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Demosthenes

384 BC - 322 BC

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His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia. Demosthenes is the 281st most popular politician (down from 186th in 2024), the 32nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 30th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Politician.

Demosthenes was a Greek statesman and orator. He is best known for his speeches against the king of Persia, Philip II of Macedon, and the Athenian politician and general, Alexander the Great.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Demosthenes ranks 281 out of 19,576Before him are Pratibha Patil, Augusto Pinochet, Louis Philippe I, Reinhard Heydrich, Charles I of Austria, and Darius III. After him are Louis XII of France, Wu Zetian, Henry II of France, Ferdinand I of Austria, Babur, and António de Oliveira Salazar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 384 BC, Demosthenes ranks 2Before him is Aristotle.  Among people deceased in 322 BC, Demosthenes ranks 2Before him is Diogenes. After him are Heraclides Ponticus, Leonnatus, Hypereides, Cleomenes of Naucratis, and Ariarathes I of Cappadocia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Demosthenes ranks 32 out of NaNBefore him are Phidias (-490), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), Draco (-650), Spartacus (-109), Xenophon (-430), and Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769). After him are Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478), Nurbanu Sultan (1525), Gorgias (-483), Themistocles (-524), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), and Cleisthenes (-565).

Among Politicians In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Demosthenes ranks 8Before him are Solon (-638), Pericles (-494), Bayezid II (1447), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Kösem Sultan (1590), and Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769). After him are Cleisthenes (-565), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Leonidas I (-540), Peisistratos (-600), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), and Alcibiades (-450).

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