RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Joachim

100 BC - 10 BC

Joachim

Joachim (; Hebrew: יהויקים, romanized: Yəhoyāqim, lit. 'he whom Yahweh has set up'; Greek: Ἰωακείμ, romanized: Iōākeím) was, according to Christianity, the husband of Saint Anne, the father of Mary (mother of Jesus), and the maternal grandfather of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Gospel of James, part of the New Testament apocrypha. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim has received more than 1,512,855 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Joachim is the 244th most popular religious figure (down from 228th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Israel and the 21st most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

Joachim is most famous for his prediction that Jesus would return in 1866.

Memorability Metrics

1.5M
Page Views (PV)
72.82
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
49
Languages Editions (L)
9.93
Effective Languages (L*)
3.04
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Joachim ranks 244 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Honorius II, Nathan, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Pope Lucius III, and Tomás de Torquemada. After him are Pope Siricius, Matthias the Apostle, Jeremiah, Pope Innocent II, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, and Al-Tirmidhi.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

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Pope Honorius II
1100 - 1130
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 238
Nathan
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 239
Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
659 - 713
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 240
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
548 - 570
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 241
Pope Lucius III
1110 - 1185
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 242
Tomás de Torquemada
1420 - 1498
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 243
Joachim
100 BC - 10 BC
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 244
Pope Siricius
334 - 399
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 245
Matthias the Apostle
1 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 246
Jeremiah
650 BC - 586 BC
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 247
Pope Innocent II
1100 - 1143
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 248
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
817 - 875
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 249
Al-Tirmidhi
824 - 892
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 250

Contemporaries

Among people born in 100 BC, Joachim ranks 8. Before him are Mary, mother of Jesus, Saint Joseph, Bartholomew the Apostle, Saint Anne, Elizabeth, and Lazarus of Bethany. After him are Herodias, Simon of Cyrene, Cornelius Nepos, Crixus, Andronicus of Rhodes, and Ptolemy XI Alexander II. Among people deceased in 10 BC, Joachim ranks 1. After him is Aenesidemus.

Others Born in 100 BC

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Mary, mother of Jesus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 BC - 100
HPI: 90.47
Rank: 2
Saint Joseph
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 BC - 100
HPI: 87.14
Rank: 3
Bartholomew the Apostle
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 BC - 100
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 4
Saint Anne
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 BC - 100
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 5
Elizabeth
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 BC - 100
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 6
Lazarus of Bethany
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 BC - Present
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 7
Joachim
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 BC - 10 BC
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 8
Herodias
NOBLEMAN
100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 9
Simon of Cyrene
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 100
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 10
Cornelius Nepos
WRITER
100 BC - 25 BC
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 11
Crixus
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 72 BC
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 12
Andronicus of Rhodes
PHILOSOPHER
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 13
Ptolemy XI Alexander II
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 80 BC
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 14