320 BC - 260 BC
Leonidas of Tarentum (; Doric Greek: Λεωνίδας ὁ Ταραντῖνος) was an epigrammatist and lyric poet. He lived in Italy in the third century B.C. at Tarentum, on the coast of Apulia (Magna Graecia). Over a hundred of his epigrams are present in the Greek Anthology compiled in the 10th and 14th centuries. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonidas of Tarentum has received more than 20,197 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonidas of Tarentum is the 3,892nd most popular writer (up from 4,016th in 2019), the 3,047th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,940th in 2019) and the 220th most popular Italian Writer.
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Among writers, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 3,892 out of 5,755. Before him are Olaf Bull, T. C. Boyle, Eric Frank Russell, Sylvia Nasar, Nathan Alterman, and Leonhard Frank. After him are Ida B. Wells, Louis Adamic, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Frédéric Dard, Mona Simpson, and Susanna Hall.
1883 - 1933
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 3,886
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,887
1905 - 1978
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,888
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,889
1910 - 1970
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,890
1882 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,891
320 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 3,892
1862 - 1931
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 3,893
1898 - 1951
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 3,894
1808 - 1856
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 3,895
1921 - 2000
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 3,896
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 3,897
1583 - 1649
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 3,898
Among people born in 320 BC, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 8. Before him are Bindusara, Lycophron, Meleager, Asclepiades of Samos, Timocharis, and Colotes. After him is Craterus. Among people deceased in 260 BC, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 20. Before him are Hannibal Gisco, Philochorus, Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, Publius Cornelius Cethegus, Orontes III, and Appius Claudius Pulcher. After him are Lucius Aemilius Papus, Ariamnes of Cappadocia, and Agathocles of Bactria.
320 BC - 273 BC
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 2
320 BC - 280 BC
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 3
320 BC - 279 BC
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 4
320 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 5
320 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 6
320 BC - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 7
320 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 8
320 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 9
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 14
340 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 15
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 16
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 17
400 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 18
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 19
320 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 20
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 21
280 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 22
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 23
Among people born in Italy, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 3,047 out of 4,668. Before him are Costante Girardengo (1893), Giovanni Pesaro (1589), Carlo Galetti (1882), Christian Abbiati (1977), Francesco Tamagno (1850), and Publius Servilius Casca (-84). After him are Stefania Casini (1948), Dino Meneghin (1950), Andrea Benetti (1964), Titus Didius (-200), Giovanni Amendola (1882), and Gualtiero Bassetti (1942).
1893 - 1978
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 3,041
1589 - 1659
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 3,042
1882 - 1949
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,043
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,044
1850 - 1905
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,045
84 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 3,046
320 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 3,047
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 3,048
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 3,049
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 3,050
200 BC - 89 BC
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 3,051
1882 - 1926
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 3,052
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 3,053
Among writers born in Italy, Leonidas of Tarentum ranks 220. Before him are Cecco Angiolieri (1260), Alessandro Tassoni (1565), Girolamo de Rada (1814), Nossis (null), Lino Aldani (1926), and Mario Rigoni Stern (1921). After him are Alfredo M. Bonanno (1937), Francesco Mario Pagano (1748), Giuseppe Adami (1878), Antonio Fogazzaro (1842), Ippolito Nievo (1831), and Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio (1927).
1260 - 1312
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 214
1565 - 1635
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 215
1814 - 1903
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 216
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 217
1926 - 2009
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 218
1921 - 2008
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 219
320 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 220
1937 - 2023
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 221
1748 - 1799
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 222
1878 - 1946
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 223
1842 - 1911
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 224
1831 - 1861
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 225
1927 - 2019
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 226