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John the Evangelist (Greek: Ἰωάννης, translit. Iōánnēs; Aramaic: ܝܘܚܢܢ; Arabic: يوحنا الإنجيلي, Hebrew: יוחנן האוונגליסט Coptic: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ or ⲓⲱ̅ⲁ) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John the Evangelist has received more than 1,048,040 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. John the Evangelist is the 182nd most popular writer (down from 175th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Israel (down from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Writer.
John the Evangelist is most famous for writing the Gospel of John, which is the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament.
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Among writers, John the Evangelist ranks 182 out of 5,794. Before him are Constantine VII, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Terence, Naguib Mahfouz, John Milton, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal. After him are Diogenes Laërtius, Khalil Gibran, Georges Simenon, Mansur Al-Hallaj, Peter Handke, and Stéphane Mallarmé.
905 - 959
HPI: 79.88
Rank: 176
1902 - 1991
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 177
185 BC - 159 BC
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 178
1911 - 2006
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 179
1608 - 1674
HPI: 79.75
Rank: 180
780 - 855
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 181
10 - 100
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 182
180 - 240
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 183
1883 - 1931
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 184
1903 - 1989
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 185
858 - 922
HPI: 79.59
Rank: 186
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 187
1842 - 1898
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 188
Among people born in 10, John the Evangelist ranks 4. Before him are Matthew the Apostle, Mark the Evangelist, and Hero of Alexandria. After him are Saint Eustace, Tigellinus, Antonius Felix, Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, Gotarzes II of Parthia, Calgacus, and Vardanes I. Among people deceased in 100, John the Evangelist ranks 11. Before him are Bartholomew the Apostle, Saint Anne, Josephus, Salome, Zechariah, and Elizabeth. After him are Caiaphas, Longinus, Herodias, Simon of Cyrene, Barabbas, and Zacchaeus.
10 - 74
HPI: 85.58
Rank: 1
10 - 68
HPI: 82.38
Rank: 2
10 - 75
HPI: 81.73
Rank: 3
10 - 100
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 4
10 - 118
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 5
10 - 69
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 6
10 - 100
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 7
10 - 80
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 8
10 - 60
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 9
10 - 51
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 10
10 - 100
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 11
10 - 47
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 12
100 BC - 100
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 5
100 BC - 100
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 6
37 - 100
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 7
14 - 100
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 8
90 BC - 100
HPI: 80.55
Rank: 9
100 BC - 100
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 10
10 - 100
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 11
18 - 100
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 12
100 - 100
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 13
100 BC - 100
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 14
100 BC - 100
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 15
1 - 100
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 16
50 - 100
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 17
Among people born in Israel, John the Evangelist ranks 40 out of 389. Before him are Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161), Goliath (-1060), Jeremiah (-650), Joseph of Arimathea (100), Joachim (-100), and Mahmoud Abbas (1935). After him are Eusebius (265), Moshe Dayan (1915), Benjamin Netanyahu (1949), Saint Matthias (1), Deborah (-1199), and Reuven Rivlin (1939).
1161 - 1185
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 34
1060 BC - Present
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 35
650 BC - 586 BC
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 36
100 - 96
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 37
100 BC - 10 BC
HPI: 80.21
Rank: 38
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 39
10 - 100
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 40
265 - 339
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 41
1915 - 1981
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 42
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 43
1 - 80
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 44
1199 BC - 1123 BC
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 45
1939 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 46
Among writers born in Israel, John the Evangelist ranks 1. After him are Amos Oz (1939), Edward Said (1935), Mahmoud Darwish (1941), David Grossman (1954), Ghassan Kanafani (1936), A. B. Yehoshua (1936), May Ziade (1886), Ahron Daum (1951), Emile Habibi (1922), Etgar Keret (1967), and Meir Shalev (1948).
10 - 100
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 1
1939 - 2018
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 2
1935 - 2003
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 3
1941 - 2008
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 5
1936 - 1972
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 6
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 7
1886 - 1941
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 8
1951 - 2018
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 9
1922 - 1996
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 10
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 12