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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Baal Shem Tov

1700 - 1760

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Israel ben Eliezer or Yisroel ben Eliezer (1698 – 22 May 1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov (; Hebrew: בעל שם טוב) or as the BeShT, was a Jewish mystic and healer who is regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baal Shem Tov has received more than 1,009,185 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Baal Shem Tov is the 636th most popular religious figure (down from 585th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 66th 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.

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  • 64.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Baal Shem Tov ranks 636 out of 2,238. Before him are Thomas Wolsey, Pope Stephen IX, Alexius of Rome, Nicodemus, Yasuke, and Scholastica. After him are Óscar Romero, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Célestin Freinet, Dōgen, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, and Hind bint Utbah.

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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, Gerard van Swieten, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Johann Christoph Gottsched, and Jean-Antoine Nollet. Among people deceased in 1760, Baal Shem Tov ranks 4. Before him are George II of Great Britain, Maria Amalia of Saxony, and Anna Magdalena Bach. After him are Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Alaungpaya, Adrien Manglard, Christoph Graupner, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, George Clifford III, and Charlotte de Rohan.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Baal Shem Tov ranks 73 out of 1,083. Before him are Larisa Latynina (1934), Valeriy Lobanovskyi (1939), Sonia Delaunay (1885), Anton Makarenko (1888), Andrey Yeryomenko (1892), and Fanny Kaplan (1890). After him are Volodymyr Zelensky (1978), Ivan Franko (1856), Georges Charpak (1924), Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Karl Radek (1885), and Vladimir Ivashko (1932).

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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), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), Hilarion of Kiev (990), Anthony of Kiev (983), Dimitry of Rostov (1651), and John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896).

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