1858 - 1922
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda (Hebrew: אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֵּן־יְהוּדָה; pronounced [ʔeliˈʕezer ben jehuˈda]; born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman, 7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922) was a Hebrew lexicographer and newspaper editor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda has received more than 271,583 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is the 9th most popular linguist, the 13th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Linguist.
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is most famous for his work in the revival of the Hebrew language.
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Among linguists, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 9 out of 160. Before him are Max Müller, Roman Jakobson, William James Sidis, Mahmud al-Kashgari, Mesrop Mashtots, and Patanjali. After him are Franz Bopp, Edward Sapir, August Schleicher, Johann Martin Schleyer, Georges Dumézil, and Pāṇini.
1823 - 1900
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 3
1896 - 1982
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 4
1898 - 1944
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 5
1029 - 1101
HPI: 76.66
Rank: 6
361 - 440
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 7
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 8
1858 - 1922
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 9
1791 - 1867
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 10
1884 - 1939
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 11
1821 - 1868
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 12
1831 - 1912
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 13
1898 - 1986
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 14
500 BC - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 15
Among people born in 1858, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 14. Before him are Georg Simmel, Gustaf V of Sweden, Emmeline Pankhurst, Franz Boas, Omar Mukhtar, and Giuseppe Peano. After him are Christiaan Eijkman, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Charles de Foucauld, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Marie Bashkirtseff, and Maria Christina of Austria. Among people deceased in 1922, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 9. Before him are Charles I of Austria, Pope Benedict XV, Enver Pasha, Erich von Falkenhayn, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, and Djemal Pasha. After him are Hermann Rorschach, Fredrik Bajer, Walther Rathenau, Ernest Shackleton, Vittorio Monti, and Georges Sorel.
1858 - 1918
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 8
1858 - 1950
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 9
1858 - 1928
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 10
1858 - 1942
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 11
1858 - 1931
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 12
1858 - 1932
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 13
1858 - 1922
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 14
1858 - 1930
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 15
1858 - 1921
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 16
1858 - 1916
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 17
1858 - 1934
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 18
1858 - 1884
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 19
1858 - 1929
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 20
1887 - 1922
HPI: 82.58
Rank: 3
1854 - 1922
HPI: 82.56
Rank: 4
1881 - 1922
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 5
1861 - 1922
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 6
1845 - 1922
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 7
1872 - 1922
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 8
1858 - 1922
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 9
1884 - 1922
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 10
1837 - 1922
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 11
1867 - 1922
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 12
1874 - 1922
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 13
1868 - 1922
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 14
1847 - 1922
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 15
Among people born in Lithuania, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 13 out of 235. Before him are Gediminas (1275), Emma Goldman (1869), Czesław Miłosz (1911), Hermann Minkowski (1864), César Cui (1835), and Algirdas (1296). After him are Pyotr Wrangel (1878), Jascha Heifetz (1901), Kęstutis (1297), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), and Barbara Radziwiłł (1520).
1275 - 1341
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 7
1869 - 1940
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 8
1911 - 2004
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 9
1864 - 1909
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 10
1835 - 1918
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 11
1296 - 1377
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 12
1858 - 1922
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 13
1878 - 1928
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 14
1901 - 1987
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 15
1297 - 1382
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 16
1875 - 1911
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 17
1904 - 1936
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 18
1520 - 1551
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 19
Among linguists born in Lithuania, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 1.