POLITICIAN

Kaleb of Axum

500 - 540

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Kaleb (Ge'ez: ካሌብ, Latin: Caleb), also known as Elesbaan (Ge'ez: እለ አጽብሐ, Koinē Greek: Ἐλεσβαᾶς), was King of Aksum, which was situated in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaleb of Axum has received more than 284,463 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Kaleb of Axum is the 8,876th most popular politician (up from 9,136th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Ethiopia and the 15th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

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  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kaleb of Axum ranks 8,876 out of 19,576Before him are Nicolás de Ovando, Louis Gerhard De Geer, Béni Kállay, Étienne Tshisekedi, Georges d'Amboise, and Katō Tomosaburō. After him are Oliver Winchester, Boris Kidrič, Butigeidis, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, and Foday Sankoh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Kaleb of Axum ranks 36Before him are Ardaric, Aedesia, Tato, Euphemia, Peter the Patrician, and Agathangelos. After him are Antipope Dioscorus, Clotilde, Ælle of Sussex, Theodoric Strabo, Eutharic, and Leontius. Among people deceased in 540, Kaleb of Axum ranks 6Before him are Bodhidharma, Wacho, Dignāga, Beopheung of Silla, and Barsanuphius. After him is Amalaberga.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Kaleb of Axum ranks 19 out of 105Before him are Abdullah ibn Ja'far (650), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Tewodros II (1818), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Meles Zenawi (1955), and Mulatu Teshome (1955). After him are Abiy Ahmed (1976), Taytu Betul (1851), Haile Gebrselassie (1973), Amha Selassie (1916), Mamo Wolde (1932), and Yohannes IV (1837).

Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Kaleb of Axum ranks 15Before him are Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Tewodros II (1818), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Meles Zenawi (1955), and Mulatu Teshome (1955). After him are Abiy Ahmed (1976), Taytu Betul (1851), Amha Selassie (1916), Yohannes IV (1837), Negasso Gidada (1943), and Gudit (950).