SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Simon bar Giora

100 - 70

Simon bar Giora

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 252,466 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon bar Giora is the 236th most popular social activist (down from 203rd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Jordan (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Jordanian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

250k
Page Views (PV)
56.47
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
18
Languages Editions (L)
4.96
Effective Languages (L*)
2.30
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Simon bar Giora ranks 236 out of 840. Before him are Édouard René de Laboulaye, Ludolf von Alvensleben, C. Rajagopalachari, Kate Sheppard, Jayaprakash Narayan, and Viktors Arājs. After him are Nimr al-Nimr, W. E. B. Du Bois, Marina Ginestà, David Riazanov, David Lane, and Maria Altmann.

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Édouard René de Laboulaye
1811 - 1883
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 230
Ludolf von Alvensleben
1901 - 1970
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 231
C. Rajagopalachari
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HPI: 56.64
Rank: 232
Kate Sheppard
1848 - 1934
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 233
Jayaprakash Narayan
1902 - 1979
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 234
Viktors Arājs
1910 - 1988
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 235
Simon bar Giora
100 - 70
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 236
Nimr al-Nimr
1959 - 2016
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 237
W. E. B. Du Bois
1868 - 1963
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 238
Marina Ginestà
1919 - 2014
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 239
David Riazanov
1870 - 1938
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 240
David Lane
1938 - 2007
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 241
Maria Altmann
1916 - 2011
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 242

Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Simon bar Giora ranks 38. Before him are Marinus of Tyre, Praxedes, Aquila of Sinope, Lusius Quietus, Gan Ying, and Quadratus of Athens. After him are Pope Anianus of Alexandria, Pope Avilius of Alexandria, Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, Carpocrates, Apollos, and Plutarch of Byzantium. Among people deceased in 70, Simon bar Giora ranks 6. Before him are Andrew the Apostle, Jude the Apostle, Columella, Emperor Suinin, and Yohanan ben Zakkai.

Others Born in 100

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Marinus of Tyre
GEOGRAPHER
100 - 130
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 32
Praxedes
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 - Present
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 33
Aquila of Sinope
POLITICIAN
100 - 200
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 34
Lusius Quietus
POLITICIAN
100 - 118
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 35
Gan Ying
EXPLORER
100 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 36
Quadratus of Athens
WRITER
100 - 129
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 37
Simon bar Giora
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
100 - 70
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 38
Pope Anianus of Alexandria
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 - 82
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 39
Pope Avilius of Alexandria
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 - 98
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 40
Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus
WRITER
100 - 66
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 41
Carpocrates
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 - 138
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 42
Apollos
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 - 100
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 43
Plutarch of Byzantium
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 - 105
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 44