# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shimon-ben-lakish
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:40:29.303Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shimon-ben-lakish"
name: "Shimon ben Lakish"
slug: "shimon-ben-lakish"
description: "Shimon ben Lakish, better known by his nickname Reish Lakish, was an amora who lived in the Roman province of Judaea in the third century. He was said to be born in Bosra, east of the Jordan River, around 200 CE, but lived most of his life in Sepphoris. Nothing is known of his ancestry except his father's name."
tagline: "Jewish rabbi and amora (c. 200 — c. 275)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "200"
deathDate: "275"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.394065333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://he.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A9_%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A9"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ximon_ben_Laqix"
    title: "Ximon ben Laqix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_ben_Lakisch"
    title: "Simeon ben Lakisch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_ben_Lakish"
    title: "Shimon ben Lakish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rech_Lakich"
    title: "Rech Lakich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A9_%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A9"
    title: "ריש לקיש"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B4"
    title: "شمعون بن لکیش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%88"
    title: "Шимон бен Лакиш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B4"
    title: "شمعون بن لکیش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A9_%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A9"
    title: "ריש לקיש"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1391489"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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