MILITARY PERSONNEL

Conon

401 BC - 390 BC

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Conon (Greek: Κόνων) (before 443 BC – c. 389 BC) was an Athenian general at the end of the Peloponnesian War, who led the Athenian naval forces when they were defeated by a Peloponnesian fleet in the crucial Battle of Aegospotami; later he contributed significantly to the restoration of Athens' political and military power. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conon has received more than 100,868 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Conon is the 508th most popular military personnel (down from 487th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 269th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Conon is most famous for his victory over the Persian fleet in the Battle of Cnidus.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Conon ranks 508 out of 2,058Before him are Yevhen Konovalets, Josef Harpe, Paul von Rennenkampf, Dmitry Utkin, Leopold Joseph von Daun, and Louis Franchet d'Espèrey. After him are Hijikata Toshizō, Theodor Busse, Andriy Melnyk, Pierre Cambronne, Sigismund Korybut, and Franz Böhme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 401 BC, Conon ranks 4Before him are Sun Bin, Lysander, and Phaedo of Elis. After him are Bian Que, and Clearchus of Sparta. Among people deceased in 390 BC, Conon ranks 3Before him are Philolaus, and Brennus. After him is Amadocus I.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Conon ranks 283 out of 1,024Before him are Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Callias II (-515), Phocion (-402), Arsinoe I (-305), Antiochus X Eusebes (-200), and Aristo of Chios (-300). After him are Antiochus XII Dionysus (-150), Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), Lais of Corinth (-400), Julia Livilla (18), Yiannis Ritsos (1909), and Georgios Papandreou (1888).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Conon ranks 22Before him are Desmond Doss (1919), Craterus (-370), Thrasybulus (-440), Nearchus (-356), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), and George Maniakes (998). After him are Callimachus (-600), Peucestas (-390), Demosthenes (-412), Iphicrates (-415), Peithon (-355), and Georgios Karaiskakis (1780).