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Alexander Ypsilantis

1792 - 1828

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Alexandros Ypsilantis (12 December 1792 – 31 January 1828) was a Greek nationalist politician who was member of a prominent Phanariot Greek family, a prince of the Danubian Principalities, a senior officer of the Imperial Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars, and a leader of the Filiki Etaireia, a secret organization that coordinated the beginning of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Ypsilantis is the 3,334th most popular politician (down from 2,551st in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 305th in 2019) and the 190th most popular Turkish Politician.

Alexandros Ypsilantis is most famous for leading the Filiki Eteria, a secret society of Greek patriots, in an uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which was the ruling power in Greece at the time.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Ypsilantis ranks 3,334 out of 19,576. Before him are Chilperic I, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Pharnavaz I of Iberia, Fatma Sultan, Idomeneus of Crete, and Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg. After him are Charles Tupper, Abdirashid Shermarke, Eleanor de' Medici, Musa Çelebi, Laurent Gbagbo, and Shamshi-Adad I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Alexander Ypsilantis ranks 10. Before him are John Herschel, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William II of the Netherlands, Karl Ernst von Baer, and Caroline Augusta of Bavaria. After him are Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Johann Peter Eckermann, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Gulab Singh, Johan August Arfwedson, and William, Duke of Nassau. Among people deceased in 1828, Alexander Ypsilantis ranks 10. Before him are Shaka, James Edward Smith, Carl Peter Thunberg, Victor of Aveyron, Maria Feodorovna, and Kobayashi Issa. After him are Franz Joseph Gall, William Hyde Wollaston, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Radama I.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Alexander Ypsilantis ranks 360 out of 1,347. Before him are Ephorus (-400), Chryseis (null), Euphemia (289), Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1635), Papias of Hierapolis (70), and Fatma Sultan (1605). After him are Haran (null), Agabus (100), Eutropius (400), Thaddeus of Edessa (100), Alexios I of Trebizond (1182), and Zenodotus (-330).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Alexander Ypsilantis ranks 190. Before him are Aspar (400), David of Trebizond (1408), Ptolemy Philadelphus (-36), Chryseis (null), Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1635), and Fatma Sultan (1605). After him are Eutropius (400), Alexios I of Trebizond (1182), Pharamond (370), Fritigern (400), Mursili III (-1400), and Seleucus III Ceraunus (-243).

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