POLITICIAN

Hipparchus

600 BC - 514 BC

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Hipparchus (Ancient Greek: Ἵππαρχος, romanized: Hípparkhos; died 514 BC) was a member of the ruling class of Athens and one of the sons of Pisistratus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hipparchus has received more than 1,311,018 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Hipparchus is the 3,937th most popular politician (down from 3,473rd in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Greece (down from 226th in 2019) and the 103rd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hipparchus ranks 3,937 out of 19,576. Before him are Isabella of Hainault, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Emund the Old, Plutarco Elías Calles, Ulf Kristersson, and Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Yuan Chonghuan, Adam Albert von Neipperg, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Kaykhusraw II, Švitrigaila, and Labashi-Marduk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Hipparchus ranks 36. Before him are Neriglissar, Demaratus, Lars Porsena, Hiero I of Syracuse, Datis, and Horatius Cocles. After him are Gelon, Artaphernes, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, Callimachus, Amestris, and Sextus Tarquinius. Among people deceased in 514 BC, Hipparchus ranks 1. 

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    Hipparchus

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 514 BC

    HPI: 61.20

    Rank: 1

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Hipparchus ranks 251 out of 1,024. Before him are Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Hypereides (-390), Memnon of Rhodes (-380), Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905), Nabis (-300), and Saturnin (300). After him are Antonia the Elder (-39), Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325), Agnodice (-400), Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Philopoemen (-253), and Georgios Papanikolaou (1883).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Hipparchus ranks 103. Before him are Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Hypereides (-390), Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905), and Nabis (-300). After him are Antonia the Elder (-39), Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325), Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Philopoemen (-253), Andocides (-440), and Cynisca (-430).

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