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Croesus

596 BC - 546 BC

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Croesus ( KREE-səs; Ancient Greek: Κροῖσος, romanized: Kroîsos; Latin: Croesus; reigned: c. 585 – c. 546 BC) was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC. According to Herodotus, he reigned 14 years. Croesus was renowned for his wealth; Herodotus and Pausanias noted that his gifts were preserved at Delphi. The fall of Croesus had a profound effect on the Greeks, providing a fixed point in their calendar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Croesus is the 411th most popular politician (down from 313th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 50th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Turkish Politician.

Croesus was the king of Lydia, in what is now Turkey. He is most famous for being the first person to mint coins.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Croesus ranks 411 out of 19,576. Before him are Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, John III Sobieski, Thutmose III, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Charles VIII of France, and Alexander I of Yugoslavia. After him are Francis II of France, Sheikh Hasina, Elizabeth of Russia, William the Silent, Galba, and Leopold II of Belgium.

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Among people born in 596 BC, Croesus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 546 BC, Croesus ranks 3. Before him are Thales of Miletus, and Anaximander.

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    Croesus

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    596 BC - 546 BC

    HPI: 79.99

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Croesus ranks 58 out of 1,347. Before him are Mehmed VI (1861), Zoë Porphyrogenita (978), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Leucippus (-500), Osman II (1604), and Gregory of Nazianzus (329). After him are Suleiman II (1642), Mahmud II (1785), Hipparchus (-190), Margaret the Virgin (292), Saint Blaise (300), and Mahidevran (1500).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Croesus ranks 31. Before him are Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Alp Arslan (1029), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Mehmed VI (1861), Zoë Porphyrogenita (978), and Osman II (1604). After him are Suleiman II (1642), Mahmud II (1785), Mahidevran (1500), Mehmed V (1844), Ertuğrul (1198), and Ahmed II (1643).

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