73 BC - 3 BC
Herod I (; Hebrew: הוֹרְדוֹס, Modern: Hōrdōs, Tiberian: Hōrəḏōs; Greek: Ἡρῴδης Hērṓidēs; c. 72 – 4 or 1 BCE), also known as Herod the Great, was a Roman Jewish client king of Judea, referred to as the Herodian kingdom. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea, including his renovation of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the expansion of the Temple Mount towards its north, the enclosure around the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, the construction of the port at Caesarea Maritima, the fortress at Masada, and Herodium. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herod the Great has received more than 5,863,781 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Herod the Great is the 102nd most popular politician (down from 100th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Israel (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Politician.
Hereditary king of Judea, and the Roman client-king of the province of Judea. He was the son of Antipater the Idumaean, and Cypros, a Nabatean Arab.
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Among politicians, Herod the Great ranks 102 out of 15,710. Before him are Giuseppe Garibaldi, Leonid Brezhnev, Murad IV, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Ivar the Boneless, and Cleopatra. After him are Muammar Gaddafi, Hirohito, Philip IV of France, Xerxes I, Claudius, and George Washington.
1807 - 1882
HPI: 85.56
Rank: 96
1906 - 1982
HPI: 85.53
Rank: 97
1612 - 1640
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 98
1859 - 1941
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 99
900 - 873
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 100
69 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 101
73 BC - 3 BC
HPI: 85.44
Rank: 102
1942 - 2011
HPI: 85.44
Rank: 103
1901 - 1989
HPI: 85.39
Rank: 104
1268 - 1314
HPI: 85.36
Rank: 105
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 85.31
Rank: 106
10 BC - 54
HPI: 85.30
Rank: 107
1732 - 1799
HPI: 85.21
Rank: 108
Among people born in 73 BC, Herod the Great ranks 1. Among people deceased in 3 BC, Herod the Great ranks 1.
Among people born in Israel, Herod the Great ranks 14 out of 389. Before him are Saint Joseph (-100), Mary Magdalene (-10), Andrew the Apostle (-6), James, son of Zebedee (1), Jonah (-850), and Matthew the Apostle (10). After him are John the Apostle (6), Isaac (-1900), Bartholomew the Apostle (-100), Thomas the Apostle (1), Isaiah (-800), and Saint Stephen (1).
100 BC - 100
HPI: 87.17
Rank: 8
10 BC - 100
HPI: 86.09
Rank: 9
6 BC - 70
HPI: 86.02
Rank: 10
1 - 44
HPI: 85.69
Rank: 11
850 BC - 810 BC
HPI: 85.61
Rank: 12
10 - 74
HPI: 85.58
Rank: 13
73 BC - 3 BC
HPI: 85.44
Rank: 14
6 - 100
HPI: 85.40
Rank: 15
1900 BC - Present
HPI: 84.93
Rank: 16
100 BC - 100
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 17
1 - 72
HPI: 84.44
Rank: 18
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 19
1 - 36
HPI: 83.89
Rank: 20
Among politicians born in Israel, Herod the Great ranks 1. After him are Ariel Sharon (1928), Yitzhak Rabin (1922), Herod Antipas (-20), Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161), Goliath (-1060), Mahmoud Abbas (1935), Moshe Dayan (1915), Benjamin Netanyahu (1949), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Hezekiah (-800), and Jeroboam (-1000).
73 BC - 3 BC
HPI: 85.44
Rank: 1
1928 - 2014
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 2
1922 - 1995
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 3
20 BC - 39
HPI: 81.65
Rank: 4
1161 - 1185
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 5
1060 BC - Present
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 6
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 7
1915 - 1981
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 10
800 BC - 697 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 11
1000 BC - 910 BC
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 12