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Cyrus I

690 BC - 580 BC

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Cyrus I (Old Persian: Kuruš) or Cyrus I of Anshan or Cyrus I of Persia, was King of Anshan in Persia from c. 600 to 580 BC or, according to others, from c. 652 to 600 BC. Cyrus I of Anshan is the grandfather of Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyrus I has received more than 284,372 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Cyrus I is the 1,355th most popular politician (down from 1,237th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Iran (down from 54th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Iranian Politician.

Cyrus the Great is most famous for his conquests in the Persian Empire. Cyrus conquered the Median Empire, the Lydian Empire, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cyrus I ranks 1,355 out of 15,577. Before him are Henri, Count of Chambord, Alexander of Greece, Phorcys, Genrikh Yagoda, Tedros Adhanom, and Constantine III. After him are Andronikos I Komnenos, Adnan Menderes, Yang Shangkun, Jamukha, Mohammed Omar, and Gro Harlem Brundtland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 690 BC, Cyrus I ranks 2. Before him is Daniel. After him is Epimenides. Among people deceased in 580 BC, Cyrus I ranks 1. 

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    Daniel

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 78.60

    Rank: 1

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    Cyrus I

    690 BC - 580 BC

    HPI: 67.68

    Rank: 2

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    Epimenides

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 66.40

    Rank: 3

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Others Deceased in 580 BC

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    Cyrus I

    690 BC - 580 BC

    HPI: 67.68

    Rank: 1

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Cyrus I ranks 58 out of 528. Before him are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903), Báb (1819), Cyaxares (-700), and Ghazan (1271). After him are Jami (1414), Shirin Ebadi (1947), Babak Khorramdin (798), Bayazid Bastami (804), Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), and Xerxes II of Persia (-500).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Cyrus I ranks 29. Before him are Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Cyaxares (-700), and Ghazan (1271). After him are Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Shapur II (309), Achaemenes (-800), Gaykhatu (1300), Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742), and Barkiyaruq (1081).

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