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Polycrates

600 BC - 515 BC

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Polycrates (; Ancient 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 234,184 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Polycrates is the 1,361st most popular politician (down from 1,321st in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Greece (up from 114th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Polycrates ranks 1,361 out of 19,576. Before him are Christine Lagarde, Ptolemy IX Lathyros, Joseph I of Portugal, Makarios III, Jovian, and Sali Berisha. After him are Ahaz, Scipio Aemilianus, Töregene Khatun, Andrei Zhdanov, Sarah Palin, and Ernst Thälmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Polycrates ranks 14. Before him are Peisistratos, Hippasus, Yaśodharā, Cambyses I, Belshazzar, and Alexander I of Macedon. After him are Maya, Pheidippides, Bias of Priene, Mardonius, Lucius Junius Brutus, and Nahum. Among people deceased in 515 BC, Polycrates ranks 1. 

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    Polycrates

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 515 BC

    HPI: 68.11

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Polycrates ranks 110 out of 1,024. Before him are John V Palaiologos (1332), Melissus of Samos (-470), Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), Melina Mercouri (1920), Necho II (-625), and Arion (-700). After him are Scopas (-395), Pheidippides (-600), Phaedrus (-20), Ictinus (-500), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), and Quintus Curtius Rufus (41).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Polycrates ranks 41. Before him are Agrippina the Elder (-14), Nestor (null), Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), John V Palaiologos (1332), Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), and Necho II (-625). After him are John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Oruç Reis (1473), Critias (-460), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Perseus of Macedon (-212), and Philip V of Macedon (-238).

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