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Sabbatai Zevi

1626 - 1676

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Sabbatai Zevi (Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַי צְבִי, romanized: Šabbəṯay Ṣəḇī, August 1, 1626 – c. September 17, 1676) was an Ottoman former Jewish mystic and rabbi from Smyrna who converted to Islam. His family were Romaniote Jews from Patras. Active throughout the Ottoman Empire, Zevi claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah and founded the Sabbatean movement. Central to his teachings was the belief that during the Messianic Age, acts traditionally considered sinful would transform into righteous ones. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Sabbatai Zevi is the 473rd most popular religious figure (down from 372nd in 2024), the 179th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Sabbatai Zevi was most famous for his conversion to Islam in 1666.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sabbatai Zevi ranks 473 out of 3,187. Before him are Abu Dawood, Clement of Ohrid, Tiye, Hannah, Barabbas, and Zacchaeus. After him are Alphonsus Liguori, Eber, Tarcisio Bertone, Mary of Egypt, Isaac of Nineveh, and Januarius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Sabbatai Zevi ranks 2. Before him is Christina, Queen of Sweden. After him are Jan Steen, Francesco Redi, Richard Cromwell, William II, Prince of Orange, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Giovanni Legrenzi, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Bada Shanren, and Louis Couperin. Among people deceased in 1676, Sabbatai Zevi ranks 3. Before him are Pope Clement X, and Alexis of Russia. After him are Michiel de Ruyter, Francesco Cavalli, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Madame de Brinvilliers, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, and Carl Gustaf Wrangel.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Sabbatai Zevi ranks 179 out of 1,347. Before him are Giorgos Seferis (1900), Justin II (520), Clement of Ohrid (840), Zosimus (460), Gemistus Pletho (1355), and Alaeddin Pasha (1250). After him are Evliya Çelebi (1611), Artemisia I of Caria (-500), John II Komnenos (1087), Süleyman Demirel (1924), Constantine IV (652), and Isaac II Angelos (1155).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Sabbatai Zevi ranks 32. Before him are Pope Vitalian (600), Pope Sabinian (530), Pope John V (635), Theodore of Amasea (300), Marcion of Sinope (85), and Clement of Ohrid (840). After him are Gregory Palamas (1296), Basilios Bessarion (1403), Simeon Stylites (389), Pope John VI (655), Dorothea of Caesarea (279), and Parascheva of the Balkans (1000).

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