RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Canaan

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Canaan (Hebrew: כְּנַעַן – Kənáʿan, in pausa כְּנָעַן‎ – Kənā́ʿan), according to the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, was a son of Ham and grandson of Noah, as well as the father of the Canaanites. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Canaan has received more than 9,574,464 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Canaan is the 628th most popular religious figure (up from 717th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Israel (up from 99th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Canaan ranks 628 out of 3,187. Before him are Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Mahākāśyapa, Michael I Cerularius, Sister Lúcia, Pope Leo VI, and Theophanes the Confessor. After him are Pope Vigilius, Jean Meslier, Pope Felix IV, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Charles Taze Russell, and John Knox.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Canaan ranks 87 out of 466. Before him are George Habash (1926), Yitzhak Navon (1921), Jeconiah (-700), Annas (-22), Unas (-2400), and Ahaziah of Israel (-870). After him are Manasseh (-709), Nicodemus (-50), Abu Nidal (1937), Pope Theodore I (600), Cyril of Jerusalem (313), and Isaac Luria (1534).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Canaan ranks 37. Before him are Rabbi Akiva (50), Haggai (-550), Simeon (null), James, brother of Jesus (-20), Penitent thief (-18), and Annas (-22). After him are Nicodemus (-50), Pope Theodore I (600), Isaac Luria (1534), Pontius Pilate's wife (6), Epiphanius of Salamis (315), and Zephaniah (-701).

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