, founding the Moody Bible Institute and leading major revival campaigns in the U.S. and U.K. Moody’s plainspoken preaching style and emphasis on personal conversion helped shape modern evangelical Christianity. He died in 1899, leaving a lasting legacy in Christian education and global missions.