RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gamaliel

100 BC - 63

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Gamaliel the Elder (; also spelled Gamliel; Hebrew: רַבַּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הַזָּקֵן Rabban Gamlīʾēl hazZāqēn; Koinē Greek: Γαμαλιὴλ ὁ Πρεσβύτερος Gamaliēl ho Presbýteros), or Rabban Gamaliel I, was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE. He was the son of Simeon ben Hillel and grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder. He fathered Simeon ben Gamliel, who was named for Gamaliel's father, and a daughter, who married a priest named Simon ben Nathanael. In the Christian tradition, Gamaliel is recognized as a Pharisee doctor of Jewish Law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gamaliel has received more than 1,071,607 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Gamaliel is the 619th most popular religious figure (down from 602nd in 2019).

Gamaliel is most famous for being a Pharisee who tried to stop the stoning of Stephen, the first Christian martyr.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gamaliel ranks 619 out of 3,187. Before him are Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Isaac of Nineveh, Sa'id bin Zayd, Alexius of Rome, Saint Casimir, and Gregory Thaumaturgus. After him are Pope Alexander I of Alexandria, Pope Eusebius, Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Mahākāśyapa, Michael I Cerularius, and Sister Lúcia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100 BC, Gamaliel ranks 17. Before him are Cornelius Nepos, Crixus, Andronicus of Rhodes, Ptolemy XI Alexander II, Cleopatra V of Egypt, and Gaius Octavius. After him are Zebedee, Titus Labienus, Antigonus II Mattathias, Valerius Maximus, Thusnelda, and Artavasdes II of Armenia. Among people deceased in 63, Gamaliel ranks 1. After him is Claudia Augusta.

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