550 - 574
Cleph (also Clef, Clepho, or Kleph) was king of the Lombards from 572 to 574. He succeeded Alboin, to whom he was not related by blood. He was a violent and terrifying figure to the Romans and Byzantines struggling to maintain control of the Italian Peninsula. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cleph has received more than 62,151 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Cleph is the 6,766th most popular politician (down from 6,617th in 2019).
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Among politicians, Cleph ranks 6,766 out of 15,577. Before him are Dervan, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, Rusa II, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Peter II, Count of Savoy, and Blanche of Artois. After him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, and Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
600 - 636
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 6,760
1766 - 1841
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 6,761
800 BC - 639 BC
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 6,762
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 6,763
1203 - 1268
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 6,764
1248 - 1302
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 6,765
550 - 574
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 6,766
130 BC - 63 BC
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 6,767
1305 - 1339
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 6,768
1435 - 1490
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 6,769
1712 - 1741
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 6,770
1827 - 1907
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 6,771
1797 - 1856
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 6,772
Among people born in 550, Cleph ranks 15. Before him are Anastasius of Persia, Garibald I of Bavaria, Tardu, Liuva I, Yeongnyu of Goguryeo, and Eulji Mundeok. After him are Menander Protector, Yeongyang of Goguryeo, Arioald, Shibi Khan, Rædwald of East Anglia, and Yangwon of Goguryeo. Among people deceased in 574, Cleph ranks 3. Before him are Narses and Pope John III. After him is Conall mac Comgaill.
550 - 628
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 9
550 - 593
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 10
550 - 603
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 11
550 - 573
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 12
550 - 642
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 13
550 - 700
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 14
550 - 574
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 15
550 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 16
550 - 618
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 17
550 - 636
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 18
550 - 619
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 19
550 - 624
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 20
550 - 559
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 21
478 - 574
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 1
520 - 574
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 2
550 - 574
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 3
501 - 574
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 4