700 BC - 584 BC
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. The Greek tragedian Aeschylus called Cyaxares "the founder of the dominion over Asia." Cyaxares ascended to the throne as a child in 653 BC, after his father Phraortes lost the fight against the Assyrian Empire in the Adıabene Region. Cyaxares defeated the Scythians, destroyed the Assyrian Empire, ended the existence of the Urartu State, dominated the Persians, defeated the Manna Kingdom, and dominated the regions of Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus, Asia (today's Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan). 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 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Cyaxares is the 1,260th most popular politician (up from 1,446th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Iran (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Iranian Politician.
Cyaxares is most famous for uniting the Medes and the Persians into one kingdom.
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Among politicians, Cyaxares ranks 1,260 out of 15,577. Before him are Maurice, Franklin Pierce, Isabella Clara Eugenia, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, and Louis, Dauphin of France. After him are Jovian, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Peter of Castile, As-Saffah, Emperor Wu of Jin, and Herod Agrippa.
539 - 602
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 1,254
1804 - 1869
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 1,255
1566 - 1633
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 1,256
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 1,257
1738 - 1789
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 1,258
1729 - 1765
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 1,259
700 BC - 584 BC
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 1,260
331 - 364
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 1,261
1845 - 1921
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 1,262
1334 - 1369
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,263
722 - 754
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,264
236 - 290
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,265
11 BC - 44
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,266
Among people born in 700 BC, Cyaxares ranks 3. Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Priscus and Astyages. After him are Arion, Psamtik I, Jeconiah, Tyrtaeus, Amasis II, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Periander, and Psamtik II. Among people deceased in 584 BC, Cyaxares ranks 1.
700 BC - 579 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 1
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 2
700 BC - 584 BC
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 3
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 4
700 BC - 610 BC
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 5
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 6
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 7
700 BC - 526 BC
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 8
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 9
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 10
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 11
700 BC - 589 BC
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 12
Among people born in Iran, Cyaxares ranks 56 out of 528. Before him are Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903), and Báb (1819). After him are Ghazan (1271), Cyrus I (-690), Jami (1414), Shirin Ebadi (1947), Babak Khorramdin (798), and Bayazid Bastami (804).
1882 - 1967
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 50
940 - 998
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 51
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 52
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 53
903 - 986
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 54
1819 - 1850
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 55
700 BC - 584 BC
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 56
1271 - 1304
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 57
690 BC - 580 BC
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 58
1414 - 1492
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 59
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 60
798 - 838
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 61
804 - 874
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 62
Among politicians born in Iran, Cyaxares ranks 27. Before him are Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Yazdegerd III (624), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956). After him are Ghazan (1271), Cyrus I (-690), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Shapur II (309), Achaemenes (-800), and Gaykhatu (1300).
1933 - 2021
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 21
624 - 652
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 22
1247 - 1318
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 23
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 24
1882 - 1967
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 25
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 26
700 BC - 584 BC
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 27
1271 - 1304
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 28
690 BC - 580 BC
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 29
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 30
309 - 379
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 31
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 32
1300 - 1295
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 33