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Most Mentioned Bible Characters

How many of the 50 most-mentioned people in the Bible can you name?
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First submittedMay 28, 2011
Times taken139,405
Average score26.0%
Rating4.35
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#
Person
1370
Jesus
968
David
784
Moses
516
Jacob
335
Saul
333
Aaron
278
Abraham
274
Solomon
206
Peter
192
Joshua
186
Joseph
173
Paul
124
Jeremiah
#
Person
122
Isaac
121
Samuel
121
Joab
117
Hezekiah
99
Judah
92
Absalom
91
Elijah
88
Nebuchadnezzar
87
John
83
Jonathan
81
Esau
79
Ahab
79
Jeroboam
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Person
77
Daniel
69
Manasseh
67
Jehoshaphat
61
Eleazar
59
Balaam
57
Isaiah
56
Pilate
54
Zedekiah
53
Asa
53
Abner
52
Gideon
51
Benjamin
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Person
49
Josiah
49
Sarah
47
Noah
46
Reuben
46
Jehu
44
Levi
44
Rachel
43
Jesse
42
Zadok
42
Jehoash
41
Jehoiakim
41
Balak
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107 Recent Comments
fuanacdc
+4
Level 89
Jan 16, 2014
If we are calling these people "characters" shouldn't God be on the list?
dcmitchell
+9
Level 46
Jan 16, 2014
The description says "people."
providence
+2
Level 17
Jul 25, 2014
Isn't God considered a person, because he is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit...
joeythelemur
+12
Level 80
Aug 11, 2014
In the trinity, only the Son is considered a person.
BautyArg
+1
Level 52
Dec 27, 2025
no, both of the three people in the trinity are persons.
DeusCaritasEst
+14
Level 54
Mar 25, 2015
The Trinity is made up of three Divine Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I'm assuming this quiz means human persons. Jesus is fully divine, but He is also fully human...so He is a Person, and a person. :)
ILikeQuizes
+1
Level 61
Jul 28, 2017
Let's just bring back Arius of Alexandria's version..... it was simpler
BautyArg
+1
Level 52
Dec 11, 2025
yeah, that's why heretics use Arius version, since it's simpler to understand
Historyman0
+1
Level 38
Feb 3, 2021
there not characters
Charliezard
+7
Level 67
Jan 29, 2023
*They're
kevlarkev
+6
Level 65
Jan 16, 2014
Spelling Nebuchadnezzar is just as challenging as spelling Schwarzenegger
Cherry8
+11
Level 32
Oct 5, 2016
I'm Dutch and my Bible spells it as "Nebukadnezzar"... It didn't work 😂
Malbaby
+7
Level 70
Aug 31, 2018
I bet you have fun with all the other quizzes in English also.
hashbr0wn
+1
Level 34
Sep 19, 2025
its awful and so confusing T-T
thecoolestdude2
+2
Level 67
Jan 19, 2014
Looks like most of the weird-named kings have been removed. Well, that makes it a little bit easier. Thankfully, they kept Jehoshaphat.
buck1017
+4
Level 78
Oct 22, 2015
Jumpin' Jehosaphat...i never knew he was a Biblical character. Thought it was just a silly phrase that cartoon characters said.
Stormswift
+1
Level 35
Jul 8, 2018
There's an actual valley named after Jehosaphat.
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 68
Jul 5, 2022
*Jehoshaphat
beetboy12
+2
Level 36
Aug 1, 2014
the source link does not match up to the quiz list
MagentaDog790
+2
Level 37
Aug 16, 2015
the source link doesn't work AT ALL!!! Plz fix!
smartcookie17
+2
Level 44
Sep 8, 2014
3:44, thank you, thank you very much. No autographs please. XD
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 93
Aug 7, 2016
Are you Elvis?
beka1
+2
Level 32
Nov 30, 2014
I knew the Hebrew versions of pretty much all the names, but could not figure out the English versions
Clarisse451
+1
Level 64
Dec 28, 2015
I feel you.
Expelliarmus
+3
Level 23
Jan 21, 2015
unless you really know you are bible?
bomber184
+1
Level 55
Feb 5, 2015
Only got 21 correct, but at least it beats the average.
bomber184
+1
Level 55
Apr 9, 2015
Beat my record after taking it like 20 times. 47/50. Always forget Balak, Jehoshaphat, and Manasseh. Otherwise, I would've gotten all correct.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jun 13, 2019
Yea I havent heard of the bottom 15 ones (at least not how they are written here, maybe in my own language they ring a bell, like jehoiakim looks like joachim, but not sure if that is who they mean) only absolom I have heard of.
SundarIsaacs
+1
Level 57
Jan 2, 2016
11/50 :-(
Carry
+2
Level 63
Feb 2, 2016
Why would anyone be surprised by Adam and Eve not making it to the list? I tried them but as they're only mentioned in the beginning of the OT it wasn't very likely.
Maladroit
+5
Level 50
Aug 23, 2017
There are phrases like 'second Adam' though, so maybe people thought those would bump it up enough.
lancerluke
+7
Level 73
Mar 15, 2016
no kanye?
brandybuck96
+2
Level 82
Apr 20, 2016
Is that Joseph of Technicolour Dreamcoat fame, or Jesus's not-father fame?
freehuggs
+1
Level 68
Sep 1, 2024
Almost certainly the former. The New Testament Joseph has no speaking lines in any of the Gospels and is only referenced a handful of times, while the Patriarch Joseph is the main character of the last several chapters of Genesis and is occasionally referenced later as an important patriarch
GrandmasterJetpunk
+1
Level 32
May 24, 2016
Idk why Esav (Trad. Jewish spelling of the name Esau) Is not accepted also, I think a lot of people won't spell Nebuchadnezzar right
Sulps
+16
Level 55
Aug 7, 2016
Featuring the quiz: "Unless you really know you're Bible, you'll be very surprised." I really know I'm not Bible.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 7, 2016
Finally fixed
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Aug 7, 2016
Very interesting and fun quiz! Thanks.
dasubergeek
+2
Level 82
Aug 8, 2016
19/50... not bad for a guy who was excommunicated.
Moosefight
+1
Level 59
Aug 8, 2016
Taken this quiz 3 times. Each time I've gotten Jehosaphat and Nebuchadnezzar. That's more often than I've gotten Paul, Solomon or many other much more famous people.
sumguy
+3
Level 87
Nov 1, 2016
Are these numbers based on mentions in the Protestant or Catholic Bible? i.e. does it include the books of Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, and Baruch?
JoanSR
+4
Level 74
Jan 13, 2017
I win excomunication by 3 faults on spelling nebuchadennazer, missing Abraham and trying to put Mary in all sort of ways, including "that so-called Virgin" and "mother of dragons".

