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Cleisthenes

565 BC - 492 BC

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Cleisthenes ( KLYS-thin-eez; Ancient Greek: Κλεισθένης), or Clisthenes (c. 570 – c. 508 BC), was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508 BC. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy". He was a member of the aristocratic Alcmaeonid clan. He was the younger son of Megacles and Agariste making him the maternal grandson of the tyrant Cleisthenes of Sicyon. He was also credited with increasing the power of the Athenian citizens' assembly and for reducing the power of the nobility over Athenian politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cleisthenes is the 338th most popular politician (down from 246th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Greece (down from 36th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Greek Politician.

Cleisthenes was most famous for his reforms, which were aimed at creating a more democratic government.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cleisthenes ranks 338 out of 19,576. Before him are Numa Pompilius, Cardinal Mazarin, Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, Mehmed VI, Oliver Cromwell, and Philip II of France. After him are Helmut Kohl, Georgy Zhukov, Philip IV of Spain, Ariel Sharon, Probus, and Martin Bormann.

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Among people born in 565 BC, Cleisthenes ranks 1. After him is Anaxandridas II. Among people deceased in 492 BC, Cleisthenes ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cleisthenes ranks 38 out of 1,024. Before him are Demosthenes (-384), Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478), Nurbanu Sultan (1525), Gorgias (-483), Themistocles (-524), and Ptolemy I Soter (-367). After him are Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Leonidas I (-540), Peisistratos (-600), Theophrastus (-371), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), and Miltiades (-540).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Cleisthenes ranks 9. Before him are Pericles (-494), Bayezid II (1447), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Kösem Sultan (1590), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), and Demosthenes (-384). After him are Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Leonidas I (-540), Peisistratos (-600), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Alcibiades (-450), and Irene of Athens (752).

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