King Arthur is a bit of a stretch. Though there is evidence in Normandy, Brittany and southern England of architecture or peoples who were inspiried by an Arthur-figure, there's very little historical evidence that such an individual actually existed. In my studies, he is an almagamation of French and English noble ideals and a tidy way to bring pre-Christian values/holidays/myths into the increasingly prevalent Christiandom of Europe.
I think Arthur safely falls into the disputed category given here. Most of the stories we have now are clearly fictional, but there are enough references from the few surviving records of writers relatively near the time to suggest there at least might have been an actual British military leader that the legends were later applied to.
I should've paid closer attention to that "existence is disputed" note. I think it's appropriate to keep them all because usually someone what that name did exist, even if they didn't do everything its said they did or multiple people did it. But if you wanted to bold the existence note, for the careless like myself I'm sure someone will appreciate it. Nominated.
Very surprised Alfred the Great was on here and not William the Conqueror. Very good and challenging quiz. Although some of these questionable “fairytale” ones such as Ragnar and Arthur shouldn’t be included
How did you get data from 2007? When I went to Wikipedia --> View history, it only lets me go back to 2015.
I think Attila and Vasco da Gama should be on the list. Attila (the Hun) had 9,792,553 and Vasco da Gama had 8,551,410 between 2015 and 2021. For reference, the person at the bottom of this list had 7 million between 2015 and 2021.
Was also surprised about Herodotus (5,837,761), Sun Tzu (4,928,665), and Ibn Battuta (4,716,246).
I think Attila and Vasco da Gama should be on the list. Attila (the Hun) had 9,792,553 and Vasco da Gama had 8,551,410 between 2015 and 2021. For reference, the person at the bottom of this list had 7 million between 2015 and 2021.
Was also surprised about Herodotus (5,837,761), Sun Tzu (4,928,665), and Ibn Battuta (4,716,246).