1835 - 1908
Demetrios Vikelas (also Demetrius Bikelas; Greek: Δημήτριος Βικέλας; 15 February 1835 – 20 July 1908) was a Greek businessman and writer; he was the first President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), from 1894 to 1896. After a childhood spent in Greece and Constantinople (now Istanbul), he found fortune in London, where he married. He then moved to Paris, on account of his wife. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Demetrius Vikelas has received more than 62,673 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Demetrius Vikelas is the 588th most popular writer (down from 560th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 138th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Greek Writer.
Demetrius Vikelas is most famous for being the founder of the International Olympic Committee.
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Among writers, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 588 out of 5,794. Before him are Edward Bernays, Thomas Hardy, Oliver Sacks, Denis of Portugal, Eugene O'Neill, and Aulus Gellius. After him are Alexander Herzen, Vuk Karadžić, Mihai Eminescu, Anthony Burgess, Dino Buzzati, and Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
1891 - 1995
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 582
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 583
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 584
1261 - 1325
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 585
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 586
123 - 180
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 587
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 588
1812 - 1870
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 589
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 590
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 591
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 592
1906 - 1972
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 593
1741 - 1803
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 594
Among people born in 1835, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 13. Before him are Andrew Carnegie, Adolf von Baeyer, César Cui, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Henryk Wieniawski, and Samuel Butler. After him are Josef Stefan, Giosuè Carducci, William Stanley Jevons, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Eduard Strauss, and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern. Among people deceased in 1908, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 10. Before him are Guangxu Emperor, Grover Cleveland, Pablo de Sarasate, Randal Cremer, Edmondo De Amicis, and Carlos I of Portugal. After him are Butch Cassidy, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Machado de Assis, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Pat Garrett, and Wilhelm Busch.
1835 - 1919
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 7
1835 - 1917
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 8
1835 - 1918
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 9
1835 - 1910
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 10
1835 - 1880
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 11
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 12
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 13
1835 - 1893
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 14
1835 - 1907
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 15
1835 - 1882
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 16
1835 - 1901
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 17
1835 - 1916
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 18
1835 - 1905
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 19
1871 - 1908
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 4
1837 - 1908
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 5
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 6
1828 - 1908
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 7
1846 - 1908
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 8
1863 - 1908
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 9
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 10
1866 - 1908
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 11
1867 - 1908
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 12
1839 - 1908
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 13
1887 - 1908
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 14
1850 - 1908
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 15
1832 - 1908
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 16
Among people born in Greece, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 152 out of 855. Before him are Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Speusippus (-407), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506), Craterus (-370), and Brasidas (-500). After him are Antipope Alexander V (1339), Pausanias (null), Nicias (-500), Cleomenes III (-260), Aeschines (-389), and Callisthenes (-360).
1455 - 1503
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 146
407 BC - 339 BC
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 147
1919 - 1999
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 148
506 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 149
370 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 150
500 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 151
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 152
1339 - 1410
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 153
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 154
500 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 155
260 BC - 219 BC
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 156
389 BC - 314 BC
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 157
360 BC - 327 BC
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 158
Among writers born in Greece, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 18. Before him are Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), Arion (-700), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Tyrtaeus (-700), and Longus (110). After him are Periander (-700), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Agathias (536), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), and Bacchylides (-490).
20 BC - 50
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 12
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 13
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 14
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 15
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 16
110 - 200
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 17
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 18
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 19
1911 - 1996
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 20
524 BC - 435 BC
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 21
536 - 582
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 22
217 BC - 144 BC
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 23
490 BC - 451 BC
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 24