I suggest an easy version with Most Popular Names, in order of appaerance and including Ben Hur or Charlton Heston.

(Richard Gere played a bible character also, didnt he?)

bestanford
+4
Level 73
Aug 6, 2017
Jew here. I got 29/50 but didn't realize there were New Testament characters as well. I was horrified that I couldn't get the number one person, because I think I know the Bible pretty well! So I was frantically worried and then when the time ran out I saw it was Jesus. lol
Bonzo007
+18
Level 65
Oct 4, 2017
No Brian? Surely some mistake. I know he's not the Messiah, just a very naughty boy.
kenpo17
+1
Level 65
Dec 19, 2018
This comment needs more recognition.
Tomtrific
+1
Level 80
Oct 25, 2017
Jumpin' Jehoshaphat! I forgot Moses!
xtremeyoylecake
+2
Level 53
Jan 3, 2024
Ok why did I laugh when you said that XD
Mocco
+3
Level 22
Nov 17, 2017
Mhh, the name of God (Jehovah/Jahve) occurs nearly 7000 times in the old Hebrew scriptures and it's not in that quiz. :(

Please edit that quiz to be more accurate.

mrnafe
+9
Level 84
Dec 3, 2017
It's a very silly book isn't it? Full of silly contradictions and silly story's about people with silly names doing silly things which only a silly person would consider anything other than silly.

