519 BC - 475 BC
Xerxes I (Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 Xšayār̥šā; Greek: Ξέρξης; 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 5,883,108 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Xerxes I is the 125th 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 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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Among politicians, Xerxes I ranks 125 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1591 - 1639
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 119
1326 - 1389
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 120
1354 - 1403
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 121
912 - 973
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 122
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 123
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 124
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 125
10 BC - 54
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 126
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 127
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 128
1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 129
1941 - 2011
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 130
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 131
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.
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 1
519 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 2
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 1
570 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 2
550 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 3
Among people born in Iran, Xerxes I ranks 5 out of 528. Before 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).
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 1
1048 - 1131
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 2
1058 - 1111
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 3
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 4
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 5
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 6
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 7
1902 - 1989
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 8
766 - 809
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 9
865 - 925
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 10
1487 - 1524
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 11
721 - 815
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Iran, Xerxes I ranks 2. Before 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).
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 1
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 2
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 3
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 4
766 - 809
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 5
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 6
1055 - 1092
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 7
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 8
1688 - 1747
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 9
1514 - 1576
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 10
1018 - 1092
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 11
501 - 579
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 12