Directory 7,622 records
Figures
People on the record,
and people in the telling.
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All figures
Across 17 traditions, and 2,289 in none yet.
841–960 of 7,622
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Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
2,289 of these sit in no collection yet, so they appear under All and under no tradition.
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Christianity Agnes of Rome Christian martyr -
Buddhist traditions Amitābha Buddha Celestial buddha of Mahayana Buddhism -
Steppe, Siberia and the Arctic Chagatai Khan Second son of Genghis Khan and Börte (1183–1242)
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South Asian traditions Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 15th century Indian Vaishnavite saint -
Christianity Charles IV of Spain King of Spain from 1788 to 1808 -
Judaism · Christianity Esther Biblical Jewish queen of Persia and Medes (Book of Esther) -
Judaism · Christianity Ezekiel Biblical prophet and main figure of the Book of Ezekiel -
Christianity Feodor I of Russia Tsar of Russia (1584–1598) -
Islam · Judaism · Christianity Hagar Biblical character, Egyptian handmaid of Sarah, wife of Abraham -
Christianity Josemaría Escrivá Spanish priest, writer and Catholic saint -
Justin I Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 518 to 527 (450-527) -
Kangxi Emperor 3rd Emperor of the Qing dynasty (r. 1661–1722) -
Christianity Luis de Góngora Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561-1627) -
Islam Mansur Al-Hallaj Persian mystic, poet and Sufi teacher (c.858–922) -
Christianity Matteo Ricci Italian Catholic missionary (1552–1610) -
Greek and Roman Maxentius Roman emperor (r. 306–312) -
Oleg the Wise Prince of Kiev -
Christianity Otto III Holy Roman Emperor from 996 to 1002 -
Christianity Pietro Parolin Italian Roman Catholic priest, cardinal and Secretary of State of the Holy See (1955-) -
Ram Mohan Roy Indian religious, social, and educational reformer, and humanitarian -
Christianity Saint Barbara Early Christian saint and martyr, from Nicomedia (273-306) -
Greek and Roman Telemachus In Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, a character from Homer's "Odyssey" -
Christianity Theodora Byzantine empress from 527 to 548 -
Buddhist traditions Thích Nhất Hạnh Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist (1926–2022) -
Christianity Vincent de Paul French priest, founder and saint (1581-1660) -
Vladimir Solovyov Russian philosopher (1853-1900) -
Yellow Emperor Legendary Chinese ruler, one of the Five Emperors, later worshipped as a god -
Islam Abdul Qadir Gilani Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166) -
Judaism · Christianity Esau In Genesis, the older son of Isaac and the brother of Jacob -
Christianity Guido of Arezzo 11th century Italian monk, inventor of modern musical notation -
Greek and Roman harpies Half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds from Greek and Roman mythology generally depicted as birds with the heads of maidens -
Christianity Justinian II Byzantine Emperor from 685 to 695 and from 705 to 711 -
Ancient Egypt Manetho 3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest -
Christianity Marcian Eastern Roman (Byzantine) emperor (390-457) -
Islam Necmettin Erbakan 23rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (1926–2011) -
Celtic, Slavic and Baltic · Christianity Olga of Kiev Princess of Kiev, Orthodox saint (c. 890–925) -
Christianity Polycarp Bishop of Smyrna and martyr (69–155) -
South Asian traditions Rāvaṇa King of Lankā in the Hindu epic Ramayana -
Robert II of France King of the Franks from 996 to 1031 -
Christianity Santa Faustina Kowalska Nun and saint from Poland (1905–1938) -
Islam Sayyid Qutb Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966) -
Christianity Thomas Cranmer Leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury -
Christianity Zechariah Father of John the Baptist; New Testament biblical character -
Christianity Anne of Kyiv French Queen, middle daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv and Novgorod -
Anton LaVey Founder of the Church of Satan; author of the Satanic Bible (1930-1997) -
Christianity Augustus II the Strong King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony (1670–1733) -
El Dorado South American myth -
Christianity Ephrem the Syrian Syriac saint, theologian and writer (c. 306 – 373) -
Judaism · Christianity Ezra Human Biblical figure -
Christianity Ferdinand I of Bulgaria Bulgarian ruler (1861–1948) -
François Quesnay French economist (1694–1774) -
Herod Antipas 1st century AD tetrarch of Galilee and Perea -
Christianity Hilary of Poitiers Bishop of Poitiers (c. 310 – c. 367) -
Christianity Hippolytus Christian theologian and saint (c. 170–c. 235)
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Christianity Johannes Scotus Eriugena Irish Catholic philosopher and theologian (c. 800 – c. 877) -
