POLITICIAN

Psamtik I

700 BC - 610 BC

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Wahibre Psamtik I (Ancient Egyptian: Wꜣḥ-jb-Rꜥ Psmṯk) was the first pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the Saite period, ruling from the city of Sais in the Nile delta between 664–610 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Psamtik I has received more than 631,629 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Psamtik I is the 1,392nd most popular politician (down from 1,340th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 74th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Egyptian Politician.

Psamtik I is most famous for his victory over the Assyrians in 667 BC.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Psamtik I ranks 1,392 out of 19,576Before him are Omar Bongo, An Lushan, Teti, Harold Wilson, Ezer Weizman, and Nuon Chea. After him are Abel, King of Denmark, Aristide Briand, Stjepan Mesić, Chlodio, Isabella Clara Eugenia, and Khalid of Saudi Arabia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Psamtik I ranks 5Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Astyages, Cyaxares, and Arion. After him are Amasis II, Tyrtaeus, Jeconiah, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Necho I, and Periander. Among people deceased in 610 BC, Psamtik I ranks 1

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Psamtik I ranks 85 out of 642Before him are Muhammad Abduh (1849), Al-Kamil (1177), Saint Maurice (250), Lactantius (250), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), and Teti (-2350). After him are Eric Hobsbawm (1917), Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926), Maria al-Qibtiyya (600), Paul of Thebes (227), Isma'il Pasha (1830), and Saint Sarah (100).

Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Psamtik I ranks 35Before him are Mohamed Morsi (1951), Fuad I of Egypt (1868), Amenhotep II (-1401), Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985), Al-Kamil (1177), and Teti (-2350). After him are Isma'il Pasha (1830), Userkaf (-2600), Cleopatra III of Egypt (-161), Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1935), Kamose (-1600), and Shepseskaf (-2600).