550 BC - 476 BC
Hecataeus of Miletus (; Greek: Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 550 – c. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hecataeus of Miletus has received more than 388,386 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Hecataeus of Miletus is the 15th most popular historian (up from 24th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 140th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Historian.
Hecataeus of Miletus is most famous for being the first historian to write about the Persian Wars.
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Among historians, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 15 out of 339. Before him are Polybius, Suetonius, Alexis de Tocqueville, Diodorus Siculus, Thomas Kuhn, and Manetho. After him are Procopius, Cassius Dio, Arnold J. Toynbee, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Mircea Eliade, and Fernand Braudel.
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 9
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 10
1805 - 1859
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 12
1922 - 1996
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 13
201 BC - Present
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 14
550 BC - 476 BC
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 15
500 - 560
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 16
155 - 235
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 17
1889 - 1975
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 18
1717 - 1768
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 19
1907 - 1986
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 20
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 21
Among people born in 550 BC, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 4. Before him are Darius the Great, Cambyses II, and Zechariah. After him are Aristides, Haggai, Ephialtes of Trachis, Atossa, Mahākāśyapa, Goujian, Labashi-Marduk, and Kapila. Among people deceased in 476 BC, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 1. After him is Anaxilas.
550 BC - 486 BC
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 1
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 2
550 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 3
550 BC - 476 BC
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 4
550 BC - 467 BC
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 5
550 BC - Present
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 6
550 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 7
550 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 8
550 BC - 549 BC
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 9
550 BC - Present
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 10
550 BC - 556 BC
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 11
550 BC - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 12
Among people born in Turkey, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 102 out of 1,301. Before him are Irenaeus (130), Leo III the Isaurian (675), Andromache (null), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), Pedanius Dioscorides (40), and Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224). After him are Enver Pasha (1881), Cassius Dio (155), Artemisia I of Caria (-500), Saint Pantaleon (275), Gregory of Nyssa (335), and Ulfilas (311).
130 - 202
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 96
675 - 741
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 97
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 98
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 99
40 - 90
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 100
1224 - 1282
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 101
550 BC - 476 BC
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 102
1881 - 1922
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 103
155 - 235
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 104
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 105
275 - 303
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 106
335 - 395
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 107
311 - 383
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 108
Among historians born in Turkey, Hecataeus of Miletus ranks 2. Before him are Herodotus (-484). After him are Cassius Dio (155), Arrian (89), Ali ibn al-Athir (1160), Niketas Choniates (1155), Socrates of Constantinople (380), Libanius (314), Eutropius (320), Ephorus (-400), George Kedrenos (1100), and Eunapius (349).
484 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 89.51
Rank: 1
550 BC - 476 BC
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 2
155 - 235
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 3
89 - 175
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 4
1160 - 1233
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 5
1155 - 1217
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 6
380 - 440
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 7
314 - 393
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 8
320 - 400
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 9
400 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 10
1100 - 1100
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 11
349 - 420
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 12