Social Activist
Pheidippides
600 BC - 490 BC
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Pheidippides
His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Pheidippides is the 52nd most popular social activist (down from 46th in 2024), the 112th most popular biography from Greece and the most popular Greek Social Activist.
Pheidippides is most famous for being the runner who ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of the victory over the Persians.
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Among Social Activists
Among social activists, Pheidippides ranks 52 out of 840. Before him are Alfred Hermann Fried, Thomas Müntzer, Sophie Scholl, Emma Goldman, Emmeline Pankhurst, and Sakamoto Ryōma. After him are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Hassan al-Banna, Harriet Tubman, Witold Pilecki, Yemelyan Pugachev, and Frantz Fanon.
Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia
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Alfred Hermann Fried
1864 - 1921
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 46
Thomas Müntzer
1489 - 1525
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 47
Sophie Scholl
1921 - 1943
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 48
Emma Goldman
1869 - 1940
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 49
Emmeline Pankhurst
1858 - 1928
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 50
Sakamoto Ryōma
1836 - 1867
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 51
Pheidippides
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 52
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
1837 - 1897
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 53
Hassan al-Banna
1906 - 1949
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 54
Harriet Tubman
1820 - 1913
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 55
Witold Pilecki
1901 - 1948
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 56
Yemelyan Pugachev
1742 - 1775
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 57
Frantz Fanon
1925 - 1961
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 58
Contemporaries
Among people born in 600 BC, Pheidippides ranks 15. Before him are Yaśodharā, Maya, Belshazzar, Mardonius, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, and Cambyses I. After him are Hippasus, Theano, Polycrates, Mahapajapati Gotami, Nahum, and Bias of Priene. Among people deceased in 490 BC, Pheidippides ranks 1. After him are Devadatta, Hippias, Datis, Yan Hui, and Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus.
Others Born in 600 BC
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Yaśodharā
POLITICIAN
600 BC - Present
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 9
Maya
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 10
Belshazzar
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 11
Mardonius
MILITARY PERSONNEL
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 12
Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 13
Cambyses I
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 559 BC
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 14
Pheidippides
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 15
Hippasus
PHILOSOPHER
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 16
Theano
PHILOSOPHER
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 17
Polycrates
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 515 BC
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 18
Mahapajapati Gotami
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 19
Nahum
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 20
Bias of Priene
PHILOSOPHER
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 21
Others Deceased in 490 BC
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SOCIAL ACTIVIST
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 1
Devadatta
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1000 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 2
Hippias
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 3
Datis
MILITARY PERSONNEL
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 4
Yan Hui
PHILOSOPHER
521 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 5
Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 6
In Greece
Among people born in Greece, Pheidippides ranks 112 out of NaN. Before him are Admetus (null), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Aristides (-550), Agrippina the Elder (-14), Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), and Melina Mercouri (1920). After him are Mahfiruz Hatun (1590), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Berenice I of Egypt (-340), Polycrates (-600), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), and Saint Titus (13).
Others born in Greece
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Admetus
POLITICIAN
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 106
Dionysius the Areopagite
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 - 100
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 107
Aristides
POLITICIAN
550 BC - 467 BC
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 108
Agrippina the Elder
POLITICIAN
14 BC - 33
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 109
Eleftherios Venizelos
POLITICIAN
1864 - 1936
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 110
Melina Mercouri
ACTOR
1920 - 1994
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 111
Pheidippides
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 112
Mahfiruz Hatun
POLITICIAN
1590 - 1620
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 113
Athenagoras I of Constantinople
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1886 - 1972
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 114
Berenice I of Egypt
POLITICIAN
340 BC - 268 BC
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 115
Polycrates
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 515 BC
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 116
Demetrius Vikelas
WRITER
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 117
Saint Titus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
13 - 107
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 118
Among Social Activists In Greece
Among social activists born in Greece, Pheidippides ranks 1. After him are Yiannis Ritsos (1909), Campaspe (-400), and Mentor of Rhodes (-380).
Pheidippides
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 1
Yiannis Ritsos
1909 - 1990
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 2
Campaspe
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 3
Mentor of Rhodes
380 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4
