9 - 79
Vespasian (; Latin: Vespasianus [wɛspasiˈaːnʊs]; 17 November AD 9 – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. The last emperor to reign in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Empire for 27 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vespasian has received more than 4,320,540 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Vespasian is the 143rd most popular politician (down from 125th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 50th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Politician.
Vespasian was a Roman emperor, the founder of the Flavian dynasty, and the father of Titus and Domitian.
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Among politicians, Vespasian ranks 143 out of 15,577. Before him are Sun Yat-sen, Şehzade Mustafa, Augusto Pinochet, Hulagu Khan, Richard Nixon, and Osman II. After him are Joseph Goebbels, John Major, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Oliver Cromwell, Simón Bolívar, and Cardinal Richelieu.
1866 - 1925
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 137
1515 - 1553
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 138
1915 - 2006
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 139
1217 - 1265
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 140
1913 - 1994
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 141
1604 - 1622
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 142
9 - 79
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 143
1897 - 1945
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 144
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 145
1503 - 1564
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 146
1599 - 1658
HPI: 78.88
Rank: 147
1783 - 1830
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 148
1585 - 1642
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 149
Among people born in 9, Vespasian ranks 1. Among people deceased in 79, Vespasian ranks 1. After him are Pliny the Elder, Pope Linus, Aulus Caecina Alienus, and Drusilla.
9 - 79
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 1
23 - 79
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 2
1 - 79
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 3
50 - 79
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 4
38 - 79
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 5
Among people born in Italy, Vespasian ranks 63 out of 4,668. Before him are Federico Fellini (1920), Fibonacci (1170), Lucretius (-94), Pope Clement VII (1478), Umberto Eco (1932), and Guglielmo Marconi (1874). After him are Antonio Stradivari (1644), Benedict of Nursia (480), Luciano Pavarotti (1935), Vitruvius (-75), Giacomo Casanova (1725), and Pope Pius XI (1857).
1920 - 1993
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 57
1170 - 1240
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 58
94 BC - 55 BC
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 59
1478 - 1534
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 60
1932 - 2016
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 61
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 62
9 - 79
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 63
1644 - 1737
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 64
480 - 543
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 65
1935 - 2007
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 66
75 BC - 15 BC
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 67
1725 - 1798
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 68
1857 - 1939
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 69
Among politicians born in Italy, Vespasian ranks 13. Before him are Marcus Aurelius (121), Caligula (12), Pontius Pilate (-12), Tiberius (-42), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), and Mark Antony (-83). After him are Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), Marcus Licinius Crassus (-115), Titus (41), Brutus the Younger (-85), Domitian (51), and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (-600).
121 - 180
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 7
12 - 41
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 8
12 BC - 38
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 9
42 BC - 37
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 10
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 11
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 12
9 - 79
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 13
1194 - 1250
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 14
115 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 15
41 - 81
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 16
85 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 77.64
Rank: 17
51 - 96
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 18
600 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 19