356 BC - 324 BC
Hephaestion (Ancient Greek: Ἡφαιστίων Hephaistíon; c. 356 BC – October 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman of probable "Attic or Ionian extraction" and a general in the army of Alexander the Great. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hephaestion has received more than 2,156,918 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Hephaestion is the 97th most popular military personnel (down from 92nd in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 78th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Military Personnel.
Hephaestion is most famous for being Alexander the Great's closest friend and confidant.
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Among military personnels, Hephaestion ranks 97 out of 1,468. Before him are Subutai, Robert E. Lee, Albert Kesselring, John of Austria, Desmond Doss, and Konstantin Rokossovsky. After him are Hermann Hoth, Heinrich Müller, Vasily Chuikov, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Robert Peary, and Ubba.
1175 - 1248
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 91
1807 - 1870
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 92
1885 - 1960
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 93
1547 - 1578
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 94
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 95
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 96
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 97
1885 - 1971
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 98
1900 - 1945
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 99
1900 - 1982
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 100
1911 - 2013
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 101
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 102
1000 - 878
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 103
Among people born in 356 BC, Hephaestion ranks 2. Before him is Alexander the Great. After him are Nearchus, King Huiwen of Qin, and Leonnatus. Among people deceased in 324 BC, Hephaestion ranks 1. After him is Lycurgus of Athens.
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.56
Rank: 1
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 2
356 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 3
356 BC - 311 BC
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 4
356 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 5
Among people born in Greece, Hephaestion ranks 82 out of 936. Before him are Ptolemy III Euergetes (-284), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Paul of Greece (1901), Pope Dionysius (200), Hippias (-443), and Galla Placidia (388). After him are Archilochus (-680), Giorgio de Chirico (1888), Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), Aristides (-550), and Simonides of Ceos (-556).
284 BC - 222 BC
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 76
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 77
1901 - 1964
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 78
200 - 268
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 79
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 80
388 - 450
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 81
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 82
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 83
1888 - 1978
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 84
1882 - 1944
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 85
382 BC - 301 BC
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 86
550 BC - 467 BC
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 87
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 88
Among military personnels born in Greece, Hephaestion ranks 8. Before him are Spartacus (-109), Themistocles (-524), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Miltiades (-540), and Seleucus I Nicator (-358). After him are Cimon (-510), Mardonius (-600), Djemal Pasha (1872), Parmenion (-400), Pausanias (null), and Craterus (-370).
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 2
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 3
367 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 4
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 5
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 6
358 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 7
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 8
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 9
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 10
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 11
400 BC - 329 BC
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 12
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 13
370 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 14