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Cambyses I

600 BC - 559 BC

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Cambyses I (Old Persian: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 Kambūjiya) was king of Anshan from c. 580 to 559 BC and the father of Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II), younger son of Cyrus I, and brother of Arukku. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cambyses I is the 1,497th most popular politician (down from 891st in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Iran (down from 46th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Iranian Politician.

Cambyses II is most famous for his conquest of Egypt, which he conquered in 525 BC.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cambyses I ranks 1,497 out of 19,576Before him are Amyntas IV of Macedon, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Ashur-uballit II, Valdemar I of Denmark, Ptolemy Keraunos, and John Tyler. After him are Agrippina the Elder, Makarios III, Mohammed Shahabuddin, John IV of Portugal, Eleftherios Venizelos, and Constantine VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Cambyses I ranks 14Before him are Ānanda, Yaśodharā, Maya, Belshazzar, Mardonius, and Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. After him are Pheidippides, Hippasus, Theano, Polycrates, Mahapajapati Gotami, and Nahum. Among people deceased in 559 BC, Cambyses I ranks 1After him are Mandane of Media, and Themistoclea.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Cambyses I ranks 56 out of 631Before him are Reza Shah (1878), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Mahsa Amini (1999), Yazdegerd III (624), Ghazan (1271), and Astyages (-700). After him are Báb (1819), Öljaitü (1280), Attar of Nishapur (1145), Moshe Katsav (1945), Masoud Barzani (1946), and Abbas Kiarostami (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Cambyses I ranks 27Before him are Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Reza Shah (1878), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Yazdegerd III (624), Ghazan (1271), and Astyages (-700). After him are Öljaitü (1280), Moshe Katsav (1945), Masoud Barzani (1946), Cyaxares (-700), Achaemenes (-800), and Shapur II (309).