POLITICIAN

Cynisca

430 BC - 389 BC

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Cynisca (; or Kyniska, Greek: Κυνίσκα; born c. 440 BC) was a wealthy Spartan princess. She is famous for being the first woman to win at the Olympic Games; her horse teams competed in the sport of chariot racing, driven by male charioteers. Cynisca first entered the Olympics in 396 BC, where she won first prize competing with a team of horses she had trained herself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cynisca has received more than 229,094 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Cynisca is the 4,181st most popular politician (up from 5,149th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 314th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Greek Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cynisca ranks 4,181 out of 19,576. Before her are Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, George II Rákóczi, Eduardo Duhalde, and Zhu Rongji. After her are Dalmatius, Dardanus, Giuseppe Saragat, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Wilhelm Groener, and Tukulti-Ninurta I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 430 BC, Cynisca ranks 3. Before her are Xenophon, and Dionysius I of Syracuse. After her are Aeschines of Sphettus, and Philistus. Among people deceased in 389 BC, Cynisca ranks 2. Before her is Thrasybulus.

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    Thrasybulus

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    440 BC - 389 BC

    HPI: 63.51

    Rank: 1

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    Cynisca

    POLITICIAN

    430 BC - 389 BC

    HPI: 60.81

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cynisca ranks 263 out of 1,024. Before her are Georgios Papanikolaou (1883), Jean Moréas (1856), Alcamenes (-500), Agathon (-448), Conon of Samos (-280), and Andocides (-440). After her are Lycophron (-320), Rigas Feraios (1757), George Maniakes (998), Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872), Vicky Leandros (1949), and Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Cynisca ranks 109. Before her are Hipparchus (-600), Antonia the Elder (-39), Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325), Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Philopoemen (-253), and Andocides (-440). After her are Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872), Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180), Agis II (-490), Alexandros Papagos (1883), Euphronios (-520), and Cylon of Athens (-700).

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