Top 100 Philosophers of All Time

1. Aristotle

blockquote>Aristotle was born in Stageira, Greece in -384 BC. He is featured in 152 different Wikipedia language and has received 56M views (28% in english version)

2. Plato

blockquote>Plato was born in Athens, Greece in -427 BC. He is featured in 142 different Wikipedia language and has received 47M views (29% in english version)

3. Socrates

blockquote>Socrates was born in Athens, Greece in -469 BC. He is featured in 137 different Wikipedia language and has received 40M views (29% in english version)

4. Confucius

blockquote>Confucius was born in Qufu, China in -551 BC. He is featured in 192 different Wikipedia language and has received 22M views (36% in english version)

5. Pythagoras

blockquote>Pythagoras was born in Samos Island, Greece in -570 BC. He is featured in 114 different Wikipedia language and has received 26M views (27% in english version)

6. Gautama Buddha

blockquote>Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal in -563 BC. He is featured in 124 different Wikipedia language and has received 24M views (52% in english version)

7. Augustine of Hippo

blockquote>Augustine of Hippo was born in Souk Ahras, Algeria in AD 354. He is featured in 105 different Wikipedia language and has received 17M views (33% in english version)

8. Thales

blockquote>Thales was born in Miletus, Turkey in -635 BC. He is featured in 84 different Wikipedia language and has received 14M views (15% in english version)

9. Immanuel Kant

blockquote>Immanuel Kant was born in Kaliningrad, Russia in AD 1724. He is featured in 125 different Wikipedia language and has received 29M views (28% in english version)

10. Epicurus

blockquote>Epicurus was born in Samos Island, Greece in -341 BC. He is featured in 68 different Wikipedia language and has received 9M views (27% in english version)

11. René Descartes

blockquote>René Descartes was born in Descartes, France in AD 1596. He is featured in 120 different Wikipedia language and has received 26M views (28% in english version)

12. Thomas Aquinas

blockquote>Thomas Aquinas was born in Roccasecca, Italy in AD 1225. He is featured in 103 different Wikipedia language and has received 17M views (33% in english version)

13. Niccolò Machiavelli

blockquote>Niccolò Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy in AD 1469. He is featured in 106 different Wikipedia language and has received 22M views (35% in english version)

14. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

blockquote>Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva, Switzerland in AD 1712. He is featured in 106 different Wikipedia language and has received 26M views (26% in english version)

15. Laozi

blockquote>Laozi was born in Henan, China in -400 BC. He is featured in 105 different Wikipedia language and has received 7M views (38% in english version)

16. Heraclitus

blockquote>Heraclitus was born in Ephesus, Turkey in -535 BC. He is featured in 72 different Wikipedia language and has received 8M views (23% in english version)

17. Avicenna

blockquote>Avicenna was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan in AD 980. He is featured in 102 different Wikipedia language and has received 10M views (24% in english version)

18. Seneca the Younger

blockquote>Seneca the Younger was born in Córdoba, Spain in -4 BC. He is featured in 62 different Wikipedia language and has received 9M views (26% in english version)

19. Sun Tzu

blockquote>Sun Tzu was born in Qi, China in -544 BC. He is featured in 81 different Wikipedia language and has received 7M views (50% in english version)

20. John Locke

blockquote>John Locke was born in Wrington, United Kingdom in AD 1632. He is featured in 99 different Wikipedia language and has received 23M views (45% in english version)

21. Democritus

blockquote>Democritus was born in Abdera, Greece in -460 BC. He is featured in 72 different Wikipedia language and has received 9M views (29% in english version)

22. Plutarch

blockquote>Plutarch was born in Chaeronea, Greece in AD 45. He is featured in 72 different Wikipedia language and has received 5M views (37% in english version)

23. Friedrich Nietzsche

blockquote>Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Röcken, Germany in AD 1844. He is featured in 117 different Wikipedia language and has received 39M views (33% in english version)

24. Diogenes of Sinope

blockquote>Diogenes of Sinope was born in Sinop, Turkey in -412 BC. He is featured in 62 different Wikipedia language and has received 6M views (33% in english version)

25. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

blockquote>Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born in Stuttgart, Germany in AD 1770. He is featured in 95 different Wikipedia language and has received 11M views (26% in english version)

