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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Alexander the Great

356 BC - 323 BC

Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most 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, Central Asia, parts of South 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 40,511,645 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.

Memorability Metrics

41M
Page Views (PV)
94.56
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
195
Languages Editions (L)
16.99
Effective Languages (L*)
5.12
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

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.

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Genghis Khan
1162 - 1227
HPI: 96.66
Rank: 1
Alexander the Great
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.56
Rank: 2
Joan of Arc
1412 - 1431
HPI: 89.59
Rank: 3
Timur
1336 - 1405
HPI: 87.75
Rank: 4
Charles de Gaulle
1890 - 1970
HPI: 83.58
Rank: 5
Karl Dönitz
1891 - 1980
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 6
Spartacus
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 7
Erwin Rommel
1891 - 1944
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 8
Charles Martel
688 - 741
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 9
Adolf Eichmann
1906 - 1962
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 10
Themistocles
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 11
William Wallace
1270 - 1305
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

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.