SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Pheidippides

600 BC - 490 BC

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Pheidippides (Ancient Greek: Φειδιππίδης, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [pʰeː.dip.pí.dɛːs], Modern Greek: [fi.ðiˈpi.ðis] lit. 'Son of Pheídippos') or Philippides (Φιλιππίδης) is the central figure in the story that inspired the marathon race. Pheidippides is said to have run 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of the victory of the Battle of Marathon, and, according to Herodotus, to have run from Athens to Sparta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pheidippides has received more than 1,818,064 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Pheidippides is the 46th most popular social activist (down from 30th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Greece (down from 89th in 2019) 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Pheidippides ranks 46 out of 840. Before him are Simon Wiesenthal, Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Niemöller, Angela Davis, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, and Ernesto Teodoro Moneta. After him are Emma Goldman, Lê Đức Thọ, Yemelyan Pugachev, Alexey Stakhanov, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Carl von Ossietzky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Pheidippides ranks 16. Before him are Yaśodharā, Cambyses I, Belshazzar, Alexander I of Macedon, Polycrates, and Maya. After him are Bias of Priene, Mardonius, Lucius Junius Brutus, Nahum, Chilon of Sparta, and Hippias. Among people deceased in 490 BC, Pheidippides ranks 1. After him are Devadatta, Hippias, Datis, Yan Hui, and Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus.

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    Pheidippides

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 68.00

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Devadatta

    Devadatta

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1000 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 67.68

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Hippias

    Hippias

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 66.48

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Datis

    Datis

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 61.57

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Yan Hui

    Yan Hui

    PHILOSOPHER

    521 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 60.03

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus

    Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 51.35

    Rank: 6

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Pheidippides ranks 112 out of 1,024. Before him are Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), Melina Mercouri (1920), Necho II (-625), Arion (-700), Polycrates (-600), and Scopas (-395). After him are Phaedrus (-20), Ictinus (-500), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Lysias (-445), and Phryne (-371).

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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).

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