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Cleisthenes

565 BC - 492 BC

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Cleisthenes ( KLYS-thin-eez; Greek: Κλεισθένης), or Clisthenes (c. 570 – c. 508 BC), was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508 BC. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy". He was a member of the aristocratic Alcmaeonid clan. He was the younger son of Megacles and Agariste making him the maternal grandson of the tyrant Cleisthenes of Sicyon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cleisthenes has received more than 889,133 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Cleisthenes is the 201st most popular politician (up from 265th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Greece (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Greek Politician.

Cleisthenes was most famous for his reforms, which were aimed at creating a more democratic government.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 16.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cleisthenes ranks 201 out of 15,577. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Al Gore, Louis Philippe I, Henry VII of England, and Charles X of France. After him are Slobodan Milošević, Heraclius, George VI, Mahidevran, Alexander III of Russia, and Rudolf Hess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 565 BC, Cleisthenes ranks 1. After him is Anaxandridas II. Among people deceased in 492 BC, Cleisthenes ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cleisthenes ranks 34 out of 936. Before him are Xenophon (-430), Demosthenes (-384), Themistocles (-524), Leonidas I (-540), Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478), and Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493). After him are Gorgias (-483), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Solon (-638), Myron (-500), and Polybius (-208).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Cleisthenes ranks 9. Before him are Kösem Sultan (1590), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Bayezid II (1447), Demosthenes (-384), Leonidas I (-540), and Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493). After him are Solon (-638), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Alcibiades (-450), Peisistratos (-600), Handan Sultan (1574), and Xanthippe (-500).

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