700 BC - 633 BC
Phraortes (Old Persian: 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐏁, romanized: Fravartiš; Ancient Greek: Φραόρτης, romanized: Phraórtēs), son of Deioces, was the second king of the Median kingdom. Like his father Deioces, Phraortes started wars against Assyria, but was defeated and killed by the Assyrian king, probably Ashurbanipal (r. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phraortes has received more than 123,913 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Phraortes is the 4,186th most popular politician (up from 4,306th in 2019).
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Among politicians, Phraortes ranks 4,186 out of 15,577. Before him are Sancho I of León, Georg von Hertling, Emperor He of Han, Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona, Ata-Malik Juvayni, and Alexander V of Macedon. After him are Vsevolod the Big Nest, Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, George II Rákóczi, João Lourenço, Enrico De Nicola, and Charles, Prince of Viana.
932 - 966
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 4,180
1843 - 1919
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 4,181
79 - 106
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 4,182
1068 - 1104
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 4,183
1226 - 1283
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 4,184
390 BC - 294 BC
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 4,185
700 BC - 633 BC
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 4,186
1154 - 1212
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 4,187
1012 - 1067
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 4,188
1621 - 1660
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 4,189
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 4,190
1877 - 1959
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 4,191
1421 - 1461
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 4,192
Among people born in 700 BC, Phraortes ranks 16. Before him are Phalaris, Periander, Psamtik II, Necho I, Cylon of Athens, and Perdiccas I of Macedon. After him are Harpagus, Cypselus, Sinsharishkun, Philip I of Macedon, Myson of Chenae, and Leon of Sparta. Among people deceased in 633 BC, Phraortes ranks 1.
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 10
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 11
700 BC - 589 BC
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 12
700 BC - 664 BC
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 13
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 14
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 15
700 BC - 633 BC
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 16
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 17
700 BC - 627 BC
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 18
700 BC - 612 BC
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 19
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 20
700 BC - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 21
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 22