360 BC - 327 BC
Callisthenes of Olynthus (/kəˈlɪsθəˌniːz/; Greek: Καλλισθένης; c. 360 – c. 327 BCE) was a Greek historian in Macedon with connections to both Aristotle and Alexander the Great. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Callisthenes has received more than 187,525 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Callisthenes is the 50th most popular historian (down from 48th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Greece (down from 157th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Historian.
Callisthenes is most famous for being the historian who accompanied Alexander the Great on his conquests.
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Among historians, Callisthenes ranks 50 out of 339. Before him are Ali ibn al-Athir, Niketas Choniates, Jared Diamond, François Guizot, Poggio Bracciolini, and Tzvetan Todorov. After him are John Skylitzes, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Socrates of Constantinople, Adam of Bremen, Euhemerus, and Theopompus.
1160 - 1233
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 44
1155 - 1217
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 45
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 46
1787 - 1874
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 47
1380 - 1459
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 48
1939 - 2017
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 49
360 BC - 327 BC
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 50
1040 - 1101
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 51
19 BC - 31
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 52
380 - 440
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 53
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 54
330 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 55
400 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 56
Among people born in 360 BC, Callisthenes ranks 1. After him are Aristoxenus, Arses of Persia, Autolycus of Pitane, and Onesicritus. Among people deceased in 327 BC, Callisthenes ranks 1.
360 BC - 327 BC
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 1
360 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 2
360 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 3
360 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 4
360 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 5
Among people born in Greece, Callisthenes ranks 164 out of 936. Before him are Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Cleomenes I (-600), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), and Hippocrates of Chios (-470). After him are Spyridon Louis (1873), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Panaetius (-185), Aeschines (-389), Nicias (-500), and Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896).
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 158
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 159
580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 160
600 BC - 489 BC
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 161
650 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 162
470 BC - 410 BC
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 163
360 BC - 327 BC
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 164
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 165
1886 - 1972
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 166
185 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 167
389 BC - 314 BC
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 168
500 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 169
1896 - 1982
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 170
Among historians born in Greece, Callisthenes ranks 4. Before him are Thucydides (-460), Xenophon (-430), and Polybius (-208). After him are Theopompus (-400), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Afet İnan (1908), Krste Misirkov (1874), Philochorus (-340), Michael Glykas (1125), Leo Allatius (1586), and Marsyas of Pella (-400).
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 1
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 2
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 3
360 BC - 327 BC
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 4
400 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 5
41 - 53
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 6
1908 - 1985
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 7
1874 - 1926
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 8
340 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9
1125 - 1204
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 10
1586 - 1669
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 11
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 12