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Harpalus

400 BC - 323 BC

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Harpalus (Greek: Ἅρπαλος), son of Machatas, was a Macedonian aristocrat and childhood friend of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. Harpalus was repeatedly entrusted with official duties by Alexander and absconded with large sums of money on three occasions. Alexander appointed him treasurer of his empire in Babylon in 330 BC. In 324 BC he fled from Babylon to Athens with a large sum of money. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harpalus has received more than 70,697 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Harpalus is the 5,088th most popular politician (down from 4,249th in 2019), the 483rd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 420th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular Turkish Politician.

Harpalus is most famous for being a soldier in Alexander the Great's army.

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  • 58.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harpalus ranks 5,088 out of 15,577. Before him are Andrew, Duke of Calabria, Yaropolk II of Kiev, Chungnyeol of Goryeo, Leo Jogiches, Matthias Gallas, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki. After him are Joan Blaeu, Priscus Attalus, Al-Adil II, Imran Khan, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, and Ammi-Saduqa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Harpalus ranks 20. Before him are Ephorus, Pausanias of Orestis, Mithridates I of Pontus, Drypetis, Thaïs, and Attalus. After him are Campaspe, Hegesias of Cyrene, Philip IV of Macedon, Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus, Dinocrates, and Chares of Lindos. Among people deceased in 323 BC, Harpalus ranks 5. Before him are Alexander the Great, Stateira II, Sisygambis, and Drypetis. After him are Cynane, Leosthenes, and Meleager.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Harpalus ranks 483 out of 1,301. Before him are Philip I Philadelphus (-125), Simeon Stylites the Younger (521), Euthymius the Great (377), Callinus (-680), Oribasius (325), and Anna of Savoy (1306). After him are Halit Ergenç (1970), Basil Zaharoff (1849), Markos Vafeiadis (1906), E. M. Antoniadi (1870), Hieronymus of Cardia (-390), and Joscelin III, Count of Edessa (1135).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Harpalus ranks 252. Before him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha (1637), Rusa I (-800), Gülçiçek Hatun (1355), Bardas (816), Philip I Philadelphus (-125), and Anna of Savoy (1306). After him are Markos Vafeiadis (1906), Joscelin III, Count of Edessa (1135), Şahin Giray (1745), Emine Erdoğan (1955), Bohemond III of Antioch (1144), and Ilona Zrínyi (1643).

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