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Polycrates

600 BC - 515 BC

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Polycrates (; Greek: Πολυκράτης), son of Aeaces, was the tyrant of Samos from the 540s BC to 522 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polycrates has received more than 216,654 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Polycrates is the 1,324th most popular politician (down from 1,086th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Greece (down from 94th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Greek Politician.

Polycrates was most famous for his extravagant wealth and power. He was the tyrant of Samos, a Greek island, from 538 to 522 BC.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Polycrates ranks 1,324 out of 15,577. Before him are Lazar of Serbia, Millard Fillmore, Theodor Heuss, Eleftherios Venizelos, Chlodio, and Kara Ahmed Pasha. After him are Christine Lagarde, Cheoljong of Joseon, Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Shang Yang, Anna Jagiellon, and Giorgio Napolitano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Polycrates ranks 16. Before him are Cambyses I, Pheidippides, Hippasus, Maya, Alexander I of Macedon, and Yaśodharā. After him are Mardonius, Chilon of Sparta, Bias of Priene, Lucius Junius Brutus, Hippias, and Thespis. Among people deceased in 515 BC, Polycrates ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Polycrates ranks 114 out of 936. Before him are Theo Angelopoulos (1935), Saint Titus (13), Arion (-700), Lysias (-445), Philomena (291), and Eleftherios Venizelos (1864). After him are Melina Mercouri (1920), Karolos Papoulias (1929), John V Palaiologos (1332), Critias (-460), Alexander of Greece (1893), and Pope Hyginus (100).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Polycrates ranks 41. Before him are Mahfiruz Hatun (1590), Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Necho II (-625), Agrippina the Elder (-14), and Eleftherios Venizelos (1864). After him are Karolos Papoulias (1929), John V Palaiologos (1332), Critias (-460), Alexander of Greece (1893), Perseus of Macedon (-212), and Gülnuş Sultan (1642).

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