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Zacchaeus (sometimes spelled Zaccheus; Ancient Greek: Ζακχαῖος, Zakchaîos; Arabic: زَكَّا, romanized: Zakka; Hebrew: זכי, romanized: Zakkay, "pure, innocent") was a chief tax-collector at Jericho in the Bible. He is known primarily for his faith in climbing a sycamore tree to see Jesus and also his generosity in giving away half of all he possessed.A descendant of Abraham, he was an example of Jesus's personal, earthly mission to bring salvation to the lost. Tax collectors were despised as traitors (working for the Roman Empire, not for their Jewish community), and as being corrupt. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zacchaeus has received more than 1,368,006 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Zacchaeus is the 270th most popular religious figure (up from 1,065th in 2019), the most popular biography from Palestine (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Religious Figure.
Zacchaeus is most famous for being a tax collector who climbed a tree to see Jesus.
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Among religious figures, Zacchaeus ranks 270 out of 2,238. Before him are Belshazzar, Pope John XII, Pope Paschal I, Philip Melanchthon, Pope Benedict IX, and Pope John XIX. After him are Pope Gregory IV, Pope Urban IV, Sathya Sai Baba, Pope Sixtus I, Saint Pantaleon, and Pope Celestine I.
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 264
937 - 964
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 265
775 - 824
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 266
1497 - 1560
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 267
1012 - 1055
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 268
975 - 1032
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 269
50 - 100
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 270
790 - 844
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 271
1185 - 1264
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 272
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 273
42 - 124
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 274
275 - 303
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 275
400 - 432
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 276
Among people born in 50, Zacchaeus ranks 4. Before him are Judas Iscariot, Epictetus, and Juvenal. After him are Apollodorus of Damascus, Simon bar Kokhba, Salome, Simon Magus, Rabbi Akiva, Charaka, Osroes I, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among people deceased in 100, Zacchaeus ranks 12. Before him are Josephus, Saint Anne, Elizabeth, Salome, Zechariah, and John the Evangelist. After him are Caiaphas, Longinus, Barabbas, Dionysius the Areopagite, Herodias, and Thecla.
50 - 30
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 1
50 - 135
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 2
50 - 200
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 3
50 - 100
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 4
50 - 130
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 5
50 - 135
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 6
50 - 100
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 7
50 - 65
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 8
50 - 136
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 9
50 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 10
50 - 129
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 11
50 - 65
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 12
37 - 100
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 6
100 BC - 100
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 7
100 BC - 100
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 8
14 - 100
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 9
90 BC - 100
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 10
10 - 100
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 11
50 - 100
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 12
18 - 100
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 13
100 - 100
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 14
1 - 100
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 15
100 - 100
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 16
100 BC - 100
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 17
100 - 100
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 18
Among people born in Palestine, Zacchaeus ranks 1 out of 5. After him are Jehoshaphat (-908), Herod Archelaus (-23), Pekahiah (-800), and Randa Siniora (1961).
50 - 100
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 1
908 BC - 849 BC
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 2
23 BC - 18
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 3
800 BC - 760 BC
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 4
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 5
Among religious figures born in Palestine, Zacchaeus ranks 1. After him are Jehoshaphat (-908).