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Solon

638 BC - 558 BC

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Solon (Greek: Σόλων; c. 630 – c. 560 BC) was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher, and poet. He is one of the Seven Sages of Greece and credited with laying the foundations for Athenian democracy. Solon's efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline resulted in his constitutional reform overturning most of Draco's laws. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Solon has received more than 1,884,914 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Solon is the 305th most popular politician (up from 422nd in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Greece (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Politician.

Solon was a lawgiver in ancient Athens. He was most famous for his reforms of the Athenian constitution.

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  • 72

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  • 12.69

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  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Solon ranks 305 out of 15,577. Before him are Raúl Castro, Sulla, Hugh Capet, Jacques Chirac, Croesus, and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Louis XVIII of France, Sargon of Akkad, Viktor Yanukovych, Park Chung-hee, Christina, Queen of Sweden, and Muawiyah I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 638 BC, Solon ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 558 BC, Solon ranks 1. 

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    Solon

    638 BC - 558 BC

    HPI: 76.06

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    Solon

    638 BC - 558 BC

    HPI: 76.06

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Solon ranks 38 out of 936. Before him are Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Cleisthenes (-565), Gorgias (-483), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), and Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318). After him are Myron (-500), Polybius (-208), Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Leucippus (-500), and Alcibiades (-450).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Solon ranks 10. Before him are Philip II of Macedon (-382), Bayezid II (1447), Demosthenes (-384), Leonidas I (-540), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), and Cleisthenes (-565). After him are Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Alcibiades (-450), Peisistratos (-600), Handan Sultan (1574), Xanthippe (-500), and Lycurgus of Sparta (-800).

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