COMPANION

Roxana

347 BC - 310 BC

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Roxana (dead 310 BC, Ancient Greek: Ῥωξάνη; Old Iranian: *Raṷxšnā- "shining, radiant, brilliant"; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Rukhsana, Roxandra and Roxane) was a Sogdian or a Bactrian princess who Alexander the Great married after defeating Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, and invading Persia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roxana has received more than 2,150,667 page views. Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Roxana is the 26th most popular companion (down from 19th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Companion.

Roxana is most famous for being the wife of Alexander the Great.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Roxanas by language

Over the past year Roxana has had the most page views in the with 431,439 views, followed by Russian (75,105), and Spanish (72,617). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tatar (13,300.00%), Pashto (103.77%), and Hungarian (89.08%)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Roxana ranks 26 out of 784. Before her are Aspasia, Marie Leszczyńska, Bathsheba, Ankhesenamun, Jane Seymour, and Livia. After her are Queen Silvia of Sweden, Mileva Marić, Victoria, Princess Royal, Hortense de Beauharnais, Olympias, and Caroline of Ansbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 347 BC, Roxana ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 310 BC, Roxana ranks 1. After her are Pytheas, Phryne, Vyasa, Bian Que, Hui Shi, Nicanor, and Pharnabazus III.

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    Roxana

    COMPANION

    347 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 73.85

    Rank: 1

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Others Deceased in 310 BC

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    Roxana

    COMPANION

    347 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 73.85

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Pytheas

    Pytheas

    EXPLORER

    380 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 69.08

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Phryne

    Phryne

    MODEL

    371 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 67.77

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Vyasa

    Vyasa

    PHILOSOPHER

    390 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 67.00

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Bian Que

    Bian Que

    PHYSICIAN

    401 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 56.90

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Hui Shi

    Hui Shi

    PHILOSOPHER

    370 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 55.69

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Nicanor

    Nicanor

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    400 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 54.38

    Rank: 7

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    Pharnabazus III

    POLITICIAN

    365 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 51.39

    Rank: 8

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Roxana ranks 4 out of 177. Before her are Rumi (1207), Al-Farabi (872), and Abbas the Great (1571). After her are Hamid Karzai (1957), Abu Dawood (817), Humayun (1508), Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), and Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953).

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Among COMPANIONS In Afghanistan

Among companions born in Afghanistan, Roxana ranks 1. After her are Nur Jahan (1577).

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    Roxana

    347 BC - 310 BC

    HPI: 73.85

    Rank: 1

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    Nur Jahan

    1577 - 1645

    HPI: 63.28

    Rank: 2

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