RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rachel

3500 BC - 1553 BC

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Rachel (Hebrew: רָחֵל, romanized: Rāḥēl, lit. 'ewe') was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rachel has received more than 2,888,227 page views. Her biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Rachel is the 72nd most popular religious figure (up from 170th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 70th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Religious Figure.

Rachel Carson was a marine biologist who studied the effects of pesticides on the environment. She is most famous for her book Silent Spring, which led to the banning of DDT and other pesticides.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rachels by language

Over the past year Rachel has had the most page views in the with 393,040 views, followed by Spanish (133,227), and Portuguese (66,803). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sakha (512.36%), Afrikaans (510.61%), and Persian (165.41%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rachel ranks 72 out of 3,187Before her are Hildegard of Bingen, Bartholomew the Apostle, Pope Innocent VII, Pope Julius II, 14th Dalai Lama, and John Chrysostom. After her are Saint Anne, Pope Pius V, Pope Pius XI, Benedict of Nursia, Hasan ibn Ali, and Pope Urban II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 3500 BC, Rachel ranks 1After her are Bathsheba, Scorpion II, Scorpion I, Tiu, and Wazner. Among people deceased in 1553 BC, Rachel ranks 1

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Rachel ranks 37 out of 1,347Before her are Anaxagoras (-500), Osman II (1604), Hesiod (-800), John Chrysostom (349), Bayezid I (1354), and Mehmed I (1386). After her are Mihrimah Sultan (1522), Heraclius (575), Helena (250), Mehmed VI (1861), Epictetus (50), and Şehzade Mustafa (1515).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Rachel ranks 7Before her are Paul the Apostle (5), Saint Nicholas (270), Saint George (280), Saint Barbara (300), Luke the Evangelist (31), and John Chrysostom (349). After her are Margaret the Virgin (292), Saint Blaise (300), Saint Pantaleon (275), Ephrem the Syrian (306), Ignatius of Antioch (35), and Irenaeus (130).