600 BC - 479 BC
Mardonius (Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐎯𐎢𐎴𐎡𐎹 Mr̥duniyaʰ; Greek: Μαρδόνιος Mardónios; died 479 BC) was a leading Persian military commander during the Persian Wars with Greece in the early 5th century BC who died at the Battle of Plataea. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mardonius has received more than 138,733 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Mardonius is the 157th most popular military personnel (down from 144th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 104th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Military Personnel.
Mardonius is most famous for his role in the Battle of Thermopylae, where he led the Persian army against the Greek defenders.
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Among military personnels, Mardonius ranks 157 out of 1,468. Before him are Paul Hausser, Ferdinand Schörner, Yūsuf Balasaguni, Georg von Küchler, Chūichi Nagumo, and Helmuth Weidling. After him are Semyon Budyonny, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Alfred von Schlieffen, José de San Martín, Rudolf Abel, and Gertrude Bell.
1880 - 1972
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 151
1892 - 1973
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 152
1020 - 1075
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 153
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 154
1887 - 1944
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 155
1891 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 156
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 157
1883 - 1973
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 158
1643 - 1690
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 159
1833 - 1913
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 160
1778 - 1850
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 161
1903 - 1971
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 162
1868 - 1926
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 163
Among people born in 600 BC, Mardonius ranks 17. Before him are Pheidippides, Hippasus, Maya, Alexander I of Macedon, Yaśodharā, and Polycrates. After him are Chilon of Sparta, Bias of Priene, Lucius Junius Brutus, Hippias, Thespis, and Theano. Among people deceased in 479 BC, Mardonius ranks 2. Before him is Confucius.
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 11
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 12
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 13
600 BC - 454 BC
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 14
600 BC - Present
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 15
600 BC - 515 BC
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 16
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 17
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 18
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 19
600 BC - 509 BC
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 20
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 21
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 22
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 23
Among people born in Greece, Mardonius ranks 122 out of 936. Before him are Karolos Papoulias (1929), John V Palaiologos (1332), Critias (-460), Alexander of Greece (1893), Pope Hyginus (100), and Perseus of Macedon (-212). After him are Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Phaedrus (-20), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Ictinus (-500), and Hippias (-600).
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 116
1332 - 1391
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 117
460 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 118
1893 - 1920
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 119
100 - 142
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 120
212 BC - 166 BC
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 121
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 122
1642 - 1715
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 123
20 BC - 50
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 124
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 125
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 126
500 BC - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 127
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 128
Among military personnels born in Greece, Mardonius ranks 10. Before him are Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Miltiades (-540), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Hephaestion (-356), and Cimon (-510). After him are Djemal Pasha (1872), Parmenion (-400), Pausanias (null), Craterus (-370), Lysander (-401), and Pittacus of Mytilene (-650).
367 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 4
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 5
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 6
358 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 7
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 8
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 9
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 10
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 11
400 BC - 329 BC
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 12
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 13
370 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 14
401 BC - 395 BC
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 15
650 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 16