1772 - 1810
Nachman of Breslov (Hebrew: רַבִּי נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב Rabbī Naḥmān mīBreslev), also known as Rabbi Nachman of Breslev, Rabbi Nachman miBreslev, Reb Nachman of Bratslav and Reb Nachman Breslover (Yiddish: רבי נחמן ברעסלאווער Rebe Nakhmen Breslover), and Nachman from Uman (April 4, 1772 – October 16, 1810), was the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement. He was particularly known for his creative parables, which drew on Eastern European folktales to infuse his teaching by creating deeply kabbalistic and yet universally accessible remedies, advices and parabolic stories, through which anyone can project himself into and draw spiritual and practical guidance. He emphasized finding and expressing a person's uniqueness, while steering away from despair in a world he saw as becoming more and more standardized. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nachman of Breslov has received more than 597,705 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Nachman of Breslov is the 676th most popular religious figure (down from 647th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Religious Figure.
Nachman of Breslov is most famous for his teachings on the importance of joy in Judaism. He believed that joy in Judaism is not an emotion, but rather a way of life. Nachman taught that one should not only be happy when they are experiencing joy, but should also be happy when they are experiencing pain.
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Among religious figures, Nachman of Breslov ranks 676 out of 2,238. Before him are Tarcisio Bertone, Zebedee, John Cassian, Onuphrius, Malachi, and Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah. After him are Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Philemon, Hillel the Elder, Olaus Magnus, Piruz Nahavandi, and Jean-Baptiste de La Salle.
1934 - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 670
100 BC - 100
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 671
360 - 435
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 672
320 - 400
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 673
450 BC - Present
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 674
637 - 700
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 675
1772 - 1810
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 676
600 - 652
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 677
100 - 68
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 678
110 BC - 10
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 679
1490 - 1557
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 680
700 - 644
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 681
1651 - 1719
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 682
Among people born in 1772, Nachman of Breslov ranks 10. Before him are William I of the Netherlands, Friedrich Schlegel, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Ram Mohan Roy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. After him are Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Marie Anne Lenormand, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, and Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol. Among people deceased in 1810, Nachman of Breslov ranks 4. Before him are Henry Cavendish, Axel von Fersen the Younger, and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Jean-Georges Noverre, Chevalier d'Éon, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Philipp Otto Runge, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Andrianampoinimerina, and Andreas Hofer.
1772 - 1843
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 4
1772 - 1829
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 5
1772 - 1807
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 6
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 7
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 8
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 9
1772 - 1810
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 10
1772 - 1844
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 11
1772 - 1804
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 12
1772 - 1843
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 13
1772 - 1794
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 14
1772 - 1806
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 15
1772 - 1840
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 16
1731 - 1810
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 1
1755 - 1810
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 2
1776 - 1810
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 3
1772 - 1810
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 4
1727 - 1810
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 5
1728 - 1810
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 6
1753 - 1810
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 7
1776 - 1810
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 8
1777 - 1810
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 9
1739 - 1810
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 10
1745 - 1810
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 11
1767 - 1810
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 12
Among people born in Ukraine, Nachman of Breslov ranks 86 out of 1,083. Before him are Anacharsis (-700), Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), Sergey Bubka (1963), Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886), Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880), and Clarice Lispector (1920). After him are Andriy Shevchenko (1976), Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), Bruno Schulz (1892), Yevgeny Primakov (1929), Boris Shcherbina (1919), and Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030).
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 80
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 81
1963 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 82
1886 - 1941
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 83
1880 - 1940
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 84
1920 - 1977
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 85
1772 - 1810
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 86
1976 - Present
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 87
1580 - 1623
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 88
1892 - 1942
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 89
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 90
1919 - 1990
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 91
1030 - 1093
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 92
Among religious figures born in Ukraine, Nachman of Breslov ranks 2. Before him are Baal Shem Tov (1700). After him are Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902), Jacob Frank (1726), Filaret (1929), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), Hilarion of Kiev (990), Anthony of Kiev (983), Dimitry of Rostov (1651), and John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896).
1700 - 1760
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 1
1772 - 1810
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 2
1580 - 1623
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 3
1902 - 1994
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 4
1726 - 1791
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 5
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6
1029 - 1074
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 7
1722 - 1794
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 8
990 - 1055
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 9
983 - 1073
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 10
1651 - 1709
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 11
1896 - 1966
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 12