1355 BC - 1245 BC
Joshua () or Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yəhōšūaʿ) functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua. His name was Hoshea (הוֹשֵׁעַ Hōšēaʿ) the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him "Yehoshua" (translated as "Joshua" in English), the name by which he is commonly known in English. According to the Bible he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus.The Hebrew Bible identifies Joshua as one of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joshua has received more than 3,430,973 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Joshua is the 40th most popular religious figure (up from 55th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd 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 40 out of 2,272. Before him are 14th Dalai Lama, Isaac, Saul, Ignatius of Loyola, Anthony of Padua, and Pope Gregory I. After him are Bartholomew the Apostle, Thomas the Apostle, Husayn ibn Ali, Romulus Augustulus, Samuel, and Pope Alexander VI.
1935 - Present
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 34
1900 BC - Present
HPI: 84.93
Rank: 35
1079 BC - 1010 BC
HPI: 84.84
Rank: 36
1491 - 1556
HPI: 84.68
Rank: 37
1195 - 1231
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 38
540 - 604
HPI: 84.62
Rank: 39
1355 BC - 1245 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 40
100 BC - 100
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 41
1 - 72
HPI: 84.44
Rank: 42
626 - 680
HPI: 84.44
Rank: 43
460 - 527
HPI: 84.37
Rank: 44
1100 BC - 1010 BC
HPI: 84.32
Rank: 45
1431 - 1503
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 46
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 11 out of 520. Before him are Akhenaten (-1400), Euclid (-350), Hypatia (350), Cleopatra (-69), Yasser Arafat (1929), and Hatshepsut (-1507). After him are Origen (185), Amenhotep III (-1403), Imhotep (-2800), Hosni Mubarak (1928), Plotinus (203), and Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918).
1400 BC - 1336 BC
HPI: 87.37
Rank: 5
350 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 87.03
Rank: 6
350 - 415
HPI: 85.49
Rank: 7
69 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 8
1929 - 2004
HPI: 85.11
Rank: 9
1507 BC - 1458 BC
HPI: 84.54
Rank: 10
1355 BC - 1245 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 11
185 - 254
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 12
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 13
2800 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 84.00
Rank: 14
1928 - 2020
HPI: 83.95
Rank: 15
203 - 270
HPI: 83.77
Rank: 16
1918 - 1970
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 17
Among religious figures born in Egypt, Joshua ranks 2. Before him are Moses (-1393). After him are Anthony the Great (251), Catherine of Alexandria (287), Miriam (-1400), Hagar (-1800), Moses in Islam (-1392), Saint Apollonia (110), Pachomius the Great (292), Saint Sarah (100), Saint Maurice (250), and Paul of Thebes (227).
1393 BC - 1273 BC
HPI: 94.11
Rank: 1
1355 BC - 1245 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 2
251 - 356
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 3
287 - 305
HPI: 82.62
Rank: 4
1400 BC - 1274 BC
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 5
1800 BC - Present
HPI: 79.75
Rank: 6
1392 BC - 1272 BC
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 7
110 - 249
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 8
292 - 348
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 9
100 - 100
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 10
250 - 287
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 11
227 - 342
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 12