POLITICIAN

Cyaxares

700 BC - 584 BC

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Cyaxares (Median: ᴴuvaxšϑra; Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼 ᴴuvaxštra; Akkadian: Waksatar; Old Phrygian: Ksuwaksaros; Ancient Greek: Κυαξάρης, romanized: Kuaxarēs; Latin: Cyaxarēs) was the third king of the Medes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyaxares has received more than 423,573 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Cyaxares is the 1,292nd most popular politician (down from 1,258th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Iran (down from 56th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Iranian Politician.

Cyaxares is most famous for uniting the Medes and the Persians into one kingdom.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Cyaxares by language

Over the past year Cyaxares has had the most page views in the with 86,531 views, followed by English (68,104), and Turkish (23,097). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (90.98%), Kurdish (Sorani) (60.21%), and Southern Azerbaijani (53.11%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cyaxares ranks 1,292 out of 19,576. Before him are Şah Sultan, Eleftherios Venizelos, Andrei Gromyko, Rafic Hariri, Caroline Bonaparte, and Symon Petliura. After him are Fredrik Bajer, Trebonianus Gallus, Alexander I of Serbia, Alcide De Gasperi, Lazar of Serbia, and Megawati Sukarnoputri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Cyaxares ranks 3. Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, and Astyages. After him are Arion, Psamtik I, Amasis II, Tyrtaeus, Jeconiah, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Necho I, and Periander. Among people deceased in 584 BC, Cyaxares ranks 1. 

Others Born in 700 BC

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  • Photo of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

    Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 579 BC

    HPI: 72.66

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Astyages

    Astyages

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.87

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Cyaxares

    Cyaxares

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 584 BC

    HPI: 68.43

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Arion

    Arion

    WRITER

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 68.13

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Psamtik I

    Psamtik I

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 610 BC

    HPI: 67.99

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Amasis II

    Amasis II

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 526 BC

    HPI: 66.49

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Tyrtaeus

    Tyrtaeus

    WRITER

    700 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 66.37

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Jeconiah

    Jeconiah

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 660 BC

    HPI: 66.07

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Anacharsis

    Anacharsis

    PHILOSOPHER

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.83

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Phalaris

    Phalaris

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 64.66

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Necho I

    Necho I

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 664 BC

    HPI: 64.51

    Rank: 11

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    Periander

    WRITER

    700 BC - 583 BC

    HPI: 64.28

    Rank: 12

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Others Deceased in 584 BC

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    Cyaxares

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 584 BC

    HPI: 68.43

    Rank: 1

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Cyaxares ranks 61 out of 631. Before him are Ghazan (1271), Astyages (-700), Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), Báb (1819), Attar of Nishapur (1145), and Moshe Katsav (1945). After him are Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934), Masoud Barzani (1946), Cyrus I (-690), Mohammad Khatami (1943), Abbas Kiarostami (1940), and Ibn Majah (824).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Cyaxares ranks 28. Before him are Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Yazdegerd III (624), Ghazan (1271), Astyages (-700), and Moshe Katsav (1945). After him are Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934), Masoud Barzani (1946), Cyrus I (-690), Mohammad Khatami (1943), Achaemenes (-800), and Öljaitü (1280).

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