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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Esther

600 BC - 500 BC

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Esther, originally Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and marries her. His grand vizier Haman is offended by Esther's cousin and guardian Mordecai because of his refusal to prostrate before him; prostrating in front of another person was a prominent gesture of respect in Persian society, but deemed unacceptable by Mordecai, who believes that a Jew should only express submissiveness to God. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Esther has received more than 4,394,854 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Esther is the 110th most popular religious figure (down from 105th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Iran (down from 10th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Esther is most famous for being the heroine of the biblical book of Esther. The book tells the story of how she became Queen of Persia and saved her people from destruction.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Esther ranks 110 out of 2,238. Before her are Saint Sebastian, Agatha of Sicily, Bilal ibn Rabah, Albertus Magnus, Pope Pius V, and Elizabeth. After her are Pope Pius III, Pope Urban VIII, Salome, Pope Clement I, Pope Gregory XVI, and Simon the Zealot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Esther ranks 4. Before her are Cyrus the Great, Tomyris, and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. After her are Lucretia, Peisistratos, Servius Tullius, Ānanda, Belshazzar, Cambyses I, Pheidippides, and Hippasus. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Esther ranks 1. After her are Myron, Leucippus, Ānanda, Polykleitos, Artemisia I of Caria, Hippasus, Rāhula, Diogenes of Apollonia, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, and Obadiah.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Esther ranks 13 out of 528. Before her are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Harun al-Rashid (766), Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), Ismail I (1487), and Jabir ibn Hayyan (721). After her are Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Ulugh Beg (1394), Ali Khamenei (1939), and Hafez (1325).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Esther ranks 3. Before her are Zoroaster (-2000) and Ruhollah Khomeini (1902). After her are Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Mordecai (null), and Sasan (200).

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