MILITARY PERSONNEL

Thrasybulus

440 BC - 389 BC

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Thrasybulus (; Ancient Greek: Θρασύβουλος Thrasyboulos; c. 440 – 388 BC) was an Athenian general and democratic leader. In 411 BC, in the wake of an oligarchic coup at Athens, the pro-democracy sailors at Samos elected him as a general, making him a primary leader of the ultimately successful democratic resistance to the coup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thrasybulus has received more than 160,583 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Thrasybulus is the 320th most popular military personnel (up from 360th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Greece (up from 206th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Thrasybulus is most famous for overthrowing the Thirty Tyrants and restoring democracy to Athens.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Thrasybulus ranks 320 out of 2,058Before him are Benedict Arnold, Hermann Balck, Walther Wenck, Nikolai Yudenich, Georg von Frundsberg, and Kurt Knispel. After him are Abdallah ibn Sa'd, Erich Priebke, Arthur Nebe, Nearchus, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, and Reinhard Gehlen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 440 BC, Thrasybulus ranks 2Before him is Ctesias. After him are Andocides, and Wu Qi. Among people deceased in 389 BC, Thrasybulus ranks 1After him is Cynisca.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Thrasybulus ranks 186 out of 1,024Before him are Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896), Admetus (null), Aelia Eudocia (401), Theophano (941), and Demetrius Vikelas (1835). After him are Karolos Papoulias (1929), Herodes Atticus (101), Leochares (-400), Nearchus (-356), Theopompus (-400), and Aenesidemus (-80).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Thrasybulus ranks 18Before him are Mardonius (-600), Djemal Pasha (1872), Lysander (-401), Pausanias (null), Desmond Doss (1919), and Craterus (-370). After him are Nearchus (-356), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), George Maniakes (998), Conon (-401), Callimachus (-600), and Peucestas (-390).