RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Moses Isserles

1520 - 1572

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Moses Isserles (Hebrew: משה בן ישראל איסרלישׂ; Polish: Mojżesz ben Israel Isserles; 22 February 1530 / 25 Adar I 5290 – 11 May 1572 / 18 Iyar 5332), also known by the acronym Rema, was an eminent Polish Ashkenazi rabbi, talmudist, and posek (expert in Jewish law). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moses Isserles has received more than 219,743 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Moses Isserles is the 1,579th most popular religious figure (down from 1,323rd in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 417th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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  • 220k

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  • 61.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Moses Isserles ranks 1,579 out of 3,187. Before him are Alexander of Jerusalem, Shaykh Ahmad, Pelagio Galvani, Baba Sali, Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia, and Olimpia Maidalchini. After him are Michael von Faulhaber, Juan Vicente Pérez, Gun, Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna, Saint Meinhard, and Anthim the Iberian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Moses Isserles ranks 16. Before him are Alessandro Farnese, Thoinot Arbeau, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Pontus De la Gardie, Madeleine of Valois, and Aben Humeya. After him are Gaspar Becerra, Diego de Almagro II, Pedro Cieza de León, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Giovanni Animuccia, and Isabella di Morra. Among people deceased in 1572, Moses Isserles ranks 20. Before him are François Clouet, Petrus Ramus, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Jean Goujon, Ippolito II d'Este, and Claude Goudimel. After him are Petar Hektorović, Galeazzo Alessi, Aegidius Tschudi, and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Moses Isserles ranks 533 out of 1,694. Before him are Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855), John Albert Vasa (1612), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Bolesław II the Horned (1217), Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (1846), and Klaus Roth (1925). After him are Joseph Serchuk (1919), Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821), Franz Waxman (1906), Otto von Gierke (1841), Duchess Amelia of Württemberg (1799), and Oskar Kummetz (1891).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Moses Isserles ranks 19. Before him are Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867), Andrew Bobola (1591), Lubomyr Husar (1933), Wolf Messing (1899), and John Albert Vasa (1612). After him are Emil Krebs (1867), Jan Łaski (1499), Stanisław Ryłko (1945), Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490), Jan Sarkander (1576), and Joachim Meisner (1933).

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