POLITICIAN

Xerxes I

519 BC - 475 BC

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Xerxes I ( ZURK-seez c. 518 – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC. He was the son of Darius the Great and Atossa, a daughter of Cyrus the Great. In Western history, Xerxes is best known for his invasion of Greece in 480 BC, which ended in Persian defeat. Xerxes was designated successor by Darius over his elder brother Artobazan and inherited a large, multi-ethnic empire upon his father's death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xerxes I has received more than 8,181,063 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Xerxes I is the 151st most popular politician (down from 123rd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Iran (down from 5th in 2019) and the 2nd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 79.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Xerxes I ranks 151 out of 19,576. Before him are Al Gore, Augusto Pinochet, Hatshepsut, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Pol Pot, and Abdul Hamid II. After him are Alexander I of Russia, Hulagu Khan, Shimon Peres, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Akbar, and Deng Xiaoping.

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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.

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    Xerxes I

    POLITICIAN

    519 BC - 475 BC

    HPI: 79.23

    Rank: 1

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    Xenophanes

    PHILOSOPHER

    570 BC - 475 BC

    HPI: 75.84

    Rank: 2

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    Atossa

    POLITICIAN

    550 BC - 475 BC

    HPI: 64.39

    Rank: 3

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Xerxes I ranks 6 out of 631. Before him are Omar Khayyam (1048), Al-Ghazali (1058), Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), and Cyrus the Great (-600). After him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Ali Khamenei (1939), Darius III (-380), Harun al-Rashid (766), Ismail I (1487), and Abu Nuwas (762).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Xerxes I ranks 2. Before him are Cyrus the Great (-600). After him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Ali Khamenei (1939), Darius III (-380), Harun al-Rashid (766), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Tahmasp I (1514), Nader Shah (1688), Khosrow I (501), and Reza Shah (1878).

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