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Cleomenes I

600 BC - 489 BC

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Cleomenes I (; Greek Κλεομένης; died c. 490 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from c. 524 to c. 490 BC. One of the most important Spartan kings, Cleomenes was instrumental in organising the Greek resistance against the Persian Empire of Darius, as well as shaping the geopolitical balance of Classical Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cleomenes I is the 2,696th most popular politician (down from 2,609th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 177th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Greek Politician.

Cleomenes I was a king of Sparta who was famous for his reforms and his military campaigns.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cleomenes I ranks 2,696 out of 19,576. Before him are Viktor Zubkov, Julia Drusilla, Nancy Pelosi, Yanis Varoufakis, François Darlan, and Ladislaus of Naples. After him are Quirinius, Karolos Papoulias, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Otto Strasser, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, and Mariano Rajoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Cleomenes I ranks 26. Before him are Nahum, Bias of Priene, Hippias, Lucius Junius Brutus, Hipparchus, and Chilon of Sparta. After him are Alexander I of Macedon, Thespis, Aristagoras, Publius Valerius Publicola, Neriglissar, and Ibycus. Among people deceased in 489 BC, Cleomenes I ranks 1. After him is Callimachus.

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    Cleomenes I

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 489 BC

    HPI: 70.38

    Rank: 1

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    Callimachus

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    600 BC - 489 BC

    HPI: 64.84

    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cleomenes I ranks 183 out of 1,024. Before him are Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), Odysseas Elytis (1911), Leotychidas (-540), and Yanis Varoufakis (1961). After him are Karolos Papoulias (1929), Jerry Falwell (1933), Xanthippus (-590), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506), and Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Cleomenes I ranks 70. Before him are Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Caranus of Macedon (-900), Aeschines (-389), Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), and Yanis Varoufakis (1961). After him are Karolos Papoulias (1929), Xanthippus (-590), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Thaïs (-400), Herodes Atticus (101), and Theophano (941).

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