Alcmenes (Greek: Ἀλκμένης) or Alcamenes, Alkamenos, was the 9th king of Sparta of the Agiad dynasty, from c. 740 to c. 700 BC. According to Pausanias, he was a commander in the night-expedition against Ampheia, which began the First Messenian War, but died before its 4th year. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alcmenes has received more than 38,081 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Alcmenes is the 10,140th most popular politician (down from 8,710th in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Greece (down from 480th in 2019) and the 231st most popular Greek Politician.
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Among politicians, Alcmenes ranks 10,140 out of 15,577. Before him are Qu Qiubai, Rum Mehmed Pasha, William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, Semenkare Nebnuni, Ichirō Ozawa, and Neagoe Basarab. After him are Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Birger Brosa, Pōmare I, Shulamit Aloni, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg.
1899 - 1935
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 10,134
1500 - 1470
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 10,135
1768 - 1854
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 10,136
1800 BC - 1800 BC
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 10,137
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 10,138
1482 - 1521
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 10,139
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 10,140
119 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 10,141
1200 - 1202
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 10,142
1742 - 1803
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 10,143
1928 - 2014
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 10,144
1802 - 1858
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 10,145
1829 - 1907
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 10,146
Among people born in Greece, Alcmenes ranks 524 out of 936. Before him are Aristidis Konstantinidis (1900), Teleclus (null), Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88), Michael Glykas (1125), Georgios Rallis (1918), and Cleombrotus II (-250). After him are Nikos Skalkottas (1904), Demetrius of Montferrat (1205), Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904), Andronikos Palaiologos (1400), George Dalaras (1949), and Spyridon Marinatos (1901).
1900 - 2000
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 518
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 519
88 BC - 46 BC
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 520
1125 - 1204
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 521
1918 - 2006
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 522
250 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 523
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 524
1904 - 1949
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 525
1205 - 1227
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 526
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 527
1400 - 1428
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 528
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 529
1901 - 1974
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 530
Among politicians born in Greece, Alcmenes ranks 231. Before him are Jason of Pherae (-500), Archidamus V (-250), Teleclus (null), Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88), Georgios Rallis (1918), and Cleombrotus II (-250). After him are Demetrius of Montferrat (1205), Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904), Andronikos Palaiologos (1400), Nikolaos Michaloliakos (1957), Thrasyllus (-450), and Antigone of Epirus (-350).
500 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 225
250 BC - 220 BC
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 226
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 227
88 BC - 46 BC
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 228
1918 - 2006
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 229
250 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 230
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 231
1205 - 1227
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 232
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 233
1400 - 1428
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 234
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 235
450 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 236
350 BC - Present
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 237