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Nefertiti

1400 BC - 1330 BC

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Nefertiti () (c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for their radical overhaul of state religious policy, in which they promoted the earliest known form of monotheism, Atenism, centered on the sun disc and its direct connection to the royal household. With her husband, she reigned at what was arguably the wealthiest period of ancient Egyptian history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nefertiti has received more than 8,284,220 page views. Her biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). Nefertiti is the most popular companion, the 5th most popular biography from Egypt and the most popular Egyptian Companion.

Nefertiti is most famous for being the wife of Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt.

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  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 87.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 98

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Nefertiti ranks 1 out of 784. After her are Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Fatimah, Anne Boleyn, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Madame de Pompadour, Aisha, Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Madame du Barry, Mihrimah Sultan, Catherine de' Medici, and Klara Hitler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400 BC, Nefertiti ranks 1. After her are Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Meritaten, Jethro, Kiya, Shalmaneser I, Muršili II, Meritamen, Adad-nirari I, Fu Hao, and Piyassili. Among people deceased in 1330 BC, Nefertiti ranks 1. 

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  • Photo of Nefertiti

    Nefertiti

    COMPANION

    1400 BC - 1330 BC

    HPI: 87.79

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Akhenaten

    Akhenaten

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1336 BC

    HPI: 86.39

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Smenkhkare

    Smenkhkare

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1334 BC

    HPI: 75.78

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Meritaten

    Meritaten

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1400 BC - 1400 BC

    HPI: 71.50

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Jethro

    Jethro

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1400 BC - 1400 BC

    HPI: 70.86

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Kiya

    Kiya

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1400 BC

    HPI: 69.56

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Shalmaneser I

    Shalmaneser I

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1300 BC

    HPI: 69.33

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Muršili II

    Muršili II

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1300 BC

    HPI: 69.26

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Meritamen

    Meritamen

    COMPANION

    1400 BC - 1300 BC

    HPI: 67.92

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Adad-nirari I

    Adad-nirari I

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1274 BC

    HPI: 67.80

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Fu Hao

    Fu Hao

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1300 BC

    HPI: 65.36

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Piyassili

    Piyassili

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1400 BC

    HPI: 64.23

    Rank: 12

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Others Deceased in 1330 BC

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    Nefertiti

    COMPANION

    1400 BC - 1330 BC

    HPI: 87.79

    Rank: 1

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Nefertiti ranks 5 out of 642. Before her are Moses (-1393), Cleopatra (-69), Tutankhamun (-1341), and Euclid (-350). After her are Ptolemy (100), Yasser Arafat (1929), Akhenaten (-1400), Hypatia (350), Anthony the Great (251), Origen (185), and Joshua (-1355).

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  • Photo of Moses

    Moses

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1393 BC - 1273 BC

    HPI: 93.73

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    POLITICIAN

    69 BC - 30 BC

    HPI: 90.58

    Rank: 2

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    Tutankhamun

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1341 BC - 1323 BC

    HPI: 88.27

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Euclid

    Euclid

    MATHEMATICIAN

    350 BC - 240 BC

    HPI: 88.24

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Nefertiti

    Nefertiti

    COMPANION

    1400 BC - 1330 BC

    HPI: 87.79

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Ptolemy

    Ptolemy

    ASTRONOMER

    100 - 170

    HPI: 87.51

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Yasser Arafat

    Yasser Arafat

    POLITICIAN

    1929 - 2004

    HPI: 87.00

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Akhenaten

    Akhenaten

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1336 BC

    HPI: 86.39

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Hypatia

    Hypatia

    MATHEMATICIAN

    350 - 415

    HPI: 83.73

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Anthony the Great

    Anthony the Great

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    251 - 356

    HPI: 83.25

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Origen

    Origen

    PHILOSOPHER

    185 - 254

    HPI: 82.98

    Rank: 11

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    Joshua

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1355 BC - 1245 BC

    HPI: 82.94

    Rank: 12

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Among COMPANIONS In Egypt

Among companions born in Egypt, Nefertiti ranks 1. After her are Nefertari (-1290), Ankhesenamun (-1347), Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921), Arsinoe II (-316), Nazli Sabri (1894), Meritamen (-1400), Farida of Egypt (1921), Bintanath (-1300), Alia Al-Hussein (1948), Suzanne Mubarak (1941), and Meketaten (-1348).

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