MILITARY PERSONNEL

Cimon

510 BC - 450 BC

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Cimon or Kimon (Ancient Greek: Κίμων Μιλτιάδου Λακιάδης, romanized: Kimōn Miltiadou Lakiadēs; c. 510 – 450 BC) was an Athenian strategos (general and admiral) and politician. He was the son of Miltiades, also an Athenian strategos. Cimon rose to prominence for his bravery fighting in the naval Battle of Salamis (480 BC), during the Second Persian invasion of Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cimon has received more than 413,635 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Cimon is the 117th most popular military personnel (down from 113th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Greece (up from 95th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Cimon was a famous Athenian general and politician who is most famous for his victory over the Persians at the Battle of the Eurymedon River in 467 BC.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Cimon ranks 117 out of 2,058. Before him are Pancho Villa, Stilicho, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Louis-Nicolas Davout, and Vasily Chuikov. After him are Gaius Julius Caesar, Erich von Falkenhayn, Jean Lannes, André Masséna, Hermann Hoth, and Michael Wittmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 510 BC, Cimon ranks 1. After him is Alcmaeon of Croton. Among people deceased in 450 BC, Cimon ranks 1. After him are Alcmaeon of Croton, Diagoras of Melos, Antiochus of Syracuse, and Pherecrates.

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    Cimon

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    510 BC - 450 BC

    HPI: 69.54

    Rank: 1

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    Alcmaeon of Croton

    PHILOSOPHER

    510 BC - 450 BC

    HPI: 65.46

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cimon ranks 90 out of 1,024. Before him are Hippias (-443), Irene Papas (1929), Galla Placidia (388), Giorgio de Chirico (1888), Creon (null), and Archilochus (-680). After him are Lysimachus (-361), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Alexander of Greece (1893), Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789), and Simonides of Ceos (-556).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Cimon ranks 9. Before him are Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Themistocles (-524), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Miltiades (-540), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), and Hephaestion (-356). After him are Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Parmenion (-400), Mardonius (-600), Djemal Pasha (1872), Lysander (-401), and Pausanias (null).

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