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Ptolemy Keraunos

318 BC - 279 BC

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Ptolemy Ceraunus (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Κεραυνός Ptolemaios Keraunos; c. 319 BC – January/February 279 BC) was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty and briefly king of Macedon. As the son of Ptolemy I Soter, he was originally heir to the throne of Ptolemaic Egypt, but he was displaced in favour of his younger brother Ptolemy II Philadelphus. He fled to King Lysimachus of Thrace and Macedon where he was involved in court intrigue that led to the fall of that kingdom in 281 BC to Seleucus I, whom he then assassinated. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ptolemy Keraunos is the 1,495th most popular politician (up from 2,837th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 157th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Egyptian Politician.

Ptolemy Keraunos is most famous for his failed attempt to assassinate Alexander the Great.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ptolemy Keraunos ranks 1,495 out of 19,576. Before him are Safiyya bint Huyayy, Galeazzo Ciano, Amyntas IV of Macedon, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Ashur-uballit II, and Valdemar I of Denmark. After him are John Tyler, Cambyses I, Agrippina the Elder, Makarios III, Mohammed Shahabuddin, and John IV of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 318 BC, Ptolemy Keraunos ranks 2. Before him is Pyrrhus of Epirus.  Among people deceased in 279 BC, Ptolemy Keraunos ranks 1. After him are Stilpo, Brennus, Meleager, Antipater Etesias, and Publius Decius Mus.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ptolemy Keraunos ranks 83 out of 642. Before him are Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Cleopatra IV of Egypt (-138), Fuad I of Egypt (1868), Berenice III of Egypt (-120), Mohamed ElBaradei (1942), and Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985). After him are Pappus of Alexandria (290), Shepseskare (-2450), Cleopatra V of Egypt (-100), Hassan al-Banna (1906), Djedefre (-2600), and Sosigenes of Alexandria (-80).

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Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Ptolemy Keraunos ranks 36. Before him are Ptolemy VIII Physcon (-182), Arsinoe III of Egypt (-246), Cleopatra IV of Egypt (-138), Fuad I of Egypt (1868), Berenice III of Egypt (-120), and Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985). After him are Shepseskare (-2450), Cleopatra V of Egypt (-100), Djedefre (-2600), Al-Kamil (1177), Psamtik I (-700), and Arsinoe IV of Egypt (-68).

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