POLITICIAN

Cambyses I

600 BC - 559 BC

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Cambyses I (Old Persian: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 Kambūjiya) was king of Anshan from c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cambyses I has received more than 450,341 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Cambyses I is the 891st most popular politician (up from 906th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Iran (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Iranian Politician.

Cambyses II is most famous for his conquest of Egypt, which he conquered in 525 BC.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cambyses I ranks 891 out of 19,576. Before him are Anne of Brittany, Yaśodharā, Henry I of England, Frederick VI of Denmark, Tiberius Gracchus, and Jozef Tiso. After him are Sebastian of Portugal, Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Mahfiruz Hatun, János Kádár, Sukjong of Joseon, and Cleopatra II of Egypt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Cambyses I ranks 11. Before him are Lucretia, Ānanda, Servius Tullius, Peisistratos, Hippasus, and Yaśodharā. After him are Belshazzar, Alexander I of Macedon, Polycrates, Maya, Pheidippides, and Bias of Priene. Among people deceased in 559 BC, Cambyses I ranks 1. After him are Mandane of Media, and Themistoclea.

Others Born in 600 BC

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  • Photo of Lucretia

    Lucretia

    NOBLEMAN

    600 BC - 509 BC

    HPI: 75.93

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Ānanda

    Ānanda

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 74.61

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Servius Tullius

    Servius Tullius

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 535 BC

    HPI: 74.11

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Peisistratos

    Peisistratos

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 527 BC

    HPI: 73.96

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Hippasus

    Hippasus

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 71.01

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Yaśodharā

    Yaśodharā

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - Present

    HPI: 70.44

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Cambyses I

    Cambyses I

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 559 BC

    HPI: 70.41

    Rank: 11

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    Belshazzar

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 70.10

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Alexander I of Macedon

    Alexander I of Macedon

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 454 BC

    HPI: 69.11

    Rank: 13

  • Photo of Polycrates

    Polycrates

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 515 BC

    HPI: 68.11

    Rank: 14

  • Photo of Maya

    Maya

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.09

    Rank: 15

  • Photo of Pheidippides

    Pheidippides

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 68.00

    Rank: 16

  • Photo of Bias of Priene

    Bias of Priene

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 530 BC

    HPI: 67.96

    Rank: 17

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Others Deceased in 559 BC

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Cambyses I ranks 46 out of 631. Before him are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Qasem Soleimani (1957), Jami (1414), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Shapur I (150), and Ardashir I (180). After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Doris Lessing (1919), and Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Cambyses I ranks 21. Before him are Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Antiochus III the Great (-241), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Shapur I (150), and Ardashir I (180). After him are Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Yazdegerd III (624), Ghazan (1271), Astyages (-700), and Moshe Katsav (1945).

Iranian born Politicians

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