505 - 565
Belisarius (Latin pronunciation: [bɛ.lɪˈsaː.ri.ʊs]; Greek: Βελισάριος; c. 500 – 565) was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire under the emperor Justinian I. He was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean territory belonging to the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century prior. One of the defining features of Belisarius' career was his success despite varying levels of available resources. His name is frequently given as one of the so-called "Last of the Romans". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Belisarius has received more than 2,081,812 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Belisarius is the 53rd most popular military personnel (down from 48th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 6th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bulgarian Military Personnel.
Belisarius was a general in the Byzantine army and is most famous for his victories against the Vandals, Goths, and Persians.
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Among military personnels, Belisarius ranks 53 out of 1,468. Before him are Alfred Dreyfus, Vasily Zaitsev, Isoroku Yamamoto, Miltiades, T. E. Lawrence, and Alfred Jodl. After him are Tughril, Otto Skorzeny, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Fedor von Bock, Walter Model, and Germanicus.
1859 - 1935
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 47
1915 - 1991
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 48
1884 - 1943
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 49
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 50
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 51
1890 - 1946
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 52
505 - 565
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 53
990 - 1063
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 54
1908 - 1975
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 55
1595 - 1657
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 56
1880 - 1945
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 57
1891 - 1945
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 58
15 BC - 19
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 59
Among people born in 505, Belisarius ranks 1. After him are Pope Pelagius I, Varāhamihira, Jacob Baradaeus, Germanus, and Hesychius of Miletus. Among people deceased in 565, Belisarius ranks 2. Before him is Justinian I. After him is Peter the Patrician.
505 - 565
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 1
505 - 561
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 2
505 - 587
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 3
505 - 578
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4
505 - 551
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 5
505 - 600
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 6
482 - 565
HPI: 84.93
Rank: 1
505 - 565
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 2
500 - 565
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 3
Among people born in Bulgaria, Belisarius ranks 5 out of 372. Before him are Aesop (-620), Ahmed III (1673), Flavius Aetius (390), and Elias Canetti (1905). After him are Galerius (250), Georgi Dimitrov (1882), Maximinus Thrax (173), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894), Todor Zhivkov (1911), Phocas (547), and Simeon I of Bulgaria (864).
620 BC - 564 BC
HPI: 85.15
Rank: 1
1673 - 1736
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 2
390 - 454
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 3
1905 - 1994
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 4
505 - 565
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 5
250 - 311
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 6
1882 - 1949
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 7
173 - 238
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 8
1894 - 1943
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 9
1911 - 1998
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 10
547 - 610
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 11
864 - 927
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 12
Among military personnels born in Bulgaria, Belisarius ranks 2. Before him are Flavius Aetius (390). After him are Osman Pazvantoğlu (1758), Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (1807), Bonifacius (350), Nikola Ivanov (1861), and Stefan Toshev (1859).
390 - 454
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 1
505 - 565
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 2
1758 - 1807
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 3
1807 - 1883
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 4
350 - 432
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 5
1861 - 1940
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 6
1859 - 1924
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 7