600 BC - 493 BC
Artaphernes (Greek: Ἀρταφέρνης, Old Persian: Artafarna, from Median Rtafarnah), flourished circa 513–492 BC, was a brother of the Achaemenid king of Persia, Darius I, satrap of Lydia from the capital of Sardis, and a Persian general. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Artaphernes has received more than 83,630 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Artaphernes is the 3,348th most popular politician (up from 4,052nd in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 406th in 2019) and the 191st most popular Turkish Politician.
Artaphernes is most famous for being the first Persian to be slain by the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon.
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Among politicians, Artaphernes ranks 3,348 out of 15,577. Before him are Anatoly Sobchak, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Artaxias I, Yuri of Goguryeo, and William II of Württemberg. After him are Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Giacomo Matteotti, Charles the Younger, Michel Aflaq, Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, and Jayavarman II.
1937 - 2000
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 3,342
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 3,343
1772 - 1804
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 3,344
230 BC - 159 BC
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 3,345
38 BC - 18
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 3,346
1848 - 1921
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 3,347
600 BC - 493 BC
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 3,348
1853 - 1917
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 3,349
1885 - 1924
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 3,350
772 - 811
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 3,351
1910 - 1989
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 3,352
1589 - 1655
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 3,353
800 - 835
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 3,354
Among people born in 600 BC, Artaphernes ranks 33. Before him are Ibycus, Datis, Lars Porsena, Demaratus, Neriglissar, and Horatius Cocles. After him are Hipparchus, Hiero I of Syracuse, Aristagoras, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, Nahum, and Gelon. Among people deceased in 493 BC, Artaphernes ranks 1. After him are Agrippa Menenius Lanatus and Histiaeus.
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 27
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 28
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 29
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 30
600 BC - 556 BC
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 31
600 BC - Present
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 32
600 BC - 493 BC
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 33
600 BC - 514 BC
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 34
600 BC - 466 BC
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 35
600 BC - 497 BC
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 36
600 BC - Present
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 37
600 BC - Present
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 38
600 BC - 477 BC
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 39
600 BC - 493 BC
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 1
600 BC - 493 BC
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 2
550 BC - 493 BC
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 3
Among people born in Turkey, Artaphernes ranks 363 out of 1,301. Before him are Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Gevherhan Sultan (1544), Cleitus the Black (-370), İbrahim Tatlıses (1952), Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (300), and Ahmad Khani (1650). After him are Agabus (100), Cornelius Castoriadis (1922), Chryses of Troy (null), Maria Laskarina (1206), Philetaerus (-340), and Helenus (null).
1400 - 1473
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 357
1544 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 358
370 BC - 328 BC
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 359
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 360
300 - 306
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 361
1650 - 1707
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 362
600 BC - 493 BC
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 363
100 - 100
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 364
1922 - 1997
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 365
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 366
1206 - 1270
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 367
340 BC - 263 BC
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 368
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 369
Among politicians born in Turkey, Artaphernes ranks 191. Before him are Argishti I of Urartu (-827), Seleucus III Ceraunus (-243), Maria of Alania (1053), Gülbahar Hatun (1429), Gevherhan Sultan (1544), and Cleitus the Black (-370). After him are Chryses of Troy (null), Philetaerus (-340), Helenus (null), Aristagoras (-600), Baldwin II, Latin Emperor (1217), and Sarduri II (-790).
827 BC - 764 BC
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 185
243 BC - 223 BC
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 186
1053 - 1118
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 187
1429 - 1492
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 188
1544 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 189
370 BC - 328 BC
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 190
600 BC - 493 BC
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 191
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 192
340 BC - 263 BC
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 193
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 194
600 BC - 497 BC
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 195
1217 - 1273
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 196
790 BC - 735 BC
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 197