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Alexander the Great

356 BC - 323 BC

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Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), better known as Alexander the Great, was king of Macedon, an ancient Greek kingdom. He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his reign conquering the Persian Empire and conducting lengthy military campaigns. By the age of 30, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 213 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 201 in 2024). Alexander the Great is the 2nd most popular military personnel, the 3rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Alexander the Great is most famous for his military conquests.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander the Great ranks 2 out of 2,058Before him are Genghis Khan. After him are Joan of Arc, Timur, Charles de Gaulle, Chiang Kai-shek, Karl Dönitz, Bernard Montgomery, Adolf Eichmann, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Oda Nobunaga, and Erwin Rommel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 356 BC, Alexander the Great ranks 1After him are Hephaestion, Nearchus, King Huiwen of Qin, and Leonnatus. Among people deceased in 323 BC, Alexander the Great ranks 1After him are Stateira II, Parysatis II, Drypetis, Sisygambis, Harpalus, Cynane, Meleager, and Leosthenes.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Alexander the Great ranks 3 out of 1,024Before him are Aristotle (-384), and Plato (-427). After him are Homer (-800), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), and Solon (-638).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Alexander the Great ranks 1After him are Spartacus (-109), Themistocles (-524), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Miltiades (-540), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Mardonius (-600), Hephaestion (-356), Cimon (-510), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), and Desmond Doss (1919).