MILITARY PERSONNEL

Lysander

401 BC - 395 BC

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Lysander (; Ancient Greek: Λύσανδρος Lysandros; c. 454 BC – 395 BC) was a Spartan military and political leader. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lysander has received more than 915,458 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Lysander is the 236th most popular military personnel (down from 231st in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 153rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Lysander is most famous for his victory at the Battle of Aigospotamoi in 405 BC.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lysander ranks 236 out of 2,058Before him are Wilhelm Mohnke, Hans von Seeckt, Gotthard Heinrici, Tōgō Heihachirō, Amr ibn al-As, and Otto Carius. After him are Maurice Gamelin, Władysław Sikorski, Albert Pike, Pausanias, Desmond Doss, and Bertrand du Guesclin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 401 BC, Lysander ranks 2Before him is Sun Bin. After him are Phaedo of Elis, Conon, Bian Que, and Clearchus of Sparta. Among people deceased in 395 BC, Lysander ranks 1After him are Tissaphernes, and Stateira.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lysander ranks 152 out of 1,024Before him are Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Djemal Pasha (1872), Speusippus (-407), and Agesilaus II (-444). After him are Panaetius (-185), Epimenides (-690), Pausanias (null), Desmond Doss (1919), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), and Euclid of Megara (-435).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Lysander ranks 14Before him are Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Parmenion (-400), Mardonius (-600), and Djemal Pasha (1872). After him are Pausanias (null), Desmond Doss (1919), Craterus (-370), Thrasybulus (-440), Nearchus (-356), and Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770).