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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

An Shigao

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An Shigao (Chinese: 安世高; pinyin: Ān Shìgāo; Wade–Giles: An Shih-kao, Korean: An Sego, Japanese: An Seikō, Vietnamese: An Thế Cao) (fl. c. 148-180 CE) was an early Buddhist missionary to China, and the earliest known translator of Indian Buddhist texts into Chinese. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of An Shigao has received more than 92,958 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. An Shigao is the 1,373rd most popular religious figure (up from 7,108th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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  • 93k

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  • 55.15

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, An Shigao ranks 1,373 out of 2,238Before her are Simon Kimbangu, Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, Andrew Bobola, Anna Schäffer, Mamertus, and Parshvanatha. After her are Rafael Merry del Val, Theodosius of Kiev, Hermann Gmeiner, Zakir Naik, Carpocrates, and George Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 101, An Shigao ranks 10Before her are Meng Huo, Polyaenus, Felicitas of Rome, Zhang Lu, Blandina, and Xenophon of Ephesus. After her are Gan Ji and Oppian. Among people deceased in 168, An Shigao ranks 3Before her are Pope Anicetus and Emperor Huan of Han.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, An Shigao ranks 195 out of 338Before her are Ashurnasirpal I (-1100), Al-Mustakfi (905), Aphrahat (280), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), Samsu-Ditana (-1700), and Ayad Allawi (1944). After her are Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Shalmaneser II (-1090), Qusay Hussein (1966), Burna-Buriash II (-1400), Erishum I (-2000), and Nabonassar (-800).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, An Shigao ranks 22Before her are Ibn Sa'd (784), Ibn Qutaybah (828), Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), Suhayb ar-Rumi (587), Abo of Tiflis (756), and Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935). After her are Lipit-Ishtar (-1890), Bashar ibn Burd (714), Dawud al-Zahiri (815), Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), Emmanuel III Delly (1927), and Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879).