Personally, I prefer the pagan gods of old Europe, they too were very silly and fickle, but at least they had the good grace to not pretend they were anything else. Silly bible.

roleybob
+2
Level 73
Jan 22, 2020
I do like your style mrnafe :-)
katieeeeeeeeeeee
+4
Level 64
Mar 14, 2024
tell me all about the contradictions (also do your research on literally all the prophecies Jesus has fulfilled, it's almost impossible which is why he's so great)? i'm interested in what you find
RoadmanM
+4
Level 57
Dec 28, 2017
I swear the 1% that got 100% correct cheated; or they're priests. Probably the hardest quiz on the site.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Jan 20, 2018
I agree, but it's one of the many things that have been taken out of many bible translations. Often Lord or God is substituted for Jehovah.

I say, "one of the many..." because I will not believe that Jehovah is a misogenist or that there is any reason why Jesus could not have been married. Yet no mention is made of this in our present bible.

TWM03
+1
Level 72
Sep 17, 2018
It could also be that what was originally said in the Bible just wasn't true.
xtremeyoylecake
+1
Level 53
Jan 3, 2024
tried Jehovah as well... then realized most bibles leave his name out
Malbaby
+4
Level 70
Feb 24, 2018
I notice Reuben is sandwiched between Noah and Jehu.
TWM03
+2
Level 72
Feb 24, 2018
The reason God isn't on the list is that only people count.
Margles1
+1
Level 40
Apr 11, 2018
Too bad there is no way to distinguish the two Josephs without obviously giving it away.
Guam
+2
Level 59
Oct 28, 2018
I'm atheist, knowing the name of only three Bible books, and having read only the first page because I was bored once. I got 6/50, and I'm happy with that.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jun 13, 2019
I got 19, though there were about 15 more names that I have heard of.
fattypants
+3
Level 37
Dec 20, 2018
No Brian ?
GeoDude
+3
Level 46
Mar 4, 2019
No Job? He's got a whole chapter!
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Jun 13, 2019
Trying to think of a no job joke, but cant think of any ( good ones)
roleybob
+3
Level 73
Dec 2, 2019
No Job?

No skills?

No morals?

Apply to become a priest today

Or something like that.

Yeah, I can't think of a good one either

Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 63
Dec 2, 2023
Delete this quiz, it has no job.
jmellor13
+1
Level 68
Feb 27, 2020
There are a lot of people with their own chapters that did not make this list. I kept trying them and none worked.
Caden
+1
Level 30
Feb 27, 2020
Adam and eve was like mentioned 10 times in all
Osiris
+1
Level 68
Feb 27, 2020
Upon seeing there were fifty answers, I instantly regretted starting the quiz.

That said, apparently only getting half them is a pretty good score on this one!

GlaucusExquisita
+1
Level 78
Feb 29, 2020
I'm not religious and it definitely shows here (I only got Jesus, Moses, Abraham, and John), and then when I gave up I did an actual facepalm because I forgot how so many people I know are named after people in the Bible. It really do be like that sometimes.
AlfredBenjamin
+2
Level 73
Mar 1, 2020
What about my homeboy, Lucifer?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Mar 2, 2020
Not mentioned very often and also not human.
Broseph
+1
Level 51
Jul 7, 2024
laughed at this
Lg17
+1
Level 35
Jun 2, 2020
You should mention that you refer to both old and new testaments. For jews, the word "bible" only refers to the old Testament. Christianity uses this word to describe both.
TheodoreE45
+4
Level 94
Jan 12, 2024
The quiz is tagged under 'Christian,' and the thumbnail is a person not even found in the Old Testament.
Regtheledge1000
+1
Level 28
Jul 17, 2020
What about god
Roozyj
+1
Level 62
Nov 9, 2020
not a 'person' I suppose
pinkysbrain
+1
Level 87
Jul 18, 2020
Here we go again .every time I do a religion/ Bible quiz on jetpunk the same monotonous people on both sides of the argument show up in the comments with their long winded boring tit for tat arguments .who really cares . this is a fun quiz site so live and let live. I am not a religious person myself but respect peoples right to believe in what they want no matter how ridiculous some of it seems. on a lighter note if Noah was in the desert in the middle east waiting for a flood how did he find two kangaroos,platypuses ,wombats or koalas don't think they walked and swam from oz.
Historyman0
+1
Level 38
Feb 3, 2021
you said no judgement
BautyArg
+1
Level 52
Oct 2, 2025
the Bible doesn't say you cannot judge...

