Politician

Darius III

380 BC - 330 BC

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His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2024). Darius III is the 280th most popular politician (down from 204th in 2024), the 11th most popular biography from Iran (down from 9th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iranian Politician.

Darius III was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire. He is famous for his defeat at the hands of Alexander the Great in the Battle of Gaugamela.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Darius III ranks 280 out of 19,576Before him are Slobodan Milošević, Pratibha Patil, Augusto Pinochet, Louis Philippe I, Reinhard Heydrich, and Charles I of Austria. After him are Demosthenes, Louis XII of France, Wu Zetian, Henry II of France, Ferdinand I of Austria, and Babur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 380 BC, Darius III ranks 1After him are Pytheas, Memnon of Rhodes, Oxyartes, Anaxarchus, Demades, Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Mentor of Rhodes, and Lanike. Among people deceased in 330 BC, Darius III ranks 1After him are Praxiteles, Ephorus, Philotas, Peucestas, Archestratus, Alexander of Lyncestis, Kidinnu, Nicanor, and Ariobarzanes of Persis.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Darius III ranks 11 out of NaNBefore him are Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Abu Nuwas (762), Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), Harun al-Rashid (766), and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919). After him are Ali Khamenei (1939), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Esther (-600), Hafez (1325), Ismail I (1487), and Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078).

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Among Politicians In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Darius III ranks 5Before him are Xerxes I (-519), Cyrus the Great (-600), Harun al-Rashid (766), and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919). After him are Ali Khamenei (1939), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Tahmasp I (1514), Khosrow I (501), and Nader Shah (1688).

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