Politician

Hipparchus

600 BC - 514 BC

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His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Hipparchus is the 2,205th most popular politician (up from 3,933rd in 2024), the 154th most popular biography from Greece (up from 251st in 2019) and the 58th most popular Greek Politician.

Hipparchus is most famous for his discovery of precession, the wobble of the Earth's axis. He also discovered that the Earth was spherical and not flat.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Hipparchus ranks 2,205 out of 19,576Before him are Basiliscus, Edmund Crouchback, Jules Grévy, Öz Beg Khan, Jean Parisot de Valette, and Alfonso XI of Castile. After him are Gianni Agnelli, John II of Aragon, Konstantin Päts, Georgios Papadopoulos, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, and Sigurd II of Norway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Hipparchus ranks 24Before him are Polycrates, Mahapajapati Gotami, Nahum, Bias of Priene, Hippias, and Lucius Junius Brutus. After him are Chilon of Sparta, Cleomenes I, Alexander I of Macedon, Thespis, Aristagoras, and Publius Valerius Publicola. Among people deceased in 514 BC, Hipparchus ranks 1

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hipparchus ranks 154 out of NaNBefore him are Antonia the Elder (-39), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Saint Giles (640), Callicrates (-470), Euclid of Megara (-435), and Parmenion (-400). After him are Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Panaetius (-185), and Pausanias (null).

Among Politicians In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Hipparchus ranks 58Before him are Oruç Reis (1473), Antonia Minor (-36), Hippias (-600), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Nabis (-300), and Antonia the Elder (-39). After him are Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), and Gülnuş Sultan (1642).

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