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Milo of Croton

557 BC - 550 BC

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Milo or Milon of Croton (late 6th century BC) was a famous ancient Greek athlete from the Greek colony of Croton in Magna Graecia. He was a six-time Olympic victor; once for boys wrestling in 540 BC at the 60th Olympics, and five-time wrestling champion at the 62nd through 66th Olympiads. Milo kept on competing, even well after what would have been considered a normal Olympic athlete's prime; by the 67th Olympiad, he would have been over 40 years of age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milo of Croton has received more than 926,494 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Milo of Croton is the 1,904th most popular politician (down from 1,842nd in 2019), the 695th most popular biography from Italy (down from 691st in 2019) and the 129th most popular Italian Politician.

Milo of Croton was a Greek athlete in the 6th century BC. He is most famous for his Olympic victories in running and wrestling.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Milo of Croton ranks 1,904 out of 15,577Before him are Masoud Barzani, John I of Castile, Ismail II, Attalus I, Georgios Papadopoulos, and William V, Prince of Orange. After him are Ananda Mahidol, Lütfi Pasha, Jim Mattis, Joan II of Navarre, Philip, Duke of Parma, and Yejong of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 557 BC, Milo of Croton ranks 1 Among people deceased in 550 BC, Milo of Croton ranks 2Before him is Zedekiah. After him are Semonides of Amorgos and Nitocris of Babylon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Milo of Croton ranks 695 out of 4,668Before him are Pope Boniface II (470), Pisanello (1395), Quintus Sertorius (-126), Ludovico Einaudi (1955), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), and Theocritus (-315). After him are Pope Felix IV (480), Francis of Paola (1416), Zeuxis (-500), Sejanus (-20), Claudio Ranieri (1951), and Andrea del Castagno (1420).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Milo of Croton ranks 129Before him are Teia (550), Marcus Furius Camillus (-446), Britannicus (41), William II of Sicily (1153), Andrew III of Hungary (1265), and Quintus Sertorius (-126). After him are Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300), Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610), Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836), Athalaric (516), and Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (1248).