53 - 117
Trajan ( TRAY-jən; Latin: Caesar Nerva Trajanus; 18 September 53 – 8 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared by the Senate optimus princeps ("best ruler"), Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the second-greatest military expansion in Roman history, after Augustus, leading the empire to attain its maximum territorial extent by the time of his death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Trajan has received more than 3,524,263 page views. His biography is available in 105 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 104 in 2019). Trajan is the 52nd most popular politician (up from 62nd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Spain (up from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Politician.
Trajan is most famous for his conquest of Dacia.
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Among politicians, Trajan ranks 52 out of 15,710. Before him are Fidel Castro, Leon Trotsky, Josip Broz Tito, Caligula, Hillary Clinton, and Vladimir Putin. After him are Hammurabi, Henry Kissinger, Akhenaten, Saddam Hussein, Franz Joseph I of Austria, and Mary, Queen of Scots.
1926 - 2016
HPI: 87.77
Rank: 46
1879 - 1940
HPI: 87.77
Rank: 47
1892 - 1980
HPI: 87.76
Rank: 48
12 - 41
HPI: 87.76
Rank: 49
1947 - Present
HPI: 87.74
Rank: 50
1952 - Present
HPI: 87.64
Rank: 51
53 - 117
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 52
1810 BC - 1750 BC
HPI: 87.45
Rank: 53
1923 - Present
HPI: 87.40
Rank: 54
1400 BC - 1336 BC
HPI: 87.37
Rank: 55
1937 - 2006
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 56
1830 - 1916
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 57
1542 - 1587
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 58
Among people born in 53, Trajan ranks 1. Among people deceased in 117, Trajan ranks 1.
Among people born in Spain, Trajan ranks 6 out of 2,595. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), Carles Puigdemont (1962), Francisco Goya (1746), and Antoni Gaudí (1852). After him are Seneca the Younger (-4), Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Francisco Franco (1892), Diego Velázquez (1599), Averroes (1126), and Hernán Cortés (1485).
1881 - 1973
HPI: 92.24
Rank: 1
1904 - 1989
HPI: 90.65
Rank: 2
1962 - Present
HPI: 89.09
Rank: 3
1746 - 1828
HPI: 87.78
Rank: 4
1852 - 1926
HPI: 87.73
Rank: 5
53 - 117
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 6
4 BC - 65
HPI: 87.37
Rank: 7
1547 - 1616
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 8
1892 - 1975
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 9
1599 - 1660
HPI: 86.67
Rank: 10
1126 - 1198
HPI: 86.62
Rank: 11
1485 - 1547
HPI: 86.53
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Spain, Trajan ranks 2. Before him are Carles Puigdemont (1962). After him are Francisco Franco (1892), Theodosius I (340), Hadrian (76), Philip II of Spain (1527), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Philip IV of Spain (1605), and Charles II of Spain (1661).
1962 - Present
HPI: 89.09
Rank: 1
53 - 117
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 2
1892 - 1975
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 3
340 - 395
HPI: 86.42
Rank: 4
76 - 138
HPI: 85.89
Rank: 5
1527 - 1598
HPI: 85.63
Rank: 6
1451 - 1504
HPI: 85.19
Rank: 7
1503 - 1564
HPI: 84.25
Rank: 8
1479 - 1555
HPI: 83.62
Rank: 9
1452 - 1516
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 10
1605 - 1665
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 11
1661 - 1700
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 12