466 - 511
Clovis (Latin: Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlodowig; c. 466 – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs. He is considered to have been the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Frankish kingdom for the next two centuries. Clovis succeeded his father, Childeric I, as a king of Salian Franks in 481, and eventually came to rule an area extending from what is now the southern Netherlands to northern France, corresponding in Roman terms to Gallia Belgica (northern Gaul). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clovis I has received more than 2,700,207 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Clovis I is the 116th most popular politician (up from 122nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 6th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Politician.
Clovis I is most famous for being the first known Native American culture to use the atlatl, a spear-throwing device.
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Among politicians, Clovis I ranks 116 out of 15,577. Before him are Yasser Arafat, Pepin the Short, Louis XIII of France, Philip II of Macedon, Hatshepsut, and Tiberius. After him are Diocletian, Cyrus the Great, Mustafa I, Murad I, Bayezid I, and Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.
1929 - 2004
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 110
715 - 768
HPI: 80.80
Rank: 111
1601 - 1643
HPI: 80.78
Rank: 112
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 113
1507 BC - 1458 BC
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 114
42 BC - 37
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 115
466 - 511
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 116
244 - 311
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 117
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 118
1591 - 1639
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 119
1326 - 1389
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 120
1354 - 1403
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 121
912 - 973
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 122
Among people born in 466, Clovis I ranks 1. After him is Emperor Ankan. Among people deceased in 511, Clovis I ranks 1.
Among people born in Belgium, Clovis I ranks 3 out of 1,019. Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500) and Pepin the Short (715). After him are Charles Martel (688), Audrey Hepburn (1929), Jan van Eyck (1395), Andreas Vesalius (1514), René Magritte (1898), Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), Gerardus Mercator (1512), Leopold II of Belgium (1835), and Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908).
1500 - 1558
HPI: 85.01
Rank: 1
715 - 768
HPI: 80.80
Rank: 2
466 - 511
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 3
688 - 741
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 4
1929 - 1993
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 5
1395 - 1441
HPI: 78.88
Rank: 6
1514 - 1564
HPI: 77.59
Rank: 7
1898 - 1967
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 8
1862 - 1949
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 9
1512 - 1594
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 10
1835 - 1909
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 11
1908 - 2009
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Belgium, Clovis I ranks 3. Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500) and Pepin the Short (715). After him are Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Philip I of Castile (1478), Albert II of Belgium (1934), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Ursula von der Leyen (1958), Leopold III of Belgium (1901), Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480), Albert I of Belgium (1875), and Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697).
1500 - 1558
HPI: 85.01
Rank: 1
715 - 768
HPI: 80.80
Rank: 2
466 - 511
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 3
1835 - 1909
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 4
1478 - 1506
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 5
1934 - Present
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 6
1457 - 1482
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 8
1901 - 1983
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 9
1480 - 1530
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 10
1875 - 1934
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 11
1697 - 1745
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 12