RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Joshua

1355 BC - 1245 BC

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Joshua (), also known as Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ Yəhōšuaʿ,‍ Tiberian: Yŏhōšuaʿ, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Book of Joshua of the Hebrew Bible. His name was Hoshea (הוֹשֵׁעַ‎ Hōšēaʿ,‍ lit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joshua has received more than 4,857,588 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Joshua is the 47th most popular religious figure (down from 44th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Egypt and the 4th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

Joshua is most famous for leading the Israelites into the Promised Land.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 79.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Joshua ranks 47 out of 3,187. Before him are Anthony the Great, John the Apostle, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Alexander VI, Isaiah, and Saul. After him are Pope Pius IX, Pope Benedict XVI, Samuel, Pope John XXIII, Catherine of Alexandria, and Pope Leo XIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1355 BC, Joshua ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 1245 BC, Joshua ranks 1. 

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    Joshua

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1355 BC - 1245 BC

    HPI: 79.73

    Rank: 1

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    Joshua

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1355 BC - 1245 BC

    HPI: 79.73

    Rank: 1

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Joshua ranks 12 out of 642. Before him are Ptolemy (100), Yasser Arafat (1929), Akhenaten (-1400), Hypatia (350), Anthony the Great (251), and Origen (185). After him are Catherine of Alexandria (287), Hatshepsut (-1507), Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918), Plotinus (203), Anwar Sadat (1918), and Hosni Mubarak (1928).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Joshua ranks 4. Before him are Moses (-1393), Tutankhamun (-1341), and Anthony the Great (251). After him are Catherine of Alexandria (287), Hagar (-1800), Moses in Islam (-1392), Seti I (-1323), Tiye (-1398), Pachomius the Great (292), Saint Apollonia (110), and Saint Maurice (250).

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