POLITICIAN

John Hyrcanus

200 BC - 104 BC

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John Hyrcanus (; Hebrew: יוחנן הרקנוס, romanized: Yoḥānān Hurqanos; Koinē Greek: Ἰωάννης Ὑρκανός, romanized: Iōánnēs Hurkanós) was a Hasmonean (Maccabean) leader and Jewish High Priest of Israel of the 2nd century BCE (born 164 BCE, reigned from 134 BCE until he died in 104 BCE). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hyrcanus has received more than 434,125 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). John Hyrcanus is the 3,314th most popular politician (down from 2,869th in 2019).

John Hyrcanus is most famous for his military victories.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Hyrcanus ranks 3,314 out of 19,576. Before him are Hugh, Count of Vermandois, Giacomo Matteotti, Emperor Huan of Han, Al-Muqanna, Hans Lammers, and Andrey Bogolyubsky. After him are Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Oskar Potiorek, Hissène Habré, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, and Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200 BC, John Hyrcanus ranks 6. Before him are Judas Maccabeus, Zhang Qian, Mattathias, Lentulus Batiatus, and Patanjali. After him are Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, Gaius Claudius Glaber, Micipsa, Phraates II, Antiochus X Eusebes, and Antipater of Sidon. Among people deceased in 104 BC, John Hyrcanus ranks 2. Before him is Jugurtha. After him are Dong Zhongshu, and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus.

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