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Hannibal

Carthaginian general and statesman

247 BC - 183 BC

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His biography is available in 114 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 112 in 2024). Hannibal is the 87th most popular politician (down from 57th in 2024), the 2nd most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Tunisian Politician.

Hannibal is most famous for leading an army of Carthaginian soldiers across the Alps in 218 BC and defeating the Roman army.

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Hannibal is the most memorable of the 27 notable people born in Carthage, in what is now modern-day Tunisia.

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Of the 58 Politicians born in Tunisia, Hannibal ranks first.

#290

More than 22 centuries after death, Hannibal still holds rank #290 among all individuals in Pantheon.

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Hannibal's biography appears in 114 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Politicians.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Hannibal ranks 87 out of 19,576. Before him are Peter the Great, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Haile Selassie, Hammurabi, Ho Chi Minh, and Ögedei Khan. After him are Solon, George IV, Richard I of England, Josip Broz Tito, Pericles, and Ronald Reagan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 247 BC, Hannibal ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 183 BC, Hannibal ranks 1. After him are Scipio Africanus, Philopoemen, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, Publius Licinius Crassus Dives, and Agesipolis III.

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    Hannibal

    POLITICIAN

    247 BC - 183 BC

    HPI: 86.62

    Rank: 1

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Hannibal ranks 2 out of 210. Before him is Ibn Khaldun (1332). After him are Claudia Cardinale (1938), Aemilianus (207), Terence (-185), Tertullian (155), Cyprian (200), Hasdrubal Barca (-300), Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936), Habib Bourguiba (1903), Gordian II (190), and Fatima al-Fihri (800).

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Among Politicians In Tunisia

Among politicians born in Tunisia, Hannibal ranks 1. After him are Aemilianus (207), Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936), Habib Bourguiba (1903), Gordian II (190), Masinissa (-238), Clodius Albinus (150), Mago Barca (-243), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (-100), Fouad Mebazaa (1933), Beji Caid Essebsi (1926), and Hanno the Great (-300).

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