1220 - 1294
Rabban Bar Ṣawma (Syriac language: ܪܒܢ ܒܪ ܨܘܡܐ, [rɑbbɑn bɑrsˤɑwma]; c. 1220 – January 1294), also known as Rabban Ṣawma or Rabban Çauma (simplified Chinese: 拉班·扫马; traditional Chinese: 拉賓掃務瑪; pinyin: lābīn sǎowùmǎ), was a Uyghur or Ongud monk turned diplomat of the "Nestorian" Church of the East in China. He is known for embarking on a pilgrimage from Yuan China to Jerusalem with one of his students, Rabban Markos. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rabban Bar Sauma has received more than 265,198 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Rabban Bar Sauma is the 1,448th most popular religious figure (down from 1,151st in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from China (down from 471st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Rabban Bar Sauma ranks 1,448 out of 2,238. Before him are Judoc, Beniamino Stella, Hilarion of Kiev, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Vinko Puljić, and Leo Joseph Suenens. After him are Giovanni Benelli, Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Joseph Zen, Albert Vanhoye, Jacques de Vitry, and Javier Echevarría Rodríguez.
600 - 668
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 1,442
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 1,443
990 - 1055
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 1,444
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 1,445
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 1,446
1904 - 1996
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 1,447
1220 - 1294
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 1,448
1921 - 1982
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 1,449
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 1,450
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1,451
1923 - 2021
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 1,452
1170 - 1240
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 1,453
1932 - 2016
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 1,454
Among people born in 1220, Rabban Bar Sauma ranks 14. Before him are Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Traidenis, Emperor Go-Saga, Enzo of Sardinia, and Jalal-ud-din Khalji. After him are Joan, Countess of Toulouse, Joan, Countess of Ponthieu, Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia, and George Mouzalon. Among people deceased in 1294, Rabban Bar Sauma ranks 5. Before him are Kublai Khan, Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, Brunetto Latini, and John I, Duke of Brabant. After him is Dmitry of Pereslavl.
1220 - 1271
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 8
1220 - 1289
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 9
1220 - 1282
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 10
1220 - 1272
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 11
1220 - 1272
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 12
1220 - 1296
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 13
1220 - 1294
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 14
1220 - 1271
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 15
1220 - 1279
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 16
1220 - 1269
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 17
1220 - 1258
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 18
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 1
1229 - 1294
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 2
1220 - 1294
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 3
1252 - 1294
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 4
1220 - 1294
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 5
1254 - 1294
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 6
Among people born in China, Rabban Bar Sauma ranks 566 out of 1,392. Before him are Sengcan (529), Ho Feng-Shan (1901), Li Zhanshu (1950), Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907), Dong Yuan (932), and Xia Gui (1195). After him are Ding Ruchang (1836), Edward Yang (1947), Joseph Zen (1932), Zhang Zai (1020), Kang Sheng (1898), and Zheng Zhilong (1604).
529 - 606
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 560
1901 - 1997
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 561
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 562
1907 - 1946
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 563
932 - 962
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 564
1195 - 1224
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 565
1220 - 1294
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 566
1836 - 1895
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 567
1947 - 2007
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 568
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 569
1020 - 1077
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 570
1898 - 1975
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 571
1604 - 1661
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 572
Among religious figures born in China, Rabban Bar Sauma ranks 9. Before him are Huineng (638), Je Tsongkhapa (1357), Bao Xishun (1951), 11th Dalai Lama (1838), Shaohao (null), and Sengcan (529). After him are Joseph Zen (1932), Jianzhen (688), Mang of Xia (null), Gan Ji (101), Yijing (635), and Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901).
638 - 713
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 3
1357 - 1419
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 5
1838 - 1856
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 6
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 7
529 - 606
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 8
1220 - 1294
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 9
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 10
688 - 763
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 11
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 12
101 - 200
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 13
635 - 713
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 14
1901 - 2000
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 15