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Leonidas I

540 BC - 480 BC

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Leonidas I (; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the son of king Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the Agiad dynasty, a Spartan royal house which claimed descent from the mythical demigod Heracles. Leonidas I ascended to the throne in c. 489 BC, succeeding his half-brother king Cleomenes I. He ruled jointly along with king Leotychidas until his death in 480 BC, when he was succeeded by his son, Pleistarchus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonidas I has received more than 6,830,036 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonidas I is the 242nd most popular politician (down from 187th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 31st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Politician.

Leonidas I is most famous for leading a small army of 300 Spartans to victory against the Persian Empire at the Battle of Thermopylae.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leonidas I ranks 242 out of 19,576. Before him are Caracalla, Catherine I of Russia, Empress Dowager Cixi, Şehzade Mustafa, Suleiman II, and Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha. After him are Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Domitian, Muawiyah I, Cleisthenes, Ferdinand I of Austria, and António Guterres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 540 BC, Leonidas I ranks 1. After him are Miltiades, Amyntas I of Macedon, Leotychidas, Spurius Cassius Viscellinus, and Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis. Among people deceased in 480 BC, Leonidas I ranks 1. After him are Ephialtes of Trachis, Mahapajapati Gotami, Cleombrotus, Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, Onomacritus, and Hamilcar I of Carthage.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Leonidas I ranks 32 out of 1,024. Before him are Spartacus (-109), Phidias (-490), Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478), Xenophon (-430), Demosthenes (-384), and Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493). After him are Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Nurbanu Sultan (1525), Cleisthenes (-565), Gorgias (-483), and Themistocles (-524).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Leonidas I ranks 8. Before him are Pericles (-494), Kösem Sultan (1590), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Bayezid II (1447), Demosthenes (-384), and Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493). After him are Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Cleisthenes (-565), Solon (-638), Alcibiades (-450), Constantine II of Greece (1940), and Peisistratos (-600).

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