26. Thomas Hobbes

blockquote>Thomas Hobbes was born in Malmesbury, United Kingdom in AD 1588. He is featured in 79 different Wikipedia language and has received 13M views (40% in english version)

27. Thomas More

blockquote>Thomas More was born in London, United Kingdom in AD 1478. He is featured in 69 different Wikipedia language and has received 12M views (45% in english version)

28. Anaximander

blockquote>Anaximander was born in Miletus, Turkey in -610 BC. He is featured in 70 different Wikipedia language and has received 4M views (18% in english version)

29. Desiderius Erasmus

blockquote>Desiderius Erasmus was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands in AD 1466. He is featured in 69 different Wikipedia language and has received 9M views (24% in english version)

30. Parmenides

blockquote>Parmenides was born in Velia, Italy in -510 BC. He is featured in 58 different Wikipedia language and has received 5M views (21% in english version)

31. Baruch Spinoza

blockquote>Baruch Spinoza was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in AD 1632. He is featured in 84 different Wikipedia language and has received 9M views (34% in english version)

32. Francis of Assisi

blockquote>Francis of Assisi was born in Assisi, Italy in AD 1182. He is featured in 77 different Wikipedia language and has received 18M views (32% in english version)

33. Protagoras

blockquote>Protagoras was born in Abdera, Greece in -490 BC. He is featured in 49 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (22% in english version)

34. Zeno of Elea

blockquote>Zeno of Elea was born in Velia, Italy in -490 BC. He is featured in 55 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (28% in english version)

35. Empedocles

blockquote>Empedocles was born in Agrigento, Italy in -490 BC. He is featured in 60 different Wikipedia language and has received 4M views (20% in english version)

36. Anaxagoras

blockquote>Anaxagoras was born in Clazomenae, Turkey in -500 BC. He is featured in 62 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (20% in english version)

37. Plotinus

blockquote>Plotinus was born in Lycopolis, Egypt in AD 204. He is featured in 53 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (28% in english version)

38. Averroes

blockquote>Averroes was born in Córdoba, Spain in AD 1126. He is featured in 77 different Wikipedia language and has received 4M views (26% in english version)

39. David Hume

blockquote>David Hume was born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom in AD 1711. He is featured in 81 different Wikipedia language and has received 11M views (44% in english version)

40. Pliny the Elder

blockquote>Pliny the Elder was born in Como, Italy in AD 23. He is featured in 61 different Wikipedia language and has received 4M views (48% in english version)

41. Arthur Schopenhauer

blockquote>Arthur Schopenhauer was born in Gdańsk, Poland in AD 1788. He is featured in 79 different Wikipedia language and has received 12M views (24% in english version)

42. Friedrich Engels

blockquote>Friedrich Engels was born in Wuppertal, Germany in AD 1820. He is featured in 91 different Wikipedia language and has received 8M views (27% in english version)

43. Francis Bacon

blockquote>Francis Bacon was born in London, United Kingdom in AD 1561. He is featured in 82 different Wikipedia language and has received 11M views (50% in english version)

44. Ludwig Wittgenstein

blockquote>Ludwig Wittgenstein was born in Vienna, Austria in AD 1889. He is featured in 83 different Wikipedia language and has received 8M views (38% in english version)

45. Lucretius

blockquote>Lucretius was born in Other, Unknown in -99 BC. He is featured in 56 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (34% in english version)

46. Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu

blockquote>Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu was born in La Brède, France in AD 1689. He is featured in 68 different Wikipedia language and has received 11M views (19% in english version)

47. Anaximenes of Miletus

blockquote>Anaximenes of Miletus was born in Miletus, Turkey in -585 BC. He is featured in 62 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (9% in english version)

48. Pierre Abélard

blockquote>Pierre Abélard was born in Le Pallet, France in AD 1079. He is featured in 60 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (31% in english version)

49. Gorgias

blockquote>Gorgias was born in Sicily, Italy in -483 BC. He is featured in 45 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (22% in english version)

50. Auguste Comte

blockquote>Auguste Comte was born in Montpellier, France in AD 1798. He is featured in 65 different Wikipedia language and has received 9M views (19% in english version)

