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Croesus

596 BC - 546 BC

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Croesus ( KREE-səs; Lydian: 𐤨𐤭𐤬𐤥𐤦𐤮𐤠𐤮 Krowisas; Phrygian: Akriaewais; Ancient Greek: Κροῖσος, romanized: Kroisos; Latin: Croesus; reigned: c. 585 – c. 546 BC) was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC. According to Herodotus, he reigned 14 years. Croesus was renowned for his wealth; Herodotus and Pausanias noted that his gifts were preserved at Delphi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Croesus has received more than 1,478,286 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 60 in 2019). Croesus is the 303rd most popular politician (down from 291st in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 46th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Turkish Politician.

Croesus was the king of Lydia, in what is now Turkey. He is most famous for being the first person to mint coins.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Croesus ranks 303 out of 15,577Before him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Cardinal Mazarin, Raúl Castro, Sulla, Hugh Capet, and Jacques Chirac. After him are Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Solon, Louis XVIII of France, Sargon of Akkad, Viktor Yanukovych, and Park Chung-hee.

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Among people born in 596 BC, Croesus ranks 1 Among people deceased in 546 BC, Croesus ranks 3Before him are Thales of Miletus and Anaximander.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Croesus ranks 53 out of 1,301Before him are Ahmed II (1643), Margaret the Virgin (292), Epictetus (50), Mehmed V (1844), Hatice Sultan (1496), and Xenophanes (-570). After him are Ertuğrul (1198), Julian (331), Abdul Hamid I (1725), Şehzade Mehmed (1522), Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), and Mustafa II (1664).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Croesus ranks 32Before him are Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954), Şehzade Bayezid (1525), Mahmud II (1785), Ahmed II (1643), Mehmed V (1844), and Hatice Sultan (1496). After him are Ertuğrul (1198), Julian (331), Abdul Hamid I (1725), Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Mustafa II (1664), and Priam (null).