400 - 401
Gainas (Greek: Γαϊνάς) was a Gothic leader who served the Eastern Roman Empire as magister militum during the reigns of Theodosius I and Arcadius. Gainas began his military career as a common foot-soldier, but later commanded the barbarian contingent of Theodosius' army against the usurper Eugenius in 394. Under the command of Gainas, a man of "no lineage", was the young Alaric of the Balti dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gainas has received more than 92,888 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gainas is the 862nd most popular military personnel (down from 818th in 2019), the 666th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 640th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Turkish Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Gainas ranks 862 out of 1,468. Before him are Peter Lacy, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Helmut Lent, Abu Bakr ibn Umar, David Farragut, and Alexey Maresyev. After him are Janko Bobetko, Joseph E. Johnston, Hans von Salmuth, Otto Wöhler, Paik Sun-yup, and Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann.
1678 - 1751
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 856
1765 - 1840
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 857
1918 - 1944
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 858
1100 - 1088
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 859
1801 - 1870
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 860
1916 - 2001
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 861
400 - 401
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 862
1919 - 2003
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 863
1807 - 1891
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 864
1888 - 1962
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 865
1894 - 1987
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 866
1920 - 2020
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 867
1818 - 1882
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 868
Among people born in 400, Gainas ranks 40. Before him are Julius Firmicus Maternus, Maximus of Hispania, Gjúki, Saint Fabiola, Claudius Silvanus, and Anthemius. After him are Asclepigenia, Flavius Bauto, Nepotianus, Justina, Juvencus, and Eusebia. Among people deceased in 401, Gainas ranks 4. Before him are Pope Anastasius I, Priscus Attalus, and Stobaeus. After him are Olympiodorus of Thebes and Marcia Euphemia.
400 - 400
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 34
400 - 422
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 35
400 - 407
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 36
400 - 399
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 37
400 - 355
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 38
400 - 500
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 39
400 - 401
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 40
400 - 500
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 41
400 - 388
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 42
400 - 350
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 43
400 - 388
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 44
400 - 400
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 45
400 - 360
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 46
340 - 401
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 1
400 - 401
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 2
401 - 401
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 3
400 - 401
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 4
301 - 401
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 5
500 - 401
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 6
Among people born in Turkey, Gainas ranks 666 out of 1,301. Before him are Ali Sami Yen (1886), Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889), Mustafa Balel (1945), Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha (1713), Nausiphanes (-400), and Anthemius (400). After him are Matthew of Edessa (1100), Pir Sultan Abdal (1480), Philostorgius (368), John Argyropoulos (1415), Zannanza (-1350), and Lucia, Countess of Tripoli (1265).
1886 - 1951
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 660
1889 - 1956
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 661
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 662
1713 - 1790
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 663
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 664
400 - 500
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 665
400 - 401
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 666
1100 - 1144
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 667
1480 - 1550
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 668
368 - 439
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 669
1415 - 1487
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 670
1350 BC - 1320 BC
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 671
1265 - 1299
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 672
Among military personnels born in Turkey, Gainas ranks 19. Before him are Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha (1838), Artaphernes (-600), Lala Şahin Pasha (1330), Nureddin Pasha (1873), Artabazos II (-400), and Ivan Isakov (1894). After him are Artabazos I of Phrygia (-600), Justinian (525), Bardas Phokas the Younger (940), Demetrios Ypsilantis (1793), Tatikios (1100), and Alexios Apokaukos (1250).
1838 - 1892
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 13
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 14
1330 - 1382
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 15
1873 - 1932
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 16
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 17
1894 - 1967
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 18
400 - 401
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 19
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 20
525 - 582
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 21
940 - 989
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 22
1793 - 1832
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 23
1100 - 1099
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 24
1250 - 1345
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 25