507 - 588
John of Ephesus (or of Asia) (Greek: Ίωάννης ό Έφέσιος, Classical Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ, c. 507 – c. 588 AD) was a leader of the early Syriac Orthodox Church in the sixth century and one of the earliest and the most important historians to write in Syriac. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Ephesus has received more than 88,440 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John of Ephesus is the 1,789th most popular writer (up from 1,859th in 2019), the 599th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 581st in 2019) and the 51st most popular Turkish Writer.
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Among writers, John of Ephesus ranks 1,789 out of 5,755. Before him are Aphra Behn, Ion of Chios, Robert Silverberg, Anne Perry, Telesilla, and Hugh Lofting. After him are William Caxton, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Jorge Manrique, Margarete Buber-Neumann, I. L. Peretz, and Donald E. Westlake.
1640 - 1689
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 1,783
490 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,784
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,785
1938 - 2023
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,786
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,787
1886 - 1947
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 1,788
507 - 588
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 1,789
1422 - 1491
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,790
1877 - 1974
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,791
1440 - 1479
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,792
1901 - 1989
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,793
1852 - 1915
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,794
1933 - 2008
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 1,795
Among people born in 507, John of Ephesus ranks 1. Among people deceased in 588, John of Ephesus ranks 1. After him are Bagha Qaghan and Ælla of Deira.
507 - 588
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 1
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2
600 - 588
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 3
Among people born in Turkey, John of Ephesus ranks 599 out of 1,301. Before him are Rufinus (335), Martina (598), Tuncel Kurtiz (1936), Bardaisan (154), Andronikos Doukas (1006), and Manuel Chrysoloras (1355). After him are Alexios III of Trebizond (1338), Rusa II (-800), Anna Dalassene (1030), Severus of Antioch (456), Archippus (50), and Caesarius of Nazianzus (330).
335 - 395
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 593
598 - 641
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 594
1936 - 2013
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 595
154 - 222
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 596
1006 - 1077
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 597
1355 - 1415
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 598
507 - 588
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 599
1338 - 1390
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 600
800 BC - 639 BC
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 601
1030 - 1105
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 602
456 - 538
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 603
50 - 100
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 604
330 - 368
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 605
Among writers born in Turkey, John of Ephesus ranks 51. Before him are Nicander (-250), Hipponax (-600), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), Adamantios Korais (1748), Namık Kemal (1840), and Symeon the Metaphrast (900). After him are Menander Protector (550), Aristeas (-600), John Tzetzes (1110), Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101), Theodore I (1290), and Adnan Oktar (1956).
250 BC - 170 BC
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 45
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 46
100 BC - 75 BC
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 47
1748 - 1833
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 48
1840 - 1888
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 49
900 - 987
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 50
507 - 588
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 51
550 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 52
600 BC - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 53
1110 - 1180
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 54
1101 - 1198
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 55
1290 - 1338
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 56
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 57