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Draco

650 BC - 600 BC

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Draco (; Ancient Greek: Δράκων, romanized: Drakōn, fl. c. 625 – c. 600 BC), also called Drako or Drakon, according to Athenian tradition, was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. He replaced the system of oral law and blood feud by the Draconian constitution, a written code to be enforced only by a court of law. His laws were supposed to have been very harsh, establishing the death penalty for most offenses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Draco has received more than 456,398 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Draco is the most popular public worker, the 42nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 46th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Public Worker.

Draco was the first lawgiver of Athens. He was also the legislator of Athens, which is why he is most famous for being the first lawgiver of Athens.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PUBLIC WORKERS

Among public workers, Draco ranks 1 out of 15. After him are Emperor Taishō, Alois Hitler, Joseph Fouché, Mikhail Kalinin, Gaius Maecenas, Demetrius of Phalerum, Thomas Cromwell, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Robert Walpole, Markus Wolf, and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 650 BC, Draco ranks 1. After him are Jeremiah, Pittacus of Mytilene, Apries, Shamash-shum-ukin, Duke Mu of Qin, Semonides of Amorgos, Ariaramnes, Kandalanu, Argaeus I of Macedon, Nitocris I, and Madius. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Draco ranks 3. Before him are Laozi, and Tomyris. After him are Habakkuk, Belshazzar, Astyages, Maya, Theano, Anacharsis, Epimenides, Phalaris, and Ibycus.

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  • Photo of Laozi

    Laozi

    PHILOSOPHER

    604 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 79.98

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Tomyris

    Tomyris

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 77.68

    Rank: 2

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    Draco

    PUBLIC WORKER

    650 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 74.89

    Rank: 3

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    Habakkuk

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    626 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 71.23

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Belshazzar

    Belshazzar

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 70.10

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Astyages

    Astyages

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.87

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Maya

    Maya

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.09

    Rank: 7

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    Theano

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 66.42

    Rank: 8

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    Anacharsis

    PHILOSOPHER

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.83

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Epimenides

    Epimenides

    PHILOSOPHER

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.51

    Rank: 10

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    Phalaris

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 64.66

    Rank: 11

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    Ibycus

    WRITER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 63.42

    Rank: 12

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Draco ranks 42 out of 1,024. Before him are Cleisthenes (-565), Gorgias (-483), Themistocles (-524), Solon (-638), Myron (-500), and Alcibiades (-450). After him are Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Polybius (-208), Theophrastus (-371), Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Praxiteles (-395), and Constantine II of Greece (1940).

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Among PUBLIC WORKERS In Greece

Among public workers born in Greece, Draco ranks 1. After him are Demetrius of Phalerum (-350).

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