Thessaly ranks 1,264th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Moscow Oblast, Welwyn Garden City, and Sundsvall. Memorable people born in Thessaly include Philip III of Macedon, Machaon, and Theodore Komnenos Doukas. Memorable people who died in Thessaly include Ephialtes of Trachis, Leonnatus, and Lais of Hyccara. Thessaly has been the birth place of many politicians and physicians and the death place of many politicians. Thessaly is located in Greece.
Thessaly is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 500 BC and 1326, Thessaly was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Philip III of Macedon, Machaon, and Theodore Komnenos Doukas. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Thessaly including Ephialtes of Trachis, Leonnatus, and Lais of Hyccara.
359 BC - 317 BC
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 1
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 2
1180 - 1253
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 3
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 4
1326 - 1371
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 5
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 6
500 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 7
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 8
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 9
550 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1
356 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 2
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 3
150 BC - 96 BC
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 4
Most individuals born in present day Thessaly were politicians (7), physicians (1), and philosophers (1), while most who died were politicians (4).