# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sherira-gaon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:30:59.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sherira-gaon"
name: "Sherira Gaon"
slug: "sherira-gaon"
description: "Sherira bar Hanina, more commonly known as Sherira Gaon, was the gaon of the Pumbedita Academy in Lower Mesopotamia. He was one of the most prominent geonim of the period. His son Hai succeeded him as gaon. He wrote the Iggeret of Rabbi Sherira Gaon, a comprehensive history of the composition of the Talmud."
tagline: "10th century Gaon of the Academy of Pumbeditha"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "906"
deathDate: "1006-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.952197333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Шерира бар-Ханина"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherira_Gaon"
    title: "Sherira Gaon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherira_Gaon"
    title: "Scherira Gaon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherira_ben_Hanina"
    title: "Sherira ben Hanina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherira_Gaon"
    title: "Sherira Gaon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "شریرا گائون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherira_Gaon"
    title: "Sherira Gaon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%91_%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90_%D7%92%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "רב שרירא גאון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serira_ben_Hanina"
    title: "Serira ben Hanina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerir%C3%A1_ben_Hanin%C3%A1"
    title: "Xerirá ben Haniná"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356149"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump