HISTORIAN

Ibn Hayyan

987 - 1076

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Abū Marwān Ḥayyān ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥayyān al-Qurṭubī (Arabic: ابن حيَّان القرطبي) (987–1075), usually known as Ibn Hayyan, was an Arab Muslim historian from Al-Andalus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Hayyan has received more than 53,252 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ibn Hayyan is the 255th most popular historian (down from 237th in 2019), the 1,042nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 968th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ibn Hayyans by language

Over the past year Ibn Hayyan has had the most page views in the with 7,577 views, followed by Arabic (7,271), and Spanish (4,658). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (48.57%), Georgian (47.62%), and Egyptian Arabic (42.05%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ibn Hayyan ranks 255 out of 561. Before him are Fritz Fischer, Festus, İlber Ortaylı, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Arno Peters, and Lyudmila Alexeyeva. After him are Charles Rollin, Joseph de Guignes, Charles Barbier de Meynard, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, Abraham Geiger, and Bobojon Ghafurov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 987, Ibn Hayyan ranks 2. Before him is Bezprym.  Among people deceased in 1076, Ibn Hayyan ranks 8. Before him are Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Sancho IV of Pamplona, Beatrice of Lorraine, and Gagik II of Armenia. After him is Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy.

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    Bezprym

    POLITICIAN

    987 - 1032

    HPI: 56.76

    Rank: 1

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    Ibn Hayyan

    HISTORIAN

    987 - 1076

    HPI: 52.51

    Rank: 2

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ibn Hayyan ranks 1,042 out of 3,355. Before him are Joaquín Navarro-Valls (1936), Ignacio Ramonet (1943), Maria de Luna (1353), José Enrique Varela (1891), Justo Tejada (1933), and Émile Henry (1872). After him are Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676), Pilar Lorengar (1928), Jesús López Cobos (1940), Nacho (1990), Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450), and Ana Belén (1951).

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Among HISTORIANS In Spain

Among historians born in Spain, Ibn Hayyan ranks 3. Before him are Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478), and Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213). After him are Francisco López de Gómara (1511), Juan de Mariana (1536), Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (1952), and Jerónimo Zurita y Castro (1512).

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