Politician
Trajan
Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117
53 - 117
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Trajan
His biography is available in 110 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 109 in 2024). Trajan is the 110th most popular politician (down from 90th in 2024), the 9th most popular biography from Spain (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Politician.
Trajan is most famous for his conquest of Dacia.
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#1
Trajan is the most memorable of the 5 notable people born in Italica, in what is now modern-day Spain.
#1
Of the 529 Politicians born in Spain, Trajan ranks first.
#342
More than 19 centuries after death, Trajan still holds rank #342 among all individuals in Pantheon.
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Trajan's biography appears in 110 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Politicians.
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Among Politicians
Among politicians, Trajan ranks 110 out of 19,576. Before him are Saddam Hussein, Akhenaten, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Benjamin Franklin, Edward V of England, and Fidel Castro. After him are Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Selim II, Frederick the Great, Francisco Franco, Justinian I, and Angela Merkel.
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HPI: 85.85
Rank: 110
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 53, Trajan ranks 1. Among people deceased in 117, Trajan ranks 1. After him are Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus, and Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus.
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POLITICIAN
53 - 117
HPI: 85.85
Rank: 1
Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus
POLITICIAN
1 - 117
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 2
Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus
POLITICIAN
70 - 117
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 3
In Spain
Among people born in Spain, Trajan ranks 9 out of 3,355. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Seneca the Younger (-4), and Averroes (1126). After him are Francisco Franco (1892), Hernán Cortés (1485), Pope Alexander VI (1431), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hadrian (76), and Ignatius of Loyola (1491).
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Miguel de Cervantes
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HPI: 87.60
Rank: 3
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HPI: 87.42
Rank: 4
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PAINTER
1599 - 1660
HPI: 86.97
Rank: 5
Antoni Gaudí
ARCHITECT
1852 - 1926
HPI: 86.92
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Seneca the Younger
PHILOSOPHER
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Averroes
PHILOSOPHER
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Trajan
POLITICIAN
53 - 117
HPI: 85.85
Rank: 9
Francisco Franco
POLITICIAN
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HPI: 85.72
Rank: 10
Hernán Cortés
EXPLORER
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Ignatius of Loyola
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
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HPI: 83.89
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Among Politicians In Spain
Among politicians born in Spain, Trajan ranks 1. After him are Francisco Franco (1892), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hadrian (76), Theodosius I (340), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Philip III of Spain (1578), and Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886).
Trajan
53 - 117
HPI: 85.85
Rank: 1
Francisco Franco
1892 - 1975
HPI: 85.72
Rank: 2
Philip II of Spain
1527 - 1598
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 3
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HPI: 84.58
Rank: 4
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HPI: 83.74
Rank: 5
Isabella I of Castile
1451 - 1504
HPI: 83.02
Rank: 6
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
1503 - 1564
HPI: 82.71
Rank: 7
Joanna of Castile
1479 - 1555
HPI: 82.66
Rank: 8
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1452 - 1516
HPI: 80.98
Rank: 9
Philip IV of Spain
1605 - 1665
HPI: 80.78
Rank: 10
Philip III of Spain
1578 - 1621
HPI: 79.91
Rank: 11
Alfonso XIII of Spain
1886 - 1941
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 12
