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Astyages

700 BC - 600 BC

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Astyages was the last king of the Median kingdom, reigning from 585 to 550 BCE. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Astyages has received more than 420,391 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Astyages is the 955th most popular politician (up from 990th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Iran and the 20th most popular Iranian Politician.

Atyages is most famous for being the king of the Medes and the father of Cyrus the Great.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Astyages ranks 955 out of 15,577. Before him are Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Philip III of Macedon, Andrew Johnson, Sauli Niinistö, Emperor Yao, and George Marshall. After him are Harold Wilson, Kayqubad I, Gediminas, Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, James I of Aragon, and Guangxu Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Astyages ranks 2. Before him is Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. After him are Cyaxares, Arion, Psamtik I, Jeconiah, Tyrtaeus, Amasis II, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Periander, and Psamtik II. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Astyages ranks 7. Before him are Laozi, Daniel, Tomyris, Draco, Belshazzar, and Habakkuk. After him are Maya, Epimenides, Theano, Anacharsis, Phalaris, and Ibycus.

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  • Photo of Laozi

    Laozi

    604 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 81.11

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Daniel

    Daniel

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 78.60

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Tomyris

    Tomyris

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 77.64

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Draco

    Draco

    650 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 74.32

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Belshazzar

    Belshazzar

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 71.37

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Habakkuk

    Habakkuk

    626 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 71.07

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Astyages

    Astyages

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 69.66

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Maya

    Maya

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 69.19

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Epimenides

    Epimenides

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 66.40

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Theano

    Theano

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 66.01

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Anacharsis

    Anacharsis

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 64.32

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Phalaris

    Phalaris

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 64.01

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Ibycus

    Ibycus

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 62.19

    Rank: 13

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Astyages ranks 44 out of 528. Before him are Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Cambyses I (-600), and Saadi Shirazi (1210). After him are Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Yazdegerd III (624), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1932), and Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Astyages ranks 20. Before him are Reza Shah (1878), Antiochus III the Great (-241), Ardashir I (180), Shapur I (150), Farah Pahlavi (1938), and Cambyses I (-600). After him are Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Yazdegerd III (624), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956).

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