Politician
Xerxes I
Fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
519 BC - 475 BC
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Xerxes I
His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2024). Xerxes I is the 54th most popular politician (up from 150th in 2024), the most popular biography from Iran (up from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Politician.
Xerxes I was the king of Persia in the 5th century BC. He is most famous for his invasion of Greece, and the Battle of Thermopylae.
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#1 / 800
Xerxes I is the highest-ranked of the 800 individuals in Pantheon born in Iran.
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Xerxes I climbed 338 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #538 to #200.
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Xerxes I's biography appears in 84 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 98% of all Politicians.
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Among Politicians
Among politicians, Xerxes I ranks 54 out of 20,022. Before him are Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Benito Mussolini, John, King of England, Cicero, Richard III of England, and Cnut the Great. After him are Nicholas II of Russia, Henry Kissinger, Abraham Lincoln, James K. Polk, William III of England, and James II of England.
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HPI: 87.97
Rank: 54
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HPI: 87.79
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 519 BC, Xerxes I ranks 1. After him is Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. Among people deceased in 475 BC, Xerxes I ranks 1. After him are Xenophanes, and Atossa.
Others Born in 519 BC
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POLITICIAN
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 87.97
Rank: 1
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
POLITICIAN
519 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 2
Others Deceased in 475 BC
Go to all RankingsXerxes I
POLITICIAN
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 87.97
Rank: 1
Xenophanes
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 2
Atossa
POLITICIAN
550 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 3
In Iran
Among people born in Iran, Xerxes I ranks 1 out of 800. After him are Cyrus the Great (-600), Omar Khayyam (1048), Al-Ghazali (1058), Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Abu Nuwas (762), Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), Harun al-Rashid (766), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Darius III (-380), and Ali Khamenei (1939).
Others born in Iran
Go to all RankingsXerxes I
POLITICIAN
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 87.97
Rank: 1
Cyrus the Great
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 86.91
Rank: 2
Omar Khayyam
MATHEMATICIAN
1048 - 1131
HPI: 86.69
Rank: 3
Al-Ghazali
PHILOSOPHER
1058 - 1111
HPI: 85.99
Rank: 4
Zoroaster
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 85.42
Rank: 5
Ruhollah Khomeini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1902 - 1989
HPI: 83.10
Rank: 6
Abu Nuwas
WRITER
762 - 814
HPI: 82.59
Rank: 7
Jabir ibn Hayyan
CHEMIST
721 - 815
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 8
Harun al-Rashid
POLITICIAN
766 - 809
HPI: 82.20
Rank: 9
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1980
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 10
Darius III
POLITICIAN
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 11
Ali Khamenei
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2026
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 12
Among Politicians In Iran
Among politicians born in Iran, Xerxes I ranks 1. After him are Cyrus the Great (-600), Harun al-Rashid (766), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Darius III (-380), Ali Khamenei (1939), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Tahmasp I (1514), Khosrow I (501), and Nader Shah (1688).
Xerxes I
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 87.97
Rank: 1
Cyrus the Great
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 86.91
Rank: 2
Harun al-Rashid
766 - 809
HPI: 82.20
Rank: 3
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1919 - 1980
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 4
Darius III
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 5
Ali Khamenei
1939 - 2026
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 6
Cambyses II
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 7
Malik-Shah I
1055 - 1092
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 8
Xerxes II of Persia
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 9
Tahmasp I
1514 - 1576
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 10
Khosrow I
501 - 579
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 11
Nader Shah
1688 - 1747
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 12
