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Heraclius

575 - 641

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Heraclius (Greek: Ἡράκλειος, translit. Hērákleios; c. 575 – 11 February 641) was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heraclius has received more than 2,373,371 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Heraclius is the 207th most popular politician (down from 203rd in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 40th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Politician.

Heraclius was most famous for being the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 610 to 641. He was also the last emperor to have ruled over both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires. He is most famous for defeating the Persian Empire and ending the Byzantine-Sassanid Wars.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Heracliuses by language

Over the past year Heraclius has had the most page views in the with 358,286 views, followed by Arabic (151,339), and French (44,250). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kurdish (Kurmanji) (197.70%), Simple English (181.10%), and Somali (131.95%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heraclius ranks 207 out of 19,576. Before him are Hosni Mubarak, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Bayezid I, Mehmed I, Darius III, and Joanna of Castile. After him are Amenhotep III, George H. W. Bush, Haakon VII of Norway, Louis XVII of France, Olav V of Norway, and Xi Jinping.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 575, Heraclius ranks 1. After him are Pope Boniface V, Al-Khansa, Cynegils, and Abe no Hirafu. Among people deceased in 641, Heraclius ranks 1. After him are Heraklonas, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Constantine III, Arnulf of Metz, Emperor Jomei, Martina, Ouyang Xun, and Arechis I of Benevento.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Heraclius ranks 39 out of 1,347. Before him are Hesiod (-800), John Chrysostom (349), Bayezid I (1354), Mehmed I (1386), Rachel (-3500), and Mihrimah Sultan (1522). After him are Helena (250), Mehmed VI (1861), Epictetus (50), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Suleiman II (1642), and Mimar Sinan (1490).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Heraclius ranks 21. Before him are Orhan (1288), Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Mehmed IV (1642), Osman II (1604), Bayezid I (1354), and Mehmed I (1386). After him are Mehmed VI (1861), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Suleiman II (1642), Mahmud II (1785), Ahmed II (1643), and Şehzade Bayezid (1525).

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