600 BC - 530 BC
Cyrus II of Persia (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; c. 600–530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Hailing from Persis, he brought the Achaemenid dynasty to power by defeating the Median Empire and embracing all of the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanding vastly and eventually conquering most of West Asia and much of Central Asia to create what would soon become the largest polity in human history at the time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyrus the Great has received more than 10,198,133 page views. His biography is available in 114 different languages on Wikipedia. Cyrus the Great is the 116th most popular politician (up from 160th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Iran (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Politician.
Cyrus the Great was most famous for being the ruler of the Persian Empire from 550 BC to 530 BC. He is also known for freeing the Jews from Babylonian captivity and allowing them to return to their homeland.
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Among politicians, Cyrus the Great ranks 116 out of 15,577. Before him are Louis XIII of France, Philip II of Macedon, Hatshepsut, Tiberius, Clovis I, and Diocletian. After him are Mustafa I, Murad I, Bayezid I, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Amenhotep III, and Lorenzo de' Medici.
1601 - 1643
HPI: 80.78
Rank: 110
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 111
1507 BC - 1458 BC
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 112
42 BC - 37
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 113
466 - 511
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 114
244 - 311
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 115
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 116
1591 - 1639
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 117
1326 - 1389
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 118
1354 - 1403
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 119
912 - 973
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 120
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 121
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 122
Among people born in 600 BC, Cyrus the Great ranks 1. After him are Tomyris, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Esther, Lucretia, Peisistratos, Servius Tullius, Ānanda, Belshazzar, Cambyses I, Pheidippides, and Hippasus. Among people deceased in 530 BC, Cyrus the Great ranks 1. After him are Bias of Priene and Hanno the Navigator.
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 1
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 77.64
Rank: 2
600 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 3
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 4
600 BC - 509 BC
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 5
600 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 6
600 BC - 535 BC
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 7
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 8
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 9
600 BC - 559 BC
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 10
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 11
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 12
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 1
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 2
633 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 3
Among people born in Iran, Cyrus the Great ranks 4 out of 528. Before him are Zoroaster (-2000), Omar Khayyam (1048), and Al-Ghazali (1058). After him are Xerxes I (-519), Darius III (-380), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Harun al-Rashid (766), Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), Ismail I (1487), and Jabir ibn Hayyan (721).
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 1
1048 - 1131
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 2
1058 - 1111
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 3
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 4
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 5
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 6
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 7
1902 - 1989
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 8
766 - 809
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 9
865 - 925
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 10
1487 - 1524
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 11
721 - 815
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Iran, Cyrus the Great ranks 1. After him are Xerxes I (-519), Darius III (-380), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Harun al-Rashid (766), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Ali Khamenei (1939), Nader Shah (1688), Tahmasp I (1514), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), and Khosrow I (501).
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 1
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 2
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 3
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 4
766 - 809
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 5
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 6
1055 - 1092
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 7
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 8
1688 - 1747
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 9
1514 - 1576
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 10
1018 - 1092
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 11
501 - 579
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 12