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Khufu

2700 BC - 2570 BC

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Khufu or Cheops was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC). Khufu succeeded his father Sneferu as king. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khufu has received more than 2,919,620 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Khufu is the 18th most popular architect (up from 329th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 28th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Architect.

Khufu is most famous for being the pharaoh who commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Khufu ranks 18 out of 424. Before him are Andrea Palladio, Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright, Oscar Niemeyer, Louis Sullivan, and Zaha Hadid. After him are Francesco Borromini, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Renzo Piano, and Frank Gehry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2700 BC, Khufu ranks 1. After him are Sneferu, Khaba, Sanakht, Hetepheres I, Merit-Ptah, Prince Rahotep, Meritites I, Henutsen, Horus Sa, Meresankh I, and Hetephernebti. Among people deceased in 2570 BC, Khufu ranks 1. After him is Djedefre.

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    Khufu

    2700 BC - 2570 BC

    HPI: 72.14

    Rank: 1

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    Djedefre

    2600 BC - 2570 BC

    HPI: 67.02

    Rank: 2

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Khufu ranks 47 out of 582. Before him are Philo (-15), Ahmose I (-1560), Ay (-1380), Thutmose I (-1600), Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (-60), and Umm Kulthum (1898). After him are Manetho (-201), Smenkhkare (-1400), Farouk of Egypt (1920), Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921), Moses in Islam (-1392), and Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Egypt

Among architects born in Egypt, Khufu ranks 2. Before him are Imhotep (-2800). After him are Senenmut (-1600), Hemiunu (-2500), Amenhotep, son of Hapu (-1420), Nefermaat (-2500), and Hassan Fathy (1900).

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