RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Chaim Kanievsky

1928 - 2022

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Shemaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky (Hebrew: שמריהו יוסף חיים קַניֶבסקִי; January 8, 1928 – March 18, 2022) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek. He was a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society on legal and ethical practice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaim Kanievsky has received more than 407,997 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Chaim Kanievsky is the 2,100th most popular religious figure, the 108th most popular biography from Belarus and the 4th most popular Belarusian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Chaim Kanievsky ranks 2,100 out of 3,187. Before him are Dorotheus of Gaza, Conrad of Urach, Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, Corrado Bafile, Bernard Francis Law, and Yahdun-Lim. After him are Athanasius III of Constantinople, Joshua the High Priest, Antje Jackelén, Epaphroditus, Pope Maximus of Alexandria, and Laurence of Byzantium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Chaim Kanievsky ranks 278. Before him are Karl Mai, Marcel Bozzuffi, Dušan Džamonja, Julien Guiomar, Eve Meyer, and Anna Kolesárová. After him are Marion Ross, Eric Porter, Tahir Salahov, Mitchell Ryan, Ian Bannen, and Arthur Melvin Okun. Among people deceased in 2022, Chaim Kanievsky ranks 228. Before him are Zofia Posmysz, Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Leslie Phillips, Arno, and Kazuki Takahashi. After him are Fatma Girik, Susana Dosamantes, Manny Charlton, Peter Straub, Rupiah Banda, and Yoko Shimada.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Chaim Kanievsky ranks 108 out of 368. Before him are Lev Polugaevsky (1934), Ivonka Survilla (1936), Jerzy Giedroyc (1906), Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (1982), Vasily Ignatenko (1961), and Valeriya Novodvorskaya (1950). After him are Benedykt Dybowski (1833), Romuald Klim (1933), Michael Rohoza (1540), Walery Antoni Wróblewski (1836), Romuald Traugutt (1826), and Myechyslaw Hryb (1938).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belarus

Among religious figures born in Belarus, Chaim Kanievsky ranks 4. Before him are Vilna Gaon (1720), Kirill of Turov (1130), and Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789). After him are Michael Rohoza (1540), Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838), Tadevuš Kandrusievič (1946), Jakub Szynkiewicz (1884), and Aleksandr Kurlovich (1961).

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