101 - 168
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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Among religious figures, An Shigao ranks 1,373 out of 2,238. Before 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.
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,367
1670 - 1735
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,368
1591 - 1657
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 1,369
1882 - 1925
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,370
401 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,371
872 BC - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 1,372
101 - 168
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 1,373
1865 - 1930
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 1,374
1029 - 1074
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 1,375
1919 - 1986
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 1,376
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 1,377
100 - 138
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 1,378
1805 - 1898
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 1,379
Among people born in 101, An Shigao ranks 10. Before 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 3. Before her are Pope Anicetus and Emperor Huan of Han.
101 - 300
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 4
101 - 180
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 5
101 - 165
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 6
101 - 216
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 7
101 - 177
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 8
101 - 300
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 9
101 - 168
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 10
101 - 200
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 11
101 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 12
70 - 168
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 1
132 - 168
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 2
101 - 168
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 3
Among people born in Iraq, An Shigao ranks 195 out of 338. Before 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).
1100 BC - 1060 BC
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 189
905 - 949
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 190
280 - 346
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 191
1935 - 1980
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 192
1700 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 193
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 194
101 - 168
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 195
1080 - 1165
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 196
1090 BC - 1019 BC
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 197
1966 - 2003
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 198
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 199
2000 BC - 1900 BC
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 200
800 BC - 733 BC
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 201
Among religious figures born in Iraq, An Shigao ranks 22. Before 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).
784 - 845
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 16
828 - 889
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 17
1935 - 2010
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 18
587 - 659
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 19
756 - 786
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 20
1935 - 1980
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 21
101 - 168
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 22
1890 BC - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 23
714 - 783
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 24
815 - 883
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 25
1898 - 2006
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 26
1927 - 2014
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 27
1879 - 1968
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 28