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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hamilcar Barca

275 BC - 228 BC

Hamilcar Barca

Hamilcar Barca or Barcas (Punic: 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤁𐤓𐤒, Ḥomilqart Baraq; c. 275–228 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal and Mago. He was also father-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair. Hamilcar commanded the Carthaginian land forces in Sicily from 247 BC to 241 BC, during the latter stages of the First Punic War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hamilcar Barca has received more than 1,013,109 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Hamilcar Barca is the 65th most popular military personnel (down from 60th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Tunisian Military Personnel.

Hamilcar Barca was a Carthaginian general who is most famous for his role in the Second Punic War.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hamilcar Barca ranks 65 out of 1,468. Before him are Germanicus, Erich Ludendorff, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Erich Raeder, and Mikhail Kutuzov. After him are Erich Hartmann, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Bernard Montgomery, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Ferdinand Foch, and Seleucus I Nicator.

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Germanicus
15 BC - 19
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 59
Erich Ludendorff
1865 - 1937
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 60
Albrecht von Wallenstein
1583 - 1634
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 61
Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan
1611 - 1673
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 62
Erich Raeder
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 63
Mikhail Kutuzov
1745 - 1813
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 64
Hamilcar Barca
275 BC - 228 BC
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 65
Erich Hartmann
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 66
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
1766 - 1858
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 67
Bernard Montgomery
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 68
Charles X Gustav of Sweden
1622 - 1660
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 69
Ferdinand Foch
1851 - 1929
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 70
Seleucus I Nicator
358 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 71

Contemporaries

Among people born in 275 BC, Hamilcar Barca ranks 1. After him are Gnaeus Naevius and Demetrius II Aetolicus. Among people deceased in 228 BC, Hamilcar Barca ranks 1. After him are Arsames I and Ziaelas of Bithynia.