106 BC - 43 BC
Marcus Tullius Cicero ( SISS-ə-roh; Latin: [ˈmaːr.kʊs ˈtʊl.lʲi.jʊs ˈkɪ.kɛ.roː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. His extensive writings include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy and politics, and he is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and served as consul in 63 BC. His influence on the Latin language was immense. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cicero has received more than 7,849,190 page views. His biography is available in 120 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 113 in 2019). Cicero is the 25th most popular politician, the 16th most popular biography from Italy and the 4th most popular Italian Politician.
Cicero is most famous for his orations in Rome, where he was a lawyer and politician.
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Among politicians, Cicero ranks 25 out of 15,577. Before him are Constantine the Great, Benito Mussolini, Tutankhamun, Hannibal, Otto von Bismarck, and Hammurabi. After him are Mikhail Gorbachev, Attila, Hurrem Sultan, Mao Zedong, Queen Victoria, and Commodus.
272 - 337
HPI: 86.83
Rank: 19
1883 - 1945
HPI: 86.73
Rank: 20
1341 BC - 1323 BC
HPI: 86.63
Rank: 21
183 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 86.56
Rank: 22
1815 - 1898
HPI: 86.51
Rank: 23
1810 BC - 1750 BC
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 24
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 25
1931 - Present
HPI: 86.13
Rank: 26
406 - 453
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 27
1502 - 1558
HPI: 85.98
Rank: 28
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 29
1819 - 1901
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 30
161 - 192
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 31
Among people born in 106 BC, Cicero ranks 1. After him are Pompey and Decimus Laberius. Among people deceased in 43 BC, Cicero ranks 1. After him are Atia, Antipater the Idumaean, Publius Cornelius Dolabella, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Verres, Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, Gaius Cassius Longinus Varus, Aulus Hirtius, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, and Quintus Pedius.
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 1
106 BC - 48 BC
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 2
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 3
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 1
85 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 2
100 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 3
70 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 4
102 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 5
120 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 6
91 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 7
115 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 8
90 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 9
100 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 10
105 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 11
100 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Cicero ranks 16 out of 4,668. Before him are Raphael (1483), Antonio Vivaldi (1678), Niccolò Machiavelli (1469), Thomas Aquinas (1225), Benito Mussolini (1883), and Giuseppe Verdi (1813). After him are Virgil (-70), Commodus (161), Giordano Bruno (1548), Francis of Assisi (1182), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), and Caravaggio (1571).
1483 - 1520
HPI: 88.70
Rank: 10
1678 - 1741
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 11
1469 - 1527
HPI: 88.12
Rank: 12
1225 - 1274
HPI: 87.11
Rank: 13
1883 - 1945
HPI: 86.73
Rank: 14
1813 - 1901
HPI: 86.57
Rank: 15
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 16
70 BC - 19 BC
HPI: 85.91
Rank: 17
161 - 192
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 18
1548 - 1600
HPI: 85.43
Rank: 19
1182 - 1226
HPI: 84.80
Rank: 20
1454 - 1512
HPI: 84.72
Rank: 21
1571 - 1610
HPI: 84.46
Rank: 22
Among politicians born in Italy, Cicero ranks 4. Before him are Julius Caesar (-100), Augustus (-63), and Benito Mussolini (1883). After him are Commodus (161), Nero (37), Marcus Aurelius (121), Caligula (12), Pontius Pilate (-12), Tiberius (-42), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), and Mark Antony (-83).
100 BC - 44 BC
HPI: 92.63
Rank: 1
63 BC - 14
HPI: 89.71
Rank: 2
1883 - 1945
HPI: 86.73
Rank: 3
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 4
161 - 192
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 5
37 - 68
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 6
121 - 180
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 7
12 - 41
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 8
12 BC - 38
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 9
42 BC - 37
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 10
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 11
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 12