RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Josephine Bakhita

1868 - 1947

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Josephine Margaret Bakhita (Arabic: جوزفين بخيتة), (ca. 1869 – 8 February 1947) was a Canossian religious sister who lived in Italy for 45 years, after having been a slave in Sudan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josephine Bakhita has received more than 826,063 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Josephine Bakhita is the 751st most popular religious figure (down from 743rd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Sudan (down from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sudanese Religious Figure.

Josephine Bakhita was a slave who was captured in the Sudan and taken to Italy. She was freed from slavery and became a nun.

Memorability Metrics

  • 830k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Josephine Bakhita ranks 751 out of 3,187. Before her are Cornelius the Centurion, Eusebius of Nicomedia, Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, Raymond of Penyafort, Juliana of Nicomedia, and Eugen Sandow. After her are Saint Cajetan, Albert of Brandenburg, Erasmus of Formia, Antipope Nicholas V, Theodora, and John the Merciful.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Josephine Bakhita ranks 33. Before her are Vittorio Monti, Edmond Rostand, Scott Joplin, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Charles Maurras, and Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild. After her are Myrtle Corbin, Stefan George, La Belle Otero, Alexandra David-Néel, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse. Among people deceased in 1947, Josephine Bakhita ranks 37. Before her are Victor Lustig, Alexander Löhr, Qazi Muhammad, Irving Fisher, Pierre Janet, and Bugsy Siegel. After her are Luigi Russolo, Hans Fallada, Albert Marquet, Manolete, Herbert Backe, and Hjalmar Siilasvuo.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Josephine Bakhita ranks 6 out of 38. Before her are Luqman (-1100), Mohamed Naguib (1901), Muhammad Ahmad (1844), Omar al-Bashir (1944), and Piye (-800). After her are John Garang (1945), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), and Tayeb Salih (1929).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Sudan

Among religious figures born in Sudan, Josephine Bakhita ranks 2. Before her are Muhammad Ahmad (1844). After her are Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941).

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