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 co-founder and 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 88,577 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Demetrius Vikelas is the 596th most popular writer (down from 588th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Greece (down from 151st in 2019) and the 19th 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 596 out of 5,755. Before him are Tirso de Molina, Arthur Koestler, Samuel Butler, Eugène Sue, Michael Crichton, and Samuel Johnson. After him are Alessandro Manzoni, Camilo José Cela, France Prešeren, Pierre Loti, Anton Makarenko, and John Donne.
1579 - 1648
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 590
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 591
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 592
1804 - 1857
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 593
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 594
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 595
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 596
1785 - 1873
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 597
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 598
1800 - 1849
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 599
1850 - 1923
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 600
1888 - 1939
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 601
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 602
Among people born in 1835, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 13. Before him are Adolf von Baeyer, Andrew Carnegie, César Cui, Henryk Wieniawski, Giovanni Schiaparelli, and Samuel Butler. After him are Giosuè Carducci, Eduard Strauss, Josef Stefan, William Stanley Jevons, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Fukuzawa Yukichi. Among people deceased in 1908, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 10. Before him are Guangxu Emperor, Randal Cremer, Grover Cleveland, Pablo de Sarasate, Edmondo De Amicis, and Carlos I of Portugal. After him are Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Pat Garrett, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Butch Cassidy, and Machado de Assis.
1835 - 1917
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 7
1835 - 1919
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 8
1835 - 1918
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 9
1835 - 1880
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 10
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 11
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 12
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 13
1835 - 1907
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 14
1835 - 1916
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 15
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 16
1835 - 1882
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 17
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 18
1835 - 1901
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 19
1871 - 1908
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 4
1828 - 1908
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 5
1837 - 1908
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 6
1844 - 1908
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 7
1846 - 1908
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 8
1863 - 1908
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 9
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 10
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 11
1850 - 1908
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 12
1887 - 1908
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 13
1867 - 1908
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 14
1866 - 1908
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 15
1839 - 1908
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 16
Among people born in Greece, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 159 out of 936. Before him are Lysander (-401), Prodicus (-460), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Antonia Minor (-36), and Andronicus of Rhodes (-100). After him are Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Cleomenes I (-600), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Callisthenes (-360), and Spyridon Louis (1873).
401 BC - 395 BC
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 153
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 154
1919 - 1999
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 155
1339 - 1410
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 156
36 BC - 37
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 157
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 158
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 159
580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 160
600 BC - 489 BC
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 161
650 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 162
470 BC - 410 BC
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 163
360 BC - 327 BC
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 164
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 165
Among writers born in Greece, Demetrius Vikelas ranks 19. Before him are Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Arion (-700), Lysias (-445), Phaedrus (-20), Tyrtaeus (-700), and Longus (110). After him are Periander (-700), Aelia Eudocia (401), Agathias (536), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), and Bacchylides (-490).
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 13
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 14
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 15
20 BC - 50
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 16
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 17
110 - 200
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 18
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 19
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 20
401 - 460
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 21
536 - 582
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 22
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 23
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 24
490 BC - 451 BC
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 25