394 - 454
Vortigern (; Old Welsh: Guorthigirn, Guorthegern; Welsh: Gwrtheyrn; Old English: Wyrtgeorn; Old Breton: Gurdiern, Gurthiern; Irish: Foirtchern; Latin: Vortigernus, Vertigernus, Uuertigernus, etc.), also spelled Vortiger, Vortigan, Voertigern and Vortigen, was a 5th-century warlord in Britain, known perhaps as a king of the Britons or at least connoted as such in the writings of Bede and Gildas. His existence is contested by scholars and information about him is obscure. He may have been the "superbus tyrannus" said to have invited Hengist and Horsa to aid him in fighting the Picts and the Scots, whereupon they revolted, killing his son in the process and forming the Kingdom of Kent. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vortigern has received more than 1,527,952 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Vortigern is the 2,046th most popular politician (up from 2,309th in 2019).
Vortigern is most famous for being the king of the Britons who invited the Anglo-Saxons into Britain to help him fight the Picts and the Scots.
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Among politicians, Vortigern ranks 2,046 out of 15,577. Before him are Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Dihya, Öz Beg Khan, Samudragupta, Kuchlug, and Amenemhat I. After him are Hayme Hatun, Olaf II of Denmark, Alexandre Millerand, Menelik I, François Darlan, and Euric.
1725 - 1785
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,040
700 - 601
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,041
1282 - 1341
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,042
335 - 380
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,043
1156 - 1218
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,044
1991 BC - 1962 BC
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 2,045
394 - 454
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 2,046
1176 - 1268
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 2,047
1370 - 1387
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 2,048
1859 - 1943
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 2,049
954 BC - 930 BC
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 2,050
1881 - 1942
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 2,051
440 - 484
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 2,052
Among people born in 394, Vortigern ranks 1. After him is Jangsu of Goguryeo. Among people deceased in 454, Vortigern ranks 3. Before him are Flavius Aetius and Ellac. After him are Eutyches and Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria.
390 - 454
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 1
425 - 454
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 2
394 - 454
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 3
380 - 454
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 4
444 - 454
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 5