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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Maimonides

1138 - 1204

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Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides ( my-MON-ih-deez) and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (Hebrew: רמב״ם), was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician, serving as the personal physician of Saladin. He was born and lived in Córdoba in al-Andalus (now in Spain) within the Almoravid Empire on Passover eve 1138 (or 1135), until his family was expelled for refusing to convert to Islam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maimonides has received more than 3,619,931 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Maimonides is the 91st most popular religious figure (down from 73rd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Spain and the 4th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Maimonides is most famous for his writings on Jewish law, such as the Mishneh Torah and the Guide for the Perplexed.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maimonides ranks 91 out of 2,238. Before him are Philip the Apostle, Pope Benedict XV, Jude the Apostle, Saint Anne, Pope Paul III, and Pope Leo XIII. After him are Teresa of Ávila, Saint Lawrence, Methuselah, Elisha, Arius, and Pope Innocent III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1138, Maimonides ranks 2. Before him is Saladin. After him are Tancred, King of Sicily, Abu Yaqub Yusuf, Casimir II the Just, Hōjō Tokimasa, Giraut de Bornelh, and Conan IV, Duke of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1204, Maimonides ranks 1. After him are Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isaac II Angelos, Alexios IV Angelos, Alexios V Doukas, Emeric, King of Hungary, Nicholas Kanabos, Haakon III of Norway, Ban Kulin, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Minamoto no Yoriie, and Berthold, Duke of Merania.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Maimonides ranks 24 out of 2,932. Before him are Francisco Pizarro (1478), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Pope Alexander VI (1431), Joanna of Castile (1479), Joan Miró (1893), and Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452). After him are Teresa of Ávila (1515), Saint Lawrence (225), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Saint Dominic (1170), Francis Xavier (1506), and Charles II of Spain (1661).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Maimonides ranks 4. Before him are Catherine of Aragon (1485), Ignatius of Loyola (1491), and Pope Alexander VI (1431). After him are Teresa of Ávila (1515), Saint Lawrence (225), Saint Dominic (1170), Francis Xavier (1506), Isidore of Seville (560), Pope Callixtus III (1379), John of the Cross (1542), and Tomás de Torquemada (1420).

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