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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jonathan Sacks

1948 - 2020

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Jonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks (8 March 1948 – 7 November 2020) was an English Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and author. Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013. As the spiritual head of the United Synagogue, the largest synagogue body in the United Kingdom, he was the Chief Rabbi of those Orthodox synagogues but was not recognized as the religious authority for the Haredi Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations or for the progressive movements such as Masorti, Reform, and Liberal Judaism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonathan Sacks has received more than 735,603 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jonathan Sacks is the 2,472nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,189th in 2019), the 3,869th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,794th in 2019) and the 90th most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 740k

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  • 45.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jonathan Sacks ranks 2,472 out of 2,238. Before him are Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Paul Yü Pin, Charles Maung Bo, William de Longchamp, Brother Alois, and Bruno Heim. After him are Zabaia, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Mariam Thresia Chiramel, Nechtan nepos Uerb, Athanasius Schneider, and Juan Guevara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jonathan Sacks ranks 449. Before him are Charles Maung Bo, Aleksandr Baryshnikov, Lindsay Crouse, Yevhen Arzhanov, Terry Bradshaw, and Gudrun Schyman. After him are John Gray, Franciszek Smuda, Big John Studd, Radojka Šverko, George W. Casey Jr., and Marleen Gorris. Among people deceased in 2020, Jonathan Sacks ranks 470. Before him are Edem Kodjo, Wolfgang Hofmann, Mario Chaldú, Hennadiy Kernes, Victor Chizhikov, and Robert May, Baron May of Oxford. After him are Efraín Sánchez, Carlos Contreras, Lyle Mays, Mario Ghella, Marlene Ahrens, and Emilio Caprile.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jonathan Sacks ranks 3,869 out of 7,765. Before him are Simon Schama (1945), Ray Wilson (1934), Boz Burrell (1946), Thomas Thomson (1817), Steve Hogarth (1956), and Celia Imrie (1952). After him are John Gray (1948), Agnes Arber (1879), Robert Herrick (1591), William Davenant (1606), Anna Lee (1913), and Heather Angel (1909).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Jonathan Sacks ranks 90. Before him are Roger of Wendover (1200), Chad of Mercia (634), Henry Edward Manning (1808), Æthelwold of Winchester (900), Saint Mungo (518), and Carlo Acutis (1991). After him are Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), Paul Gallagher (1954), Patrick Abercrombie (1879), Ninian (360), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), and Vincent Nichols (1945).

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