2000 BC - 2000 BC
Zoroaster, also known as Zarathustra, was a religious reformer and the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. In about 1000BC he founded the first documented monotheistic religion in the world and also had an impact on Plato, Pythagoras, and the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Zoroastrians believe that he was a prophet who transmitted God's messages and founded a religious movement that challenged the existing traditions of ancient Iranian religion, while in the minority Ahmadiyya branch of Islam and in the Baháʼí Faith, he is also considered a prophet. He was a native speaker of Avestan and lived in the eastern part of the Iranian plateau, while his birthplace may have been in northeastern Iran or southwestern Afghanistan.Most scholars, using linguistic and socio-cultural evidence, suggest a dating to somewhere in the second millennium BC. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zoroaster has received more than 5,330,873 page views. His biography is available in 113 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 112 in 2019). Zoroaster is the 13th most popular religious figure (down from 11th in 2019), the most popular biography from Iran and the most popular Iranian Religious Figure.
Zoroaster is most famous for founding Zoroastrianism.
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Among religious figures, Zoroaster ranks 13 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Francis, Paul the Apostle, Solomon, Saint Peter, John the Baptist, and Tutankhamun. After him are Saint Nicholas, Jacob, Pope John Paul II, Francis of Assisi, Aaron, and Isaac.
1936 - Present
HPI: 89.75
Rank: 7
5 - 66
HPI: 89.29
Rank: 8
1011 BC - 931 BC
HPI: 88.43
Rank: 9
1 BC - 67
HPI: 88.10
Rank: 10
20 BC - 31
HPI: 87.84
Rank: 11
1341 BC - 1323 BC
HPI: 86.63
Rank: 12
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 13
270 - 342
HPI: 85.95
Rank: 14
1653 BC - 1506 BC
HPI: 85.53
Rank: 15
1920 - 2005
HPI: 85.38
Rank: 16
1182 - 1226
HPI: 84.80
Rank: 17
1396 BC - 1274 BC
HPI: 84.14
Rank: 18
1900 BC - 1533 BC
HPI: 84.11
Rank: 19
Among people born in 2000 BC, Zoroaster ranks 1. After him are Senusret I, Vishvamitra, Sumu-abum, Vasishtha, Gautama Maharishi, Bharadwaja, Erishum I, Ilu-shuma, Atri, Ur-Ninurta, and Gungunum. Among people deceased in 2000 BC, Zoroaster ranks 1. After him are Hagar, Vishvamitra, Vasishtha, Gautama Maharishi, Bharadwaja, Xie of Xia, Mang of Xia, Ilu-shuma, Atri, Bu Jiang, and Jiong of Xia.
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 1
2000 BC - 1919 BC
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 2
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 3
2000 BC - 1960 BC
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 4
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 5
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 6
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 7
2000 BC - 1900 BC
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 8
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 9
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 10
2000 BC - 1900 BC
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 11
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 12
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 1
1800 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 2
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 3
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 4
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 5
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 6
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 7
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 8
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 9
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 10
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 11
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 12
Among people born in Iran, Zoroaster ranks 1 out of 528. After him are Omar Khayyam (1048), Al-Ghazali (1058), Cyrus the Great (-600), Xerxes I (-519), Darius III (-380), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Harun al-Rashid (766), Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), Ismail I (1487), and Jabir ibn Hayyan (721).
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 1
1048 - 1131
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 2
1058 - 1111
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 3
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 4
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 5
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 6
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 7
1902 - 1989
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 8
766 - 809
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 9
865 - 925
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 10
1487 - 1524
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 11
721 - 815
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 12
Among religious figures born in Iran, Zoroaster ranks 1. After him are Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Esther (-600), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Mordecai (null), and Sasan (200).
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 1
1902 - 1989
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 2
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 3
1050 - 1124
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 4
1078 - 1166
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 5
817 - 875
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 6
1817 - 1892
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 7
1819 - 1850
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 8
824 - 886
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 9
700 - 644
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 10
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 11
200 - 300
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 12