1355 BC - 1245 BC
Joshua () also known as Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yəhōšuaʿ, Tiberian: Yŏhōšuaʿ, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') 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 3,840,379 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Joshua is the 42nd most popular religious figure (down from 40th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 11th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.
Joshua is most famous for leading the Israelites into the Promised Land.
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Among religious figures, Joshua ranks 42 out of 2,238. Before him are Queen of Sheba, James, son of Zebedee, Samuel, Catherine of Alexandria, Pope John Paul I, and Pope John XXIII. After him are Judas Iscariot, Ignatius of Loyola, Saul, 14th Dalai Lama, Mary Magdalene, and Pope Gregory I.
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 36
1 - 44
HPI: 80.55
Rank: 37
1100 BC - 1010 BC
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 38
287 - 305
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 39
1912 - 1978
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 40
1881 - 1963
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 41
1355 BC - 1245 BC
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 42
50 - 30
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 43
1491 - 1556
HPI: 80.32
Rank: 44
1079 BC - 1010 BC
HPI: 80.14
Rank: 45
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 46
10 BC - 100
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 47
540 - 604
HPI: 79.59
Rank: 48
Among people born in 1355 BC, Joshua ranks 1. Among people deceased in 1245 BC, Joshua ranks 1.
Among people born in Egypt, Joshua ranks 12 out of 582. Before him are Akhenaten (-1400), Euclid (-350), Hypatia (350), Yasser Arafat (1929), Hatshepsut (-1507), and Catherine of Alexandria (287). After him are Amenhotep III (-1403), Origen (185), Anthony the Great (251), Imhotep (-2800), Plotinus (203), and Rudolf Hess (1894).
1400 BC - 1336 BC
HPI: 84.67
Rank: 6
350 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 7
350 - 415
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 8
1929 - 2004
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 9
1507 BC - 1458 BC
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 10
287 - 305
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 11
1355 BC - 1245 BC
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 12
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 13
185 - 254
HPI: 80.17
Rank: 14
251 - 356
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 15
2800 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 16
203 - 270
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 17
1894 - 1987
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 18
Among religious figures born in Egypt, Joshua ranks 3. Before him are Moses (-1393) and Catherine of Alexandria (287). After him are Anthony the Great (251), Hagar (-1800), Miriam (-1400), Moses in Islam (-1392), Saint Apollonia (110), Paul of Thebes (227), Saint Maurice (250), Pachomius the Great (292), and Saint Menas (285).
1393 BC - 1273 BC
HPI: 92.96
Rank: 1
287 - 305
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 2
1355 BC - 1245 BC
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 3
251 - 356
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 4
1800 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 5
1400 BC - 1274 BC
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 6
1392 BC - 1272 BC
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 7
110 - 249
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 8
227 - 342
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 9
250 - 287
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 10
292 - 348
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 11
285 - 309
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 12