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Leonidas I

540 BC - 480 BC

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Leonidas I (; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the son of king Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the Agiad dynasty, a Spartan royal house which claimed descent from the mythical demigod Heracles. Leonidas I ascended to the throne in c. 489 BC, succeeding his half-brother king Cleomenes I. He ruled jointly along with king Leotychidas until his death in 480 BC, when he was succeeded by his son, Pleistarchus. At the Second Greco-Persian War, Leonidas led the allied Greek forces in a last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC), attempting to defend the pass from the invading Persian army, and was killed early during the third and last day of the battle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonidas I is the 357th most popular politician (down from 242nd in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Greece (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Greek Politician.

Leonidas I is most famous for leading a small army of 300 Spartans to victory against the Persian Empire at the Battle of Thermopylae.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leonidas I ranks 357 out of 19,576. Before him are Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Empress Dowager Cixi, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Lycurgus of Sparta, Alexander I of Russia, and Zoë Porphyrogenita. After him are Edward Heath, Zog I of Albania, Clara Zetkin, François Hollande, Nerva, and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among people born in 540 BC, Leonidas I ranks 1. After him are Miltiades, Leotychidas, Amyntas I of Macedon, Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, and Spurius Cassius Viscellinus. Among people deceased in 480 BC, Leonidas I ranks 1. After him are Mahapajapati Gotami, Ephialtes of Trachis, Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, Cleombrotus, Onomacritus, and Hamilcar I of Carthage.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Leonidas I ranks 40 out of 1,024. Before him are Nurbanu Sultan (1525), Gorgias (-483), Themistocles (-524), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Cleisthenes (-565), and Lycurgus of Sparta (-800). After him are Peisistratos (-600), Theophrastus (-371), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Miltiades (-540), Aristarchus of Samos (-311), and Pope Sixtus II (215).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Leonidas I ranks 11. Before him are Philip II of Macedon (-382), Kösem Sultan (1590), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Demosthenes (-384), Cleisthenes (-565), and Lycurgus of Sparta (-800). After him are Peisistratos (-600), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Alcibiades (-450), Irene of Athens (752), Xanthippe (-500), and Constantine II of Greece (1940).

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