RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hillel the Elder

110 BC - 10

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Hillel (Hebrew: הִלֵּל Hīllēl; variously called Hillel the Elder or Hillel the Babylonian; died c. 10 CE) was a Jewish religious leader, sage and scholar associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud and the founder of the House of Hillel school of tannaim. He was active during the end of the first century BCE and the beginning of the first century CE. He is popularly known as the author of three sayings: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And being for myself, what am I? Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hillel the Elder is the 799th most popular religious figure (down from 712th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 71st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

Hillel the Elder is most famous for his teachings of Hillel's Golden Rule.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hillel the Elder ranks 799 out of 3,187. Before him are Gertrude the Great, Junia, Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Emma Morano, Abe no Seimei, and Radha. After him are Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Isidore the Laborer, Sen no Rikyū, Saint Malachy, Isaac in Islam, and Euphemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 110 BC, Hillel the Elder ranks 2. Before him is Titus Pomponius Atticus. After him are Hyrcanus II, Philodemus, Lucius Julius Caesar, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among people deceased in 10, Hillel the Elder ranks 1. After him are Salome I, Didymus Chalcenterus, and Marcus Antistius Labeo.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Hillel the Elder ranks 86 out of 384. Before him are Al-Mu'tadid (854), Abdul Rahman Arif (1916), Naram-Sin of Akkad (-2254), Ashur-nadin-shumi (-800), Abdul Salam Arif (1921), and Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (1892). After him are Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), Samsu-iluna (-1792), Hormizd IV (540), Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1941), Sajida Talfah (1937), and Rashid ad-Din Sinan (1130).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Hillel the Elder ranks 14. Before him are Belshazzar (-600), Eber (-2038), Junayd of Baghdad (830), Louis Raphaël I Sako (1948), Ibn Hisham (701), and Nahor, son of Serug (-1912). After him are Ibn Qutaybah (828), Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), Ibn Sa'd (784), Abo of Tiflis (756), Dinkha IV (1935), and Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1931).

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