MILITARY PERSONNEL

Peisander

500 BC - 394 BC

Photo of Peisander

Icon of person Peisander

Peisander (; Greek: Πείσανδρος) was a Spartan admiral during the Corinthian War. In 395 BC, he was placed in command of the Spartan fleet in the Aegean by his brother-in-law, the king Agesilaus II. Peisander was a relatively inexperienced general, and in its very first action his Spartan fleet was decisively defeated at the Battle of Cnidus. Peisander died fighting aboard his ship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peisander is the 1,240th most popular military personnel (up from 1,739th in 2019), the 543rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 706th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Peisander by language

Loading...

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Peisander ranks 1,240 out of 2,058. Before him are George Dewey, Maximilian Njegovan, Roussel de Bailleul, Adolphe Pégoud, Nina Lobkovskaya, and Hans Graf von Sponeck. After him are Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, Grigory Shtern, David Petraeus, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, and Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas.

Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Peisander ranks 66. Before him are Hecatomnus, Callicratidas, Apollodorus, Metrodorus of Chios, Hyperbolus, and Timon of Athens. After him are Thrasybulus of Syracuse, Xanthus, Jason of Pherae, Chabrias, Argaeus II of Macedon, and Ajita Kesakambali. Among people deceased in 394 BC, Peisander ranks 1. 

Others Born in 500 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 394 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previous
  • Photo of Peisander

    Peisander

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    500 BC - 394 BC

    HPI: 60.51

    Rank: 1

Load previous

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Peisander ranks 543 out of 1,024. Before him are Spyridon Marinatos (1901), Acusilaus (-600), John II Orsini (1300), Alexandros Nikolopoulos (1875), Anthimus VII of Constantinople (1827), and Timotheus (-400). After him are Philitas of Cos (-400), Crates (-350), Gregory VII of Constantinople (1850), Agesipolis I (-410), Wehib Pasha (1877), and Agapenor (null).

Others born in Greece

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Peisander ranks 39. Before him are Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923), Georgios Karaiskakis (1780), Lamachus (-500), Gylippus (-500), Callicratidas (-500), and Clearchus of Sparta (-401). After him are Wehib Pasha (1877), Ioannis Frangoudis (1863), Athanasios Diakos (1788), Dimitrios Loundras (1885), Chabrias (-500), and Laomedon of Mytilene (-400).

Greek born Military Personnels

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous