356 BC - 323 BC
Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20, and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia and Egypt. By the age of 30, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander the Great has received more than 33,418,071 page views. His biography is available in 195 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 188 in 2019). Alexander the Great is the 2nd most popular military personnel, the 3rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Greek Military Personnel.
Alexander the Great is most famous for his military conquests.
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Among military personnels, Alexander the Great ranks 2 out of 1,468. Before him are Genghis Khan. After him are Joan of Arc, Timur, Charles de Gaulle, Karl Dönitz, Spartacus, Erwin Rommel, Charles Martel, Adolf Eichmann, Themistocles, and William Wallace.
1162 - 1227
HPI: 96.66
Rank: 1
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.56
Rank: 2
1412 - 1431
HPI: 89.59
Rank: 3
1336 - 1405
HPI: 87.75
Rank: 4
1890 - 1970
HPI: 83.58
Rank: 5
1891 - 1980
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 6
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 7
1891 - 1944
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 8
688 - 741
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 9
1906 - 1962
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 10
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 11
1270 - 1305
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 12
Among people born in 356 BC, Alexander the Great ranks 1. After him are Hephaestion, Nearchus, King Huiwen of Qin, and Leonnatus. Among people deceased in 323 BC, Alexander the Great ranks 1. After him are Stateira II, Sisygambis, Drypetis, Harpalus, Cynane, Leosthenes, and Meleager.
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.56
Rank: 1
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 2
356 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 3
356 BC - 311 BC
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 4
356 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 5
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.56
Rank: 1
346 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 2
301 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 3
400 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 4
400 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 5
400 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 6
400 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 7
400 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 8
Among people born in Greece, Alexander the Great ranks 3 out of 936. Before him are Aristotle (-384) and Plato (-427). After him are Socrates (-470), Homer (-800), Pythagoras (-570), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), and Pericles (-494).
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.24
Rank: 1
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.54
Rank: 2
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.56
Rank: 3
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.34
Rank: 4
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 91.42
Rank: 5
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.39
Rank: 6
1881 - 1938
HPI: 88.95
Rank: 7
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 88.05
Rank: 8
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 86.65
Rank: 9
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 10
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 84.58
Rank: 11
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 12
Among military personnels born in Greece, Alexander the Great ranks 1. After him are Spartacus (-109), Themistocles (-524), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Miltiades (-540), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Mardonius (-600), Djemal Pasha (1872), and Parmenion (-400).
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.56
Rank: 1
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 2
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 3
367 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 4
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 5
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 6
358 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 7
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 8
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 9
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 10
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 11
400 BC - 329 BC
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 12