109 BC - 71 BC
Spartacus (Greek: Σπάρτακος Spártakos; Latin: Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about him beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spartacus has received more than 10,190,126 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Spartacus is the 7th most popular military personnel (down from 5th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Greece (down from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Military Personnel.
Spartacus was a Thracian slave who led a major slave rebellion in the Roman Republic.
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Among military personnels, Spartacus ranks 7 out of 1,468. Before him are Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, Timur, Charles de Gaulle, and Karl Dönitz. After him are Erwin Rommel, Charles Martel, Adolf Eichmann, Themistocles, William Wallace, and Khalid ibn al-Walid.
1162 - 1227
HPI: 96.66
Rank: 1
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.56
Rank: 2
1412 - 1431
HPI: 89.59
Rank: 3
1336 - 1405
HPI: 87.75
Rank: 4
1890 - 1970
HPI: 83.58
Rank: 5
1891 - 1980
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 6
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 7
1891 - 1944
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 8
688 - 741
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 9
1906 - 1962
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 10
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 11
1270 - 1305
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 12
592 - 642
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 13
Among people born in 109 BC, Spartacus ranks 1. After him are Catiline and Gaius Marius the Younger. Among people deceased in 71 BC, Spartacus ranks 1. After him are Gannicus and Marcus Antonius Creticus.
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 1
109 BC - 62 BC
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 2
109 BC - 82 BC
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 3
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 1
150 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 2
115 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 3
Among people born in Greece, Spartacus ranks 16 out of 936. Before him are Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Pericles (-494), Kösem Sultan (1590), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), and Aeschylus (-525). After him are Aristophanes (-448), Euripides (-480), Protagoras (-486), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Sappho (-630), and Plutarch (46).
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 10
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 84.58
Rank: 11
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 12
1590 - 1651
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 13
1921 - 2021
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 14
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 15
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 16
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 17
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 18
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 19
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 20
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 21
46 - 127
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 22
Among military personnels born in Greece, Spartacus ranks 2. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356). After him are Themistocles (-524), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Miltiades (-540), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Mardonius (-600), Djemal Pasha (1872), and Parmenion (-400).
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.56
Rank: 1
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 2
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 3
367 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 4
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 5
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 6
358 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 7
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 8
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 9
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 10
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 11
400 BC - 329 BC
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 12