Christianity John the Evangelist Author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the Presbyter -
Christianity Maximilian Kolbe Sixsevenish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941) -
Greek and Roman Midas King with the power to turn whatever he touches to gold -
Judaism · Christianity Nimrod King of Shinar (Genesis 10) -
Greek and Roman Numa Pompilius Legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus -
Christianity Oscar I of Sweden King of Sweden and Norway between 1844–1859 (1799–1859) -
Christianity Pietro Metastasio Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782) -
Judaism · Christianity Rebecca Biblical matriarch, wife of Isaac -
Christianity Tamar of Georgia Queen regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213 -
South Asian traditions Timothy Leary American psychologist (1920–1996) -
Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Muttalib Father of Muhammad (c. 546–566) -
Christianity Anastasius I Byzantine Emperor from 491 to 518 -
Arnulf of Carinthia King of East Francia -
Ausonius Late Roman poet -
Christianity Bernard Bolzano Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848) -
Charles I of Naples King of Sicily (1226-1285) -
Christianity Christian Wolff German philosopher (1679–1754) -
Greek and Roman Clytemnestra Daughter of Tyndareus in Greek mythology -
Constans II Byzantine Emperor from 641 to 668 -
Christianity Dmitry Donskoy Prince of Moscow -
Christianity Edmund I King of England (r. 939–946) -
Christianity Elizabeth Mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zacharias/Zachary, according to the Gospel of Luke -
Christianity Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic saint (1207−1231) -
Norse and Germanic Fenrir Monstrous wolf in Norse mythology -
Christianity Feodor III of Russia Tsar of Russia (1676–1682) -
Christianity Frederick William III of Prussia King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840 -
Christianity Gabriel Marcel French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist (1889-1973) -
Gratian Roman emperor from 367 to 383 -
Islam Idris Prophet -
Jimmu Legendary first emperor of Japan -
Christianity Joseph of Anchieta Spanish Jesuit missionary (1534-1597) -
Leo VI the Wise Byzantine Emperor -
Christianity Louis Bonaparte King of Holland, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte (1778-1846) -
Louis the German King of East Francia from 843 to 876 -
Christianity Manuel II Palaiologos Byzantine emperor (1350-1425) -
Judaism · Christianity Methuselah Oldest person in the Bible, Biblical Patriarch -
Christianity Óscar Romero Salvadoran Catholic archbishop and saint (1917–1980) -
Christianity Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh British prince (born 1964); youngest child of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh -
Judaism · Christianity Rehoboam First King of Judah -
Christianity Vasili III of Moscow Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 to 1533 -
Islam Yunus Emre Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic -
Islam Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr Historical Arab ruler (624-692) -
Christianity Æthelred the Unready King of England -
Islam al-Maʾmun Abbasid caliph (786–833, r. 813–833) -
Christianity Andrei Bely Russian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934) -
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot French economist and statesman (1727–1781) -
Artaxerxes III 11th Achaemenid Emperor (358–338 BC) -
Christianity Athanasius Kircher German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680) -
Christianity Basil I Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886 -
Greek and Roman Cadmus Mythological founder of Thebes, son of Agenor -
Judaism · Christianity Deborah Fourth judge of Israel -
Edward the Elder King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924) -
Islam Fath-Ali Shah Qajar Second Qajar shah of Iran (1797–1834). -
Christianity Harald III of Norway King of Norway from 1046 to 1066 -
Christianity Ilia II of Georgia Patriarch of Georgia (1933–2026) -
Christianity Jadwiga I of Poland Queen of Poland (1384–1399) -
Christianity · Judaism James the Just Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity -
John Dee 16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist -
Christianity Leo I Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474 -
Christianity Malachi Biblical prophet associated with the Book of Malachi -
Christianity Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor Holy Roman Emperor (1557-1619) -
South Asian traditions Meera 16th-century Hindu mystic poet, saint and devotee of the god Krishna -
Christianity Nicolas Malebranche French philosopher -
Proclus 5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher -
Christianity Robert Bellarmine Catholic cardinal, saint, and Doctor of the Church