51. Michel Foucault

blockquote>Michel Foucault was born in Poitiers, France in AD 1926. He is featured in 69 different Wikipedia language and has received 15M views (38% in english version)

52. Origen

blockquote>Origen was born in Egypt, Egypt in AD 182. He is featured in 49 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (48% in english version)

53. Xenophanes

blockquote>Xenophanes was born in Colophon, Turkey in -570 BC. He is featured in 55 different Wikipedia language and has received 1M views (23% in english version)

54. Mencius

blockquote>Mencius was born in Shandong, China in -372 BC. He is featured in 44 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (36% in english version)

55. Karl Popper

blockquote>Karl Popper was born in Vienna, Austria in AD 1902. He is featured in 63 different Wikipedia language and has received 8M views (30% in english version)

56. Tertullian

blockquote>Tertullian was born in Alexandria, Egypt in AD 160. He is featured in 48 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (43% in english version)

57. Michel de Montaigne

blockquote>Michel de Montaigne was born in Château de Montaigne, France in AD 1533. He is featured in 59 different Wikipedia language and has received 5M views (24% in english version)

58. Epictetus

blockquote>Epictetus was born in Hierapolis, Turkey in AD 55. He is featured in 45 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (44% in english version)

59. Isidore of Seville

blockquote>Isidore of Seville was born in Cartagena, Spain in AD 560. He is featured in 50 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (30% in english version)

60. Zeno of Citium

blockquote>Zeno of Citium was born in Larnaca, Cyprus in -334 BC. He is featured in 47 different Wikipedia language and has received 1M views (32% in english version)

61. Theophrastus

blockquote>Theophrastus was born in Eresos, Greece in -371 BC. He is featured in 53 different Wikipedia language and has received 1M views (33% in english version)

62. Arius

blockquote>Arius was born in Libya, Libya in AD 256. He is featured in 46 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (44% in english version)

63. Henri Bergson

blockquote>Henri Bergson was born in Paris, France in AD 1859. He is featured in 70 different Wikipedia language and has received 4M views (24% in english version)

64. Leucippus

blockquote>Leucippus was born in Abdera, Greece in -500 BC. He is featured in 50 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (19% in english version)

65. Rudolf Steiner

blockquote>Rudolf Steiner was born in Donji Kraljevec, Croatia in AD 1861. He is featured in 47 different Wikipedia language and has received 6M views (30% in english version)

66. Roger Bacon

blockquote>Roger Bacon was born in Ilchester, United Kingdom in AD 1214. He is featured in 48 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (41% in english version)

67. Zhuangzi

blockquote>Zhuangzi was born in Other, China in -369 BC. He is featured in 40 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (47% in english version)

68. Al-Farabi

blockquote>Al-Farabi was born in Otrar, Kazakhstan in AD 870. He is featured in 52 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (20% in english version)

69. Eusebius of Caesarea

blockquote>Eusebius of Caesarea was born in Palestine, Israel in AD 263. He is featured in 44 different Wikipedia language and has received 1M views (28% in english version)

70. William of Ockham

blockquote>William of Ockham was born in Ockham, United Kingdom in AD 1288. He is featured in 55 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (32% in english version)

71. Comenius

blockquote>Comenius was born in Moravia, Czech Republic in AD 1592. He is featured in 46 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (10% in english version)

72. Antisthenes

blockquote>Antisthenes was born in Athens, Greece in -445 BC. He is featured in 44 different Wikipedia language and has received 845k views (31% in english version)

73. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

blockquote>Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius was born in Rome, Italy in AD 480. He is featured in 53 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (36% in english version)

74. Nagarjuna

blockquote>Nagarjuna was born in Other, India in AD 150. He is featured in 50 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (53% in english version)

75. Al-Ghazali

blockquote>Al-Ghazali was born in Tous, Iran in AD 1058. He is featured in 78 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (40% in english version)

76. Philo

blockquote>Philo was born in Alexandria, Egypt in -20 BC. He is featured in 43 different Wikipedia language and has received 1M views (49% in english version)

77. Diogenes Apolloniates

blockquote>Diogenes Apolloniates was born in Sozopol, Bulgaria in -450 BC. He is featured in 33 different Wikipedia language and has received 363k views (12% in english version)

