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John the Lydian

490 - 600

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John the Lydian or John Lydus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Λαυρέντιος ὁ Λυδός; Latin: Ioannes Laurentius Lydus) (ca. AD 490 – ca. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John the Lydian has received more than 52,960 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John the Lydian is the 2,833rd most popular writer (down from 2,343rd in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John the Lydians by language

Over the past year John the Lydian has had the most page views in the with 8,915 views, followed by Italian (2,656), and German (1,617). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (78.05%), Catalan (70.74%), and Polish (38.12%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John the Lydian ranks 2,833 out of 7,302. Before him are Wolfgang Iser, Louis Couperus, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Hitoshi Igarashi, Adam Michnik, and Joseph Delaney. After him are Pierre Grimal, Ronald Harwood, Ben Hecht, Peter Høeg, Fritz Mauthner, and Delmira Agustini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 490, John the Lydian ranks 7. Before him are Pope Silverius, Bumin Qaghan, Pope Agapetus I, Romanos the Melodist, Simplicius of Cilicia, and John Philoponus. After him are John the Cappadocian, Urien, and Samson of Dol. Among people deceased in 600, John the Lydian ranks 15. Before him are Eutocius of Ascalon, Bharavi, Hrólfr Kraki, David the Invincible, Vulca, and Agathangelos. After him are Theodorus Lector, Hesychius of Miletus, Vistahm, Borzuya, Icel of Mercia, and Theodore I Calliopas.

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