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Spitamenes

400 BC - 328 BC

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Spitamenes (Old Persian Spitamana; Greek Σπιταμένης; 370 BC – 328 BC) was a Sogdian warlord and the leader of the uprising in Sogdiana and Bactria against Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, in 329 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spitamenes has received more than 137,550 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Spitamenes is the 2,698th most popular politician (up from 3,585th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Tajikistan (up from 5th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Tadzhik Politician.

Spitamenes was most famous for his role in the battle of Thermopylae, where he led the Persian cavalry.

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  • 63.01

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  • 24

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  • 6.92

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  • 1.96

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Spitamenes ranks 2,698 out of 15,577Before him are Archduke Ernest of Austria, Eric IV of Denmark, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Mentuhotep I, and Ahmad Shah Qajar. After him are Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans, Telamon, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, Longqing Emperor, Leo II, and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400 BC, Spitamenes ranks 7Before him are Bessus, Tollund Man, Parmenion, Porus, Berossus, and Theopompus. After him are Atropates, Teos of Egypt, Nectanebo II, Agnodice, Stateira I, and Leochares. Among people deceased in 328 BC, Spitamenes ranks 1After him are Cleitus the Black, Mazaeus, and Erigyius.

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In Tajikistan

Among people born in Tajikistan, Spitamenes ranks 4 out of 27Before him are Roxana (-347), Rudaki (860), and Emomali Rahmon (1952). After him are Nasir Khusraw (1004), Rahmon Nabiyev (1930), Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin (800), Oqil Oqilov (1944), Abu-Mahmud Khojandi (940), Nellie Kim (1957), Vladimir Voinovich (1932), and Kokhir Rasulzoda (1959).

Among POLITICIANS In Tajikistan

Among politicians born in Tajikistan, Spitamenes ranks 2Before him are Emomali Rahmon (1952). After him are Rahmon Nabiyev (1930), Oqil Oqilov (1944), Kokhir Rasulzoda (1959), Qahhor Mahkamov (1932), and Henri Weber (1944).