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Herostratus

301 BC - 356 BC

Herostratus

Herostratus (Ancient Greek: Ἡρόστρατος) was a 4th-century BC Greek, accused of seeking notoriety as an arsonist by destroying the second Temple of Artemis in Ephesus (on the outskirts of present-day Selçuk), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The act prompted his execution and the creation of a damnatio memoriae law forbidding anyone to mention his name, orally or in writing. The law was ultimately ineffective, as evidenced by surviving accounts of his crime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herostratus has received more than 726,749 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Herostratus is the 10th most popular extremist (down from 8th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 71st in 2019) and the most popular Extremist.

Herostratus was a Greek historian who is most famous for his work "The Persian Wars" which described the Greco-Persian Wars.

Memorability Metrics

730k
Page Views (PV)
73.73
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
54
Languages Editions (L)
11.13
Effective Languages (L*)
2.74
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Herostrati by language

Over the past year Herostratus has had the most page views in the Russian wikipedia edition with 90,414 views, followed by English (83,979), and Spanish (20,851). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (11,250.00%), Nepali (121.72%), and Lithuanian (114.29%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Herostratus ranks 10 out of 283. Before him are John Wilkes Booth, Osama bin Laden, Gavrilo Princip, Elizabeth Báthory, Charles Manson, and Ted Bundy. After him are Gilles de Rais, Man in the Iron Mask, Abdullah Öcalan, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, and Ramón Mercader.

Most Popular Extremists in Wikipedia

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John Wilkes Booth
1838 - 1865
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 4
Osama bin Laden
1957 - 2011
HPI: 78.46
Rank: 5
Gavrilo Princip
1894 - 1918
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 6
Elizabeth Báthory
1560 - 1614
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 7
Charles Manson
1934 - 2017
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 8
Ted Bundy
1946 - 1989
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 9
Herostratus
301 BC - 356 BC
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 10
Gilles de Rais
1405 - 1440
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 11
Man in the Iron Mask
1640 - 1703
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 12
Abdullah Öcalan
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 13
Jeffrey Dahmer
1960 - 1994
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 14
John Wayne Gacy
1942 - 1994
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 15
Ramón Mercader
1913 - 1978
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 16

Contemporaries

Among people born in 301 BC, Herostratus ranks 1. After him are Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, Eurydice II of Macedon, Sisygambis, Brennus, Magas of Cyrene, and Euphranor. Among people deceased in 356 BC, Herostratus ranks 1. After him is Philistus.

Others Born in 301 BC

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Herostratus
EXTREMIST
301 BC - 356 BC
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 1
Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon
POLITICIAN
301 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 2
Eurydice II of Macedon
COMPANION
301 BC - 317 BC
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 3
Sisygambis
POLITICIAN
301 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 4
Brennus
POLITICIAN
301 BC - 279 BC
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 5
Magas of Cyrene
POLITICIAN
301 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 6
Euphranor
PAINTER
301 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 7