POLITICIAN

Phormio

450 BC - 428 BC

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Phormio (Greek: Φορμίων Phormion, gen.: Φορμίωνος), the son of Asopius, was an Athenian general and admiral before and during the Peloponnesian War. A talented naval commander, Phormio commanded at several famous Athenian victories in 428 BC, and was honoured after his death with a statue on the acropolis and a state funeral. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phormio has received more than 47,930 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Phormio is the 13,340th most popular politician (down from 9,358th in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from Greece (down from 485th in 2019) and the 292nd most popular Greek Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 48k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Phormio ranks 13,340 out of 19,576. Before him are Kazimierz Sosnkowski, John Spata, Enda Kenny, Liu Yandong, Taki Inoue, and Benerib. After him are Clodovil Hernandes, Jiří Hájek, Mart Siimann, Jyoti Basu, Princess Louisa of Great Britain, and John Lilburne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 450 BC, Phormio ranks 25. Before him are Timotheus of Miletus, Antiochus of Syracuse, Seuthes I, Thrasyllus, Eurymedon, and Amadocus I. After him are Pherecrates, and Myronides. Among people deceased in 428 BC, Phormio ranks 2. Before him is Anaxagoras.

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    Anaxagoras

    PHILOSOPHER

    500 BC - 428 BC

    HPI: 78.72

    Rank: 1

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    Phormio

    POLITICIAN

    450 BC - 428 BC

    HPI: 49.70

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Phormio ranks 675 out of 1,024. Before him are Ioannis Frangoudis (1863), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902), Sotades (-400), Ian Hamilton (1853), and Yiannis Kouros (1956). After him are Sokratis Papastathopoulos (1988), Kitsos Tzavelas (1800), Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878), Thomas Preljubović (1310), Stylianos Gonatas (1876), and Helene Ahrweiler (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Phormio ranks 292. Before him are Charilaus (null), Tlepolemus (null), Ioannis Sarmas (1957), Dimitrios Rallis (1844), Anton Yugov (1904), and Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902). After him are Kitsos Tzavelas (1800), Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878), Thomas Preljubović (1310), Stylianos Gonatas (1876), Echestratus (null), and Georgios Kountouriotis (1782).

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