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Xerxes I

519 BC - 475 BC

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Xerxes I (Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 Xšayār̥šā; Ancient Greek: Ξέρξης Xérxēs; c. 518 – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, ruling from 486 to 465 BC. He was the son and successor of Darius the Great (r. 522 – 486 BC) and his mother was Atossa, a daughter of Cyrus the Great (r. 550 – 530 BC), the founder of the Achaemenid empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xerxes I has received more than 5,207,631 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Xerxes I is the 106th most popular politician (up from 108th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Iran 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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  • 85.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Xerxes I ranks 106 out of 15,710. Before him are Ivar the Boneless, Cleopatra, Herod the Great, Muammar Gaddafi, Hirohito, and Philip IV of France. After him are Claudius, George Washington, Isabella I of Castile, Pepin the Short, Murad III, and Yasser Arafat.

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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

    519 BC - 475 BC

    HPI: 85.31

    Rank: 1

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    Xenophanes

    570 BC - 475 BC

    HPI: 81.49

    Rank: 2

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    Atossa

    550 BC - 475 BC

    HPI: 72.63

    Rank: 3

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Xerxes I ranks 3 out of 463. Before him are Zoroaster (-2000) and Omar Khayyam (1048). After him are Al-Ghazali (1058), Darius III (-380), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Cyrus the Great (-600), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Harun al-Rashid (766), Esther (-600), Ismail I (1487), and Jabir ibn Hayyan (721).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Xerxes I ranks 1. After him are Darius III (-380), Cyrus the Great (-600), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Harun al-Rashid (766), Ali Khamenei (1939), Cambyses II (-550), Khosrow I (501), Tahmasp I (1514), Darius II (-475), Reza Shah (1878), and Farah Pahlavi (1938).

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