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Moses de León

1250 - 1305

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Moses de León (c. 1240 – 1305), known in Hebrew as Moshe ben Shem-Tov (משה בן שם-טוב די-ליאון‎), was a Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist who first publicized the Zohar. Modern scholars believe the Zohar is his own work, despite his claim that he took traditions going back to Shimon bar Yochai and committed them to writing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moses de León has received more than 151,266 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Moses de León is the 6,079th most popular politician (down from 5,666th in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 514th in 2019) and the 208th most popular Spanish Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Moses de León ranks 6,079 out of 19,576. Before him are Rudolf Lange, Agostino Barbarigo, Henry A. Wallace, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Charlotte Bonaparte. After him are Souvanna Phouma, George IV of Georgia, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Odvar Nordli, and Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1250, Moses de León ranks 14. Before him are Marguerite Porete, Robert II, Count of Artois, Al-Muazzam Turanshah, John Tristan, Count of Valois, Oghul Qaimish, and Pietro d'Abano. After him are Tarmashirin, Alexios Apokaukos, Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily, Sancho of Majorca, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, and Albert II, Duke of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1305, Moses de León ranks 9. Before him are Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, Roger de Flor, John IV Laskaris, Guy, Count of Flanders, Roger of Lauria, and Nicholas of Tolentino. After him are Jean de Meun, Emperor Kameyama, Maximus Planudes, Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria, John II, Duke of Brittany, and Qian Xuan.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Moses de León ranks 552 out of 3,355. Before him are Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin (1818), Miguel Ángel González Suárez (1947), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926), Luis de Molina (1535), and Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás (1900). After him are Pedro Alonso (1971), Reccared II (650), Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (1103), Witteric (570), Luis del Sol (1935), and Juan de Herrera (1530).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Moses de León ranks 208. Before him are Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1896), Bernard of Septimania (795), Federica Montseny (1905), Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin (1818), Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926), and Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás (1900). After him are Reccared II (650), Witteric (570), Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909), Ordoño IV of León (926), Gaius Julius Vindex (25), and Infanta Eulalia of Spain (1864).

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