78. Nasreddin

blockquote>Nasreddin was born in Konya, Turkey in AD 1208. He is featured in 48 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (17% in english version)

79. Pyrrho

blockquote>Pyrrho was born in Elis, Greece in -360 BC. He is featured in 38 different Wikipedia language and has received 763k views (25% in english version)

80. Mikhail Bakunin

blockquote>Mikhail Bakunin was born in Torzhok, Russia in AD 1814. He is featured in 71 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (32% in english version)

81. Clement of Alexandria

blockquote>Clement of Alexandria was born in Athens, Greece in AD 150. He is featured in 41 different Wikipedia language and has received 1M views (41% in english version)

82. Edmund Husserl

blockquote>Edmund Husserl was born in Prostějov, Czech Republic in AD 1859. He is featured in 50 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (27% in english version)

83. Søren Kierkegaard

blockquote>Søren Kierkegaard was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in AD 1813. He is featured in 87 different Wikipedia language and has received 10M views (40% in english version)

84. Jürgen Habermas

blockquote>Jürgen Habermas was born in Düsseldorf, Germany in AD 1929. He is featured in 55 different Wikipedia language and has received 6M views (29% in english version)

85. George Berkeley

blockquote>George Berkeley was born in Kilkenny, Ireland in AD 1685. He is featured in 61 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (42% in english version)

86. Johann Gottlieb Fichte

blockquote>Johann Gottlieb Fichte was born in Rammenau, Germany in AD 1762. He is featured in 52 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (20% in english version)

87. Padmasambhava

blockquote>Padmasambhava was born in Swat District, Pakistan in AD 700. He is featured in 36 different Wikipedia language and has received 1M views (53% in english version)

88. Aristippus

blockquote>Aristippus was born in Cyrene, Libya in -435 BC. He is featured in 37 different Wikipedia language and has received 546k views (21% in english version)

89. Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach

blockquote>Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach was born in Landshut, Germany in AD 1804. He is featured in 49 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (14% in english version)

90. Walter Benjamin

blockquote>Walter Benjamin was born in Berlin, Germany in AD 1892. He is featured in 49 different Wikipedia language and has received 5M views (34% in english version)

91. Herbert Spencer

blockquote>Herbert Spencer was born in Derby, United Kingdom in AD 1820. He is featured in 51 different Wikipedia language and has received 5M views (42% in english version)

92. Zhu Xi

blockquote>Zhu Xi was born in Youxi County, China in AD 1130. He is featured in 71 different Wikipedia language and has received 825k views (32% in english version)

93. Mozi

blockquote>Mozi was born in Tenzhou, China in -470 BC. He is featured in 33 different Wikipedia language and has received 1M views (40% in english version)

94. Posidonius

blockquote>Posidonius was born in Apamea, Syria in -135 BC. He is featured in 42 different Wikipedia language and has received 512k views (35% in english version)

95. John of Damascus

blockquote>John of Damascus was born in Damascus, Syria in AD 676. He is featured in 45 different Wikipedia language and has received 964k views (36% in english version)

96. Antonio Gramsci

blockquote>Antonio Gramsci was born in Newport, Italy in AD 1891. He is featured in 62 different Wikipedia language and has received 5M views (30% in english version)

97. Athanasius of Alexandria

blockquote>Athanasius of Alexandria was born in Alexandria, Egypt in AD 296. He is featured in 48 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (48% in english version)

98. Karl Jaspers

blockquote>Karl Jaspers was born in Oldenburg, Germany in AD 1883. He is featured in 52 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (21% in english version)

99. Wilhelm von Humboldt

blockquote>Wilhelm von Humboldt was born in Potsdam, Germany in AD 1767. He is featured in 52 different Wikipedia language and has received 2M views (19% in english version)

100. Carl von Clausewitz

blockquote>Carl von Clausewitz was born in Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany in AD 1780. He is featured in 47 different Wikipedia language and has received 3M views (39% in english version)

Source:
​Yu, A. Z., et al. (2016). Pantheon 1.0, a manually verified dataset of globally famous biographies. Scientific Data 2:150075. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.75