SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Pheidippides

600 BC - 490 BC

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Pheidippides (Ancient Greek: Φειδιππίδης, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [pʰeː.dip.pí.dɛːs], Modern Greek: [fi.δiˈpi.ðis] lit. 'Son of Pheídippos') or Philippides (Φιλιππίδης) is the central figure in the story that inspired the marathon race. Pheidippides is said to have run 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of the victory of the Battle of Marathon, and, according to Herodotus, to have run from Athens to Sparta. This latter feat also inspired two ultramarathon races, the 246-kilometre (153 mi) Spartathlon and 490-kilometre (300 mi) Authentic Pheidippides Run. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pheidippides is the 52nd most popular social activist (down from 46th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Greece and the most popular Greek Social Activist.

Pheidippides is most famous for being the runner who ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of the victory over the Persians.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Pheidippides ranks 52 out of 840. Before him are Alfred Hermann Fried, Thomas Müntzer, Sophie Scholl, Emma Goldman, Emmeline Pankhurst, and Sakamoto Ryōma. After him are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Hassan al-Banna, Harriet Tubman, Witold Pilecki, Yemelyan Pugachev, and Frantz Fanon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Pheidippides ranks 15. Before him are Yaśodharā, Maya, Belshazzar, Mardonius, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, and Cambyses I. After him are Hippasus, Theano, Polycrates, Mahapajapati Gotami, Nahum, and Bias of Priene. Among people deceased in 490 BC, Pheidippides ranks 1. After him are Devadatta, Hippias, Datis, Yan Hui, and Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus.

Others Born in 600 BC

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  • Photo of Yaśodharā

    Yaśodharā

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - Present

    HPI: 77.75

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Maya

    Maya

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 77.09

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Belshazzar

    Belshazzar

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 75.54

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Mardonius

    Mardonius

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    600 BC - 479 BC

    HPI: 75.10

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Gaius Marcius Coriolanus

    Gaius Marcius Coriolanus

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 74.23

    Rank: 13

  • Photo of Cambyses I

    Cambyses I

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 559 BC

    HPI: 73.84

    Rank: 14

  • Photo of Pheidippides

    Pheidippides

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 73.68

    Rank: 15

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    Hippasus

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 73.44

    Rank: 16

  • Photo of Theano

    Theano

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 73.38

    Rank: 17

  • Photo of Polycrates

    Polycrates

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 515 BC

    HPI: 73.36

    Rank: 18

  • Photo of Mahapajapati Gotami

    Mahapajapati Gotami

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 480 BC

    HPI: 73.12

    Rank: 19

  • Photo of Nahum

    Nahum

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 700 BC

    HPI: 72.86

    Rank: 20

  • Photo of Bias of Priene

    Bias of Priene

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 530 BC

    HPI: 72.32

    Rank: 21

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Others Deceased in 490 BC

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  • Photo of Pheidippides

    Pheidippides

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 73.68

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Devadatta

    Devadatta

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1000 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 72.36

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Hippias

    Hippias

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 72.28

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Datis

    Datis

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 66.69

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Yan Hui

    Yan Hui

    PHILOSOPHER

    521 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 64.26

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus

    Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 57.70

    Rank: 6

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Pheidippides ranks 112 out of 1,024. Before him are Admetus (null), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Aristides (-550), Agrippina the Elder (-14), Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), and Melina Mercouri (1920). After him are Mahfiruz Hatun (1590), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Berenice I of Egypt (-340), Polycrates (-600), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), and Saint Titus (13).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Greece

Among social activists born in Greece, Pheidippides ranks 1. After him are Yiannis Ritsos (1909), Campaspe (-400), and Mentor of Rhodes (-380).

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