100 - 70
Simon bar Giora (alternatively known as Simeon bar Giora or Simon ben Giora or Shimon bar Giora, Imperial Aramaic: שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר גִּיּוֹרָא or Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן בֵּן גִּיּוֹרָא; died 71 CE) was the leader of one of the major Judean rebel factions during the First Jewish–Roman War in 1st-century Roman Judea, who vied for control of the Jewish polity while attempting to expel the Roman army, but incited a bitter internecine war in the process. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon bar Giora has received more than 222,492 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon bar Giora is the 203rd most popular social activist (down from 196th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Jordan (up from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Jordanian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Simon bar Giora ranks 203 out of 538. Before him are Ravachol, Bacha Khan, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Stjepan Filipović, and Serge Klarsfeld. After him are Wat Tyler, Sojourner Truth, Guillaume Cale, Luisa Cuesta, Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, and Hrant Dink.
1859 - 1892
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 197
1890 - 1988
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 198
948 - 1022
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 199
1830 - 1863
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 200
1916 - 1942
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 201
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 202
100 - 70
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 203
1341 - 1381
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 204
1797 - 1883
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 205
1350 - 1358
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 206
1920 - 2018
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 207
995 - 1059
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 208
1954 - 2007
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 209
Among people born in 100, Simon bar Giora ranks 34. Before him are Agrippa the Skeptic, Praxedes, Valentinus, Marinus of Tyre, Gan Ying, and Vologases III of Parthia. After him are Apollos, Lusius Quietus, Aquila of Sinope, Pope Anianus of Alexandria, Carpocrates, and Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus. Among people deceased in 70, Simon bar Giora ranks 5. Before him are Andrew the Apostle, Jude the Apostle, Columella, and Emperor Suinin. After him is Yohanan ben Zakkai.
100 - 100
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 28
100 - Present
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 29
100 - 160
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 30
100 - 130
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 31
100 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 32
100 - 200
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 33
100 - 70
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 34
100 - 100
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 35
100 - 118
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 36
100 - 200
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 37
100 - 82
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 38
100 - 138
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 39
100 - 66
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 40
6 BC - 70
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 1
15 - 70
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 2
4 - 70
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 3
69 BC - 70
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 4
100 - 70
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 5
50 - 70
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 6
Among people born in Jordan, Simon bar Giora ranks 11 out of 44. Before him are Al-Mahdi (744), Menippus (-290), Abdullah II of Jordan (1962), Nicomachus (60), Philodemus (-110), and Balak (null). After him are Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (1966), Jair (-1000), Meleager of Gadara (-130), Phinehas (-1300), Fouad Twal (1940), and Fayez Tarawneh (1949).
744 - 785
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 5
290 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 6
1962 - Present
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 7
60 - 120
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 8
110 BC - 35 BC
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 9
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 10
100 - 70
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 11
1966 - 2006
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 12
1000 BC - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 13
130 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 14
1300 BC - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 15
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 16
1949 - 2021
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 17
Among social activists born in Jordan, Simon bar Giora ranks 1.