RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Baal Shem Tov

1700 - 1760

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Israel ben Eliezer 1698 –1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov (; Hebrew: בעל שם טוב) or BeShT (בעש"ט), was a Jewish mystic and healer who is regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. A baal shem tov is a "Master of the Good Name," that is, one able to work miracles using the secret name of God. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baal Shem Tov has received more than 1,087,061 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Baal Shem Tov is the 493rd most popular religious figure (up from 631st in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 73rd in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Religious Figure.

Baal Shem Tov is most famous for being the founder of Hasidism, a Jewish mystical movement that emphasizes joy and happiness.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Baal Shem Tov ranks 493 out of 3,187. Before him are Rabbi Akiva, Denis, Charles de Foucauld, Christina of Bolsena, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, and Hannah. After him are Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Devadatta, Dorothea of Caesarea, Hasan al-Askari, Saint Eustace, and Ramla bint Abi Sufyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Baal Shem Tov ranks 2. Before him is Daniel Bernoulli. After him are Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Ewald Georg von Kleist, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Clemens August of Bavaria, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, and Jean-Antoine Nollet. Among people deceased in 1760, Baal Shem Tov ranks 2. Before him is George II of Great Britain. After him are Anna Magdalena Bach, Maria Amalia of Saxony, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Alaungpaya, Christoph Graupner, Adrien Manglard, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Andrija Kačić Miošić, and George Clifford III.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Baal Shem Tov ranks 54 out of 1,365. Before him are Anne of Kiev (1025), Symon Petliura (1879), Joseph Roth (1894), Sholem Aleichem (1859), Andrei Zhdanov (1896), and Semyon Timoshenko (1895). After him are Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), Valeriy Lobanovskyi (1939), Vladimir II Monomakh (1053), Petro Poroshenko (1965), Vasily Grossman (1905), and Lesya Ukrainka (1871).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ukraine

Among religious figures born in Ukraine, Baal Shem Tov ranks 1. After him are Nachman of Breslov (1772), Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902), Jacob Frank (1726), Filaret (1929), Andrey Sheptytsky (1865), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), Josyf Slipyj (1892), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), Anthony of Kiev (983), and Hilarion of Kiev (990).

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