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Xerxes I

519 BC - 475 BC

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Xerxes I (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 7,508,745 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Xerxes I is the 123rd most popular politician (down from 106th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Iran (down from 3rd 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.

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  • 77

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  • 3.98

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Xerxes I ranks 123 out of 15,577Before him are Mustafa I, Murad I, Bayezid I, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Amenhotep III, and Lorenzo de' Medici. After him are Claudius, Mark Antony, Narendra Modi, Bayezid II, Kim Jong-il, and Francis I of France.

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Among people born in 519 BC, Xerxes I ranks 1After him is Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. Among people deceased in 475 BC, Xerxes I ranks 1After him are Xenophanes and Atossa.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Xerxes I ranks 5 out of 528Before him are Zoroaster (-2000), Omar Khayyam (1048), Al-Ghazali (1058), and Cyrus the Great (-600). After him are Darius III (-380), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Harun al-Rashid (766), Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), Ismail I (1487), and Jabir ibn Hayyan (721).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Xerxes I ranks 2Before him are Cyrus the Great (-600). After him are Darius III (-380), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Harun al-Rashid (766), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Ali Khamenei (1939), Nader Shah (1688), Tahmasp I (1514), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), and Khosrow I (501).