382 BC - 336 BC
Philip II of Macedon (Greek: Φίλιππος Philippos; 382 – 21 October 336 BC) was the king (basileus) of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty, founders of the ancient kingdom, and the father of Alexander the Great. The rise of Macedon—its conquest and political consolidation of most of Classical Greece during his reign—was achieved by his reformation of the army (the establishment of the Macedonian phalanx that proved critical in securing victories on the battlefield), his extensive use of siege engines, and his utilization of effective diplomacy and marriage alliances. After defeating the Greek city-states of Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, Philip II led the effort to establish a federation of Greek states known as the League of Corinth, with him as the elected hegemon and commander-in-chief of Greece for a planned invasion of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip II of Macedon has received more than 2,914,988 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Philip II of Macedon is the 95th most popular politician (down from 87th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Greece (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Politician.
Philip II of Macedon is most famous for his military conquests, which included the conquest of Greece and the Persian Empire. He was also the father of Alexander the Great.
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Among politicians, Philip II of Macedon ranks 95 out of 15,710. Before him are Hadrian, Tiberius, Darius the Great, Ahmed I, Boris Yeltsin, and Philip II of Spain. After him are Giuseppe Garibaldi, Leonid Brezhnev, Murad IV, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Ivar the Boneless, and Cleopatra.
76 - 138
HPI: 85.89
Rank: 89
42 BC - 37
HPI: 85.86
Rank: 90
550 BC - 486 BC
HPI: 85.83
Rank: 91
1590 - 1617
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 92
1931 - 2007
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 93
1527 - 1598
HPI: 85.63
Rank: 94
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 95
1807 - 1882
HPI: 85.56
Rank: 96
1906 - 1982
HPI: 85.53
Rank: 97
1612 - 1640
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 98
1859 - 1941
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 99
900 - 873
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 100
69 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 101
Among people born in 382 BC, Philip II of Macedon ranks 1. After him is Antigonus I Monophthalmus. Among people deceased in 336 BC, Philip II of Macedon ranks 1. After him are Amyntas IV of Macedon, Bagoas, Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, Arses of Persia, Attalus, Pausanias of Orestis, and Audata.
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 1
382 BC - 301 BC
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 2
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 1
362 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 2
350 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 3
301 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 4
360 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 5
400 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 6
400 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 7
350 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 8
Among people born in Greece, Philip II of Macedon ranks 15 out of 855. Before him are Sophocles (-497), Epicurus (-341), Pericles (-494), Democritus (-460), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), and El Greco (1541). After him are Aristophanes (-448), Plutarch (46), Euripides (-480), Kösem Sultan (1590), Phidias (-490), and Thucydides (-460).
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 88.52
Rank: 9
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 10
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 88.20
Rank: 11
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 12
1921 - Present
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 13
1541 - 1614
HPI: 85.68
Rank: 14
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 15
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 85.44
Rank: 16
46 - 127
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 17
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 85.18
Rank: 18
1590 - 1651
HPI: 84.69
Rank: 19
490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 84.62
Rank: 20
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 84.56
Rank: 21
Among politicians born in Greece, Philip II of Macedon ranks 3. Before him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881) and Pericles (-494). After him are Kösem Sultan (1590), Demosthenes (-384), Leonidas I (-540), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Cleisthenes (-565), Alcibiades (-450), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Solon (-638), and Peisistratos (-600).
1881 - 1938
HPI: 91.37
Rank: 1
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 88.20
Rank: 2
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 3
1590 - 1651
HPI: 84.69
Rank: 4
384 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 5
540 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 83.58
Rank: 6
1493 - 1536
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 7
565 BC - 492 BC
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 8
450 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 81.12
Rank: 9
1769 - 1849
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 10
638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 11
600 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 12