Matthew 7:1–2: "...For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

EcceHomo
+1
Level 86
Aug 12, 2020
18/50 gets 4/5 points. That's how tough this quiz is.
Roozyj
+2
Level 62
Nov 9, 2020
I was singing Lady Gaga to myself: "Judah Juda-ah-ah" whilst completely forgetting to put his name in xD
Terran
+5
Level 71
Feb 5, 2021
Can you accept Abram for Abraham and Sarai for Sarah?
MrStone
+2
Level 24
Mar 3, 2021
If you mean the wife of Abraham, she is called "Sara" withouth an h
Terran
+1
Level 71
Jan 27, 2022
You forgot God
ziuqknuptej
+2
Level 61
Feb 2, 2022
Seems as though nobody cheated on this Bible quiz
Savio
+1
Level 66
Feb 13, 2022
By mentioned do you simply mean the number of times the person's name shows up or do you include pronouns?
iRDM
+3
Level 81
Mar 16, 2022
Paul and Saul were the same person. Was taking this quiz with my sister and we couldn't fathom who we were missing in the #5 slot. They should probably be combined.
Eamo
+4
Level 76
Aug 1, 2023
Might not be references to the same person. Saul in the Old Testament was King immediately prior to David.
TheodoreE45
+1
Level 94
Jan 12, 2024
Paul in the New Testament is not the Saul on the quiz. That would be referring to King Saul, David's predecessor.
Jango
+2
Level 63
Apr 3, 2022
I tried God. She wasn't there.
Bletsch
+1
Level 71
May 20, 2022
oy vay.
marije333
+1
Level 59
Jun 24, 2022
Doing this in English when I only ever read the Bible in Dutch is a lot more difficult than I ever expected.
Leafsnationguy
+1
Level 56
Feb 11, 2024
There is more than one John, is this all of them combined?
cameoman
+1
Level 39
Mar 30, 2024
surprising that daniel aint there
pridepotato314
+1
Level 51
Sep 19, 2025
It is?
Freestatebear
+1
Level 88
Mar 30, 2024
Link to source seems to be broken...
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 64
Dec 15, 2024
The world's still treating Balaam's donkey bad--he doesn't even qualify because he's not a "person." Boo!
JugglingWithEggs
+2
Level 47
Jan 6, 2025
Hmmm…no Mary? Mary mother of Jesus or Mary Magdalene. But not many women mentioned full stop. But then I seem to recall that the Dead Sea Scrolls (or their much better initial mispronunciation of Dead Sea Squirrels) contained lots of female books of the Bible that were believed to have been removed at some point. What was the longterm impact on women and humanity of that decision I wonder?
Lobito
+1
Level 29
Feb 18, 2025
22/50
Hagbard95
+2
Level 56
Mar 7, 2025
Yeah, as a catholic school raised, non-English person, this sucks lol
AlexaStone
+1
Level 33
Mar 13, 2025
19/50. Somehow missed David, Noah, and Abraham.
Szani
+1
Level 38
Sep 22, 2025
No Mary? The name is mentioned 54 times in the New Testament - if you count the various Marys! So should be on the list.
MississippiSnopes
+2
Level 66
Dec 5, 2025
A list with no Adam, Eve, Mary, Martha, or Judas is totally implausible. And since the source link takes you to a spam ad, you can't figure out what the author is thinking.

This one is so worthless that JetPunk should delete it. Junk like this damages the reputation of the site.

BautyArg
+1
Level 52
Dec 11, 2025
delete this quiz!
squidpsyco
+1
Level 66
Jan 3, 2026
A very quick download of a PDF of the King James version of the Bible and a Control-F would tell you that Eve is mentioned literally only 4 times.
BautyArg
+2
Level 52
Dec 27, 2025
God is not a person, he's three!
thec00lzilla
+1
Level 28
Apr 7, 2026
23/50 not bad for someone who has only read 1/100th of the Bible
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